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5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Announcing a new Meetup for Content Strategy PDX!\n\nWhat: End of Summer Social Meeting\n\nWhen: Thursday, September 2, 2010 6:00 PM\n\nWhere: Vendetta\n4306 N Williams Ave\nPortland, OR 97217\n(503) 288-1085\n\n\nWe hope you all have had a great summer. Jim and I have been busy planning and designing some great events for the fall and we can't wait to share them with you.\n\nOur next meeting is an informal and more social meetup to hear the fall line-up, catch up with everyone since June and eat nachos and have a few drinks. \n\nVendetta has a fabulous, spacious patio and a small covered area if it rains. But if it is wet outside and we have a turnout like we've had these past few meetings, we'll bring it inside.\n\nIMPORTANT: Vendetta doesn't have a name on the building. I know. Bad content strategy, huh? It's right on the corner of N. Skidmore &Williams in a low-slung, nondescript building. Parking on the street is plentiful.\n\nRSVP to this Meetup:\nhttp://www.meetup.com/Content-Strategy-PDX/calendar/14468876/","source_id":996334392,"start_time":"2010-09-02T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-02T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-18T18:50:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.\n\nAll programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.\n\nYou're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.\n\nAfterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.\n\nAlso, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-02T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-02T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T09:01:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"PRESENTATION\n \n An Overview of\n Berkley DB\n\n by\n\n David Segleau\nDirector Product Management - Berkeley DB \n\n Berkeley DB originated at the University of California, \n Berkeley as part of the transition (1986 to 1994) from 4.3BSD \n to 4.4BSD and of the effort to remove AT&T-encumbered code.\n It has evolved a great deal since then and is now part\n of Oracle where it is distributed with source code under \n a dual use license.\n\n Berkeley DB (BDB) is a computer software library that provides \n a high-performance embedded database, with bindings in C, C++, \n PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and other languages. \n BDB stores arbitrary key/data pairs as byte arrays, and supports \n multiple data items for a single key. BDB can support thousands \n of simultaneous threads of control or concurrent processes \n manipulating databases as large as 256 terabytes, on a wide \n variety of operating systems including most Unix-like and \n Windows systems, and real-time operating systems.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-02T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-02T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-30T12:07:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This is the informal complement to the more formal agile users group meetings. Come, eat, and discuss all things related (however loosely) to agile software development. We welcome people of all experience levels, from guru to newcomer.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-03T13:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-03T14:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T08:02:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The website says...\n\n"Beer and Blog is about bloggers helping bloggers over beers. It is a meet up that takes place every Friday from 4pm until at least 6pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, OR. It started as a means to swap information among peers in the Portland tech scene. Now it has grown into a weekly happy hour for Portland area bloggers. Sometimes we work. Sometimes we discuss. Sometimes we go on a field trip. But we mostly play and celebrate the transition from the work week to the week end. It's the kind of place that is fun to network in, kindle ideas into side projects, and announce a release."\n\n... but it really has very little to do with blogging.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-03T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-03T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-05T23:42:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-03T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-03T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-28T22:13:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"2600 Meetings exist as a forum for all interested in technology to meet and talk about events in technology-land, learn, and teach. Meetings are open to anyone of any age or level of expertise.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-03T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-03T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-27T21:26:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Jelly is free casual coworking... we started in Portland last year and are now hosted twice a month! Anyone is welcome to come. Bring your laptop or an old-fashioned notebook, as well as something you're working on: whether it's an online business, an art project, coding, writing or something else, and work alongside other creative, fun people. Hope to see you there! See http://WorkAtJelly.com for more background.\n\nWe'll each work on our own thing in the same space. Meet new friends, share common interests, trade ideas, brainstorm, get some work done, go out to lunch together, and maybe even get some business referrals. \n\nRSVP at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInPortland with your name, the time you expect to arrive, and what you'll be working on.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-06T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-06T16:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-23T10:49:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Season 3, episode 8\n\nGet up early and work on your side projects with some like-minded geeks!\n\nTechCoffee is part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon. It's hard to work on all of your amazing ideas after a long workday, so instead we get up early. And we get together, so we have the reinforcement of other people up early, too. A couple hours a week can make a big difference.\n\nSo bring your laptops and your work ethic to PDX TechCoffee. Or, if you can't be there in person, join us on IRC at #techcoffee on freenode. One commit a week is all we ask.\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-06T06:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-06T08:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-30T06:22:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come hang out, drink beer, and write code every Monday night.\n\nThe meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome, including DjangoCon attendees!\n\nThe Lucky Lab in North Portland is close to the MAX Yellow line, and several bus lines.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-06T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-06T23:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-27T20:12:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Please join us for Paul's talk on WPF data binding!\n\nWHEN:\nTuesday 9/7/2010\n6:00 p.m. Pizza (by Ascentium)\n6:30 p.m. Presentation\n~8:30 p.m. After Words at TBD\n\nWHERE:\nIntel Ronler Acres RA1 Auditorium\n2501 NW 229th Avenue\nHillsboro, OR 97124\nMap: http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/?org=aj#/fotw1o04svrqm3xg\n\n\nWHO:\nPaul Sheriff\nPaul D. Sheriff is the President of PDSA, Inc. (http://www.pdsa.com), a Microsoft Partner in Southern California. Paul acts as the Microsoft Regional Director for Southern California assisting the local Microsoft offices with several of their events each year and being an evangelist for them. Paul has authored several books, webcasts, videos and articles on .NET, SQL Server and SharePoint. Paul can be reached via email at PSheriff@pdsa.com or at Paul Sheriff's Inner Circle (www.PaulSheriffInnerCircle.com).\n\nTOPIC:\nWPF Data Binding from A to Z\nThere are many ways to bind controls in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to the data from your database, xml files or your own classes. This seminar will explore many ways to retrieve and present data using data binding. You will see examples of loading data into combo boxes, list views, and how to filter data using the ObjectDataProvider. You will learn how to populate WPF controls using a DataTable, Collection Classes, XML, LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework. In addition a simple add, edit, delete form will be presented.\n\nWhile you are at it, consider visiting our Premium Sponsors that make these meetings possible:\nAscentium - http://www.ascentium.com\nMicrosoft - http://www.microsoft.com\nORCS Web - http://www.orcsweb.com\nO'Reilly - http://www.oreilly.com\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-07T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-07T20:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T08:46:
5:00 pm, GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland Oregon area. Join other developers for presentations and discussions about Ruby and its uses.\n\nVENUE: This meeting\u2019s space is kindly provided by Robert Half Technology at their 2nd Floor Conference Room. Enter the KOIN Tower from SW Columbia between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, take the back elevators to the 2nd floor, and then follow the pdxruby signs.">:null,"description":"GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland Oregon area. Join other developers for presentations and discussions about Ruby and its uses.\n\nVENUE: This meeting's space is kindly provided by Robert Half Technology at their 2nd Floor Conference Room. Enter the KOIN Tower from SW Columbia between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, take the back elevators to the 2nd floor, and then follow the pdxruby signs.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-07T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-07T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-06-15T11:05:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Facebook and Myspace wont land you a job or help you grow your business. Get back to basics and learn how to build your own personal network! Join the Oregon Entrepreneurial Network for a two-part event, exclusively for graduate students, aimed at providing you with the skills you need to build a successful network and successfully leverage your contacts. \n\nStart with a roundtable discussion led by Bill Etheredge, a long time entrepreneur, recently retired VP of Sales for Tektronix, and currently Principal of WCE Consulting Group. Learn the ins and outs of personal networking including how to strategically build your network, how to present yourself effectively, and how to manage your contacts. \n\nThen head over to Backspace for free entry into OEN's September Pub Talk, put your skills to the test and begin building your network by engaging with local entrepreneurs, investors and service providers. \n\nLocations: \n\u2022\tMiller Nash (Networking Workshop), 111 SW 5th Ave, Portland OR 97204\n\n\u2022\tBackspace (PubTalk), 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland OR 97209\n\n\nSchedule: \n4:00 - Round Table Discussion Starts \n5:00 - Networking Starts at PubTalk \n5:30 - Company Presentations Start \n7:00 - Continue Networking \n\nCost: $35 for non-members; Free for student members. If you are a student member and unsure of how to log in, please contact Larry Williams, OEN Web/IT Manager, at 503-222-2270 x 17 or larryw@oen.org and he can take care of your registration.\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-08T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-08T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:32:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Portland is rapidly becoming a mecca for innovation in activewear. From interchangeable shoe soles, to breathable outerwear for cycling and snowboarding, to sustainable fashion designs, there are terrific innovations happening locally! Activewear firms design, develop, manufacture, market, distribute and sell apparel, footwear and gear for active outdoor recreation. The activewear category consists of more than 300 firms in Oregon, employing more than 14,000 people with an approximate payroll of $1.2 billion. The activewear industry cluster is growing in Oregon and includes numerous start-ups that are creating local jobs and using the rich and talented local knowledge base. This exciting industry cluster is designing and producing innovative products that address niche markets that are currently underserved by the local giants. \n\nJoin the OEN at the September Pub Talk to hear from four activewear entrepreneurs who will share their stories of how they got started, how they have grown, and the unique opportunities available to them because of their presence in this hotbed of innovation. \n\nModerator: \nRob Langstaff - RYZ \n\nPanelists: \nBill Worthington - OluKai \nSean Beers - Korkers \nEd Dalton - Showers Pass \nCarrie Atkinson - Sock it to me \n\nOEN Member Fee:\t\t$15.00\t \nNon-Member Fee:\t\t$25.00\t \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-08T17:15:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-08T19:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:40:
5:00 pm, IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back\n\nSponsors: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section \nCo-Sponsored by Oregon Power and Energy and Computer Society Chapters \n\nDate: September 8, 2010\nVenue: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, Oregon; see \"www.ambridgeevents.com\"\n\nAn IEEE Oregon \u201cSmart Grid Week\u201d (September 8-10) event\n\n\nREAD \"FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PDF\" \n\nA one day workshop with reception of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity (\"appliances\" or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability.\n\nThe Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. \n\nLearning Objectives:\nAttendees will gain an understanding of the monitoring, communications, security and control systems of the Smart Grid, how they interact, the flow of data and control, and design and implementation considerations including:\n\n
- Information requirements for optimal control of generating capacity, regional transmission grids, and municipal distribution grids to meet end user demands. \n
- How generation, transmission and distribution control systems utilize digital information. \n
- How suppliers and distributors of electricity use information to minimize costs while increasing reliability, flexibility, and security. \n
- How usage monitoring and automation will allow end users to make informed decisions that reduce their electricity costs. \n
- How to ensure grid security. \n
- Balancing optimization of the grid\u2019s subsystems and the grid as a whole.
