Lunch & Learn: Tax Strategies and Tips when starting a small business
2022-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
This workshop will provide entrepreneurs and new business owners with the tools needed when starting their business. The workshop will review business plans, structuring your business and the different entity types, federal and MA filing requirements, as well as how to organize your business finances and bookkeeping.
This workshop will be led by Chantel A Souza, CPA MBA.
Chantel is a Certified Public Accountant and Partner at RichardsTimko, PC. She consults with business and individual clients in the areas of tax and accounting. She has spent the last 22 years in public accounting assisting her clients with their tax, accounting and business needs. Chantel has her Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a Master’s Degree in business from Webster University.
She is currently an ambassador of the One Southcoast Chamber of Commerce and the Treasurer of South Coast Business Alliance (SCBA). SCBA is a nonprofit that supports local youth by providing impactful donations to various Organizations.

How To Get Your Website To Rank on Google Page 1 in Local Search
2022-11-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Attend this short seminar to learn how to build a strong web presence to gain dominant visibility in local Google search results.

Local SEO expert Mark Collins will share the most important ranking factors that will get your website to show up on page
1 in Google search results, locally.

Lunch is provided. This workshop is free for Groundwork members and $10 for the general public.

Open Coworking
2022-11-10 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-08 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-12 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-09 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-09 13:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-13 13:00 - 17:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Check out Groundwork and experience coworking every AHA! Thursday from 1-5pm. Visit our gallery, grab some of our famous bottomless coffee, and get the AHA! schedule before you head downtown.

Black Marker Drawings: Paul (Pip) Everett
2022-11-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Everett’s new series of boldly rendered abstract landscapes is stark, sometimes ominous, and uniformly beautiful. He started the series somewhat by happenstance in October 2021 while on a road trip out west. Planning to pay a birthday visit to an uncle in San Antonio, he bought some manila paper so he could use the cardboard packaging to make the card. For a while he wasn’t sure what to do with the leftover paper, but eventually “I remembered that I draw, that I’d always drawn, and that it was at the root of all my expression”.
Before starting BLACK MARKER DRAWINGS last fall Paul had been focusing his visual artistic practice for some years on painting abstract modern impressionist works, based loosely on natural land patterns and buildings. The paintings are often rendered from unconventional perspectives and speak to the tension between humanity and the natural world. Everett describes the black line drawings as a stripped down, bolder variant of these paintings. Approximately 60 drawings will be on display and for sale at the upcoming exhibit in New Bedford.
The second reception will be on Thursday, November 10, 5-7pm, coinciding with New Bedford’s monthly “AHA” second Thursday gallery nights.
Everett and friends will perform original music at the reception.

Member Event: Festive Sides and Bevies
2022-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Come and spend some time around the Groundwork kitchen and feast on sides and beverages! Spend time getting to know more of the Groundwork Community and enjoy delicious side dishes and beverages.

We’ll be in the Kitchen Area at NB Groundwork

If you’d like to bring a dish to share, please feel free to do so but it’s not necessary in order to enjoy good company and food. Bring your appetite!

Fall River's Entrepreneurship Day Open House
2022-11-16 08:30 - 10:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Join us to celebrate Fall River’s first annual Entrepreneurship Day, which is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. We’ll have a light breakfast with networking, followed by remarks from Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan and a short presentation on coworking by Groundwork’s co-founder Sarah Athanas.
This is a great way to celebrate our local community, meet new people, and see the recently opened Groundwork space in Fall River! This is a free public event but registration is required. All registered attendees get a voucher for 1 hour in Groundwork’s meeting rooms.

Closed for the Holiday
2022-12-26 08:00 - 2022-12-30 17:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Groundwork will be closed to the public the week of December 26th-30th

Member Event: Breakfast of Champions with Matt Medeiros
2023-01-17 09:00 - 09:30 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join us in the Fall River location for a lightening talk by Matt Medeiros, along with a light breakfast.
Matt is the host of Matt Report, The WP Minute, and Southcoast.fm. He is also the Director and GM of Castos, a podcast hosting and analytics site.

