Business Professionals today need a vast array of tools and abilities to be successful.  The business world is literally transforming around us and staying or becoming successful is getting ever more challenging!  Our work has become even more difficult with the changing definitions and criteria for success including health, wealth, happiness, community support, changing forms of business, new business strategies and so much more. Whether you are a career professional, a manager or executive, se …

Are you developing a new business? Timid about going to a networking meeting alone? I Take The Lead may be a resource for you, as this is a company that offers networking for businesses of all kinds. Our mission with I Take The Lead, Inc is to help you build your business by generating professional business leads and referral systems by providing workshops and seminars for business and personal development, business networking tips and techniques. We also deem it important to support non-profit …

A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. A Business Entrepreneur measures performance in revenue, profit, and return on investment.  A Social Entrepreneur measures performance in two equally important ways: First on how well he or she has achieved their social mission and second in revenue, profit, and return on investment. Nonprofits use different terms such as fundrais …

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an acupressure based technique created to help release negative emotions stored in our energy system. The belief is that when things happen that we interpret as negative that thought creates an energy disruption and that disruption gets stored in our energy system affecting us in various ways (emotionally, mentally, physically &/or spiritually). So with this belief, EFT and other variations of meridian tapping are great tools to solve or dissolve blocks of al …

Now in its fifth year, the Portland Digital Marketing Conference will connect marketing professionals and students with new customers, ideas, technologies and business opportunities. With its position being "Where today's marketers connect," the conference spans two days, and features national keynote speakers, presentations by Portland business leaders, digital marketing bootcamps, and the fast-paced Ignite learning experience to showcase small to large business digital marketing success storie …

Innovation in Motion – a monthly thought leader gathering to discuss the trends in interactive marketing and online innovation.

JobGroup empowers professionals to effectively manage their careers by promoting networking, volunteerism, and job search skills.  We routinely hold 2-3 events per week.  Events include targeted networking mixers, job search seminars, and community outreach.

Serving the Portland metro area, I've decided to start an independent sales networking group for those of us in Scentsy, Avon, MK, 31 Gifts, Miche, Tupperware, Amway, Cutco, Pampered Chef, Pure Romance, Passion Parties, Tomboy Tools, and any other company that uses network/party sales as its business model. I'm new to this side of town and would like to meet up with other owners so we can hash out ideas, vendor-blendors, and find out what we can learn from other consultants to increase our on su …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of the Digital Age. The global reach of the Internet has democratized entrepreneurship. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning drive to succeed,  to make it big in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.  Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, fin …

This group is for anyone who loves live music in or outdoors, parks or Portland finest music venues. This summer we enjoyed 24 parks with Portland's local talent and it was an amazing experience!! Now we are switching our attention to Portland Great indoor music and fine wine establishments. This group is for anyone who wants to hear live local talent, dance, make new friends, taste wine and eat the best food Portland has to offer. There is no fee but some places will have a cover but if we brin …

To bring together business people of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, and networking support

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 33 cities across the country. Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels an …

Our group is dedicated to providing support and communication for ALL types of small businesses in our area. We have a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/portlandsmallbiz/members/ and you read the Group Rules in the News Section of that page. We hold monthly face-to-face networking events where we have two exhibitors who have to earn their spots -- and pay the exhibitor registration fee -- and three speaker spots (also available with payment of a fee and donation of a door prize). …

Engaging and networking with people interested in, or in the business of, using Digital Signage: to enhance their venues to expand / innovate their online marketing strategies to add to their current solution offering to explore ways to further leverage their existing signage to grow their advertising network / inventory We are going to work on organising, recruiting and building momentum for the group during February. We plan on having our group's launch meetup in the beginning of March.

Coast 2 Coast REIA is your nationwide advocate for real estate investing. We are focused on providing opportunity, forging education, and connecting our members with multiple strategic partnerships in the Real Estate Industry to catapult their investing career. At Coast 2 Coast REIA our mission is helping investors of all types find deals that suit them. Our Motto is, “Moving forward by giving back”. By creating an environment of connecting people to collaborate on opportunities, help members fi …

Without continuous innovation, your business will die. As a founder, CEO, or innovator, you're always trying to find and execute on the strategies, principles, and processes that can give you an edge over the competition. The goal of this group is to give some structure and accountability to that education. Every month, we pick a new online course/book/text book/video/lecture, learn the materials, systematically test them within our own businesses, and share the results. We'll cover topics in bo …

Our goal as a chapter is to drive change through business. We strive to achieve this through leveraging relationships with like-minded professionals who can teach, inspire, and equip us for success in the world of sustainable business. We strive to relay our knowledge and experience with the local community as well. Our UO Net Impact chapter is involved in 4 events per term for a total of 12 events per year. Our events typically consist of a mixer with other local Net Impact chapters and like-mi …