\n\nParking\nLimited free parking available. Ambridge is 2 blocks from Oregon Convention Center MAX stop. \"Parking info\" \n\nNOTE: The organizing committee reserves the right to substitute speakers, restrict size, change venues, or to cancel the seminar. In the event the seminar is canceled by the organizing committee, registration fees only will be fully refunded. Individuals canceling their registration prior to September 1 will receive a full refund. No refunds will be made to individuals who cancel their registration after September 1. Substitute attendees accepted. Attendance is limited. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. \n\n\nAgenda: \nWorkshop Agenda\nTime Topic\n 7:30 - 8:00am Doors open; check-in and continental breakfast\n 8:00 - 8:05am Opening Remarks: welcome, day plan \n 8:05 \u2013 8:50 Opening Keynote: The Smart Grid \u2013 What will it take to make it possible; Saifur Rahman, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Tech\n 9:00 \u2013 9:45 Controllability: The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control; Dmitry Kosterev, BPA \n 9:45 \u2013 10:15 Break\n10:15 \u2013 11:00 Smart Grid Communications: You want how much bandwidth? And that little latency?; Joe Andres, BPA\n11:10 \u2013 12:00 Managing Supply and Demand: Supply and demand control methods and control points; Rob Pratt; PNNL\n12:00 \u2013 1:00pm Lunch Keynote: Smart Grid policy; Jeff Hammarlund, PSU \n 1:10 \u2013 2:00 Smart Grid Security: can\u2019t be giving personal info away or letting bad guys in; Dave McKinnon, PNNL \n 2:10 \u2013 3:00 Smart Grid Enabled Applications and Services: What\u2019s the killer app (and for whom); Linda Rankin, PSU \n 3:00 \u2013 3:30 Break \n 3:30 \u2013 4:20 Interoperability and Standards: What standards are needed/being developed to make the Smart Grid work; Steve Widergren, PNNL\n 4:30 \u2013 5:00 Panel Discussion: Q+A with the day\u2019s speakers \n 5:00 \u2013 6:00pm Reception and Networking \n\nLocation: \nBldg: Ambridge Event Center\n1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd\nPortland, 97232\n">:null,"description":"
IEEE Workshop on The Smart Grid - from Appliance to Generator and Back
\n\nSponsors: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section \nCo-Sponsored by Oregon Power and Energy and Computer Society Chapters \n\nDate: September 8, 2010\nVenue: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, Oregon; see "www.ambridgeevents.com"\n\nAn IEEE Oregon \u201cSmart Grid Week\u201d (September 8-10) event\n\n\nREAD "FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PDF" \n\nA one day workshop with reception of how the Smart Grid provides interactions between the end uses of electricity ("appliances" or industrial processes) and utilities, viewed from the perspective of the technologies, standards, and policies that will enable those interactions and foster innovation and interoperability.\n\nThe Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs. \n\nLearning Objectives:\nAttendees will gain an understanding of the monitoring, communications, security and control systems of the Smart Grid, how they interact, the flow of data and control, and design and implementation considerations including:\n\n- Information requirements for optimal control of generating capacity, regional transmission grids, and municipal distribution grids to meet end user demands. \n
- How generation, transmission and distribution control systems utilize digital information. \n
- How suppliers and distributors of electricity use information to minimize costs while increasing reliability, flexibility, and security. \n
- How usage monitoring and automation will allow end users to make informed decisions that reduce their electricity costs. \n
- How to ensure grid security. \n
- Balancing optimization of the grid's subsystems and the grid as a whole.
\n\nParking\nLimited free parking available. Ambridge is 2 blocks from Oregon Convention Center MAX stop. "Parking info" \n\nNOTE: The organizing committee reserves the right to substitute speakers, restrict size, change venues, or to cancel the seminar. In the event the seminar is canceled by the organizing committee, registration fees only will be fully refunded. Individuals canceling their registration prior to September 1 will receive a full refund. No refunds will be made to individuals who cancel their registration after September 1. Substitute attendees accepted. Attendance is limited. Registration will be confirmed on a first come, first served basis. \n\n\nAgenda: \nWorkshop Agenda\nTime Topic\n 7:30 - 8:00am Doors open; check-in and continental breakfast\n 8:00 - 8:05am Opening Remarks: welcome, day plan \n 8:05 \u2013 8:50 Opening Keynote: The Smart Grid \u2013 What will it take to make it possible; Saifur Rahman, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Tech\n 9:00 \u2013 9:45 Controllability: The Challenge of Synchrophasors and Wide Area Control; Dmitry Kosterev, BPA \n 9:45 \u2013 10:15 Break\n10:15 \u2013 11:00 Smart Grid Communications: You want how much bandwidth? And that little latency?; Joe Andres, BPA\n11:10 \u2013 12:00 Managing Supply and Demand: Supply and demand control methods and control points; Rob Pratt; PNNL\n12:00 \u2013 1:00pm Lunch Keynote: Smart Grid policy; Jeff Hammarlund, PSU \n 1:10 \u2013 2:00 Smart Grid Security: can't be giving personal info away or letting bad guys in; Dave McKinnon, PNNL \n 2:10 \u2013 3:00 Smart Grid Enabled Applications and Services: What's the killer app (and for whom); Linda Rankin, PSU \n 3:00 \u2013 3:30 Break \n 3:30 \u2013 4:20 Interoperability and Standards: What standards are needed/being developed to make the Smart Grid work; Steve Widergren, PNNL\n 4:30 \u2013 5:00 Panel Discussion: Q+A with the day's speakers \n 5:00 \u2013 6:00pm Reception and Networking \n\nLocation: \nBldg: Ambridge Event Center\n1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd\nPortland, 97232\n","source_id":996334221,"start_time":"2010-09-08T07:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-08T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-04T23:05:
5:00 pm, Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010
A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.
The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs.
- The Workshop - Sept. 8. Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. \u201cSmart grid\u201d means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801 for full details and registration.
- The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10. IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. Prerequisites: knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00. For full details and registration, go to http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid.
\n\n\nLocation: \nPortland, Ambridge Event Center (Workshop);\nITT Technical Institute (Tutorials)">:null,"description":"Co-sponsored by: IEEE Region 6 and Oregon Section\n\n
Smart Grid Week September 8-10, 2010
A set of three 1-day events about the Smart Grid organized by the Oregon Section.
The Smart Grid marries the electrical grid, an extremely complex system based on mature, conservative technology, with two fast moving innovative technologies, computers and communications. It is one of the greatest electrical, electronic and information processing challenges of our time and represents a significant engineering opportunity over the next two decades and beyond. It captures information about supply, system demand, individual usage, and pricing that fundamentally shifts how electricity is used. It enables the operators of the power system to increase efficiency and reliability while reducing costs and empowering consumers of electricity to minimize their own electricity costs.
- The Workshop - Sept. 8. Sponsored by Region 6 and the Oregon Section. It will cover the Smart Grid as a system. \u201cSmart grid\u201d means many things to different audiences, we have brought together a distinguished set of thought leaders and subject matter experts who will present the architecture, operation and implementation of the Smart Grid, with a focus on the technologies and enabling standards that will make it work. It will be webcast to all of Region 6. See http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/2801 for full details and registration.
- The Tutorials - Sept. 9 and 10. IEEE Oregon has partnered with TADA Training for two Smart Grid tutorials on wireless technologies for Smart Grid and Smart Grid metering. These workshops are targeted for the embedded systems engineer (hardware and/or software) and managers at the Intermediate / Advanced level. Prerequisites: knowledge of embedded systems concepts and development, including rudimentary C language coding. Each runs from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), at ITT Technical Institute, on Cascades Parkway in Portland. Special Smart Grid Week IEEE member rate: $249.00. For full details and registration, go to http://www.tadatraining.com/smartgrid.
