AUBURN – Central Maine Community College Corporate and Community Services will offer two workshops, “Personal Financial Planning” (CED 002-21) and “Stop Procrastinating” (CED 015-01).

“Stop Procrastinating” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Sept. 21. The cost is $99. The session will offer a variety of clear and simple methods to help break the procrastination habit once and for all.

Learn why people delay and postpone things, specific techniques to help overcome procrastinating and how to develop good habits to get work done.

The workshop will be presented by Marylin Newell, executive coach, seminar leader and registered counselor and the founder of Life Matters in Mechanic Falls.

Newell started as an adjunct faculty member in 1988 with what is now Central Maine Community College and with the former Mid-State College. She was the academic dean and campus director at Mid-State College. She has served as president at Andover College in Portland and McIntosh College in Dover, N.H.

“Personal Financial Planning” is a workshop for individuals who want to take control of their personal finances. The three-part series will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and 9. The cost is $55 a person. Spouses or partners can attend for no charge.

The workshop will cover the importance of setting up an emergency fund, the steps to getting out of debt, how to establish and structure funds for retirement and ways to save for big purchases such as college expenses.

Strategies for paying off “bad debt” and how “good debt” can work for a person will also be covered.

The workshop will be facilitated by Van Perry, vice president and commercial loan officer. He has been in the commercial lending field for more than 16 years and is also a consultant to small businesses.

For more information or to register, contact the Corporate and Community Services Department at Central Maine Community College at 755-5280 or 1-800-891-2002, ext. 280, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.cmcc.edu/training.