Georgian Arts and Culture Center has a long partnership with ByHand.
“Georgian Arts and Culture Center has a long partnership with ByHand. One of the latest experiences was the development of online webinars on export marketing for crafts SMEs and individual makers. The collaboration was very interesting and fruitful. The high professionalism of ByHand enables them to understand the needs of the target audience and country context and tailor content for their needs. As a result, success of the webinars conducted for Georgian craftsmen was well noted by all participants. The main characteristics of ByHand’s work were usefulness, applicability in practice, and inspiring. Other important features of ByHand are flexibility and results orientation which ensures high quality achievements.
-Maka Dvalishvili, Executive Director, Georgian Arts and Culture Center (GACC)
"ByHand's webinar greatly exceeded the expectations
"ByHand's webinar greatly exceeded the expectations of Peruvian exporters. In addition to showing them the current situation of the North American market since the COVID epidemic, it gave them hope and pending tasks, in which they can work from their houses or offices. This factor is very important because it allows the exporter to realize that an active attitude is required and in this way carry out actions that take advantage of new market opportunities."
-Fausto Diaz, PromPeru in response to The US Market Today: A Perspective for Global Artisan Brands webinar.
“Karen has created and developed education programming”
“Karen has created and developed education programming for artists attending the Santa Fe Folk Art Market in Santa Fe for over a decade — and she has made a difference! Thanks to her programs, the artists feel more confident to participate and succeed at the Market.
Karen ably provides the information artists need to prepare, price and ship their merchandise, set up their booth and interact effectively with the customers.
Karen works tirelessly to deliver concise and clear messages and prepares worksheets that enable the artists to get ready and succeed at the Market, including ideas for how to design their booths and to create and tell their stories.”
-Helena Ribe, IFAM Board Member and Chair of the Artist Development committee
“Understands the soul of the craft-based artisanal and sustainable business.”
“We worked with Karen in 2021 to develop a training program for garment and textile MSMEs in Western Africa. She brought incredible knowledge and experience working with artisanal businesses to the forefront of her coaching program. She was very flexible and adapted to our constraints of time and pre-recorded delivery format. The participants also appreciated her and attributed her training to several positive changes they made to their businesses. We are already working on another project with her and would highly recommend her to organizations looking for someone that understands the soul of the craft-based artisanal and sustainable business.”