You have been, and always shall be, my friend.

Leonard Nimoy passed away yesterday.  And, while I am a firm believer that none of us should be defined by just one aspect of our lives, Mr. Nimoy will always be Mr. Spock to me.

I was just 8 years old when I saw the first episode of Star Trek and from that time the series, its spin offs, and all its characters have never been far from me.  Camp to be sure, at times; some moralizing, certainly; many a great episode and themes; and some great lessons, if you were so inclined to see them.  Friendship, even with aliens and later androids (maybe we call them synthetics). Optimism that no matter what, the galaxy would be saved.  Good did, in the end, triumph over evil; and, in fact, if you tried, you could always find a way to balance the needs of the many, or the few, or the one.

As Mr. Spock warps out on his eternal journey, I hope he bumps into and makes first contact with some Vulcans or another group of benevolent aliens and sends them our way.  We could sure use a hand with our future.  Maybe that's the wish of a “fanboy”, but Mr. Spock did say that he'd like to think there were always possibilities.

Our friends from NASA ended their kind Tweet to Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Spock with “Boldy go…”. May he be there already and watching as we travel along all of our frontiers.

Seven score and ten years ago...

Seven score and ten years ago this afternoon, President Lincoln reminded us of the sacrifices being then made and those still to come to preserve “ the government of the people, by the people and for the people”.

As we remember and honor his words, and the great deeds that occasioned them, may we also be reminded of the great and “unfinished” work before us.  Work still so necessary, in all elements of our society, if we are to truly embrace the “better angels of our nature”.

Advancing Workforce and Business Development

http://gatewaychamber.com/pages/October2013SolarCure

Thanks to MY9 and NJ NOW for continuing the discussion on the Rutgers Alumni Association's efforts to support student veterans at Rutgers University.

Jerry Masin who heads the Rutgers Alumni Associations' Special Interest Group for Veterans talks about the program "Bridging The Gap" which is helping returning military veterans train at Rutgers in order to re-join the work force.


New Jersey Now: July 14, 2013 Segment 4

A Constancy of Purpose

With thanks for the inspiration of David Brooks coming from his recent article in The New York Times called Why They Fought.

150 years ago today America, not yet again the United States of America, woke up from a  punch-drunk stupor caused  by the concussive and convulsive blows of a battle on and around the rolling hills of a small town in Pennsylvania.  The battle saw the high tide of the Confederacy crest and begin to recede, though a weary country would still face nearly 2 more years of  bloody conflict. The battle was Gettysburg; to this day, the deadliest 3 days in American warfare.

Shelby Foote, a distinguished historian, would say that you cannot understand us as a nation without understanding the Civil War. And you cannot understand the Civil War without understanding Gettysburg. I have tried for years to do so having regularly visited and toured the battlefield since being a young boy.  In 2002, I joined a number of corporate executives at Gettysburg for a training event modeled after a military protocol called an “after action” staff ride.  The staff ride was used, in the past, to visit a battlefield to gain the insight of lessons learned from the conflict.  The training event, sponsored by the Conference Board, was intended to create learning's from “battlefield to board-room” around important leadership principles.  I reflect to this day on that learning experience in November of 2002 and was honored to have been able to read to our group President Lincoln’s address, in commemoration of the battle, on Veteran’s Day while visiting the Gettysburg cemetery.

Two of the points we discussed are as important then as today – command intent and constancy of purpose.  Our news is filled today with our doubts about leadership, in both the public and private sector, and we learn from a recent Gallup Poll survey that 7 out of 10 workers have “checked out” at work or are actively disengaged.

We are reminded at the sesquicentennial of Gettysburg that 163,760 of our fellow citizens hurled themselves at each other for 3 days in pursuit of a vision, cause and purpose that would determine whether this nation would “long endure”. 45,687 fell or were wounded in response. In his 1997 book “For Cause and Comrades,” James M. McPherson notes that a consciousness of duty was pervasive in Victorian America. David Brooks states it in terms that there was probably also a greater covenantal consciousness, a belief, of the time, that our forebears were born in a state of indebtedness to an ongoing project, and they would inevitably be called upon to pay these debts, to come square with the country, even at the cost of their lives.