This is a members only event, but if you would like to be a part of our community, check out membership options here.

Meet the Artist: Brooke Mullins Doherty
2023-01-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Artist reception with Brooke Mullins Doherty.
Doherty’s sculptures, drawings, and prints have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She received her MFA in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and her BFA in Studio Art from the University of Oklahoma. Doherty currently resides in Fall River and teaches at various colleges.
In her own words Doherty describes her art:
“Whorls and eddies of time, space, and circumstance shape our lives, while the frantically spiraling dervishes of proton and electron clouds shape our smallest parts. I am interested in visualizing this turbulence. Interconnections between lives, space, and time fuel my daydreams and my artwork. I want to give shape to the many layers of forces creating the intricate and amazing beauty of being.”
Join us for our first artist reception in our new space in Fall River.
Light snacks and beverages will be provided. No registration required. This event is free and open to the public.

Member Event: Vision Boarding
2023-01-27 16:30 - 18:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Join us for some vision boarding for the new year!
Magazines and collaging material will be provided.
Bring something to create your vision board on: poster board, cork board, journal, or whatever suits you!
This is a members only event, but if you would like to be a part of our community, take a look at our membership options here.

Time Blocking, Schedules, and Boundaries in Business
2023-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
How to be more efficient and scale your business smarter.
In this workshop you will learn a few easy steps to start blocking out time, task-switching, apps to stay on track and setting boundaries in both personal and business settings.
Lunch will be provided.
Jen Potter has been described as a Venture Builder, Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Business Leader. Founder of EPIC47 and EPIC Mamas. Her dream is to help 47 people grow their businesses and realize their ultimate potential. Her life purpose is to help inspire others to find their “WHY” and understand that we can be more than just a product of our environment.

Art Opening Reception
2023-02-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Wanda Medina: Maori Inspiration
At the Groundwork Gallery February 9- April 6

This body of work was created at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, when I was Artist -in-Residence in the summer of 2021. The theme of my Residency was Women in Whaling. While conducting research, I discovered and was inspired by the Maori women of New Zealand, who were navigators and shore whalers. Their influence can be seen in the patterns and vivid colors in the works and also by the starry sky in Celestial Navigation.

Wanda C. Medina is an accomplished painter. A New Bedford resident and granddaughter of a whaler, Wanda is passionate about the New Bedford community – past, present and future. Past exhibitions include the New Bedford Art Museum, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and Alison Wells Fine Art Studio.

Practical Tools for Negotiation with Eugene B. Kogan
2023-03-02 17:30 - 19:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
**NEW DATE**
Join Eugene B. Kogan, Harvard Business School Negotiation Strategist, for a deep dive into Harvard’s win-win approach to negotiation.
The session will include practical tools that attendees can use in coaching their teams. The discussion will revolve as much as possible around the participants’ substantive interests. Targeted video clips will also be used to illustrate key insights.
Attendees will also receive a copy of Mediation: Negotiation by Other Moves, co-authored by Dr. Kogan.
The evening will begin with a networking reception featuring hors d’oeuvres and drinks and a chance to meet Dr. Kogan. The workshop will follow. Space is limited so sign up now.

Magic Mondays: Free coworking!
2023-03-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-03-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-03 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-17 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-24 09:00 - 17:00 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Here’s your chance to check out our new Fall River coworking space! Come see the space, have a cappuccino from our new machine (exclusively in Fall River) and bring your dog along!
We will be offering FREE coworking for the following Monday’s: March 13th & 27th, as well as April 3rd, 17th, & 24th.
We hope to see you there!

Member Event: Breakfast of Champions with Donna Criscuolo
2023-03-14 09:00 - 09:30 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Join us at our Fall River location for a lightening talk by Donna Criscuolo, current Executive Director of Leadership SouthCoast. A light breakfast will be provided.
This is a members only event, but if you would like to be a part of our community, check out our membership options here.