\n\n\nLocation: \nPortland, Ambridge Event Center (Workshop);\nITT Technical Institute (Tutorials)","source_id":996334221,"start_time":"2010-09-08T07:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-10T16:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-04T23:05:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"speakers: chromatic and Michael Schwern\n\n This meeting will be two shorter presentations back-to-back. The Modern Perl talk is broadly targetted at beginners and everyday general usage concepts while the Test::Builder 2 talk will delve much deeper into particular details of Perl's testing system.\n\nchromatic on Modern Perl\n Perl masters talk about strange subjects such as whipupitude, manipulexity, context, lexicals, and linguistic principles. It may seem that you must be a wizard to apply these notions to your code and dexterously wield Perl's essential strengths. In truth, these ideas and idioms are deceptively simple: you use them every day when you read or write plain English. \n Demystifying the linguistic concepts in Perl opens up the doors of Perl mastery. Come learn the philosophy behind Perl's design in order to understand Perl and how to use its unique isms to improve your code.\n\nSchwern on Test::Builder2\nTest::Builder is what most Test modules are written with these days. It lets them quietly coordinate with each other and frees the authors from having to worry about the details. It was written in 2001 and in that decade there's been an explosion of testing modules. \n A decade later, Test::Builder is starting to show its age and limitations. Its assumptions and biases are restraining the Perl testing community. Perl has moved on, too. When Test::Builder was written, testing was still a "new" thing. Now it's a given. We have a real object system now and a sophisticated community to take advantage. \n Enter Test::Builder2. A total rewrite of Test::Builder to remove its biases and let test authors do whatever they can dream up while still being the solid iron core of Perl testing and remaining compatible with Test::Builder. It takes advantage of things like Mouse (that's a small Moose), method wrappers and roles. Counter-intuitively, it does less than Test::Builder does while providing more opportunities. \n Schwern has a grant for Test::Builder2 from the Perl Foundation and if he doesn't release something by October they'll break his legs. So he's hoping to generate some contributors by showing off the design and code! \n\nAs always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the Lucky Lab.\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-08T18:53:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-08T20:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T16:16:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Presented by the Software Association of Oregon's Marketing + Sales Forum & Social Media Club PDX\n\nYou are invited to join us for an exceptional keynote presentation followed by a Q&A session with a full panel of local collaboration and social media experts.\n\nAgenda\n5:30pm Registration opens, networking\n6:15pm Program begins (welcome)\n6:20pm Keynote with Richard Boly\n6:45pm Panel Q&A\n7:30pm Program ends\n\nKEYNOTE: Embracing Social Media at the U.S. State Department: If the Oldest Federal Agency Can, Why Can't You?\nThe State Department is the oldest executive agency in the United States. Cold war secrecy created a need-to-know culture that impeded unofficial information sharing. State's diplomatic corps is selected for risk aversion and trained to obtain many clearances and authorizations before officially transmitting information internally. \n\nThen the end of the Cold War was followed by the East Africa embassy bombings and 9/11. The paradigm shifted. The lack of information sharing and collaboration meant that puzzle pieces remain scattered and threats were unidentified. In this shift, the State Department's office of eDiplomacy was born. \n\nCome find out how State Department has embraced lightweight social media tools behind the firewall to move from a need-to-know culture to need-to-share one.\n\nMeet Richard Boly, Director of eDiplomacy, US Department of State\nRichard Boly is a career U.S. diplomat and currently the Director of the Office of eDiplomacy, an applied technology think tank for the United States Department of State. Previously, he was a National Security Affairs Fellow the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he launched the Global Entrepreneurship Program. He recently served in U.S. Embassy, Rome, where he developed and ran a program to promote entrepreneurship in Italy. Other embassy assignments include the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Paraguay. Richard is the most junior diplomat to win the Cobb Award for commercial diplomacy.\n\nIn a prior life, Richard was the first Presidential Management Fellow with the Inter-American Foundation, was a consultant with the Inter-American Development Bank, and founded and ran a shrimp hatchery in coastal Ecuador. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD. \n\n\nQ&A Session Panelists\nDeb Bryant, GOSCON Director, Oregon State University Open Source Lab\nRami Kassab, CEO, Typethink\nSkip Newberry, Economic Development Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor, City of Portland\nStuart Cohen, CEO, Collaborative Software Institute\nRichard Boly, Director, Office of eDiplomacy at U.S. Department of State\n\nSponsors: Social Media Club of Portland, tw telecom, Webtrends","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-09T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-09T19:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-27T11:39:
5:00 pm, Clarity Rules: Six Collaboration Skills Critical for Team Success\n
Presented by Diana Larsen
\nAbstract
\nWe measure project success by the team's ability to efficiently and reliably deliver valuable, high quality software to the customer. \nIncrease the prospect for project success by ensuring team members have the skills for effective collaboration and clear, unambiguous communication. In this talk, Diana Larsen will describe the six collaboration skills teams need and show techniques to get them active in your team.\n\nSpeaker Bio
\nDiana Larsen is known in the software industry for conducting project retrospectives and transitioning groups to Agile processes. She is one of the founders of FutureWorks Consulting, LCC where she consults with leaders and teams to create work processes where innovation, inspiration, and imagination flourish. With more than fifteen years of experience working with technical professionals, Diana brings focus to the human side of organizations, teams and projects. \n\nDiana co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! She publishes articles and write occasional blog posts at \u201cPartnerships and Possibilities\u201d. Current chair of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, she co-founded the \u201cAgile Open Northwest\u201d conference and the international \u201cRetrospective Facilitators Gathering\u201d.\n\n\nA Special Treat from PNSQC
\nPlan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza and soda provided by PNSQC beginning at 6:00 pm. \n\nPNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mission of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software. As a non-profit, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within the software community. \n \nHow to Register
\nThis is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. Please RSVP to rhea.d.stadick@intel.com so we know you\u2019re coming! \n\n\nRose City SPIN
\nThe Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN. \n">:null,"description":"Clarity Rules: Six Collaboration Skills Critical for Team Success
\nPresented by Diana Larsen
\nAbstract
\nWe measure project success by the team's ability to efficiently and reliably deliver valuable, high quality software to the customer. \nIncrease the prospect for project success by ensuring team members have the skills for effective collaboration and clear, unambiguous communication. In this talk, Diana Larsen will describe the six collaboration skills teams need and show techniques to get them active in your team.\n\nSpeaker Bio
\nDiana Larsen is known in the software industry for conducting project retrospectives and transitioning groups to Agile processes. She is one of the founders of FutureWorks Consulting, LCC where she consults with leaders and teams to create work processes where innovation, inspiration, and imagination flourish. With more than fifteen years of experience working with technical professionals, Diana brings focus to the human side of organizations, teams and projects. \n\nDiana co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! She publishes articles and write occasional blog posts at \u201cPartnerships and Possibilities\u201d. Current chair of the Agile Alliance Board of Directors, she co-founded the \u201cAgile Open Northwest\u201d conference and the international \u201cRetrospective Facilitators Gathering\u201d.\n\n\nA Special Treat from PNSQC
\nPlan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza and soda provided by PNSQC beginning at 6:00 pm. \n\nPNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mission of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher quality software. As a non-profit, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within the software community. \n \nHow to Register
\nThis is a FREE lecture sponsored by the Rose City SPIN. Please RSVP to rhea.d.stadick@intel.com so we know you're coming! \n\n\nRose City SPIN
\nThe Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking, mutual support, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchange practical experiences, ideas, knowledge, wisdom, and war stories about the technical, business, and human facets of software process improvement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large company or a small one, corporate or self-employed, industrial or academic setting, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN. \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-09T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-09T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-17T10:03:5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.\n\nAll programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.\n\nYou're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.\n\nAfterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.\n\nAlso, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-09T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-09T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T09:01:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Jason Scott will be present to show his latest documentary, Get Lamp. Get Lamp is a new documentary about text adventure games (such as Zork and Colossal Cave). If you've ever played a text adventure in your life, you should check it out.\n\nMore info about the film at http://www.getlamp.com\n\nPresented by the The Portland Commodore Users Group","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-09T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-09T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-28T22:09:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Monthly networking over the lunch time for people involved in Electronic Design Automation as:\n\nDevelopers\nMarketing\nSales\nPR\nVC\nConsultants\n\nBring business cards and be prepared for a self-introduction and share what you are working on.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-10T11:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-10T13:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-13T13:40:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The website says...\n\n"Beer and Blog is about bloggers helping bloggers over beers. It is a meet up that takes place every Friday from 4pm until at least 6pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, OR. It started as a means to swap information among peers in the Portland tech scene. Now it has grown into a weekly happy hour for Portland area bloggers. Sometimes we work. Sometimes we discuss. Sometimes we go on a field trip. But we mostly play and celebrate the transition from the work week to the week end. It's the kind of place that is fun to network in, kindle ideas into side projects, and announce a release."\n\n... but it really has very little to do with blogging.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-10T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-10T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-05T23:43:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"To celebrate an amazing first year in business The Beermongers will host the first annual PDX Cycle Hunt from 10am to 9pm on Saturday, September 11. \n\nThis event will involve individuals, teams of friends or families riding their bicycles, recumbents, tandems, unicycles, whatever around PDX following clues to various other small businesses. The first, second and third teams back to the Beermongers with verified evidence that they have visited each of the businesses will win a prize. Beer will be available to everyone with a valid license that states you are over 21. This event is open to all ages.\n\nMore information, and registration info, forthcoming.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-11T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-11T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-23T10:59:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Interested in helping make BarCamp 4 happen? Join us for an informal planning meeting.\n\nCan't wait until the meeting? Let us know you're interested by completing our Volunteer Interest Form:\nhttp://bit.ly/bcp4volunteer\n\nWhat is BarCamp?\n\nBarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. You never quite know what to expect at BarCamp. When you arrive on Friday, there will be an agenda framework (times / rooms), but the content for the sessions will be decided by the participants.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-13T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-13T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-30T20:03:
5:00 pm, ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.">:null,"description":"ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-13T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-13T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-03T17:39:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-13T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-13T23:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:20:
5:00 pm, Technology & Bioscience Career Fair\nTuesday, Sept 14, 2010\n11:00am to 5:00pm\n\nAct before 7-Sep for 30% Employer Discount\n\nAmbridge Event Center \n1333 NE MLK Boulevard, Portland, OR 97232\n(Two blocks North of the Portland Convention Center Max Stop)\n\nJoin us at Oregon\u2019s Premiere Technology & Bioscience career fair with pre-screened, seasoned, local technology professionals and college graduates from PSU and ITT Technical and others. The PacificNWTech.org career fair, is co-sponsored by the IEEE Oregon Section and Oregon Bioscience companies. We are very encouraged by improving economic conditions and expect over 400 local Pre-screened job seekers. \n\nFor Employers. Facilities are available for employers to meet 1 on 1 with special job candidates, you can build your short list on site! Reserve a table for your company and ask about our co-sponsorship and media coverage package today! \nRegister before Sept 7th to qualify for a 30% discount! Packages start at $295 (start-ups).\n\nFree for job-seekers.\n\n11am-2pm Career coach presentations\n 1pm-2pm Career Fair employer set-up\n 2pm-5pm Career Fair\n\nSee www.PacificNWTech.org for list of companies and how to register to attend as employer or job seeker.\n\nContact Bruce Virell, Event Director PacificNWTech, PO Box 1672, Wilsonville, Or 97070. Cell: (503) 841-2991\n\nAgenda: \n11am - 2pm Career Coach Presentations\n1pm - 2pm Career Fair employer set-up\n2pm - 5pm Career Fair\n\nTransportation options: http://www.ambridgeevents.com/resources-transportation.php\n\nParking map: http://www.ambridgeevents.com/images/parking-map.pdf\n\nLocation: \nBldg: Ambridge Event Center\n1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd\nPortland, Oregon\n97232">:null,"description":"Co-sponsored by: IEEE Oregon Section and Oregon Bioscience Companies\n\nTechnology & Bioscience Career Fair\nTuesday, Sept 14, 2010\n11:00am to 5:00pm\n\nAct before 7-Sep for 30% Employer Discount\n\nAmbridge Event Center \n1333 NE MLK Boulevard, Portland, OR 97232\n(Two blocks North of the Portland Convention Center Max Stop)\n\nJoin us at Oregon's Premiere Technology & Bioscience career fair with pre-screened, seasoned, local technology professionals and college graduates from PSU and ITT Technical and others. The PacificNWTech.org career fair, is co-sponsored by the IEEE Oregon Section and Oregon Bioscience companies. We are very encouraged by improving economic conditions and expect over 400 local Pre-screened job seekers. \n\nFor Employers. Facilities are available for employers to meet 1 on 1 with special job candidates, you can build your short list on site! Reserve a table for your company and ask about our co-sponsorship and media coverage package today! \nRegister before Sept 7th to qualify for a 30% discount! Packages start at $295 (start-ups).\n\nFree for job-seekers.\n\n11am-2pm Career coach presentations\n 1pm-2pm Career Fair employer set-up\n 2pm-5pm Career Fair\n\nSee www.PacificNWTech.org for list of companies and how to register to attend as employer or job seeker.\n\nContact Bruce Virell, Event Director PacificNWTech, PO Box 1672, Wilsonville, Or 97070. Cell: (503) 841-2991\n\nAgenda: \n11am - 2pm Career Coach Presentations\n1pm - 2pm Career Fair employer set-up\n2pm - 5pm Career Fair\n\nTransportation options: http://www.ambridgeevents.com/resources-transportation.php\n\nParking map: http://www.ambridgeevents.com/images/parking-map.pdf\n\nLocation: \nBldg: Ambridge Event Center\n1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Blvd\nPortland, Oregon\n97232","source_id":996334394,"start_time":"2010-09-14T11:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-14T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-31T14:22:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The Oregon Master of Software Engineering (OMSE) program at Portland State University will be holding their Fall 2010 Open House at the PCC Willow Creek Center. Plesae join us to learn about the progam and meet with OMSE faculty, current students and alumni.\n\nFor more information, go to www.omse.pdx.edu","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-14T12:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-14T13:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-02T10:47:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Thomas Thurston, President and Managing Director of Growth Science International, presents his ideas on predicting the success of a business. Thurston is a global authority on disruptive innovation and empirical models that predict if a business is likely to survive or fail. Through his research at Intel and later at Harvard with the legendary Professor Clayton Christensen, he shares insights on the key ingredients for predicting the future of a business. Join him and a panel (Mark Frohnmayer, President Arcimoto, Sudhir Bhagwan, Angel investor and ex CEO of Snap Games, and Charla Mathwick Associate Professor of Marketing and Advertising, PSU)to learn how to develop a strategy to position a business to succeed.\nThe event will be preceded by a reception hosted by Melvin Mark Companies\nAgenda:\n6-7 - Reception: Registration,Food, Networking \n7-9 - Presentation, panel discussion\n\nRegistration: www.oregon.tie.org\nFee: Members $15 online, $20 onsite\n Non-Members $25 online, $30 onsite\n Students $10\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-14T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-14T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-29T23:46:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Interested in user experience in all of its forms? Enjoy reading? Want to combine the two in a social setting with other smart, like-minded people, and maybe drink a beer?\n\nJoin us for Portland's 8th UX Book Club meeting. At this session, we're reading "Thinking in Systems" by Donella Meadows. (link to book on Amazon: http://amzn.to/axXKbb)\n\nAs always, we'll post the location a few days prior. Hope to see you there! And please join the UX Book Club PDX Google group for ongoing updates.","source_id":996334368,"start_time":"2010-09-14T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-14T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-06-24T15:32:
5:00 pm, Slate Technologies will be welcoming Lunch 2.0 back to their office in the great Southeast Wednesday, September 15, 2010.\n\nAre you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.\n\nWondering what Lunch 2.0 is?\n\nLunch 2.0 is a phenomenon that began in Silicon Valley. You can read about their current events and the history behind Lunch 2.0 at lunch20.com.\n\nWe imported the concept to Portland in 2007, and you can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 at the Silicon Florist.">:null,"description":"Slate Technologies will be welcoming Lunch 2.0 back to their office in the great Southeast Wednesday, September 15, 2010.\n\nAre you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.\n\nWondering what Lunch 2.0 is?\n\nLunch 2.0 is a phenomenon that began in Silicon Valley. You can read about their current events and the history behind Lunch 2.0 at lunch20.com.\n\nWe imported the concept to Portland in 2007, and you can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 at the Silicon Florist.","source_id":996334383,"start_time":"2010-09-15T12:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T15:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-01T09:05:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"As an early stage entrepreneur looking for the first round of funding, one of the most daunting tasks may be determining the valuation of your company. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of valuing a seed or launch stage company, and answer some questions, such as: \n\n\nWho sets the valuation - the company or the investor? \n\nWhat does pre-money and post-money valuation mean? How do I calculate it? \n\nHow do I value my company if we don't yet have revenues? \n\nHow do investors determine the valuation? \n\nHow have valuations changed in the economic downturn?\n\nWe'll explain the terminology, demystify the math and explain some of the ways that valuation is set during the funding process. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so come armed with your questions and be ready to participate in a lively discussion about valuing early stage companies. \n\n$30 for OEN Members; $70 for non-members. \n\nSpeaker: Naomi Derner \nNaomi Derner, CFA is the founder and managing director of Derner Valuation Consulting. Prior to 2008, she was a Vice President in the San Francisco office of Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin. After joining Houlihan Lokey in 1999, she performed and managed fairness opinions and the valuations of public and private securities as well as intangible assets for a wide variety of purposes including financial reporting purposes, tax reporting purposes, transactions, IPO planning, litigation, stock and stock option grants, recapitalizations, gift and estate tax planning, ESOP updates and general corporate planning purposes. Ms. Derner has valuation experience across a wide variety of industries, with specific expertise in technology and life sciences companies at all stages of development. \n\n\nItems For Purchase\nClick here to use your OEN Member Login Information to register for the OEN Member items. (Please note that if the item is grayed out it means you have not yet logged in) \n\nAvailable Items Price Qty \nOEN Member Registration: $30.00 * \nNon-member Registration: $70.00 \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T15:32:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"As an early stage entrepreneur looking for the first round of funding, one of the most daunting tasks may be determining the valuation of your company. In this workshop, we will cover the basics of valuing a seed or launch stage company, and answer some questions, such as: \n\u2022\tWho sets the valuation - the company or the investor? \n\u2022\tWhat does pre-money and post-money valuation mean? How do I calculate it? \n\u2022\tHow do I value my company if we don't yet have revenues? \n\u2022\tHow do investors determine the valuation? \n\u2022\tHow have valuations changed in the economic downturn?\n\nWe'll explain the terminology, demystify the math and explain some of the ways that valuation is set during the funding process. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so come armed with your questions and be ready to participate in a lively discussion about valuing early stage companies. \n\n\nOEN Member Registration:\t\t$30.00\t \nNon-member Registration:\t\t$70.00\t ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:44:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"SW WA PubTalk \uff1a \nWed. Sept 15, 2010 \uff1a 5:15pm \u2013 7:15pm\n\nDETAILS \uff1a \nCome join us at the Sept 15th SW WA PubTalk\u2026 \nA great place to meet people, build business networks, share relevant information, and connect start-up firms w/ VC capital. \n\nLOCATION \uff1a \nAHA! \n415 West Sixth St., Ste. # 605\nVancouver, WA 98660\n(360) 750-1680\n\nREGISTER \uff1a \nOEN member cost \uff1a $15\nNon-member cost \uff1a $25\n\nRegistration\uff1a @ 123.signup \uff1a\nhttps://s07.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?PG=1520184182300&P=152018400\n\nHOSTED by \uff1a OEN \uff1a CREDC \uff1a SWWDC\nSPONSORS \uff1a Bullivant Houser Bailey PC \uff1a Blind Onion Pizza\n\nGoogle Map\uff1a \nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=AHA!&hl=en&cd=1&ei=QQNrTPePFZCyoAT03tDEBw&sig2=HthE8VxOTlmvnrWZ-WLxgg&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=4281369456162678840&ved=0CB4QpQY&hq=AHA!