As we consider all of this today, in readying our cook-out and fireworks viewing plans, two points to close on regarding squaring our own covenantal consciousness.  Leaders need to be transformational and must create conditions that others can believe in and follow and when we do follow, we must do so with both a commitment to a shared vision and a constancy of purpose to cause.

And so, in keeping with your faith, as you understand it, God bless America. And God bless those who stand the watch in defense of our national interests, civilian and military, and those who support them. May we be reminded in the midst of the pageant and pomp and parade that there is a price of admission to the land of the free and the home of the brave. That price is active citizenship, duty, diligence, honor and service.

Happy Independence Day.

NJ Capitol Report June 29, 2013 Episode - Discussion of Bridging the Gap Student Veterans Initiative at Rutgers University.

NJ Capitol Report Steve Adubato & Rafael Pi Roman June 29th

Get IT – Education as the pathway to technology-focused employment

How to Get IT
By Jerry Masin

Thomas Edison said, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” In today’s economic environment – where businesses have learned to do more with fewer people, yet struggle to find qualified candidates for those positions that are open – seeking employment without proper education and training is vision without execution. Unemployment rates remain stagnant in part due to more job seekers reentering the job market as the economy continues to recover, yet less jobs available because many positions cut during the recession are gone forever as technology has spurred improvements in business processes. As columnist David Brooks recently said, “American skills have not kept up with technological change.”

Those Americans who have kept up are succeeding. While unemployment rates still remain above 8 percent, unemployment in the information technology sector consistently runs well below national levels, as low as 3.3 percent in June year when the national rate was 9.2 percent. And the news for the IT community, and those seeking employment in this sector, keeps getting better. After sitting on their cash for most of the recession businesses once again are investing in IT, on both the software and hardware sides. U.S. businesses are forecast to spend $551 billion on IT products and services in 2012, according to the “United States Information Technology Report Q1 2012” issued by MarketResearch.com. Drivers of that investment include cloud computing, mobile applications, data center consolidation, product innovation such as tablets and netbooks and technology innovation such as GPS, the report said. Monster added government mandates such as those of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Because computers do not program themselves this increase in investment translates into demand for skilled IT workers. According to “Tech Hiring Trends 2012” issued by Acquity Group, there will be an increased demand for mobile application developers and data warehouse analysts this year. U.S. News and World Report lists software developer and database administrator as the second and fifth best jobs of 2012.

Yet not everyone gets IT. The Princeton Review showed that the 10 most popular college majors continue to include business administration and management/commerce (#1), psychology (#2), English language and literature (#6) and political science and government (#9).
At the same time 52 percent of U.S. businesses report having difficulty filling open positions, according to ManpowerGroup’s “2011 Talent Shortage Survey.” Only 14 percent of hiring managers reported that over the last three years “most” or “nearly all” job candidates had the skills their company looks for in a potential employee, according to a recent survey by the Career Advisory Board. Even in IT there is a shortage of necessary skills, with 93 percent of businesses reporting an overall skill gap among their IT staff, according to the “State of IT Skills” report by CompTIA.
Learning, Growth and Sustainable Employment In the new economy of the 21st century, economic vitality is the outcome of a three-part formula: learning, growth and sustainable employment. Through job-specific education and training workers become properly skilled, help businesses grow and remain employable.

So how does an unemployed or underemployed non-IT worker take advantage of this increasing demand for skilled IT employees? As Edison said, they need to execute a plan.
First, job-seekers must perform a skills assessment. A job search is a journey and just as a traveler begins a journey by assessing what he or she will need for the trip job-seekers must determine which skills they possess and lack. (Skill self-assessment tools are readily available online.)
For example, to succeed as an application developer or database developer workers require a basic understanding of computing, object-oriented concepts, relational databases and how to write code. Because much of this can be trained, job-seekers in this field also must possess discipline, organizational skills, a burning desire to learn and a burning desire to succeed. Job-seekers can also confer with a career coach to determine their best path. Any discussion about where a worker wants to go must include a discussion of where the jobs are. Next, the execution of a career change and new job search entails job-specific education and training that is holistic. Because past job training and business knowledge carry value, an effective IT training program must link past job experience with the new skills being learned. And finally the IT job search must include marketing – promoting the job-seeker with his or her new skills to prospective employers.

