October 2019
Lunch & Learn: How to Ace Your Marketing as a One-Person Team
Learn to ace your marketing as a one-person team! Calling all solopreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofit folks: Are you the only one handling the marketing for your business or organization? Join us for a lunchtime workshop with Alicia Porter, Director of Communications at Friends Academy, as she helps you discover the important things you should focus on in your marketing, provides you with helpful tools, and helps you discover how to create a plan that's manageable while avoiding overwhelm.…
Find out more »Headshot Photos at Groundwork!
Here's your chance to upgrade the status of your profile photo from a selfie to a professional portrait by Christine Hochkeppel, professional photographer and owner of Salty Broad Studios. CLICK HERE for details and to book your session.
Find out more »Business Buzz
Join us at the beautiful Buzzards Bay Brewery in scenic Westport to have a drink, meet people, and enjoy this unique family-friendly setting. The Business Buzz is a "notworking" event-- that means no pitches, just authentic conversation. The Buzz is always free and open to the public.
Find out more »WordPress Meetup: Growing WordPress by Reducing Complexity & Fragmentation
We’ll discuss 1) the nature of WordPress growth, 2) how reducing complexity & fragmentation are keys to accelerating growth and 3) walk through examples of this with Gutenberg. What’s in it for you? Develop a better understanding of WordPress growth and the direction WordPress is going so you can: - Users: Make better decisions for your own website. - Freelancers & Agencies: Make better decisions for client projects. - Plugin & Theme Developers: Make better decisions for your business. Gabriel…
Find out more »Member Event: Breakfast of Champions
Join us in the kitchen for some breakfast, and a member lightening talk. Each month a different member will have the opportunity to give a 5-10 minute lightening talk about their business, and/or a current challenge/project. Attending members will then have the opportunity to make referrals, give advice, provide career support, and beyond. Breakfast of Champions will help members get to know one another and create a stronger coworking bond between our members.
Find out more »Member Event: Pumpkin Carving
Tis the season! Bring a pumpkin and your favorite carving tools.
Find out more »November 2019
Lunch & Learn: Executive Presence – Projecting the X Factor in Leadership
Great communicators are made not born. The X Factor in leadership is an essential skill for career success. It allows a leader to project confidence, engage an audience and inspire others to take action. Join Brian McNeany, Executive Vice President of Global Sales for Pinnacle Performance Company, for this lunch hour workshop to learn how to create personal impact, demonstrate gravitas, build relationships and lead change as a confident and compelling communicator. This workshop is free for Groundwork members and…
Find out more »December 2019
Lunch & Learn: Identify Your Creativity for Increased Motivation and Productivity
Creativity stops and starts. We all know that feeling. A project we’re working on needs a creative boost but we just can’t seem to get to work, or else the ideas don’t come. Join Midori Evans, founder of Midori Creativity, for a lunch hour workshop to explore the creative sparks you just can't ignore. Got a great idea for a new product/business/project? Bring it to the table. Midori will discuss the process of focusing on those ideas, and putting them…
Find out more »