&hnear=&ll=45.625458,-122.675421&spn=0.008704,0.021544&z=16&iwloc=A","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T17:15:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T19:15:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-17T15:23:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"SW Washington PubTalk\u2122 attendance and success continues to rise - 120 people participated in the June event which received a 90+ percent satisfaction rating by attendees. Don't miss this unique opportunity to interact with innovators in your local community. Back by popular demand, the evening will feature a business pitch from a local startup company. Advance registration is encouraged to allow event organizers to plan accordingly. \n\nLocation: AHA! 415 West Sixth Street, Suite 605, Vancouver, WA 98660. \n\nTime: 5:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. \n\nPlease direct questions or comments to Stephanie Weldy at sweldy@credc.org. \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T17:15:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T19:15:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:47:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":" There's a message from your future and it's telling you to remember to pick up milk.\n\nAmber Case and her partner Aaron Parecki are the founders of GeoLoqi. GeoLoqi is a private, real-time mobile and web platform for secure location data, with features such as Geonotes, proximal notification, and sharing real-time GPS maps with friends. Geoloqi has been covered in the Willamette Week and Oregon Business. It has been presented at eComm, Open Source Bridge, Show and Tell PDX and Research Club under the alias Non-Visual Augmented Reality with SMS and GPS. Read CNN's article on GeoLogi, "What's Next for 'Check-in' Apps".\n\nWhat will you learn:\n\n 1. Why developers of apps should look at what users want to do now, as well as what users want to do in their future.\n 2. Why social apps should try to mirror real\u2013world relationships\n 3. Why sharing should be about who you share with as well as how long you want the information to be available.\n 4. Why developers should think about making apps "ambient\u201d and require less user interaction.\n\n\nMeet the Geeks\n\nAaron Parecki is a Portland-based PHP developer and GPS fanatic. His fascination with GPS began at the age of 6, when he began tracing the routes of family road trips on a map with a highlighter. This interest has grown into groundbreaking new methods of location sharing and data collection. Recently he co-founded a company, Quicksilver Real Estate Solutions, developing software for the real estate industry. You can learn more about Aaron at aaronparecki.com, and you can follow him on twitter at @aaronpk\n\nAmber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist and corporate consultant currently living in Portland, Oregon. She founded CyborgCamp, a conference on the future of humans and computers. She has spoken at various industry conferences including MIT's Futures of Entertainment and Inverge: The Interactive Convergence Conference. She's also spoken at Ignite Portland and Ignite Boulder. She was previously a blogger for Discovery Channel and worked with Fortune 500 companies at Wieden+Kennedy, a global advertising agency based in Portland, Oregon. She has spoken at various industry conferences including MIT's Futures of Entertainment and Inverge: The Interactive Convergence Conference. She's also spoken at Ignite Portland and Ignite Boulder. She presented an Introduction to Cyborg Anthropology at Portland's Webvisions 2009. She previously wrote for Discovery Channel's Nerdabout.com and worked at Wieden+Kennedy, a global advertising agency based in Portland, Oregon.\n\nAmber Case is known for her skills in online productivity, business strategy, and new communication methods. She is currently writing a book on applying anthropological techniques to better understand industry ecosystems. Amber was recently featured in Fast Company as one of their Most Influential Women in Technology. She is on twitter as @caseorganic.\n\n\n$15 members / $30 non members\nIncludes networking and program","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T19:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-27T12:18:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Delivered by SolutionsIQ's world-renowned Certified ScrumMaster Trainers, this course shares time-tested practices for managing Product Backlogs, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints), and tracking and reporting progress. You'll learn how to lead Sprint Planning meetings, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Review meetings, Sprint Retrospectives, and much more.\n\nAgenda:\n\n * Introduction to Agile\n * Origins of Scrum\n * The Scrum process\n * Roles and responsibilities\n * Product Backlog\n * Estimating Product Backlog items\n * Scaling Scrum\n * Scrum in detail\n * Sprints\n * Sprint planning meeting\n * Daily standup meeting\n * Burndown charts and project reporting\n * Sprint review and retrospective\n * Getting started with Scrum\n * Graduation and closing\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-15T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-01T12:32:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"We will be discussing graphic design for programmers. There are plenty of resources out there on how to use the various programs... much less so on how to really *use* them, how to break down the image in your mind into its\ncomponent parts and put them together until it looks like what you\nwant. And now that we're in the iOS Era, having some graphics skill\nis just as important as knowing Cocoa Touch if you want to build your\nown apps.\n\nThis meeting can include any topic that's graphics or image related,\nwhether it's creating them, using them, or just demoing your favorite\nprogram(s).\n\n(Note, the entrance to BrainSilo is in the back of the building!)","source_id":996334382,"start_time":"2010-09-15T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-15T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-31T22:39:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"OEN Webinar - "Employment Law Basics for Start Ups" with Leslie Bottomly of Ater Wynne\n\nThis webinar led by Leslie Bottomly, partner at Ater Wynne LLP, will cover employment law basics for start-ups. Topics include: hiring, firing, discrimination, wage and hour compliance, and development of policies and procedures. \n\nSpeaker: Leslie Bottomly, Partner, Ater Wynne LLP \nLeslie Bottomly's practice focuses on employment matters. She regularly advises public and private employers on such matters as employee discipline and termination, compliance with family and medical leave, discrimination, wage and hour, and other employment laws, development of employee handbooks, drug testing programs and international issues. Serving as Ater Wynne LLP's Director of Human Resources gives Leslie unique insight into the practical challenges employers face day to day.\n\n\nDate: Thursday, September 16, 2010\t\nTime: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM\nWhere: Online\n\nOEN Member Registration: $0.00\t \nNon-member Registration: $30.00\t\n\n503.222.2270\ninfo@oen.org\nhttp://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=156 ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-16T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T11:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-30T13:01:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This webinar led by Leslie Bottomly, partner at Ater Wynne LLP, will cover employment law basics for start-ups. Topics include: hiring, firing, discrimination, wage and hour compliance, and development of policies and procedures. \n\nSpeaker: Leslie Bottomly, Partner, Ater Wynne LLP \nLeslie Bottomly's practice focuses on employment matters. She regularly advises public and private employers on such matters as employee discipline and termination, compliance with family and medical leave, discrimination, wage and hour, and other employment laws, development of employee handbooks, drug testing programs and international issues. Serving as Ater Wynne LLP's Director of Human Resources gives Leslie unique insight into the practical challenges employers face day to day. \n\n\nItems For Purchase\nClick here to use your OEN Member Login Information to register for the OEN Member items. (Please note that if the item is grayed out it means you have not yet logged in) \n\nAvailable Items Price Qty \nOEN Member Registration $0.00 * \nNon-member Registration $30.00 \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-16T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T11:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T15:55:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This webinar led by Leslie Bottomly, partner at Ater Wynne LLP, will cover employment law basics for start-ups. Topics include: hiring, firing, discrimination, wage and hour compliance, and development of policies and procedures. \n\nSpeaker: Leslie Bottomly, Partner, Ater Wynne LLP \nLeslie Bottomly's practice focuses on employment matters. She regularly advises public and private employers on such matters as employee discipline and termination, compliance with family and medical leave, discrimination, wage and hour, and other employment laws, development of employee handbooks, drug testing programs and international issues. Serving as Ater Wynne LLP's Director of Human Resources gives Leslie unique insight into the practical challenges employers face day to day.\n\nOEN Member Registration\t\t$0.00\t \nNon-member Registration\t\t$30.00\t\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-16T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T11:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:51:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.\n\nAll programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.\n\nYou're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.\n\nAfterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.\n\nAlso, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-16T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T09:01:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This is the follow up to last year's CloudCamp half day conference. We're looking to make this a full day session and are in the planning stages now.\n\nFor more information on this event, to sponsor, volunteer, or sign up to speak, please contact Adam Simantel at asimantel@tripwire.com","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-16T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-16T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-12T08:46:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The website says...\n\n"Beer and Blog is about bloggers helping bloggers over beers. It is a meet up that takes place every Friday from 4pm until at least 6pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, OR. It started as a means to swap information among peers in the Portland tech scene. Now it has grown into a weekly happy hour for Portland area bloggers. Sometimes we work. Sometimes we discuss. Sometimes we go on a field trip. But we mostly play and celebrate the transition from the work week to the week end. It's the kind of place that is fun to network in, kindle ideas into side projects, and announce a release."\n\n... but it really has very little to do with blogging.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-17T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-17T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-05T23:43:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is an annual exhibition of classic video games and systems in Portland, Oregon. We aim to recognize the history of video game systems and their authors, manufacturers and players.\n\nThat said, the classic game collecting hobby is most closely associated with the Atari 2600/5200/7800, Nintendo NES and SNES systems, Sega Master System/Genesis, and other systems released in the 1980s and early 1990s. One can expect to see these systems as well as many lesser-known systems at the Retro Gaming Expo.\n\nIn addition to home systems, we have had a larger showing of full-size arcade games to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-18T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-19T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-28T22:02:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"WordCamp Portland is a conference for WordPress users and developers, held in Portland, Oregon. The next WordCamp Portland is on September 18-19, 2010 at WebTrends.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-18T08:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-19T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-24T19:19:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"pdxdevops is a Portland, Oregon user group that explores the glorious intersection of software development and systems operations, and shares practical advice on working effectively in an era of agile infrastructure, server automation and cloud computing.\n\nWebsite: http://pdxdevops.org/\nTwitter: @pdxdevops","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-20T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-20T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-22T23:10:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"PublicMediaCampOPB\nFree with light dinner included; advance registration required at http://pubcampopb.eventbrite.com/\n\nCalling all technology enthusiasts, journalists, students and media makers! Bring your ideas, your wish lists and your \u201cwhat ifs\u201d and join us on September 21st for brainstorming and discussion about how public media and the community can better support each other. \n\nInspired by unconferences such as BarCamp and PodCamp, PublicMediaCampOPB will give all participants an opportunity to formulate conference tracks and sessions during the event.