SetFocus, an information technology training school that trains applications developers, database developers and other Microsoft professionals, puts this three-pronged approach to the test. Before any training begins, students partake in skill assessments, which help them and their instructors identify their current skills, their strengths and their areas needing improvement. Past job experience and knowledge is heavily weighed. Armed with this blueprint of knowledge, a training plan is outlined and executed through a curriculum that is designed and periodically reviewed in partnership with IT hiring companies. This ensures that students complete the 13-week full-time or 30+-week part-time program possessing the necessary skills and education to make them marketable.
SetFocus’ marketing includes career development efforts through the school’s placement partners that connects graduates with businesses in a wide variety of sectors requiring highly skilled IT professionals. This thee-step formula of linking to past work experiences, building required skill sets and marketing to prospective employers allows graduates to maintain significant placement success. Most importantly, the holistic foundation of their training enables graduates to enjoy sustainable employment.

Education that Leads to Employment

Education and training is only relevant if it leads to sustainable employment. Education and training is the means; employment is the end. And for employment to be sustainable, it must bring value to the employer. The idea of hitting the ground running has never been more relevant than in today’s economy. Companies are no longer willing to invest in training for two or three years; they demand their employees be productive now. According to CompTIA, employers are more likely to outsource or hire new workers than invest in training for existing employees. In an era of high unemployment, many employers expect new employees to come prepared with the skills and training to be productive immediately, according to Brenda Gilchrist, principal and co-founder of the HR Matrix. For employment to be sustainable it must be valuable today and tomorrow. The best way to ensure that is through job-specific education and training. Information technology that drives nearly all business growth is taking a more prominent position in companies every day. Investment in IT will accelerate as technological innovation such as cloud computing and mobile applications advance exponentially. With this will come a greater need for IT professionals ready to step in and become productive immediately rather than lag behind a learning curve that is soaring skyward.

Now is the moment for those outside the information technology sector who are considering entering to take that step and redefine their careers with a properly executed plan for their future. Education is the pathway to technology-focused employment.

Learning, growth and sustainable employment – this is how to get IT.

Jerry Masin is president of SetFocus, an information technology training school headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. He can be reached at 973.889.0211 or jerry.masin@setfocus.com. www.setfocus.com.

Article appearing in the May 2012 issue of the New Jersey Technology Council's issue of TechWire.

New IT Training Portal Gives Job Seekers Free Education, Training and a Pathway to Employment http://www.setfocusfreetraining.com

New IT Training Portal Gives Job Seekers Free Education, Training and a Pathway to Employment http://www.setfocusfreetraining.com

New Jersey Technology Council and SetFocus Announce Bridging the Gap Technology Scholarship

New Jersey Technology Council and SetFocus Announce Bridging the Gap Technology Scholarship

SetFocus Launches New Classroom and Office Space Rental Website http://www.setfocusclassroomrentals.com

SetFocus Launches New Classroom and Office Space Rental Website http://www.setfocusclassroomrentals.com

Education and Training is the Pathway to Employment

There is a connection between learning, growth and sustainable employment, according to Jerry Masin, president of SetFocus, an informational technology training school headquartered in Parsippany. Unfortunately, too many people do not see that connection. Unemployment among college graduates is 7.5 percent, higher in nontechnical fields such as liberal arts (9.4 percent). Yet unemployment in information technology consistently runs less than half the national average. Meanwhile, 22 percent of U.S. businesses claim they cannot find qualified candidates while 40 percent rate new hires as "deficient." Yet the most popular college majors include social sciences, visual arts, English and communications.

Clearly, too many people do not see the connection between learning, growth and sustainable employment. Fortunately for the students of SetFocus and the employers hiring them, Masin and his faculty do. SetFocus trains and places in the workplace Microsoft experts – from IT professionals whose skills have lagged or those recently laid off to individuals seeking retraining to start a new career. The school works closely with employers to regularly hone its curriculum to ensure students are properly trained in required skills and hiring partners’ needs are properly filled. In other words, SetFocus makes a connection between education, growth and sustainable employment. As a result, the school enjoys significant placement success for its students.
Masin came to SetFocus in 2011. While the school has long been respected in the technical training arena Masin committed to taking the organization to its next level.

