Spot On: Venus Rising
Playwright Marissa Smith is a master of examining tough topics through a lens of compassion, humanity, and humor. Venus Rising may have you laughing so hard you don’t notice that divorce, mother-daughter dynamics, end-of-life choices, and opioid addiction are all tackled while loving insults, english muffins, and popsicles fly through the air. On February 3, we invite […]
Effective Meeting Facilitation Training
Are you tired of aimless meetings that don’t generate energy, commitment, or clear next steps? Learn how to make your meetings more productive, inclusive, and fun. Topics covered at this training will include: • Why meetings fail • The key to effective meetings: Make decisions! • Building a great agenda • Robert’s Rules vs. consensus: […]
A Community Conversation with Facebook
Click here to RSVP! Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility is pleased to invite you to a special community meeting with members of Facebook’s News Feed team on Monday, November 12, 2018. Facebook’s team has recently begun holding meetings across the country and Burlington is only the third location for this listening tour. This interactive meeting […]
Taking it to the Next Level: Women Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets
Join some of Vermont’s most well-poised women in the food and beverage business to learn, network and be inspired by at Sterling College’s “Taking it to the Next Level: Women Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets” on January 25, 2019. This one-day seminar, offered through Sterling’s School of the New American Farmstead, is designed […]
Film Screening – Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?
Vermont Integrated Architecture PC is hosting a screening of the Vermont film Burned: Are Trees the New Coal? at 7 pm in Unity Hall at the Middlebury Congregational Church, 30 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury, VT. Filmmaker Lisa Merton and Associate Producer Chris Hardee will be present for questions and a discussion following the film. Light […]
Fundraising and Development Certificate Program
Are you frustrated by fundraising? Looking for the confidence, knowledge, and skill necessary to strengthen your organization’s development program? Join the Center for New Leadership and to grow your Fundraising Superpowers and build your nonprofit’s impact! Specially designed for small to mid-sized nonprofits, this new nine-month program will demystify and destigmatize fundraising and build your […]
Northern Stage Artists’ Reception
Northern Stage’s Lobby Artists Program offers an opportunity for local and regional artists to exhibit visual arts in two Barrette Center for the Arts’ lobby areas: The Roesch Family Lobby and The Upper Lobby. Lobby art rotates on a regular basis and is selected to contextualize the onstage work at the Barrette Center for the […]
Spot On Dear Elizabeth: Imagination, Freedom, and Poetry
Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell as told through the letters they wrote to one another. But what place does poetry hold in our modern culture, community, or democracy? Join us for a Spot On conversation featuring Vermont’s Poet Laureate Chard DeNiord discussing Bishop, Lowell, their […]
VBSR Fall Program: Cultivating Talent Through Inclusivity
Click here to register to attend. Join more than 150 Vermont business people October 25 for VBSR’s fall program ”Cultivating Talent Through Inclusivity” at the Killington Grand Hotel. You will gain new tools for creating a more equitable workplace where your employees will thrive, and learn best practices for attracting and retaining top talent from […]
Funding Your Child’s College Education
With the average cost of tuition and fees at a four year college increasing significantly on an annual basis, it is never too early to start to save. In this seminar we will explore the tax benefits, financial benefits and planning benefits to be found with proper planning. We will discuss planning ideas, such as […]