\n\nWhen: Tuesday, September 21, 5:30 \u2013 9 PM\n\nWhere: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR, 97219\n\nRegistration: Spaces are limited, so sign up soon at http://pubcampopb.eventbrite.com/\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-21T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-21T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-31T10:58:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us for our monthly event! More details to come ...\n\nIxDA Portland is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-portland).","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-21T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-21T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-03-10T19:50:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This month's topic: TBD\n\n----------\n\nPJUG meetings start with some time to eat and socialize (pizza and beverages are provided), followed by the featured speaker, then Q&A, discussion, sometimes a drawing to give away swag. :)\n\nThough we like knowing how many people to expect, you don't *have* to RSVP, on Upcoming or otherwise. Go ahead and just show up!\n\nMany people also go for a drink and further discussion following the meeting, at a location determined ad hoc (lately, the Market Street Pub at 10th and Market: http://mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=24 ).\n\nhttp://twitter.com/pjug\nhttp://pjug.org/\n(join our mailing list, linked from the website!)","source_id":996334003,"start_time":"2010-09-21T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-21T20:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-01-18T18:18:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join Colleen Wright of the Search Engine Academy Northwest and get some search engine marketing tips and tactics that you can implement immediately at this free seminar. \n\nYou will learn:\n\n*The difference between on-page and off-page factors and how to take advantage of them\n*Usability Tips that will keep your visitors on your site\n*What tools you can use to help determine the best course of action for optimizing your website\n*Why it is important to understand search and where search is heading in the future\n*Basic Actionable steps to implement immediately\n\nWhile introducing these marketing nuggets, she will also give you a brief overview of what you will learn in the "Ultimate SEO Mastery Workshop" coming in October. If you have been thinking about taking the class or just want information on SEO basics, this is one hour you don't want to miss.\n\nRegister for this free event at http://www.seotrainingnw.com/register","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-22T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-22T17:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-02T09:49:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us at OEN's premier annual fundraising event to get inspired while you give entrepreneurs the support they deserve. \n\nNetworking & Opening Reception: 5:30 PM \n\u2022\tSilent wine Auction featuring select Oregon Wineries\n\nWelcome & Awards Ceremony: 7:00 PM \n\nAwards will be presented in four categories that allow competition between companies in different markets based on performance during a particular stage in the company's development:\n\u2022\tOEN Development Stage Company of the Year \n\u2022\tOEN Working Capital Stage Company of the Year \n\u2022\tOEN Growth Stage Company of the Year \n\u2022\tOEN Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement\n\n\nIndividual Seat:\t\t$185.00\t \nFull-Table Reservation:\t\t$1,900.00\t ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-22T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-22T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:56:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us at OEN's premier annual fundraising event to get inspired while you give entrepreneurs the support they deserve. \n\nWednesday, September 22, 2010 \nDoors open: 5:30 PM \n\nNetworking & Opening Reception: 5:30 PM \n\nSilent wine Auction featuring select Oregon Wineries\n\nWelcome & Awards Ceremony: 7:00 PM \n\nAwards will be presented in four categories that allow competition between companies in different markets based on performance during a particular stage in the company's development:\nOEN Development Stage Company of the Year \n\nOEN Working Capital Stage Company of the Year \n\nOEN Growth Stage Company of the Year \n\nOEN Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement\n\n2010 OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards Pricing \nEarlybird: Until August 2, 2010 \nIndividual seat: $165 \nTable of 10 (includes wine at table): $1700 \n\nRegular Pricing: August 3 - September 22 \nIndividual seat: $185 \nTable of 10 (includes wine at table): $1900 \n\nCancellation Policy: \nFor cancellations before August 20th registrants will receive a refund. Sorry no refunds after August 20. \n\nAvailable Items Price Qty \nEarly Bird Ticket - Individual seat: $165.00 * \nEarly Bird - Full Table Reservation: $1,700.00 \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-22T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-22T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T16:00:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Northwest Computer Support is expanding into the Portland area and as part of our launch we are hosting a Technology Showcase Event.\n\nThis event will allow you the opportunity to meet with industry leading vendors face to face and discuss ways to improve your business process's through emerging technologies.\n\nAdditionally, there will be informal discussion scheduled throughout the day, presented in a classroom style setting, by industry experts from several of our sponsor vendors.\n\nAt the end of the day we will be announcing the winner of the $50,000 Extreme Technology Makeover! As well as additional prize giveaways throughout the day.\n\nTo apply for the Extreme Technology Makeover go to the link provided:\nhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/portlandextremetechmakeover\n\nIf you are an IT Manager or a small business owner with a server based network, you do not want to miss this event!!\n\nThis is a free event and lunch will be provided.\n\nMicrosoft Corporation \n10260 SW Greenburg Road \nLincoln Tower Suite 600 \nPortland, Oregon 97223\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-22T08:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-22T16:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-17T10:39:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The monthly Meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We will discuss topics ranging from client-side web frameworks, to functional and prototypal programming theory.\n \n Topics will be announced on the mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/pdxjs. If you would like to give a presentation, or have a suggestion for a topic, please send a message to pdxjs@googlegroups.com.\n \n Feel free to join our mailing list at http://groups.google.com/group/pdxjs if you too are a JavaScript admirer. Or visit our web site for more information at http://pdxjs.com/.","source_id":996334272,"start_time":"2010-09-22T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-22T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-14T21:44:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Ways to capitalize on feeds from one Social Media Platform to another\n\nWhere: MacForce, 100 SE Salmon, Portland, OR\nWhen: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Cost: $125.00\n\nPrerequisite: Must already have established Linked In, Facebook and Twitter Accounts. This is an Intermediate course for people already familiar with Social Media.\n\nSocial Media has become a very important piece of the Internet Marketing puzzle. In this five-hour class, Colleen Wright of Search Engine Academy Northwest will walk you through some critical components needed to create a successful Social Media campaign for your business.\n\nYou will:\n\n*Understand what social media is and how it can help you grow your business\n\n*Develop Goals and Strategies for your Social Media Campaign\n\n*Work hands on with the big three platforms: Linked In, FaceBook and Twitter\n\nJoin Colleen Wright and let her help you demystify social media with strategies and tactics that will help you streamline and leverage social media for your business.\n\nRegister: http://www.regonline.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=885171","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-23T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-23T15:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-05T14:54:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Do you know what makes an effective legal hold? Do you even know what a legal hold is? Attend this webinar by leading national expert Brad Harris to learn what your company needs to do now to be ready for its next legal hold. \n\nWhen the possibility of litigation or regulatory investigation arises, a legal hold is the first step a company must take as part of a duty to preserve potentially-relevant data. A legal hold is a notification directing employees to save pertinent information and data. Do it right and it's a smooth process with little impact on your business. Do it wrong and it can severely compromise your case. No matter the size of your company, legal holds are a necessary reality. \n\n2010 has been a watershed year for cases involving legal holds with the Courts have been issuing monetary sanctions and declarations of \u201cgross negligence\u201d in numerous cases. This webcast will review recent legal hold cases starting with January's Pension Committee v. Banc of America Securities, Rimkus v. Cammarata, Crown Castle v. Nudd Corp., Jones v. Bremen HS and other recent cases that are driving the need for making legal holds a priority in any litigation. \n\nThis timely program will address:\n\n- Recent directions and trends in case law \n- Why legal holds are so important \n- Best practices for recognizing and responding to a duty to preserve \n\nWho Should Attend?\nThis webinar will have be important for the following: C-level executives, general counsels and in-house legal staffs, law firms, compliance executives and managers, regulatory executives and managers, and IT executives and managers.\n\nPresented by:\n - Elleanor Chin, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP\nElleanor Chin has extensive experience counseling clients on e-discovery and managing electronic discovery in complex litigation, including antitrust matters and class actions (more).\n\n- Erica Couch, Senior Paralegal, Microsoft Corp.\nThe primary focus of her work is managing discovery in civil litigation matters, including drafting and implementing document retention notices, as well as overseeing governmental inquiries to Microsoft Corporation (more).\n\n- Brad Harris, Vice President of Legal Products, Zapproved, Inc., has more than 25 years of experience in the high technology and enterprise software sectors, including assisting Fortune 1000 companies enhance their e-discovery preparedness (more).\n\nEvent Details:\nWhen: Thursday, September 23, 2010\nWhere: Webinar\nTime: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PDT\nCost: Free for TechAmerica Members, $35 Nonmembers\n\nRegister: (503) 624-5715 or at http://www.techamerica.org/legalholds","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-23T11:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-23T12:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T16:49:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"About the Event:\nGiven the current great recession, the standard strategic planning process may not be enough. Many leaders are after superior resources, speed, and a deeper understanding of the underlying forces in the business environment. Those that have these capabilities in their planning are likely in the lead or will emerge leaders. \n\nWhat is the new normal? Join a panel of directors and strategists as they discuss the following:\n\n- Today's strategic environment \n- The role of the board in strategic planning today \n- Quarterly vs. annual planning cycles \n- Capability logic (resources) \n- Guerrilla logic (speed) \n- Complexity logic (business climate) \n- Aligning the entire organization to the strategic plan \n- Recent best practices \n\nPanelists:\n- L.B. Day, President, LB Day and Company, Inc. , current board member, Microchip Technology and Lynguent Technology\nL. B. Day and Company, Inc. is a strategic planning and organization design consulting firm. Mr. Day's specialty areas include strategic planning, executive development, and organization design. \n\n- Rick Wills, former CEO & Chairman, Tektronix, Inc., current board member, FEI Company\nMr. Wills joined Tektronix in 1979 and has held a variety of positions during his tenure. In January 2008, after eight successful years leading the company, Mr. Wills was named Chairman of Tektronix. Mr. Wills transitioned from day-to-day operations to a consulting role, providing strategic guidance to senior management of Tektronix and the Danaher Test and Measurement platform until June 2008.