Shelley Irwin rocks…and once a month, she lets me rock with her on the WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin on 88.5 FM on a segment we coined Your Biz, Your Town. On the 4th Friday of every month we invite 3 guests into the studio to chat about their community organization, exciting business news […]
The past several months, all of us at 834 have been hard at work on the Grand Rapids African American Health Institute, Heart Your Kidney campaign. The campaign included the following elements, all developed by 834: Campaign creation, development and management Website design – www.heartyourkidneys.org Copyrighting Blogging Social media management and design Public relations Design […]
Logo Design – Continuing Training & Education Center Continuing Training Education Center (CTEC) provides training opportunities in the Outside Line Construction Trade for areas in and around Michigan at their Edmore, Michigan educational training center. Outside Line Construction is a growing trade that has continuous safety and educational requirements. CTEC is dedicated to training workers […]
Recently we had the opportunity to work with a brother and sister team that are taking the local business world by storm. Rosa and Mario Piccione already run successful businesses in the west Michigan community, however they realized a niche was not being filled in East Grand Rapids. Through their travels they noticed the growing […]
Some day, I will actually post this the day Your Biz, Your Town airs on WGVU, 88.5 FM. Until then, you will just have to enjoy my late posts that still contain great information on some amazing non-profit orgs in our very own community. I am always blown away by the work being done by […]
For most of my nonprofit career, I’ve been involved in volunteer management, most recently as Manager of Volunteer Services for a small nonprofit with a super robust volunteer-driven operation in the Greater Grand Rapids. I also serve as a programming officer for a professional organization that seeks to support volunteer managers in west Michigan. Recently […]
Okay, so perhaps one of my longer blog titles…but admit it, pretty catchy. I don’t know how to even begin relating or explaining to all of you, how thankful 834 is to have a friend in Shelley Irwin and to be able to chat with her once a month on all things nonprofit, small business […]
By: Danielle Josephine DeWitt, guest contributor When you were young and learning your first words, more than likely there were a few key phrases your parents taught you early on. “Hello.” “Goodbye.” “I Love You.” “Please.” And my personal favorite, “Thank You.” Two words. So important. Funny how we often forget that last one. In […]
This phrase drew me back to the social media webinar I had, until that moment, drifted away from – repulsed by the presenter’s cutesy font choice for her slides. I had mistakenly thought I was too smart, too cool, too advanced to gain anything from the presentation. You see, I live, eat, breathe, dream even […]
We love events and we love them even more when they are for amazing organizations like the Grand Rapids Red Project. We had the privilege of planning the first ever, Dining Out For Life sponsor and restaurant kick-off party. It was important for the organization to recognize the amazing sponsors and participating restaurants that are […]