With more than 30 years experience in building global organizations, he determined to make SetFocus a key player in workforce development and reinvestment throughout New Jersey. "Edison said, ‘Vision without execution is hallucination,’" Masin said. "Everybody deserves a good education and good job. Without execution, that vision falls into hallucination." For SetFocus, execution includes working closely with the state’s workforce investment boards as well as the U.S. Department of Military Affairs. Already certified as an eligible training provider by New Jersey, the school will become GI Bill-certified shortly. "Education and training is only relevant if it leads to a job," Masin said. "The idea of hitting the job running has never been more relevant than now. Companies don’t have two or three years to get employees trained. They need to be productive now. "We are offering to the workforce investment boards around the state the ability to fast-track training opportunities. When you fast-track training and education you fast track jobs."

Masin is able to turn SetFocus into a workforce development leader because the school is so ideally suited to train and quickly place employees. The school offers students a full-time program of 40 hours per week for 13 weeks or a part-time option of 15 hours per week for 30 weeks and operates a career services and placement department. In addition to being designed with direct input from hiring partners, the curriculum is taught by an unparalleled faculty, according to Masin. "The secret sauce for a training organization is its trainers," he said. "We have been very fortunate to attract rock star trainers, acknowledged subject matter experts. We look for trainers who are recognized as top-shelf experts within the Microsoft community."
SetFocus also offers The GRID®, virtual training that allows instructors and students to interact in a classroom environment from any location. Through audio and video, each student has a "front row" seat in full view of the instructor and fellow students, with face-to-face communication. All of which enables SetFocus to make the connection between education, growth and sustainable employment. "When I talk with an unemployed worker or someone considering a career change, I ask, ‘Where do you want to go?’" Masin said. "But first I say, ‘Let’s talk about where the jobs are.’ I’m not relevant if I can’t help them find a job."

To learn more about SetFocus call 973.889.0211 or visit www.setfocus.com.

From an article appearing in the March 2012 issue of The Business Edge, a publication of The Morris County Chamber of Commerce. With compliments to editor, Chris Reardon.

SetFocus Launches Campaign for Free IT Training

SetFocus Launches Campaign for Free IT Training

Thanksgiving for Hallowed Ground

I have had the opportunity to spend time recently around “hallowed ground” and I’m grateful for that. The term hallowed ground can surely mean many things, to many people. My intention here is to not offer any new definitions, but rather a view on what it means to me.

My recent visits to hallowed ground include time my son Zack and I spent at Gettysburg, the great turning point of the American Civil War. No words I can offer can add to the volumes spoken and written about those momentous three days of July 1st through the 3rd, 1863, except perhaps for these. I agree with the great Civil War historian Shelby Foote that the Civil War defined us as a nation and I believe the Battle of Gettysburg defined the Civil War. Let’s hold on to thoughts of defining moments and hallowed ground.

Other visits to hallowed ground have included being a judge at the Russ Berrie Institute (RBI) for Professional Sales 2011 Sales Triathlon. RBI is part of the William Paterson University Cotsakos College of Business and advances the cause of professional selling skills through a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Sales.

Another continuing visit to hallowed ground is working with the Career Services professionals at Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus, as they aid the cause of professional development for the students they mentor and counsel. Hallowed ground is also occupied, from my view, by the work being done by the Career Counselors at Berkeley College through their internship programs for students of the school. The folks of the New Jersey Technology Council, through their Technology and Entrepreneurship Talent Network, are also traveling through hallowed ground as they assist in career and job development efforts for the unemployed or those in employment transition.

I work with many dedicated professionals at SetFocus, a school for advancing education and training, while at same time bridging the gap between talent and opportunity, in the information technology career space. If you hold to the belief that a school is a building with the future inside of it, the physical and virtual campuses of SetFocus are tending to the future very well indeed.

And now back to defining moments and hallowed ground. I believe that hallowed ground is defined by the cause, belief and vision of those who travel it. Edison had it right when he said that “vision without execution is hallucination”. The Battle of Gettysburg was won because of a number of factors; I’d like to believe due to the character, competence and bias for execution shown by the victors.

