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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

                      __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/

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                      March 7, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center on the Brown Campus

                      Basic photography and digital image editing tips and tricks!

                      April 4, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Sarah Doyle Women's Center on the Brown Campus

                      Blogging- Technical and practical aspects with Carrie Saarinen

                      _Past Meetings & Topics:
                      • 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




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