To that end, one of the biggest topics of conversation was
what our role was in helping to organize various levels of get togethers.
Here’s what we came up with, however we are totally open to suggestions and
requests if you have an idea for something you wish would happen.
Meetups
We imagine meetups to be the social, community building side
of SF Etsy. Our fearless leader Rochelle is the woman behind last year’s Craft Swap and will be pulling strings to make similar future events happen. We’ve
got something in the works for May, but I won’t spill the beans just yet. If you have any great ideas for how all of us can get together more regularly or want to help out with meetups be sure to let Rochelle know.
As leaders we will organize a few of these a year with the
intention of bringing as much of the team together as we can to meet face to
face and make friends. Since we also know that many of you live outside of San
Francisco we are looking for volunteers in the North, South and East bay to
help us make these social events happen in your area. If this is something
you’d be interested in contact one of our team co-captains, Katy or Steph.
Business Groups
A while back I wrote an article on the benefits of business groups and it motivated a lot of you reach out to one another to make something
happen. That was exactly the intention. Business groups are your thing to
manage and organize in whatever way helps you the most. It might be the same
small group of you that get together once a month to share successes and
failures or it might be a larger rotating group that meets every other week to
ask questions of each other about running an Etsy shop. These can be as big or
small, structured or casual as you want them to be.
However as leaders we’re here to support you in any way that
we can so let us know if you need ideas on how structure one of these groups,
have a group that needs more members or are in search of a group in your area. I personally would love to have a list of all the business groups that form so that I can
help new members find the support they need. If you have a group you'd like me to be aware of just send a quick note with how often you meet and in what area. You are also welcome to add these
meetings to our team calendar on the blog by clicking on the "Add Event" link just below the calendar.
Workshops
Yes, we also plan to have a few business success workshops
for you before the year is finished. These of course are about building skills
and knowledge to run your business successfully, although there may be a pre or
post social hour added on.
We’re still hammering out the details of when and where, but
look for one on branding to happen sometime toward the end of June and then a
pre-holiday bootcamp workshop sometime in October. If we get a good response to
these we’ll definitely plan more for next year.
So that’s our big plan for providing events that educate and
bring you all together. As I said if you see something missing or have an idea
for another type of event let Katy, Steph or I know and we’ll see what we can
do.
We all look forward to meeting more of you in the coming
months!
Genevieve not only writes The Savvy Entrepreneur she is the Co-Founder of Lightbox SF where she empowers creatives to take over the world. Check out the blog or how to work with her.
If you're an Etsy seller in the San Francisco Bay Area, contact Katy or Steph about joining SFEtsy!
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