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SCORE: How to Craft a Riveting 30 Second Commercial Monday, Jan. 9 6:30 p.m. Main Library-Memorial Room You typically have less than 30 seconds to get a person’s attention and establish a reason to engage in conversation. The 30-Second Commercial quickly lets people know what you do and how your service may be relevant to their situation or to someone they may know. What you’ll learn: - The importance of quickly establishing equal business stature
- Why people don’t “buy” features and benefits
- The four critical buying emotions
- The importance of having an ideal client profile
- How to create your own personalized 30-Second Commercial!
Presenter: Doug Rawady
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Living More Sustainably-Save Money, Save the EnvironmentMonday, Jan. 9 6:30 p.m. Fairfield Woods Branch- Platt Room Come learn about new tax incentives to make your home more energy efficient AND save money on your utility bills. Home energy audits can save you hundreds of dollars a year. The new Inflation Reduction Act as well as other Federal and State incentives offer substantial tax incentives (up to several thousand dollars depending on income) to help retrofit your house with heat pumps, insulation and energy efficient appliances. Our presenter will be Matt Corona, a Heat Pump Specialist with Energize Connecticut.
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Taking Great Shots:Digital Phototography Tuesday Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Main Library - Rotary Room Photos don’t have to look ordinary or unprofessional. Learn ten tricks that almost guarantee amazing results as we explore the features, built into your phone, that make photo shoots more productive. We will be featuring the iPhone, but these tricks work on other smartphones as well. LEVEL: Beginner – Intermediate Presenter: Gary Webster, a Fairfield resident, is a dynamic technology integrator, industrial designer and certified teacher, developing and teaching technology and design for the classroom. He’s currently teaching web design, page layout, podcasting, movie making and photo editing at Southern Connecticut State University.
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Virtual Women & Money Roundtable Wednesday, January 11 at 1:00 p.m. How to Make Sense of Today's Financial Markets Join us on zoom for insight into current market conditions. Presenters: Julia Strayer, CPWA®, CIMA®, CRPC®, Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor and Liz Maccarone, CRPC®,Senior Financial Advisor Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2000, Julia was a vice president and private banker for BankBoston’s Private Bank for 7 years, responsible for asset management and trust services. Liz joined Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2012. Liz works closely with high-net-worth individuals and their families to create personalized and comprehensive strategies that support their goals, including investment management, retirement planning, liability management, and multigenerational planning.
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Embodied Meditation Wednesday, January 11 at 6:30 p.m. Fairfield Woods - Platt Room Join us to learn about and experience embodied meditation with Marika Baxter. Embodied meditation is a somatic meditation practice that grounds us to feel whole in our bodies and disentangle from all that fragments us during our everyday lives. Marika Baxter, PT, MSPT, OCS has been a licensed physical therapist since 2003, with most of her work being in orthopedics and sports medicine, specifically performing arts/dance medicine.As a physical therapist, she was aware of how a patient's emotions, history, and energy affected how they presented physically.
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Woods Book Buzz Book Club Thursday, January 12 at 1:00 p.m. Fairfield Woods - Platt Room "A hauntingly beautiful––and imagined––origin story to The Scarlet Letter." ––People
WHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE? Join this monthly book group at Fairfield Woods Branch Library where we will discuss some buzz-worthy titles! This month's selection is Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese, named a most anticipated book for fall by Goodreads, the Washington Post, the New York Post, BuzzFeed, PopSugar and Business Insider; an October Indie Next List Pick AND an October LibraryReads Pick.
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Senior Literary Society at the Bigelow Center Wednesday, January 18 at 11:00 a.m. Bigelow Center Please join us at the Bigelow Center for Senior Activities for a discussion of January's selection of The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel , a moving story set amid the champagne vineyards of northern France during the darkest days of World War II, perfect for fans
of Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale.
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Libby by OverDrive Get started with Libby by watching this short video made exclusively for FPL users.
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FPL's Podcast Listen to our latest podcast or catch up on previous episodes of What Are You Reading?
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One-on-One Tech HelpNeed help with your laptop, iPad, Kindle, smartphone, or other device? Looking to download library eBooks or movies, but don't know where to begin? Want to learn the basics of email, or creating a Word document? Set up an appointment with a staff member or one of our volunteers to help you learn about your device. These sessions are educational in nature, and you should have a clear goal of what you would like to learn during your session. For more information, including what we can assist with, and how to set up a one-on-one appointment,
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