\n\n- Scott Grout, President and Chief Executive Officer, RadiSys Corporation\nScott joined RadiSys in 2002. Prior to joining RadiSys, Scott was President and Chief Executive Officer of Chorum Technologies, Inc., a privately held company based in Richardson Texas, where he was responsible for the company's expansion efforts including initiatives for accelerating business development, technology research, product manufacturing and talent recruitment (more).\n\nModerator:\n- Scott Demorest, Principal and co-founder of ACME Business Consulting, LLC\nACME is a Portland based management consultancy. Their core competency is managing the execution of the elements within a corporations strategic plan. \n\nEvent Details:\nWhen: September 23, 2010\nTime: 7:30 a.m. \u2013 9:00 a.m.\nWhere: The Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR\nCost: $100 TechAmerica members, $150 nonmember\n\nRegister: (503) 624-5715 or at http://www.techamerica.org/september2010bod\n\nThank you sponsors: The Brentwood Group, KPMG LLP, Stoel Rives LLP\n\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-23T07:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-23T10:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T16:52:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.\n\nAll programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.\n\nYou're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.\n\nAfterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.\n\nAlso, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-23T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-23T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T09:02:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Let's do this again for the ninth time. See igniteportland.com for all the details, and to submit your talk idea!","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-23T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-23T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-03-03T15:57:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The website says...\n\n"Beer and Blog is about bloggers helping bloggers over beers. It is a meet up that takes place every Friday from 4pm until at least 6pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, OR. It started as a means to swap information among peers in the Portland tech scene. Now it has grown into a weekly happy hour for Portland area bloggers. Sometimes we work. Sometimes we discuss. Sometimes we go on a field trip. But we mostly play and celebrate the transition from the work week to the week end. It's the kind of place that is fun to network in, kindle ideas into side projects, and announce a release."\n\n... but it really has very little to do with blogging.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-24T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-24T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-05T23:43:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Please RSVP at http://wherecamppdx10.eventbrite.com/\n\nWhereCampPDX is a free unconference focusing on all things geographical. This informal meeting of minds welcomes all geo-locative enthusiasts, anyone who asks \u201cwhere am I\u201d or feels the need to \u201cknow their place\u201d.\n\nAn unconference is a conference planned by the participants, we all convene together, plan sessions, and have break-outs into sessions. This gives everybody an opportunity to bring to the table the things that interest them the most and lets us talk about new topics that are still new and exploratory. Part of what is important to hearing new voices and getting new ideas is lowering barriers to participation \u2013 this event is free and it is driven by the participants.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-25T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-25T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-06-17T09:56:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Jelly is free casual coworking... we started in Portland last year and are now hosted twice a month! Anyone is welcome to come. Bring your laptop or an old-fashioned notebook, as well as something you're working on: whether it's an online business, an art project, coding, writing or something else, and work alongside other creative, fun people. Hope to see you there! See http://WorkAtJelly.com for more background.\n\nWe'll each work on our own thing in the same space. Meet new friends, share common interests, trade ideas, brainstorm, get some work done, go out to lunch together, and maybe even get some business referrals.\n \nRSVP at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInPortland with your name, the time you expect to arrive, and what you'll be working on. ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-27T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-27T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-23T10:50:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-27T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-27T23:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:21:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-28T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-28T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-03T06:53:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join the TechStart Education Foundation to celebrate Oregon and SW Washington students who are thriving today thanks to hands-on experiences with technology. \n\nUncork Innovation in Oregon \n\nIn addition to celebrating excellence in technology education and honoring those who help make it possible, Uncork-ED helps us raise funds to ensure that students continue to have access to technology in the classroom. \n\nCome participate in our exciting live auction, and join us for fine hors d'oeuvres and complimentary wine tastings from vineyards near and far. \n\nAbout TechStart Education Foundation:\nTechStart is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that promotes wider access to technology education for K-12 students in order to strengthen the skills they need to thrive in the global economy.\n\nUncork-ED tickets may be purchased for $100 per person.\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-29T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-29T19:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T19:15:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"OEN offers many ways for you to connect with the Portland entrepreneurial community and leverage your contacts to create success for your business. Come to our next event on June 24th, 2010, 4PM at Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Avenue and hear how you can use all of the benefits that are part of OEN membership! \n\nJoin us for the OEN SwapMeet immediately following the Member Orientation to practice your networking skills, meet new people and have some fun. Swap Meet is a free quarterly networking event also held at Someday Lounge, and begins at 5PM. \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T16:18:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"OEN offers many ways for you to connect with the Portland entrepreneurial community and leverage your contacts to create success for your business. Come to our next event on June 24th, 2010, 4PM at Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Avenue and hear how you can use all of the benefits that are part of OEN membership! \n\nJoin us for the OEN SwapMeet immediately following the Member Orientation to practice your networking skills, meet new people and have some fun. Swap Meet is a free quarterly networking event also held at Someday Lounge, and begins at 5PM.\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T11:59:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The business concept development workshop is an opportunity for the prospective entrepreneur to meet face-to-face with two experienced people from within the emerging business sector, who would provide an honest, impartial critique of the business idea or model, in an informal setting. This review gives you one hour with two experts - where you can pose your business model for feedback, discussion and advice on next steps. It's one of the best ways to prepare you for that next step: creating your business plan. \n\nRegistration is required, and space is limited to 10 entrepreneurs. \n\nRegistration Fee:\t\t$30.00\t \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T16:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T18:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T12:02:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Drop by the OEN SwapMeet, a networking program specifically for people looking to connect with entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and the people who help them both grow. As the Oregon economy continues to develop, there will be more and more opportunity to work with, work for, or start new companies in growing industries. SwapMeet is a great way to get connected to the people making it all happen. There's no entrance fee, and no pressure. Just networking, connecting, and a no-host happy hour! \n\nDon't miss the pre-event: \nInterested in learning about how to leverage your OEN membership? At 4:00 pm we are hosting an OEN Member Orientation where current OEN members will share some tips about getting the most out of your OEN membership. You also will meet some OEN staff and get an overview of the organization and it programs. Please register for both events. \n\nCost: FREE","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T17:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T19:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T16:21:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Drop by the OEN SwapMeet, a networking program specifically for people looking to connect with entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and the people who help them both grow. As the Oregon economy continues to develop, there will be more and more opportunity to work with, work for, or start new companies in growing industries. SwapMeet is a great way to get connected to the people making it all happen. There's no entrance fee, and no pressure. Just networking, connecting, and a no-host happy hour! \n\nDon't miss the pre-event: \nInterested in learning about how to leverage your OEN membership? At 4:00 pm we are hosting an OEN Member Orientation where current OEN members will share some tips about getting the most out of your OEN membership. You also will meet some OEN staff and get an overview of the organization and it programs. Please register for both events.\n\nRegistration:\t\t$0.00\t \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T17:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T19:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T12:05:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"About the Workshop:\nThe twenty first century is a knowledge worker driven era. New methods of managing acquiring, nurturing and retaining talent will be essential for a competitive organization. In this half-day workshop, a series of presenters will bring tools every HR leader should have in their toolkit and executive should hear.\n\nSession 1 (8:00 \u2013 9:00 a.m.):\nFrom Start-Up to High-Growth: Shaping a Culture for Success \nThe shift from a start-up culture has caused many promising companies to stumble. EthicsPoint president and CEO David Childers will present the step-by-step process his company took to consciously reconstruct its corporate culture. This two-year-long project has helped EthicsPoint exceed growth and revenue expectations and position itself for international expansion. \n\nSession 2 (9:00 \u2013 10:00 a.m.)\nTurning the Job They Have Into the Job They Want \nFor many companies the downturn has stalled growth, which in turn has left employees feeling \u201cstuck\u201d in their jobs. This dissatisfaction can be especially difficult in technology companies where employees are attracted to working fast paced growth and changing environments. Via Skype, Dr. Jane Dutton from University of Michigan will share the Job Crafting Exercise, a low cost, powerful tool that the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship has developed. \n\nSession 3 (10:15 \u2013 11:15 a.m.)\nPerformance Appraisals \u2013 The Next Act\nFew issues in management stir up more controversy than performance appraisal.\n\nThere are many reputable sources - researchers, management commentators, psychometricians - who have expressed doubts about the validity and reliability of the performance appraisal process. Some have even suggested that the process is so inherently flawed that it may be impossible to perfect it. At the other extreme, there are many strong advocates of performance appraisal. Some view it as potentially the most crucial aspect of organizational life (Lawrie, 1990). Dr. Steve Hunt will talk about how the performance management process is shifting from an administrative process used to justify pay decisions to a forward focused tool for enabling business execution. \n\nComplete workshop information can be found here: http://www.techamerica.org/talentmanagementworkshop\n\nDetails:\nWhen: Thursday, September 30, 2010\nTime: 7:30 \u2013 11:30 a.m.\nWhere: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St., Portland, Ore.