Our next Monday at Seven meeting will be on Monday, March 15th from 7 - 9 a.m

On Monday, March 15th, Abby Kohut will be the featured speaker and the subject of her talk is "Job Search in 2010"

Abby Kohut is an HR & Talent Acquisition Leader, Career Success Speaker, Author and Blogger. She is the President of Staffing Symphony, LLC, and has 15 years of experience helping people find career success. Abby is a popular speaker at job search networking groups and has appeared on TV and radio shows. Abby's blogs on AbsolutelyAbby.com and her bi-weekly Career Wake Up Calls inspire job seekers to stay motivated as they continue their search for their ideal job. 

Coming Monday, March 22nd - Tim Pacileo of The Board Room Advisors will be the featured speaker.

Tim Pacileo will present an uplifting and inspiring 30 minute presentation on " Where Do I Go From Here".  Tim will cover the five key areas needing focus to regenerate self worth, get re-focused and reprioritized:

1. Family first and foremost
2. Looking at ALL your options
3. Short term vs. Long term job opportunities
4. Who's my competition today
5. The improving job market and staying motivated

Our goal with Monday at Seven has been (and continues to be) to provide a resource and meeting center for Job Seekers and Networkers by opening our doors every Monday from 7 to 9 a.m. Happily, we're helping many in the community achieve their goals, too.

Monday at Seven is open to residents of Darien and Darien Library members. Please join us. To read more about Monday at Seven, click here. To leave a comment, please click below. 

Today, David Knauf, Director of Health for the Town of Darien, issued a flu update stating that the Darien Health Department is NOT planning any further vaccination clinics at this time. Anyone who would like to be vaccinated can call (203) 656-7320 to make an appointment. There is plenty of vaccine available. For more information, please click on the attachment below.

Today, David Knauf, Director of Health for the Town of Darien, forwarded this important document about the H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu).

Showing Wednesday, March 31st at 7 p.m.

We invite you to join us for a special Stand Against Racism* event, co-sponsored by the YWCA Darien/Norwalk.

Wednesday, March 31 at 7 p.m.

THE COLOR OF FEAR

The Color of Fear is an insightful, groundbreaking film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent. In a series of intelligent, emotional and dramatic confrontations the men reveal the pain and scars that racism has caused them. What emerges is a deeper sense of understanding and trust. This is the dialogue most of us fear, but hope will happen sometime in our lifetime. (Running time: 90 minutes)

"What is presented to me as an American does not look like me. Does not think like me, does not smell like me, does not cry like me."-- Mexican-American participant featured in the film

 "I won't trust you until you're as affected by my experience as I am everyday by yours." -- African-American particpant featured in the film. 

To view the trailer, click here. 

*The Stand Against Racism is a movement of the YWCA with the goal of bringing people together from all walks of life - across the country - to raise awareness that racism still exists. “Stand Against Racism” day is Friday, April 30, 2010,The YWCA Darien/Norwalk, along with 60 YWCA's and approximately 1,500 organizations will celebrate diversity and raise awareness that racism still exists and should not be tolerated.

Please join us for this important film event.

Children's Book Drive - March 17 through March 31

March 17 through March 31

Books can change lives. Along with improved literacy and education, they provide wonderful paths for discussion about truly anything, and they help us to better understand the world around us. Books inspire us to make changes, to try new things, to be active learners, to share ideas, and to come together as a community to help others in need.

Darien Library is holding a book drive in conjuction with Darien Book Aid. We are accepting donations of new or nearly new children's books, which will then be distributed to the local community, Peace Corps volunteers, libraries, and schools all over the world.

This is a One Book, One Community program.

Our next Monday at Seven meeting will be on Monday, March 8th from 7 - 9 a.m

March 8th - Mark Troncone - Everything That You Wanted to Know About Networking but Were Afraid to Try

Topics to be covered will include networking best practices, common networking mistakes, and networking over the telephone. Also, to be discussed, how to develop a networking "Godfather." 

Please join us for Mondays at Seven every Monday...at 7. 

Next Monday, March 15 , Abby Kohut will be the featured speaker and the subject of her talk is "Job Search in 2010"

Our goal has been (and continues to be) to provide a resource and meeting center for Job Seekers and Networkers by opening our doors every Monday from 7 to 9 a.m. Happily, we're helping many in the community achieve their goals, too.

Monday at Seven is open to residents of Darien and Darien Library members. Please join us. To read more about Monday at Seven, click here. To leave a comment, please click below.

