Job Search

Finding a Job is a Full Time Job (Organize for Success)
Be one step ahead of your competition in your job search! Discussions will include:

• Goal Setting & Achievement
• Time Management – 8 hour work day
• Time Map Calendar Guides You to Success
• Multi-Tasking…, Friend or Foe?
• Networking – Time Waster or Link to Success?
• What exactly is an Elevator Speech and How Do You 'Nail' It?
• Resumes and Interviews
• Research is KEY - Find Out Why.
• What is Meant by "It's a Numbers Game"?

Participants may bring a snack or brown bag lunch to class. Instructor Randi Hutton is owner of the RZ connection, an organizing service business that specializes in job/career transitions services, corporate organizing services, and relocation organizing services.
1 Session $20 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. 15)
Thur., 7/22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; Venus Building

eBay

Buying and Selling On eBay
Prerequisite: Basic computer and Internet skills. This class can help you: buy old or new items with confidence; convert household clutter to cash; start an on line eBay business; sell items to downsize a collection. In this two-part class Eileen Burton will unravel the mysteries of eBay by sharing her knowledge and expertise acquired from years of buying and selling on this popular site. The first two-hour class will be devoted to all the basics and the second class will cover in detail all the steps to sell an item – from photographing it to listing it on eBay – by actually putting something up for sale.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

Image

Color Analysis with Dress for Success Tips
The right colors, your true colors can make you look 10 years younger, your lines softer, your circles lighter, and give you radiance. Dress for success, while saving time and money by building on a color coded wardrobe. Jan Campanile will analyze you and suggest your most complementary colors. Please do not wear make-up to class. A materials fee of $20 is payable to the instructor at class. Class size is limited. Jan Campanile, an image consultant, has taken many classes in color analysis, fashion, image, wardrobe planning at Fashion Institute of Tecnhology.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

Voice-Overs

You’re On the Air or (How to Really Make it in Voice-Overs!)
With such notable talent as James Earl Jones, Linda Hunt, and Donald Sutherland lending their voices to commercials, films, and videos, one would think that it would be next to impossible to break into this field. Not so! In this class you’ll learn about an exciting new way to get around the competition and actually turn voice-overs into a thriving full or part-time business! Rob Sciglimpaglia, successful voice-over artist (PBS, AMD, Dean Koontz, Court TV, etc.), will demonstrate voice-over technique and will introduce students to the voice-over business as a whole.  He will talk about the numerous opportunities, the income potential, and the all-important demo and how to have it produced.  You’ll step up to the microphone to do some practice recording, and best of all, hear the results! Instructor Rob Sciglimpaglia is an accomplished and successful NY-based voice-over artist and actor.  Rob works for clients all over the United States from his home studio in Norwalk, CT.  His voice-over clients include:  PBS, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Dean Koontz, Court TV,   In addition to his voice over & acting career (that has stemmed from his voice-over work), Rob is a practicing attorney in Norwalk, CT.
1 Session $20 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. 15)
Mon., 10/4 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.; ERMS

Business Plan

How to Write a Business Plan
Learn from an experienced business expert and entrepreneur how to turn that idea in your head into a useful and profitable business plan. In this class we’ll discuss the elements common to all business plans, provide a road map to follow when analyzing your idea, and tips to writing an effective document. Learn the common pitfalls entrepreneurs make at this early stage of business development and how to avoid them. (Participants are not required to share their business idea with other participants or the instructor.) Taught by Lili Schroppe. Lili Schroppe has almost 20 years of experience in marketing, finance, and general management. She has also launched and run a highly-successful small business, and assists entrepreneurs in starting and growing both new and existing ventures. She has an MBA from the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Please call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

Real Estate

Real Estate Principles & Practices
This course meets the minimum requirements as set forth by the Connecticut Real Estate Commission and Department of Consumer Protection for application to take the sales associate exam. Led by Terry Hastings with additional instructors. All instructors are licensed brokers with years of experience as well. Terry Hastings has taught Real Estate Principles and Practices in Ridgefield for the past ten years. He is now with Hamilton Mortgage and has over 18 years prior experience in Real Estate sales and management with Weichert, Realtors and Prudential, Fitzgerald & Hastings. Lonnie Shapiro has been a realtor in Ridgefield for over 30 years, has been teaching several years, and works for Prudential Connecticut Realty. Brad Kimmelman is an experienced realtor with The Kimmelman-Gutman Group at Keller Williams Realty in Ridgefield who has been teaching Real Estate for several years. Sharon Greene is a realtor with Remax/Home Center. Tuition includes 2 texts.
60 hour course $399 (Ridgefield Sr./Disab. $313)
Mon/Wed. 9/27, 29; 10/4, 6, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 11/1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 29; 12/1, 6 & 8
Tue., 10/12
Thur., 12/2 (if an unforeseen make-up is needed)
6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Venus Bldg.

Home Staging

Preparing Your Home for the Market (or to Enjoy It Yourself)
Lonnie Shapiro, co-author of the Connecticut issue of How to Make Your REALTOR® Get You the Best Deal, presents a general discussion of what buyers see when they look at a house and the before and after benefits of staging. She has arranged a variety of guest speakers including professional stagers and a professonal organizer who will explain what you should start doing. Participants will view a video of a major real estate trainer discussing preparing your home for the market. There will be a panel discussion including a building inspector and an attorney who will provide more information on additional ways to prepare for your eventual sale. A recent home purchaser will comment on what she expected when she saw houses. Lonnie Shapiro has been a realtor in Ridgefield for over 30 years, has been teaching several years, and works for Prudential Connecticut Realty.
Plese call (203) 431-9995 for Fall 2010 dates.

QuickBooks

QuickBooks for Windows - Introduction ~ Online
Prerequisite: Strong computer skills. QuickBooks -- the fastest, easiest way to manage your business. Easy to use and learn, no accounting knowledge is necessary. Users will set up QuickBooks for a business and learn to record sales, record and pay bills, manage inventory and payroll options. Tracking and reporting through QuickBooks extensive reporting and graphing capability will be covered as well.
Available online. Visit ed2go.com/ridgefield