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What It Takes: YOUR Indie Business Buzz
What It Takes: YOUR Indie Business Buzz is an informal monthly meeting
of people who want to turn their creative work into a sustainable
living. We'll cover topics like product photography, branding your
business, selling your work online and in local shops, and any other
challenges that you're facing. What It Takes is for everyone. All
experience levels are welcome, so please join us! Come ask questions,
share your knowledge, and learn from others' experience to get
organized, get ready, and get on your way!
What It Takes meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7:00. Meetings are free for members and $5 for nonmembers. Do you have an idea for a topic you'd like to discuss at one of our meetings? Email hive.programs@gmail.com with your ideas and suggestions, and we'll add them to our list of 2012 topics. |
Upcoming Meetings & Topics
Past Meetings & Topics
April 4, 2012 - 5:30-7:00pm The Artists' Exchange, Cranston, RI
I set up my blog. Now what?
with Carrie L Saarinen
Blogging requires a combination of creativity, ingenuity and commitment. Creating content on a regular basis requires self-discipline. This session will provide tips & tricks for people who need to develop their blogging strategy.
Carrie is currently an instructional designer at Brown University, helping faculty make the most of internet technology for teaching, learning and research. She is also the social media strategist for NERCOMP.org and a visiting instructor at Salem State University.
View her Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/clsaarinen
and follow her on Twitter http://twitter.com/clsaarinen
Contact: clsaarinen@gmail.com
March 7, 2012 - 5:30-7:00pm The Artists' Exchange, Cranston, RI
Local jewelry artist and What It Takes coordinator, Danielle Vaillancourt, will share some beginners' tips and tricks for creating appealing photos of your artwork for use on Etsy, in blogs and websites, or for show applications - all without breaking the bank!
View Danielle's work here: www.davinejewelry.com, and on flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/davinejewelry/
February 1, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center on the Brown Campus
Nationally syndicated columnist Suzette Martinez Standring will share tips on effective press releases and how to make your website/blog content stand out, based on writing advice from her award winning book, "The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and Other Great Columnists."
For more info about Suzette, check out her website: http://www.readsuzette.com/
I set up my blog. Now what?
with Carrie L Saarinen
Blogging requires a combination of creativity, ingenuity and commitment. Creating content on a regular basis requires self-discipline. This session will provide tips & tricks for people who need to develop their blogging strategy.
Carrie is currently an instructional designer at Brown University, helping faculty make the most of internet technology for teaching, learning and research. She is also the social media strategist for NERCOMP.org and a visiting instructor at Salem State University.
View her Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/clsaarinen
and follow her on Twitter http://twitter.com/clsaarinen
Contact: clsaarinen@gmail.com
March 7, 2012 - 5:30-7:00pm The Artists' Exchange, Cranston, RI
Local jewelry artist and What It Takes coordinator, Danielle Vaillancourt, will share some beginners' tips and tricks for creating appealing photos of your artwork for use on Etsy, in blogs and websites, or for show applications - all without breaking the bank!
View Danielle's work here: www.davinejewelry.com, and on flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/davinejewelry/
February 1, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center on the Brown Campus
Nationally syndicated columnist Suzette Martinez Standring will share tips on effective press releases and how to make your website/blog content stand out, based on writing advice from her award winning book, "The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Arianna Huffington, Pete Hamill and Other Great Columnists."
For more info about Suzette, check out her website: http://www.readsuzette.com/
- May 4, 2011 - Preparing for a Craft Fair/Art Festival
- April 6, 2011 - Pricing Your Artwork
- March 2, 2011 - Finances for Artists with Larson Gunness
- February 9, 2011 - Health & Wellness
- January 5, 2011 - New Year, New Plan: Your Indie Business Plan
- December 1, 2010 - An Evening of Biographies with panelists Anna Shapiro, Amie Plante, Julie Brigidi, and Joan McLaughlin
- November 3, 2010 - Goal Setting