Events

Calendar of Events

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February, 2012
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1Google Plus for Beginners
2Digital Leads and Deal ClosersWelldiggers Professional Networking"The Art and Science of Personal Budgeting" Seminar (with Jack Birnbach, CPA)Your Marketing Plan: Free tips on w4wn.com
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6"The Social Entrepreneur" Seminar (with Jacen Greene)
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8OEN PubTalk™ - Life in an Incubator
9Your Marketing Plan: Free tips for small biz owners
10Simple Recommendations in Selecting Program Developers servicesEasy Advice when deciding on Request Developers companies New Seminar: How to Work Effectively with Japanese Managers and Colleagues in the Japanese Companies
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12discount ugg boots
13"Charging What You're Worth" (with Jackie B Peterson)SEMpdx's February 13 Event: Speed Dating with Experts
14Confidence With Ease Teleclass
15OEN PubTalk™ Hillsboro - Hillsboro is on Tap"What Do I Really Want in a Career? Defining the What and the Why of It." WorkshopFebruary pdxMindShare networking event
16PDX.UX Group Workshop MeetingTwitter: The Ultimate Listening Tool - IABC Lunch4 Tips for Developing Your Compensation Plan in 2012Your Marketing Plan: Free tips for small biz ownersLeveraging LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
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21AMA’s Blind Piggin’ with the Blazers (Networking event)Foster the People: How to Attract & Keep Top Tech Talent
22OEN Workshop: Intelligent Hiring
23Your Marketing Plan: Free tips for small biz owners
24SearchFest: Portland's Premier Search Marketing + Social Media Conference
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27"Evolutionary Entrepreneurs: Maximize Your Change-Readiness, Innovation & Development" (with Carmen Voilleque)"Evolutionary Entrepreneurs: Maximize Your Change-Readiness, Innovation and Development" (with Carmen Voilleque)
28"The Fully Automated Business" Seminar (with Tom Howe)PDX Women in Information Technology Happy Hour Networking Event
29Mobile Marketing 101

Calendar of Events

  • Feb 01
    Google Plus for Beginners:

    Do you wonder if you really need a Google Plus Account? Do you want to know how Google Plus can benefit your business? Do you wonder if there is any difference between Google Plus and Facebook? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this class can answer those questions for you.

    Google Plus is the latest social media site out there, and its a site you need to be on! Google Plus gives you the opportunity to leverage search engine optimization with social media. In this class you’ll learn:

    What Google Plus is and how to set up a personal account and business pages.
    What circles are and how you can customize them to reach people with specific interests.
    The search engine optimization benefits Google Plus provides.

    A lot of people are unsure if they should join Google Plus, but now is the best time to join! I’ve been on Google Plus since it started, helping people understand how to apply it to their business. This hour and a half Webinar class will get you started on mastering Google Plus, for the small cost of $15.

    Where: In the Comfort of your home or office
    When: 3:30 to 5pm Wednesday Feb 1st
    RSVP: RSVP to attend this class. Please put Google Plus for Beginners in the subject line.

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  • Feb 02
    Welldiggers Professional Networking:

    Title of the Event:  30 Seconds to Impact


    Event Description: 

    During this session you will conduct a quick assessment of your interpersonal skills based on how you present yourself to others. You will examine ways to narrow your presentation to focus on the qualities you want others to notice and plan your best approach to helping others discover your potential. You will have the opportunity to practice developing the momentum of your delivery as you revisit best practices for interviews, sales opportunities and your occasional “elevator speech” opportunity. This session is intended for all levels of executive personnel, independent professionals and employees returning to the workforce as well as students preparing for careers.

    Speaker:  Ron Karsten

    Ron gained his interpersonal skills experience in successive leadership roles. He served his country for 24 years first as a member of the US Marine Corps from the Vietnam era through the Persian Gulf incursion and subsequently as a member of the Oregon Army National Guard. He was a regional manager for Schneider National Transportation, then directed the sales effort for automotive diagnostic training in the Western United States for Snap-on Tools and was an owner of two successful training companies. Following that, he was the Director of Field Operations for Electric Lightwave Vancouver, WA and Vice President of Operations for Integra Telecom in Portland. He was most recently the Director of the Portland Campus of DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management in Portland.

