Teams of 3-5 teens ages 13 and older will compete for prizes while enjoying snacks.Make your own team, or sign up to be placed on a team.

Registration required. If you have a team, one person registers for all. If you want to please placed on a team, register yourself.

 

Adults - come on by to root for your favorite team!

 

Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 AM

Main Program Room

Technology Trends for Small Business

Aaron Syman and Denise Echegaray, technical specialists from Verizon, will discuss "Technology Trends that Are Changing Small Business."  Wireless communication is the key to staying ahead of your competition.  Our focus will be on the Internet of Things .... Wireless Backup, Mobile POS, Going Green, Tracking and Monitoring your assets as well as creating new revenue streams for your business. Breakfast is provided.  Please register. Note: Snow date is Thursday, February 26

 

This program is part of the Skillsbox: Tools for Business Success series presented by Ridgefield Library, Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce and SCORE.

Thursday, February 26, 3:30 PM

Donofrio Family Technology Center

Makerbot 3D PrintShop

Here's an opportunity to get a basic hands-on introduction to 3D design and printing.  We'll use iPads and the PrintShop app to design a simple 3D object.  You'll have a choice of designs: including a letter block, a bracelet, a ring, or a vase.   We'll also explore some of the amazing ways that 3D printing is currently being used and its possible applications in the not too distant future.  Patrons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required.
 

*While we won't have time to print your final product during the class, you'll be able to pick up your 3D design at a later date. 

Sunday, March 1, 2:00 PM
Re-scheduled from 2/22 due to weather 

Main Program Room

The Art of Marketing for the Visual and Performing Arts with Jen Mathy
In today's arts market, it takes much more than hanging a painting on a gallery wall to make a sale or set a date for a performance of any kind.  Ms. Mathy will discuss integrated marketing communications, basic business skills, and the need for visual and performing artists to create their own "brand identity." Audience members are welcome to attend a wine reception at Watershed Gallery, 23 Governor Street, immediately following the talk.
 

Jennifer Mathy is the director and co-owner of Watershed Gallery, a fine arts gallery representing emerging and mid-career artists in Ridgefield, CT.  Ms. Mathy's 25-year career as a marketing communications specialist includes her work as publicist for the Northwestern University arts program and for an improvisational comedy troupe, the Orange County Crazies. Ms. Mathy served as brand manager of advertising/sponsorship for Discover Card (where she marketed sponsorships such as the Grammy Festival, the Smithsonian Institution's 150th Anniversary traveling exhibition,  and Jazz@Lincoln Center). She went on to work as vice president of advertising and brand management for Morgan Stanley, and recently operated her own marketing consultancy for small to mid-sized businesses. She currently sits on the board of the Ridgefield Arts Council. Please register.

Stay tuned for details of how you can take advantage of this one-day fundraising event to help us purchase "Maker Carts" to extend our technology training and innovation activities throughout the Library.