Resources for

Networking

Trying to make your way in a city full of talent is hard. Knowing people helps. I’ve appreciated many networking groups in Grand Rapids and thought I’d pull together some of my favorites just in case you’re looking to connect with some new faces.

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Creative Mornings GR

Creative Mornings is a national group but our local chapter is amazing. At Creative Mornings attendees gather in cities around the world to enjoy fresh coffee, friendly people, and an array of breakfast foods. Volunteer hosts and their team members organize local chapters that not only celebrate a city’s creative talent, but also promote an open space to connect with like-minded individuals. The growing archive of past breakfast talks is humbling. From design legends to hometown heroes, speakers are selected by each chapter based on a global theme.

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AIGA West Michigan

AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force. As the largest community of design advocates, they bring together practitioners, enthusiasts, and patrons to amplify the voice of design and create the vision for a collective future. They have all sorts of ways to get involved with board and committee position as well as event coordinators and their ever popular Design Week.

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Start Garden

Start Garden is a hub for all things entrepreneurial in Grand Rapids. In addition to all of their networking and startup events, they have their Startup Digest events calendar that pulls all sorts of other events that might be interesting to the start up, many of which are coding classes. Check them and their events out for opportunities in Grand Rapids.

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Coffee With Creators

Jump start your day! Coffee with Creators is an early morning, but casual coffee meetup for anyone that’s interested in technology, design and business—at all levels. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or totally ‘green’, take the opportunity to join coLearning students, professionals and companies to chat, get to know one another, and share experiences.

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Drinks and Digital

Connections over a few beers are Drinks and Digital’s MO. Social media managers, email marketers, bloggers, content creators, photographers – really, anyone interested in digital marketing and having a chat are always welcome at this ongoing and casual opportunity to connect with others. Collaborate. Discuss your latest campaign. Share tools. Geek out. Cheers.

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Take A Look At Some

Recent Projects

From nonprofits to corporations to musicians to online stores, we can build it all! Check out some of our projects listed below and if anything catches your eye, feel free to reach out and we can keep that in mind when build out your website.

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Take A Look At Some

Recent Projects

Andrea Napierkowski
Owner of CurlyHost

A good website makes it a business... makes it real... grows your ideas...

CurlyHost has worked on over 650 projects since we started back in 2011 and each one has given us insight into what works (and what doesn’t). We enjoy what we do and can’t wait to partner with your organization to tell your story online in an engaging and thoughtful way. Click around our website to check out our tools or see our past work to get inspired!

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HeroRaise works tirelessly to serve our nation’s Heros, raising thousands of dollars for a variety of causes. With a growing following, HeroRaise needed a website with more functionality that allowed for automatic donations and payments, financial tracking, and less hands-on management. They were also looking to expand the site’s offerings with memorials and provider listings free of charge.
With a long list of needs and wants, HeroRaise turned to CurlyHost to design and build the new site. CurlyHost simplified the fundraising management immensely, creating a crowdfunding site that allows Heroes to create and manage their own campaigns completely free. Users looking to donate can browse listings by category or search by keyword or location. Donations are a simple checkout process and social sharing is seamlessly integrated to encourage spreading the word.
CurlyHost also added an obituary board where any user can post a picture and a message honoring a loved one completely free. Where other websites might rely on advertising or charge hefty fees to post an obituary, CurlyHost designed a simple, low-maintenance solution that allows HeroRaise to offer the service at no charge to the poster.
Check out the full website here: https://www.heroraise.com/
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#fallenheroes #neverforget #military #memorial #usa #heroes #armystrong #coastguard #semperfi #usairforce #militarylove #usmarine #soldiers #supportourveterans #deployed #usarmedforces

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Robyn Gobbel is a trauma therapist turned speaker, writer, and educator. She has a
big personality that loves all things pink and sparkly, while also being very
passionate about neuroscience, understanding the human brain, and healing
trauma. As a speaker, her vibrant personality and empathetic understanding of
people and trauma allow her to connect deeply with her audience and create an
engaging and meaningful experience.

CurlyHost did a complete revamp of Robyn’s former site, starting with a cleaned-up
layout and adding in a new color palette as fresh and playful as she is. Her live
training events and tickets are fully integrated into the site, so clients can register
without clicking away to an Eventbrite site and getting confused. Her speaking page
has fully embedded speaking samples that make it easy to get a feel for Robyn’s flair
and book her right through the website.

Check out her project with the link in our bio!

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#webdesigner #branding #digitalmarketing #websitedesign
#webdeveloper #wordpress #coding
#ecommerce #creative #therapy #mentalhealth #selfcare #childtherapist
#mentalhealthawareness #adoptiontherapy #psychology #health
#therapist #adoption #counseling #mentalhealthmatters #trauma #psychotherapy
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Revolution Farms is just off a quiet country road in Caledonia, Michigan where they’ve created the ideal indoor environment for fresh lettuce to thrive during every month of the Midwest climate. Inside the facility is a 50,000 square foot state-of-the-art greenhouse and an on-site packaging line.

By blending technology and biology, supply chain, and advanced agriculture, their farm harnesses natural light, automatically adjusts temperature, wind, shade, humidity, and carbon dioxide. Their fresh greens are cut at the peak of growth, immediately packaged on-site and delivered to your local grocery store in 1-2 days.

With their product design and content strategy provided by Burch Partners, their website is a fun and creative way to highlight the difference in hydroponic lettuce! Check out their website and find them in your local grocery store throughout West Michigan!

https://www.revolutionfarms.com/ - link in bio.

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Family Intervention Nurturing Empowerment Inc. (FINE) provides a caring and nurturing infant program that serves families with children who have special needs in Southern California. They collaborate with Regional Centers and other agencies to embed evidence-based practices into family routines and activities.

Check out their new site:

https://www.fineinfantprogram.com/

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