For the Greater Good: Associates for Training & Development is Calling for Workers 55+, Older Workers Often Overlooked
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Employers from Vermont to Vancouver are facing unforeseen difficulties in attracting qualified workers, but there are jobhunters over 55 who know all too well the challenges of finding meaningful employment. Ageism is more pervasive than ever, and harsh reality is ...
Read More Opine Don’t Whine: Make Substantive Suggestions
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Recently, some Herald contributors who opine about our downtown have crossed the line from opining to whining. Trolling their thesauruses for trite taglines, they generate eye rolls from even the most avowed word nerds. Worse, they brandish blistering denunciations and ...
Read More For the Greater Good: Rev. Dr. Alberta Wallace on Faith, Hope, and Charity – in Good Times and in Bad
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Despite the predictions of grumpy groundhogs and other miscreant mammals (plus Buzz the Hornet at NVU-Lyndon), who declared we are not done with winter, we can take solace in the fact that the calendar decrees March 20 as the first ...
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For the Greater Good: This Way UP Counts on Women Business Owners
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
There is an enormous but untapped business opportunity to grow Vermont’s economic vitality and diversity, to create networks of mentorship, to secure funding for small business, and to increase contributions to Vermont’s economy on an ongoing basis. What is this ...
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We Can Do More To Boost Women Entrepreneurs, Like Many in Montclair (Town Square)
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
The article that ran on MontclairLocal.news Feb. 1 (and in Montclair Local’s Feb. 3 print edition) about Café Moso owner Zina Floyd and her experience with predatory lending, was horrifying. As a former corporate marketer turned college educator and business owner, ...
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For the Greater Good: Vermonters Working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
This Monday, Jan. 17, there will be countless commemorations honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the greatest civil rights leaders in the world, who was assassinated in 1968. Across Vermont, several groups working to increase justice, equity, diversity, ...
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For the Greater Good: Escape From the Dark Winter Days Using Your Head, and Your Heart, and Your Hands
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
As many of us look forward to a happier 2022, COVID is still ruling our world, and we are facing the most sunlight-challenged months of the year. No wonder many of us want to hunker down under a weighted blanket ...
Read More Grown-up Christmas List: Be Good to One Another
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Whether you are one of those people who start assembling your holiday playlist the day after Halloween, or you are among those ready to pull your ears off if forced to listen to one more pop star try to top ...
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For the Greater Good: A Guide to Impactful Holiday Donations
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
For many Vermont nonprofits, the past year was as challenging as 2020 was. For the nonprofits that serve our most vulnerable populations, 2021 was even more challenging. Many of us donate to nonprofits we care about, but few of us ...
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For the Greater Good: So Many Reasons to Fall in Love with Rutland — Real People, Real Opportunities for Careers, Connections
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Welcome back, skiers! Whether this is your first visit, or you’ve visited often, you should consider the many advantages of living and working in the Rutland region — most of our towns are just a 20-minute drive from Killington! Since ...
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