    Date: Thursday, Thursday, February 2, 2012

    Time: 7:30 am to 9 am

    Location: Buffalo Gap, 6835 SW Macadam Ave


    Cost: $5 room fee per person, includes coffee, tea, muffins

    Be sure to arrive early!  And bring a friend or associate.

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  • Feb 02
    Your Marketing Plan: Free tips on w4wn.com:

    Need some free, use-it-now marketing advice?

    Ask Susan Rich your question, and let’s move your business forward!

    Callers wanted for Your Marketing Plan: This weekly internet radio show teaches small biz owners how to grab attention and drive sales – how to maximize marketing efforts or how to use technology to become more productive.

    Hosted by get-you-noticed-now marketing pro Susan Rich, Your Marketing Plan is home of the free, 5-minute marcom make-over: Let’s talk about targeting your market, get-noticed media strategies, and how your words can make the phone ring.

    Join Susan Rich Talks…Your Marketing Plan
    Thursdays, 8 am PT on w4wn.com
    Call in: 561-422-4365
    Skype: w4wnradio
    ==Callers make this show. Please spread the word.
    Connect, share, learn!==

    Susan Rich Talks!
    Mornings, 8 am PT on The All Women’s Radio Network.

     Mondays: Living the Writing Life – for authors & publishers, fiction & non-fiction writers, copywriters & copy editors.

    Tuesdays: Rich & Gluten-Free – learn, eat, thrive while living gluten-free or dealing with chronic illness.

    Wednesdays: Love & Lifestyle – passion, fashion, food, & fun: it’s all about living life, well.

    Thursdays: Your Marketing Plan – call-in show for small business owners – live marketing advice.

    Fridays: Potpourri – a blend of topics that close the week in an uplifting, positive manner.

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  • Feb 02
    “The Art and Science of Personal Budgeting” Seminar (with Jack Birnbach, CPA):

     

     

    About the Program

    43 SW Naito Parkway 
    Portland, OR
     
    SIGN UP HERE: http://scienceofbudgeting.eventbrite.com

    Developing a personal and family budget is one of the most important steps in achieving your goals. Goals and budgets are not a one time or once a year endeavor. It is a tool to create success as you define it. Without a budget, families are at risk for possible economic chaos, much of which can be planned for, avoided or minimized. Getting your personal financial house in order is a key beginning step in readying yourself for those who want to start a business.

    Participants will learn how to:

    • Create budgets as a life planning tool
    • Understand risk factors that can impact your budgets and plans
    • Develop strategies to increase the likelihood that your budgets will be successful
    • Physically create budget schedules
    • Determine what to do when budget results do not equal planned targets
    • Look at income and expenses as well as asset and liability budgets
    • Determine which tools will be useful in managing and maintaining your budgets 

    About the Presenter

    Jack Birnbach is a retired Certified Public Accountant (CPA), chief financial officer and controller of several Portland-area small-to-medium sized businesses. He also served on the American Institute of CPAs Group of 100, whose purpose is to uncover and prioritize emerging issues for the nearly 400,000 CPAs in the United States. Jack has spoken on personal financial issues to various business and citizen groups in Portland.

    He is an active volunteer at Portland’s Dress For Success whose purpose is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

    Ticketing Details

    • Admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. 
    • Save by purchasing seminars in bundles of 4 for $60. Learn More.
    • Consider becoming an Annual Subscriber. Subscriptions cost $100 and allow you to attend unlimited seminars. Learn more.
    • Coupons, 4-Packs and Subscriptions are redeemed by clicking "Enter Discount Code", entering your unique code, and clicking "Apply Discount"

     

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  • Feb 02
    Digital Leads and Deal Closers:

    Once upon a time, advertising happened in the YellowPages. Then the internet came along and pushed old-fashioned classifieds out of the way. Inbound marketing made a big jump forward and then the insanity of social media further complicated the game. The next lead generation trend is mobile, but are we there yet? And what does all this mean for the phone pounding sales staff who use these leads to close deals?

