Congratulations to Nathaniel Smith

Nathaniel Smith, a 2nd grader at the Phillips Elementary School, was recently selected as the 2009 Winner of the Maine Word Poetry Contest for his poem Western Maine. As the first place winner, Smith received a copy of Shel Silverstein's poetry book A Light in the Attic. Maine Word would also like to recognize teacher Dawn Maceda for her efforts to encourage her students to participate in this year's contest!

Western Maine
By Nathaniel Smith

Summer is fun.
The rain is gone.
Animals are eating all day long!
Here comes Fall, let's have a ball.
Here comes a scarecrow.
He is so scary.
He'll be stuffed with those leaves
you raked up in a hurry.
Next comes winter,
then comes Spring!
The snow will melt,
out comes the flowers.
Kids play outside for hours and hours.
I think I hear a peeptoad out on a log.
Oh, LOOK! there is a moose out in my bog!

Small Business Workshop - Telling Your Story

In our virtual world, business owners can open their doors from the kitchen table and operate their companies after they have worked at their day job.

Yet the task of how to tell their unique business story without hiring an expensive PR firm or creating a multi-million dollar ad campaign can still loom large for many business owners. Or maybe you have been in business for years, but you are ready to take your business to the next level, change your focus or your product or land that big new client, but you need to tell the world just how good you are with a new blog or a slick brochure.

On Tuesday, May 5, Caroline King will offer her workshop Telling the Story of Your Business designed to help you turn your passion into the words you need to tell the world about your business. The class will be held at the Loon Lodge in Rangeley from 1p – 4p and is offered at the affordable price of only $35.

For more information or to register, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com. Pre-registration is required for this special event because class size is limited.

Franklin County Business Writing Workshops -- May 2009

Caroline King, local resident of Madrid and owner of Maine Word, will present two business writing workshops Franklin County during the month of May.

On Tuesday, May 5, Caroline King will offer her workshop Telling the Story of Your Business designed to help you turn your passion into the words you need to tell the world about your business. The class will be held at the Loon Lodge in Rangeley from 1p – 4p and is offered at the affordable price of only $35.

Caroline King, along with the Cooperative Extension’s Marc Edwards will present an interactive and results-oriented workshop called Writing for Your Business on Saturday, May 2nd from 9am - 3pm in Farmington. The workshop will help small business owners to develop a mission statement for their business and learn how to express the unique benefits of their product or service on the printed page. Writing for Your Business will be held at the Farmington Town Office meeting room and costs $35 per person.

Caroline King, owner of Maine Word, provides small business owners with the skills necessary to write effective and creative written marketing materials and shares her professional expertise to help small business convey strong written messages and succeed during these tough economic times. Caroline King has been widely published in Maine newspapers and brings a wealth of experience to her diverse clients and students from around New England.

Maine Word (www.maineword.com) provides writing and editing solutions from creating the first sentence to editing your final draft. Our services include creative content for small business and community organizations, editing all of your written materials and coaching you to develop your personal or business writing skills.

For more information or to register, please contact Caroline King at 491-9810 or by email at caroline@maineword.com. Pre-registration is required for these special event because the class size is limited.

Writing for Your Business Class

Caroline King of Maine Word, in conjunction with University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Franklin County Office, will present a Writing for Your Business workshop in Farmington, Maine. The workshop will give small business owners the skills necessary to write effective and creative marketing materials in a quick one-day session.

Caroline King and Cooperative Extension’s Marc Edwards will present this interactive and results-oriented workshop on Saturday, May 2nd from 9am -3pm. Caroline King, a published writer and editor, understands the challenges facing small business. She will share her professional expertise to help small business succeed during these tough economic times. The workshop will help small business owners to tell their business story by developing a mission statement for their business; learn how to express the unique benefits of their product or service on the printed page, and learn how to put this together in a compelling business plan.

In addition, participants will learn to develop and use various marketing materials to promote their business. This hands-on session will teach participants how to create written content for their brochures, websites, and press releases to spread the word quickly and effectively about their business. This informative workshop will cost $35 per person and participants will walk away with written materials for their business, along with great ideas and resources.

The cost will be $35 per person and advanced registration is required. The class will be held at the Farmington Town Office’s upstairs meeting room. To register, or for more information, please call Cooperative Extension at 778-4650 or 1-800-287-8957 (in Maine).

Deer Isle/Stonington Workshop in May

A creative writing workshop, hosted by Maine Word, will provide participants a great opportunity to energize their creative spirits through writing. This single-session workshop is a perfect introduction to creative writing or may give you the new spark your writing needs after a long Maine winter.

The workshop has been scheduled for Saturday, May 9 at the Island Community Center in Stonington. The workshop will be offered at the affordable price of $43 per person.

This workshop is perfect for island residents, a special gift for your mom or a weekend getaway dedicated to your writing.

Lunch and Learn in Rumford

River Valley - The River Valley Technology Center, the River Valley Growth Council and the River Valley Chamber of Commerce are proud to present another great Business Lunch and Learn opportunity. This month’s topic is: “Business Writing”.

The seminar will run from 11:00am to 2:00pm on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the River Valley Technology Center on 60 Lowell Street, Rumford, Maine. The cost is $10.00 and includes your lunch. River Valley Chamber of Commerce members pays only $8.00. Pre-payment is required; there will be no refunds issued. Pre-registration is required by calling Beverly at (207) 369-0396 or email beverly@rvgc.org by April 17, 2009.

Maine Word (www.maineword.com) provides writing and editing solutions from creating the first sentence to editing your final draft. Services include creative content for small business and community organizations, editing all of your written materials and coaching you to develop your personal or professional writing skills.

Caroline King of Maine Word will present a Business Writing workshop. Caroline is a published writer and editor, who understands the challenges facing small business. During this introductory workshop, she will share her professional expertise to help small business convey strong written messages and succeed during these tough economic times. The workshop will help small business owners to tell their business story by developing a mission statement for their business and participants will learn how to express the unique benefits of their product or service on the printed page.

Caroline King is the owner of Maine Word and has a been widely published in the region’s newspapers including the Original Irregular, Rangeley Highlander, Sun Journal and the Franklin Journal. As a small business owner, she brings a wealth of experience to her diverse clients and students from around New England. Caroline teaches both business and creative writing for adults and works with small business to help them to succeed. In addition, she currently serves on the Boards of the Phillips Area Community Center and the Opportunity Center of North Franklin County and provides in-kind support to the American Red Cross. Most recently, Caroline has taught classes at Franklin County Cooperative Extension, Maine School of Masonry and Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.

The Lunch and Learn Seminars purpose is to provide information to entrepreneurs, start-ups and existing businesses in an affordable way. Anyone can gather resources and information for long-term success. In addition, the seminars are intended to facilitate networking among businesses or entrepreneurs in similar activities.

Sun Journal Article http://www.sunjournal.com/story/311605-3/Business/Lunch_learn_set_for_writing_focus/