Archive for: April, 2010

Do you Need a Professional Organizer?

Do you Need a Professional Organizer?

A Professional Organizer uses their expertise to help enhance the lives of their clients.  By designing customized organizing systems and teaching organizing skills, we help individuals and businesses take control of time, paper, electronic files and their lives! A Professional Organizers services can range from home systems to office utilization ideas.  This can be smaller [...]

Business Over Breakfast – ASBC

Business Over Breakfast – ASBC

3RD Friday of each month 7:30-9 am.. The ASBC’s Business Over Breakfast at Le Madeleine in Columbia Crossing Shopping Center 6211 Columbia Crossing, Columbia MD 21045, TEL: 410-872-4900 There is no registration fee for this event, simply pay for what you eat and drink. The objective is to facilitate introductions and conversation which leads to [...]

Givers Gain a Way of Life at BNI

Givers Gain a Way of Life at BNI

Twenty three years of business networking has convinced me that there’s more to networking groups that simply paying a fee to sit with a group of other business professionals to pass referrals.  A recent visit to a local Business Network International (“BNI”) group meeting graphically demonstrated the difference between “networking” and relationship building, and why [...]

“HAZE” – The Perils of the College Drinking Culture in America

“HAZE” – The Perils of the College Drinking Culture in America

HC DrugFree in coordination with the Wilde Lake High School PTSA, is hosting the debut of a new program, “HAZE” – the Perils of the College Drinking Culture in America. This program profiles a true and tragic story of Gordie, and 18 year old college freshman  at the University of Colorado, who pledged a fraternity [...]

A Time for Work and A Time for Play

A Time for Work and A Time for Play

I love being a mother.  This privilege has taught me many things about myself and my capacity to stretch my heart like a rubber-band.  Motherhood teaches us all many things about ourselves as we watch our children grow and our lives take on a new shape and requirements. I was jumping rope with my daughter [...]

Countdown to Retirement: Are you prepared?

Countdown to Retirement: Are you prepared?

Next year the oldest of America’s 77 million baby boomers will become eligible for Social Security benefits. That means the biggest generation in the country’s history is starting a countdown to retirement. If you are among those preparing for this highly-anticipated phase of life take these five steps now to help make sure your financial [...]

Man in the Mirror

Man in the Mirror

This was an awesome video of the week for purposes of capturing what the Village Connector is all about.  We are looking to make a positive change in the communities we serve, so Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” expresses for us where it starts.  Enjoy!

FENG SHUI NUTURES YOUR LIFE GOALS

FENG SHUI NUTURES YOUR LIFE GOALS

Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) is an ancient art of placement that was created by the Chinese 5000 years ago through studying the use of energy and space in relation to humans and their environments.  It has been used throughout history since then.  Feng shui was brought to the West in 1972 by Grandmaster Professor [...]

Perennial Paradise

Perennial Paradise

The warm weather of the previous weekend perked up both the garden and the gardener, as I ventured outdoors to do some projects. The foliage on many of the “evergreen” perennials burned this year, due to the cold weather in January and February combined with lack of snow cover. I trimmed the Epimedium to the [...]

Village Connector Howard County Launches!

Village Connector Howard County Launches!

Monday, April 26, 2010 marks the official launch of the Village Connector Online Community Newspaper in Howard County, Maryland.  The online newspaper has been under development for approximately 8 months, and recently went live on the Web as it was being tested and refined.  It is now live for visitors to use. “We are very [...]

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