Past Events

Tuesday: September 24, 2024 Legally Protect Your Business: What Creative Business Owners Need to Know
Don't wait until something happens to get your business buttoned up! Having contracts in your business is a must.
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Wednesday: July 31, 2024 Summer Happy Hour
Join us for a summer happy hour – an in-person gathering in Manhattan with casual networking, good food, and great beverages.
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Wednesday: July 24, 2024 Power Lunch : July
Held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, Spark Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss how to run a design business, and learn solutions direct from successful design business owners
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Wednesday: June 26, 2024 Power Lunch : Strategy
This month, in conjunction with our Brand Strategy event, we'll be talking further about the connection between strategy and design.
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Tuesday: June 25, 2024 Brand Strategy – What It Is and How To Charge For It
Join us as we demystify the process and business of brand strategy.
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Wednesday: May 22, 2024 Power Lunch : May
Spark Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss and learn how to run a design business.
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Tuesday: May 21, 2024 NYCxDESIGN Special Event: The Business of Design - Behind the Scenes of Successful Design Studios
Join us for a special in-person event about running a design business.
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Wednesday: April 24, 2024 Power Lunch : April
Learn from successful design business owners in a supportive, transparent setting.
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Tuesday: April 16, 2024 Marketing For Creatives Who Hate Marketing
There are two things creative business owners and freelancers share that they hate doing most: marketing and sales.
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Wednesday: March 27, 2024 Power Lunch : March
Held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, our Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss how to run a design business.
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Tuesday: March 26, 2024 Beyond the Basics: Explore Canva's Newest Features and Functions with LeAnna Weller Smith
Learn the latest features of Canva and how to use it in your design practice.
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Wednesday: February 28, 2024 Power Lunch : February
Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss how to run a design business.
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Tuesday: February 27, 2024 Design Pricing Workshop
Our clients get the benefit of seeing how competing firms structure their pricing, yet designers rarely discuss this subject with each other... until now.
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Wednesday: January 24, 2024 Power Lunch: January
Held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, our Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss how to run a design business, and learn solutions direct from successful design business owners in
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Tuesday: January 23, 2024 Spark Mastermind
We are excited to host our first Spark Mastermind event, to help you grow your business with personal advice and expert problem-solving from other design business owners.
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Tuesday: December 12, 2023 Spark Holiday Party
Join us for our annual Spark holiday party – an in-person gathering in Manhattan with casual networking, good food, and great beverages.
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Wednesday: November 22, 2023 POWER LUNCH: NOVEMBER
Held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, our Power Lunches are an opportunity to openly discuss how to run a design business, and learn solutions direct from successful design business owners in
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Friday: November 17, 2023 Let's Get Real: From Jealousy to Empowerment by Addressing Uncomfortable Emotions in a Creative Practice with Marina Esmeraldo
We all experience gnarly feelings like envy, resistance, comparison, impostor syndrome and other limiting beliefs. Many of us have gone through shattering burnouts.
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