Effective March 5, 2010
DARIEN  GOVERNMENT  ACCESS  TELEVISION - TV79

Program schedule for this week…

• Board of Selectmen 3/1 MINUTES (runs 1:11) Airs 3:38 am, 7:17 am, 1:15 pm, 5:34 pm, 8 pm
  
• RTM PZ&H 3/3 AGENDA (runs 1:46) Airs 2:02 am, 8:30 am, 2:26 pm, 9:15 pm
  
• Environmental Protection Comm.  3/3 AGENDA (runs 1:32) Airs 12:30 am, 5:45 am, 11:40 am
• Board of Finance 3/2 AGENDA (runs :40) Airs 11 am, 4:12 pm, 6:45 pm, 11:45 pm
  
• Inside Town Hall - Lg of Women Voters (runs :43) Airs 5 am, 10:16 am, 4:52 pm, 11 pm
  
  

Here's the same schedule by time, Monday thru Friday...

12:30 am -- Environmental Protection Commission

2:02 am -- RTM - Planning Zoning & Housing Comm.

3:48 am -- Board of Selectmen

4:12 am -- Board of Finance

5:00 -- Inside Town Hall - League of Women Voters

5:45 am -- Environmental Protection Commission

7:17 am -- Board of Selectmen

8:30 am -- RTM - Planning Zoning & Housing Commission

11:00 -- Board of Finance

11:40 pm -- Environmental Protection Commission

1:15 pm -- Board of Selectmen

2:26 pm -- RTM - Planning Zoning & Housing Comm.

4:12 pm -- Board of Finance

4:52 pm -- Inside Town Hall - League of Women Voters

5:34 pm -- Board of Selectmen

6:45 pm -- Board of Finance

8:00 pm -- Board of Selectmen

9:15 pm -- RTM - Planning Zoning & Housing Comm.

11:00 pm -- Inside Town Hall - League of Women Voters

11:45 pm -- Board of Finance

Darien Community Calendar runs between all programs. Live coverage (usually weeknight evenings) will pre-empt the schedule above.

Copies of TV79 coverage are available for $25 per DVD.

Please forward this schedule to your friends. To receive TV79’s weekly program schedule, e-mail us at channel79@darienct.gov. If you receive extra copies of this schedule or wish to be removed from our e-mail list, just let us know.

Our next Monday at Seven meeting will be on Monday, March 1st from 7 - 9 a.m

Participants will work to practice their introductory speeches, distribute their one-page networking summaries, and identify current targets for coordination with other Monday at 7 attendees. (Please note that  Chris Cleary, this coming Monday's scheduled speaker, has had to postpone his presentation.)

Upcoming Monday at Seven speakers include:

March 8th - Mark Troncone - Everything That You Wanted to Know About Networking but Were Afraid to Try

March 15 - Abby Kohut - Job Search in 2010

One of my favorite Darien Library moments from 2009 was just happening to witness a Monday at Seven (aka Monday @7 and M7) member arrive to report that he'd been hired for the position for which he'd prepared while attending this helpful weekly program. He thanked the day's speaker and he thanked all the members of the group. It was a goosebumps moment.

Our goal has been (and continues to be) to provide a resource and meeting center for Job Seekers and Networkers by opening our doors every Monday from 7 to 9 a.m. Happily, we're helping many in the community achieve their goals, too.

Monday at Seven is open to residents of Darien and Darien Library members. Please join us. To read more about Monday at Seven, click here. To leave a comment, please click below.

On Sunday, February 21st at 3:30 p.m., Darien Library, in co-sponsorship with the League of Women Voters, will present the highly-acclaimed documentary, I.O.U.S.A.

I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. America is burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor. This documentary utilizes archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America's current economic situation. The film also uses candid interviews and featured subjects include Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O'Neill, Robert Rubin, and Paul Volcker. The ultimate power of I.O.U.S.A., however, is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations.

Resolutely non-partisan... a documentary everyone should see" – Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

...may be to the U.S. economy what 'An Inconvenient Truth' was to the environment. -- Reuters 

To learn more about the film, click here.

Please join us in the Library's Community Room for this special film screening.

Admission is free.

Refreshments will be served.

Our next Monday at Seven meeting will be on Monday morning, February 22nd and our speaker will be Susan McAteer. Susan is a respected educator, speaker, and financial, tax, and marketing advisor. Dedicated to helping businesses succeed, Susan specializes in defining product marketing strategy for clients and on performance excellence. Built on the principles of business performance management, performance excellence is the ability to optimize operational and financial performance. 

Every Monday at 7 a.m., we open our doors to provide a resource and meeting center for residents of Darien and Darien Library members.