What started off as a social experiment in the hustle and bustle of New York City — a community of creatives, entrepreneurs, and explorers came together to build a small movement. From 2015 to 2016, we developed a series of creative and wellness workshops that helped refuel and educate each other. Now, we are reactivating this educational platform as a response to the COVID-19 disaster to help support the creative professional, freelancer, and small business community.
2015 - 2016
Make Waves partners with General Assembly
(RE)ACTIVATE: Make Waves, an educational platform that cultivates opportunities and hard skills to a growing community of working creatives, small businesses, and students. This project targets those that may:
have started a new business (to help fuel the economy)
have lost their jobs and would like to increase their skill set for (personal or) professional development
need to readjust their small business to navigate the digital realm
would like to build a separate stream of income utilizing content production & education
would like an essential understanding of branding, content strategy, & monetizing content online
What is Make Wave’s purpose in (re)activating:
Create new jobs to build our team
Provide resources like job opportunities and knowledge to create income in the digital space
Provide more affordable education
Provide more accessibility through our online learning platform
Make Waves educational offerings will include:
Virtual workshop on digital branding, social media mapping, and content creation
Tools for financial literacy, navigating healthcare as a business owner (or freelancer), and job listings for potential work opportunities (this last part coming soon).
Creative professional training programs on: client management, developing content that monetizes, digitizing your business
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19 has managed to disrupt the orthodox – leading to massive government shutdowns of businesses and unemployment increasing into the millions. The issue has uprooted world economies and disrupted the ability, of many individuals, to sustain their livelihoods through traditional means of work. With limited movement, people are forced to create new streams of income through a virtual world – a world that many are unfamiliar with or lacked the technical knowledge to compete in. However, this upending of the norm provides a great opportunity for those who are eager to capitalize on the changing climate, and Make Waves.