    Join the Innovation in Motion February 2nd panel discussion “Digital Leads & Deal Closers”. The expert panelists will tackle the trends related to developing strong digital leads and how that changes the dynamics of a sales team.

     

    Expert Panelists:

    Troy O'Bryan, CEO at Response Capture

    Bill Kent,  Marketing Programs Strategist at Axium

    Scott Campbell, VP of Sales at Puppet Labs

     

    Details:

    • Cost: Free – With beer and snacks provided.
    • Live web streaming also available at http://bit.ly/innovationlive

     

    RSVP required to reserve your seat – space is limited. RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Innovation-in-Motion/events/48473112/

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  • Feb 06
    “The Social Entrepreneur” Seminar (with Jacen Greene):

    About the Program

     

    43 SW Naito Parkway 
    Portland, OR
     
    SIGN UP AT: http://socialenterpreneur.eventbrite.com

    Do you have a business idea to make the world a better place? You might be a social entrepreneur, part of a movement using business concepts to solve pressing social or environmental problems. From coffee companies helping African farmers earn a higher income to ice cream shops providing job training to formerly homeless teens in Portland, social entrepreneurs are transforming the world around us. Learn how you, your ideas, and your business can provide solutions to the problems we face. 

    This seminar will help you:
    • Learn more about social entrepreneurship
    • Connect to local resources for networking and support
    • Understand different legal structures for social enterprises
    • Explore crowdfunding and other innovative ways to raise money 
    • Learn how to measure the social and environmental performance of your business

    About the Presenter

    Jacen Greene provides strategy, finance, and impact analysis consulting to both for-profit and nonprofit social enterprises and supporting organizations. He currently assists Portland State University's Impact Entrepreneurs with their field studies, incubation, and leadership training programs to catalyze social innovation worldwide. Jacen has previously worked with social entrepreneurs in the U.S., India, and Latin America across sectors as diverse as green energy, impact sourcing, and certified coffee. Jacen graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an MBA in business sustainability from Portland State University and holds a B.A. in China studies from Willamette University. www.jacengreene.com

    Ticketing Details

    • Admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. 
    • Save by purchasing seminars in bundles of 4 for $60. Learn More.
    • Consider becoming an Annual Subscriber. Subscriptions cost $100 and allow you to attend unlimited seminars. Learn more.
    • Coupons, 4-Packs and Subscriptions are redeemed by clicking "Enter Discount Code", entering your unique code, and clicking "Apply Discount"

     

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  • Feb 08
    OEN PubTalk™ – Life in an Incubator:
    Backspace
    115 NW 5th Ave.
    Portland, OR 97209-

    Incubators. That word seems to be all the rage right now, but what really happens within these start up incubators? Do they help companies become successful or at least get over certain challenges? What type of companies and people find the incubator experience to be a positive? Are there downfalls to going through the experience?

    Come to OEN's February PubTalk and hear from the companies that have just completed the local incubator sessions at PIE (http://www.piepdx.com), OTBC (http://otbc.org), the Portland Seed Fund (http://portlandseedfund.com) and TiE OR (http://oregon.tie.org/). It is sure to be an engaging evening filled with Q&A with the panelists.
    Sponsored by Ater Wynne and Sungard.
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  • Feb 09
    Your Marketing Plan: Free tips for small biz owners:

    Need some free, use-it-now marketing advice?

    Ask Susan Rich your question, and let’s move your business forward!

    Callers wanted for Your Marketing Plan: This weekly internet radio show teaches small biz owners how to grab attention and drive sales – how to maximize marketing efforts or how to use technology to become more productive.

