✨ RISE Society Women's Networking Meetup at Carolina Beer Temple

✨ RISE Society Networking Meetup: Connect & Collaborate at the Carolina Beer Temple

Date: Saturday, November 20th

Time: 10:30AM - 12:00 PM

Location: 215 N Ames St

Welcome to RISE Society — a women’s networking group created to foster Reach, Inspiration, Support, and Elevation among ambitious women in business, entrepreneurship, and leadership.

🌸 Whether you're growing a business, navigating your next career step, or seeking authentic community — you’ll find it here.

We meet bi-monthly at the Carolina Beer Temple in the heart of Ames St Marketplace in Matthews. We meet before they open for regular hours — creating a cozy, casual space to:

• Build meaningful relationships
• Spark new ideas
• Share goals and resources
• Cheer each other on

🌟 This isn’t your average networking event. We value depth over surface-level exchanges. Every session is lightly facilitated so you always leave with clarity, connection, and energy to move forward.

What to Expect:

• Event structure: light networking, 30 second commercials, 5 minute membership intro, 10 min member spotlight, 20 minute headline speaker
• A welcoming circle of like-minded women
• Open networking with flexibility to meet 1:1 afterward
• Opportunities to share what you do and ask for support

☕ No food or drink is provided, but feel free to bring your own coffee or grab brunch after we wrap up. We encourage our members to stay, support the venue, and enjoy!

(Coming soon, the Carolina Beer Temple will serve food and open earlier!! It's going to be a great place to network for lunch!)

This Event Is Ideal For:

• Small business owners
• Creative professionals
• Founders & freelancers
• Coaches, consultants, community builders
• Women new to the area looking for authentic connection
• Working moms seeking a circle that gets it

Let’s RISE Together

This event is free to attend and open to guests.
Longer term, RISE Society will transition to a membership-based model (but it will be super affordable to support small business) to deepen connections and offerings.
Come see what we’re all about — we’d love to meet you.

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🔗 Learn more about our sponsor The Small Elephant
🤝 Huge Thank You to The Carolina Beer Temple for partnering with us in this endeavor!

*The images below showcase RISE Society Founder, Gretchen Kelsey - at a different networking group, Team WIN in Northern Virginia, and these same images showcase the very vibe she aims to recreate with RISE Society. Get inspried. Get ready. See you there!