My colleagues and friends at SetFocus, Rutgers University, the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales, Berkeley College and the New Jersey Technology Council are traveling on the hallowed ground of learning and growth. When they sound the call of “fix bayonets”, it is for education and the vision and execution behind the creation and sustainability of jobs.

And for the ample evidence and substance they bring to the "better angels of our nature", I offer my thanksgiving.

The Better Angels of Our Nature

On March 4, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln concluded his first Inaugural Address with an exhortation and promise to our soon to be embattled nation. He spoke with full knowledge of the looming conflict that became the American Civil War; he also spoke with a deep conviction and belief that our “better angels” would prevail.

I agree with the historian Shelby Foote who said you cannot understand us a nation without understanding our Civil War, a war that was “central to all our lives.” I also believe that the lessons of this conflict stay central to this day.

As we recognize the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, I trust you will join me on this blog and Twitter for a discussion on lessons and learnings in the workplace from a time long ago but, in reality, not far away.

I Got "IT" - A Small Business Primer for Managing Technology Resources and Investments to Maximum Profitability

This free seminar presented on behalf of the Greater Princeton Chapter of SCORE helps small business owners/leaders establish specific ways and means to profitably manage their usage of and expenditures on technology programs. Included in the seminar are discussion points on all technology assets – people, software, hardware, data, telephony, web and networking.

Princeton Public Library - 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ
June 29th from 6:45 to 8:45 PM

Contact Jerry Masin at jerrymasin@compasscale.com for further details.

PREPARING A NEW BUSINESS FOR THE WORLD OF DEBT FINANCING

6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

In cooperation with:

Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman
Carteret Office of Economic Development/Urban Enterprise Zone
Capital One Bank, Carteret
New Jersey Microlenders

Topics Include:

Small Business & Venture Counselor Jerry Masin along with SCORE resource partners and financial institutions will lead discussions on how to prepare for the important task or readying your business to seek loans and other financial support.

Cost: FREE Register 732-541-3836 or EcDevInfo@carteret.net

Location: Carteret
Thomas J. Deverin Community Center
All-Purpose Room
100 Cooke Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008

Hosted by Carteret Business Partnership

www.carteret.net

Angel Investor Seminar for the benefit of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center at The College of New Jersey.

Overview of NJSBDC @ TCNJ Strategic Human Capital Consulting Program

Contact sbdc@tcnj.edu for program details.

Small business workshops come to Carteret

[Carteret] Mayor Dan Reiman has announced that the Borough has partnered with the Intersect Fund in hosting an 8 week advisory course for potential small business investors. The courses are a part of the Carteret Office of Economic Development’s expanding program agenda for new and existing local businesses.

A free seminar will be hosted prior to the course program, providing entrepreneurs an overview of the curriculum, a quick evaluation of their potential investment, and the range of opportunities provided through Carteret’s various small business startup programs.

The free seminar will be held at the Carteret Public Library, 100 Cooke Avenue, on Thursday January 28, and Thursday February 4, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.. Pre-registration is required at (732) 447-1324 or www.intersectfund.org .

The following 8-week course will offer training in small business planning and operation. A fee of $100-$250 will be required, depending on the participant’s income.

Graduates will receive:
* 250 professionally designed business cards
* Quickbooks Simple Start ($99 value)
* Two hours of one-on-one consulting
* An SBA-approved business plan
* Access to Intersect Fund microloan program
* Invitation to annual entrepreneur showcase

“Encouraging the establishment of new small businesses and nurturing their growth have been major facets of our agenda for a strong business community,” Mayor Reiman commented. “This program will provide potential investors with an invaluable learning experience and tools that may prove vital towards the development of a successful business venture.”

Mayor Reiman added that that SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, will host a range of small business workshops in Carteret. The Princeton Chapter of SCORE will host scheduled counseling sessions at the Carteret Public Library for entrepreneurs, as well as on-site business counseling, seminars, and workshops customized to the specific needs of participating businesses.

