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Word Up! Find Your Guiding Word of the Year for 2024

Ready to make 2024 the best year yet? Start it off right by choosing a guiding word or theme that will keep you inspired and energized for the year to come.

Three different date options are available for our live 90-minute workshops! Choose from January 4 at 4 p.m. EST, January 9 at 6:30 p.m. EST, or January 19 at noon EST.

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Set the Tone for 2024

A new year represents a fresh start and new possibilities! While traditional practice has been to set New Year’s resolutions, most resolutions fade away by the end of January.

Identifying a guiding word for the year is a bit more abstract and expansive—providing an inspiring anchor and allowing you to evolve as the year goes on. It’s also a fun practice that helps to start the year off on an intentional note.

So what are you waiting for? Come join creative coach and facilitator Jen Jones Donatelli for an energizing and introspective 90-minute workshop! Using journaling prompts and other creative exploration, we’ll follow a simple three-step process for choosing a guiding word that feels resonant and encompasses the goals and dreams you’ve set for 2024. We’ll also create a mini-collage to further set the vision.

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Get in the Mix for our 2024 Workshops!

Choose your date

Three different day/time options are offered for you to choose from:

January 4 from 4-5:30 p.m. EST

January 9 from 6:30-8 p.m. EST

January 19 from 12-1:30 p.m. EST

What’s The Investment?

The Word Up! Workshops cost $20.24 for the 90-minute workshop.

If you’d like to enhance and deepen the experience, you can sign up for an additional coaching package that includes a one-on-one coaching session and a half-year check-in for an additional $175.

Located in or near Cleveland, OH? Enhance your experience and join us for a special in-person letterpress workshop!

Bring Your Word of The Year to Life with A Letterpress Print

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: find your Word of the Year at our Word Up! online workshop, then bring your guiding word for 2024 to life at our in-person letterpress workshop in Cleveland!

We’ll gather in person at Zygote Press on Sunday, January 21, from 1-3 p.m. EST for a fun, hands-on letterpress workshop, where you’ll learn how to lay wood type and how to use a Vandercook Letterpress machine. We’ll also take a short behind-the-scenes tour of Zygote Press and learn more about the art of letterpress! You’ll leave with a finished set of prints featuring your “Word of the Year” (or a short phrase).

Supplies and instruction are provided, as well as hot chocolate and some tasty snacks. The Word Up! online workshop is also included in your fee.

Only seven spots are available for this unique workshop—snag your spot today to set the tone for an amazing 2024.

Cost: $110 (includes Word Up! online workshop)
Location: Zygote Press, 1410 E. 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114

MEET JEN JONES DONATELLI

Who is leading this work?

The facilitator and creator of the Word Up! Workshops is Jen Jones Donatelli, founder of Creative Groove and a seasoned facilitator who has also led workshops for Chautauqua Institution, StoryStudio Chicago, Literary Cleveland, Loyola Marymount University and more.

Jen is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), multi-passionate creative, and a proud graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

This will be her third year leading the Word Up! Workshops and she can’t wait to dive into this work with you.