Exploring Your Creative Mission
2023-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Exploring Your Creative Mission focuses on a future creative path, providing tools, exploration, and learning to allow that change to happen.
What creative pursuits are you currently engaged in? Art, cooking, business development? No matter what they are, Exploring Your Creative Mission takes a deep look at where you are putting your energy and what lies ahead in your creative path. Through nature photography, writing prompts, and guided feedback, the session opens the door to how you are fulfilling your creative mission and how to re-direct if you are offtrack. Bring a willingness to discern new ways forward.
Midori Evans, founder of Midori Creativity, is known for her initiative and leadership. Her lifelong learning and creative pursuits as a writer, photographer, and musician and her solo travel to more than twenty countries from Finland to Tunisia contributed to her realizing the extent to which creativity is the wellspring of human achievement. A certified coach through the Creativity Coaching Association, she offers a variety of creativity workshops, Artist’s Way classes, and community projects, including Westport Writes! a town-wide creative participatory writing experience and Meditations on Landscape, an innovative text-imagery exhibition about home landscape and creative process. Midori holds a silver-level distinction from Toastmasters International and has contributed chapters to The Creativity Workbook for Coaches and Creatives, Transformational Journaling for Coaches, Therapists, and Clients, and The Great Book of Journaling.

Member Event: St. Patty's Day Happy Hour
2023-03-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Join us for some snacks and beer in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day!

Member Event: Affogato's in Fall River
2023-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
Come enjoy a delicious affogato in our Fall River space! We have a new cappuccino machine, so what better way to celebrate than to have some ice cream and espresso with community members.

Member Event: Desserts!
2023-04-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Sweeten up your April with tons of fun desserts to share! Join us in the Groundwork New Bedford kitchen at 1pm on April 4th, to share sweet treats!
All are welcome, so please come with or without your own dessert.

Gallery Opening: The Annual Anchor Academy Student Art Show
2023-04-13 16:00 - 19:00 | Groundwork New Bedford, 1213 Purchase Street, Groundwork (Enter on Maxfield St.), New Bedford, MA, 02740, United States
Anchor Academy is a private, therapeutic day school located in Middleboro, MA. Each year we are happy to exhibit the art of our talented student artists. With support from Art Classroom Counselor, Mark Gleicher, Anchor Academy students worked hard all year learning to create art that reflects their self-expression without being encumbered by any preconceived notions or external pressures to do anything more than to feel and create. Anchor Academy’s art program is grounded in a therapeutic philosophy that champions relationships, emotional intelligence, and skill development, and those ideas are put into action using paint, pencil, markers, etc. We are so proud of our young makers and believe that the diversity of styles and mix of voices create a cohesive exhibition that represents the very best of who we are today.

Lunch & Learn: Packaging, Pricing, and Positioning for Profit: A Workshop for Growth Minded Entrepreneurs
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Groundwork Fall River, 2 Bank Street, Fall River, MA, 02720, United States
In this dynamic workshop, you will discover how to take your business to the next level by optimizing three key growth areas: packaging, pricing, and positioning. Learn how to create irresistible product packages that attract customers and differentiate you from competitors. Gain insight into strategic pricing techniques that maximize profits and build customer loyalty. And explore how to position your brand for success, whether you’re launching a new product or rebranding an existing one.
Tanya Rivera-Falcone, founder of Massive Brand Consulting and Bossly, is a High Ticket Business Coach as well as a Saaspreneur, Best-Selling Author, Speaker, & Podcast Host.
As a marketing and human resources major, Tanya went on to create a 17 year career in leadership coaching, team development and management. In her last Fortune 250 position as a sales & education executive, she was responsible for a team of almost 120 and over 18 million dollars in annual revenue. Over the span of her career, Tanya has generated well over $120+ million dollars in revenue for Fortune 250 businesses.
Tanya’s expertise centers around high ticket offer creation and client retention, developing high performance teams, and creating systems for the organizational efficiencies that promote growth, profitability, and client success.
*Lunch will be provided*