    Hosted by get-you-noticed-now marketing pro Susan Rich, Your Marketing Plan is home of the free, 5-minute marcom make-over: Let’s talk about targeting your market, get-noticed media strategies, and how your words can make the phone ring.

    Join Susan Rich Talks…Your Marketing Plan
    Thursdays, 8 am PT on w4wn.com
    Call in: 561-422-4365
    Skype: w4wnradio
    ==Callers make this show. Please spread the word.
    Connect, share, learn!==

    Susan Rich Talks!
    Mornings, 8 am PT on The All Women’s Radio Network.

     Mondays: Living the Writing Life – for authors & publishers, fiction & non-fiction writers, copywriters & copy editors.

    Tuesdays: Rich & Gluten-Free – learn, eat, thrive while living gluten-free or dealing with chronic illness.

    Wednesdays: Love & Lifestyle – passion, fashion, food, & fun: it’s all about living life, well.

    Thursdays: Your Marketing Plan – call-in show for small business owners – live marketing advice.

    Fridays: Potpourri – a blend of topics that close the week in an uplifting, positive manner.

    Read More »
  • Feb 10
    Simple Recommendations in Selecting Program Developers services:

    The requirement of request developers will be thriving due to the recognition involving cell phones and pills currently. Android along with new iphone software makers will almost always be seeking to produce new software to thrill their consumers. Using lots of people right now determined by their unique cellular devices to obtain as well as discuss information, businesses tend to be benefiting from this in promoting their own company and relish the recognition of mobile packages. A high level entrepreneur, whether it's a big or small company, are looking for request creative designers providers to enlarge your marketplace. It can be one to choose regardless of whether you desire to assemble a new group of your or else you want to hire a roofing company to develop a credit application for that enterprise. Locating picking a credit card applicatoin growth business can be tough. There are tons of firms popping out proclaiming they are competent within this region however they merely produce discouraging results. Start with searching for acknowledged request designers providers where you live. Obtain fora suggestion out of your good friends along with co-workers for they may have a friend as their craftsmanship will be certain. Folks who wants uncover anyone, you can actually look up on the internet. This is the time you should be cautious because fraudsters will often be seeing the net these days. Usually search for testimonials plus much more specifics of their knowledge. Regardless of whether you want to engage a individual or even a business, uncover concerning the extent in the capabilities and also the regular of the final results. Detect whether purchasing people skills ended up being by means of conventional schooling or in accordance with encounter along with self-trained. Obtain their portfolio and pay attention to exactly how extended they've been building apps. Definitely, knowledgeable application creative designers providers could have a set of programs they will formerly produced. Examine the standard with the function. Should you have a directory referrals, spend some time to examine these people. Is he secure whenever controling various kinds of program organizations, as an example business and also fund, game playing, amusement, take a trip, while others? You will be aware should they be already a specialist within this area as a result of common with the work. Now you may end up being cultivated a credit application nonetheless it requires techniques, sufficient knowing, and also experience utilize a customer creating a top quality cellular software. The key is to locate a creator that can fit the bill using cut-throat cost. Knowing where one can appear, you will find any developer who are able to present you with this kind of. You may also request when they can end a stated application within your time-frame. One of many secrets to a number of efficient application will be the chance to kick off this slated. Ultimately, make certain they will realize how to make an application upon different websites. This can provide your organization using less complicated communication, much more advertising and marketing, more revenue and much more benefits whether they can create your application run on various systems. Visit a developer that can offer you options to destroy charge. Constantly research before you buy in order to find the best request makers that will help you create your business or perhaps firm do well by way of mobile database integration I got numerous Information Technology Certification. I have written many articles in different ITcertification as well as he has a vast experience in IT industry. In this article I guide the students that how they can pass the exams and how can they get the certification for the latest knowledge this certification exam students click at 642-874 or visit its 642-661 its better for your bright future and will helpful to attain the IT certification for more information touch with me.

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  • Feb 10
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