“Local businesses should also benefit from expertise and services of SCORE’s resource partners,” Mayor Reiman stated, “and the network of New Jersey’s Small Business Development Centers. This is a rare opportunity for existing businesses to consolidate their business strategies and operations, and for new businesses to avoid some of the common stumbling blocks towards their development.”

SCORE, the “Counselors of America’s Small Business Owners,” is a national association dedicated to helping small business owners form and grow their businesses. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and Washington D.C., SCORE has 364 chapters in the United States as well as in U.S territories. SCORE is a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

More than 8.5 million entrepreneurs have benefitted from the service and expertise of SCORE’s 12,400 volunteers, and 364 offices nationwide.

Since its foundation in 1964, SCORE has:

* Assisted more than 523,000 people in the last year alone.
* Provided counseling to more than 8.5 million business owners.
* Conducted more than 322,000 counseling sessions.
* Received 3.2 million visitors through its Web site in the last year.
* Helped successful companies, such as Vermont Teddy Bear, Vera Bradley Designs, and Jelly Belly Candy.
* Worked with 12,400 working and retired volunteers.
* Helps create nearly 20,000 new small businesses each year.

Councilman Jorge E. Diaz, Chairman of the Borough’s Finance and Administration Committee, said, “Small businesses have created 64% of private sector jobs over the past decade, and ensuring job sustainability is an essential part of our economic recovery. The Borough is focused on giving small businesses the tools to grow, to create jobs, and to drive our economy.”

“These tested resources will bring experience and innovation to our ever-growing small business startup programs,” Office of Economic Development Director Kathaleen Shaw added.

For more information on SCORE’s upcoming programs in Carteret, call (732) 910-3586, or visit www.scoreprinceton.org .

Princeton Area SCORE and Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce Announce Partnership

New Brunswick, NJ, November 19, 2009

The Greater Princeton Area SCORE Chapter is expanding its capacity to provide free and confidential advice and counseling to small business owners and people seeking to start a new business. A newly-formed partnership between SCORE and the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce (MCRCC) is aimed at improving economic development throughout Middlesex County by fostering and sustaining the growth of small businesses in the Middlesex County area. SCORE and the MCRCC will collaborate on seminar and counseling programs designed for the benefit of MCRCC member businesses as well as other businesses throughout Middlesex County. The partnership will result in additional locations for SCORE to conduct its free seminars and counseling sessions.

SCORE currently provides counseling at a number of locations in Mercer and Middlesex counties, including Princeton, New Brunswick, South Brunswick, Hamilton, and East Brunswick. In announcing the partnership with MCRCC, Bill Litchman, SCORE Greater Princeton Chapter Chair & President, observed: “the Princeton Chapter has traditionally been responsible for providing business counseling services to all Middlesex and Mercer County businesses and entrepreneurs. Over the past 15 years we have been recognized as the premier business counseling service to many of these clients. This latest action is part of our continuing effort to expand our services and we are pleased to be able to assist more clients throughout Middlesex County.”

MCRCC Executive Board Chair John Fitzgerald of Magyar Bank is optimistic about the benefits of this new partnership, stating, “The Chamber’s partnership with SCORE will benefit the business community by providing entrepreneurs and small businesses access to knowledgeable and experienced business professionals willing to share their experiences and provide valuable insight in starting or growing a business. We’re pleased to partner with an organization like SCORE that shares the Chamber’s mission of supporting local businesses which play such a vital role in our region’s economy.”

ABOUT SCORE: Greater Princeton Area SCORE, a non-profit, volunteer resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has more than forty small business owners and executives who volunteer their time and expertise to help others start a new business or help improve the profitability of existing ones. The chapter was named New Jersey’s “SCORE Chapter of the Year” for three consecutive years (2005-2008). SCORE currently counsels both emerging and existing businesses, with 20% of its clients falling into the existing business category.

ABOUT THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: The MCRCC was established in 1910 to serve as the voice of the business community in Central New Jersey. Today, they represent over 700 member organizations, representing over 50,000 employees. Their mission is to provide opportunities for business growth and prosperity, offer quality service to its members, and serve as a resource leader for businesses and the community.

To set up an appointment for free counseling sessions, call 609-393-0505. For additional information about SCORE and its free seminars, workshops, events, and tutorials, visit www.scoreprinceton.org.