\nCost: $195 TechAmerica Members, $225 Nonmembers (Group rates available - email kari.naone@techamerica.org for details)\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T07:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T11:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T17:01:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Come do strange things with computers amongst others whilst drinking fine Portland beer. Look for the row of geeks with computers in the back of the main room.\n\nAll programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.\n\nYou're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.\n\nAfterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.\n\nAlso, many people meet up at the pub during the same time as the hackathon to play boardgames they bring which you're welcomed to play.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-09-30T18:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-09-30T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-19T09:02:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"After skipping a year, CyborgCamp is back! We're looking forward to a conference full of fascinating people, ideas and projects. \n\nCyborgCamp http://portland.cyborgcamp.com/ is a hybrid unconference on the future of humans and technology. Half of the conference will be organized BarCamp style, and the other half will have structured experts on various topics. \n\nWhat is a cyborg? A cyborg (shorthand for \u201ccybernetic organism\u201d) is a symbiotic fusion of human and machine. Join in our pre-conference discussion and help organize the event at https://cyborgcamp.pbwiki.com/ and faster updates on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cyborgcamp.\n\nCyborgCamp's aim is to have many communication channels such as Twitter, Flickr, UstreamTV, Video and Audio recordings and live chats displayed on the screen. Classrooms, individuals and businesses are encouraged to attend the event remotely. It will be livestreamed through multiple channels and will be archived and tagged for future viewing. Details on remote conference access will be available a week before the conference begins. \n\nCyborgCamp is open to sponsors. We're interested in cutting edge companies or non-profits who are interested in education/technological development. Please E-mail caseorganic@gmail.com if you or your organization/business is interested in this. Your logo will be added to any paper brochures, the website, and will be included in live Twitter streams during the event.","source_id":996334261,"start_time":"2010-10-02T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-02T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-09T01:48:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Jelly is free casual coworking... we started in Portland last year and are now hosted twice a month! Anyone is welcome to come. Bring your laptop or an old-fashioned notebook, as well as something you're working on: whether it's an online business, an art project, coding, writing or something else, and work alongside other creative, fun people. Hope to see you there! See http://WorkAtJelly.com for more background.\n\nWe'll each work on our own thing in the same space. Meet new friends, share common interests, trade ideas, brainstorm, get some work done, go out to lunch together, and maybe even get some business referrals. \n\nRSVP at http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInPortland with your name, the time you expect to arrive, and what you'll be working on.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-04T10:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-04T16:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-23T10:49:
5:00 pm, GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland Oregon area. Join other developers for presentations and discussions about Ruby and its uses.\n\nVENUE: This meeting\u2019s space is kindly provided by Robert Half Technology at their 2nd Floor Conference Room. Enter the KOIN Tower from SW Columbia between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, take the back elevators to the 2nd floor, and then follow the pdxruby signs.">:null,"description":"GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland Oregon area. Join other developers for presentations and discussions about Ruby and its uses.\n\nVENUE: This meeting's space is kindly provided by Robert Half Technology at their 2nd Floor Conference Room. Enter the KOIN Tower from SW Columbia between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, take the back elevators to the 2nd floor, and then follow the pdxruby signs.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-05T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-05T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-28T11:28:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"About the Seminar:\nThis workshop is designed for new managers faced with the challenges of managing business results and employees. Participants in this one-day workshop will experience their role as manager more clearly and differentiate from the role of individual contributor. They will develop communication skills, performance management skills, and diagnosing team issues while building a team. This is a fast paced and participative workshop giving participants new tools they can use immediately.\n\nWhat You Will Learn:\n\u2022 Discover what it takes to succeed as a manager\n\u2022 Increase your team's performance \n\u2022 Improve your ability to communicate and influence others\n\u2022 Hire and develop high-performers for your team\n\u2022 Provide effective feedback to your employees \n\u2022 Improve or remove low-performers wthin your team\n\nAchieving measurable results\n\u2022 SMART objectives\n\u2022 Learn and practice active listening skills\n\u2022 Effective coaching and delivering of feedback\n\nHelping your team excel\n\u2022 Hire, motivate & retain high performers\n\u2022 Managing poor performance \n\u2022 Navigate and accelerate your team through the team formation process\n\nRecognizing and managing style differences\n\u2022 Learn your personal style preference\n\u2022 Recognize the effects of style differences on communication and decision making processes\n\u2022 Gather tips, techniques, and approaches to bring out the best in everyone\n\n Seminar Leader:\nGaylyn Sher-Jan, Founder and President, OnCourse Group, Inc.\nGaylyn Sher-Jan is an expert in executive/professional coaching, management development, organizational development and the founder and President of OnCourse Group, Inc., an innovative management and human capital consultancy. Read testimonials. \n\nDetails: \nWhen: Wednesday, October 6, 2010\nWhere: 5285 SW Meadows Rd., Suite 368 Conference Room, Lake Oswego, OR 97035\nTime: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Seminar/Working Lunch\n(8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Registration, Breakfast and Networking\n8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Seminar and Working Lunch)\nCost to Attend: $450 TechAmerica member, $550 non-member\n\nRegister: (503) 624-5717 or at http://www.techamerica.org/managementskillsoct6","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-06T08:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-06T16:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-09-01T16:57:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":""How can I better predict if my business will likely survive or fail? Is it possible to know in advance whether I'm going to beat the competition? How can I shape my business into a strategy that is more likely to succeed?" \n\nAs it turns out, relatively quiet empirical models have surfaced that begin to answer these questions with astonishing results. Pioneering this research, first at Intel and then at Harvard, Thomas Thurston has offered to share this fascinating work, the results, and the actionable implications for managers. \n\nThomas Thurston is President and Managing Director of Growth Science International, LLC. - www.growthsci.com \n\nOutline: 2 hours \n1 hour, 15 minutes - lecture (including Q&A and discussions) \n30 min group activity \n15 minutes - wrap up ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-07T16:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-07T18:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-03-31T14:40:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Building off the amazing success of the past 2 Startup Weekends, get ready for it to get even bigger and better. Look for pre-weekend bootcamps and info sessions that are sure to be an amazing value for attendees. ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-08T17:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-10T21:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-03-06T11:48:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join Colleen Wright of the Search Engine Academy Northwest as she teaches the latest search engine marketing tips and tactics. In this 2-day course you will learn the essentials of getting your website indexed appropriately and quickly.\n\nSEO Training Course Day 1\n\n * 2-Day Beginner's Class Discover a complete 6-step system for performing effective search engine marketing\n * Learn how to perform keyword research that will attract your target market\n * Write content that will turn visitors into customers\n * Find out the importance of keyword placement on your web pages and where to actually place the keywords\n * Discover how to improve your Click-through Ratios\n\nSEO Training Course Day 2\n\n * Learn optimal techniques to get your pages indexed by the Search Engines.\n * Find out what it takes to monitor your progress and the tools to help you.\n * Understand the benefits of working with ranges of pages.\n * Discover what it takes to stay out of trouble with the search engines by learning about anti-spamming guidelines.\n * Learn why submitting your site to directories is important and how to choose the correct directories.\n * What is Link Popularity and why is it important.\n * Receive internal and external link building strategies that will make it easier for the search engines to find your web pages.\n * Learn about the missing element in SEO: Creativity and find out how you too can get your creative juices flowing!\n * Get your site reviewed and walk away with a customized action-plan to get your website optimized for maximum performance.\n * Learn about technologies that can improve your conversion rates and capture phone calls right from your web site.\n\n\nSee the website for information on the 5-day Comprehensive course that combines the 2-day Essentials and the 3-day Advanced course material.\n\nContact:\nColleen Wright\nPhone: 503-530-8178\nEmail: info@seotrainingnw.com\nWebsite: http://www.seotrainingnw.com\n\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-11T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-12T17:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-06-17T11:28:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Taught by Jim Shore, highly-respected author of \u201cThe Art of Agile Development\u201d, and Diana Larsen, chair of the Agile Alliance and co-author of the acclaimed \u201cAgile Retrospectives,\u201d this training course provides knowledge you need to accelerate the adoption and practice of agile development. \n\nTraining Objectives: What You Will Learn\n\n * Work consistently and reliably using iterations/Sprints\n * Reliably release software on a regular basis\n * Meet your commitments, even when things go wrong, by managing risks\n * Take advantage of opportunities by adapting your plans\n * Create, estimate, and prioritize minimum marketable features and user stories\n * Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and product vision\n * Get to \u201cdone done!\u201d\n\nAgenda:\n\nThis is a hands-on course with a heavy emphasis on doing, not watching! Topics include:\n\n * Estimating\n * Story writing\n * The infrastructure outsourcing continuum\n * Iteration/Sprint planning\n * \u201cDone Done\u201d\n * Release planning\n * Adaptive planning\n * Risk management\n * Vision\n * Working with stakeholders\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-11T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-12T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-28T10:11:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk - Round 1 - Call for Applications - Due Friday, September 10 at 5:00 PM \n\nWant to learn what it takes to raise capital? OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalks are for you. Apply to participate or register to attend Round 1 of OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk. \n\nTo apply: Companies must be current OEN members and can pay the application fee below. Your email confirmation will take you to the online application form. For more information about the application process visit the OEN's Seed Oregon PubTalk Application & Guidelines Page. \n\nNote: To be considered for the final round of OEN's Seed Oregon competition, companies must also have applied to OEN's Angel Oregon. \n\nTo attend: People interested in attending the event can register below. \n\nEvent Description: \nFor entrepreneurs with companies on the fundraising path, OEN's Seed Oregon is a unique opportunity to not only to compete for funding opportunities, but to learn the rules of the road of effective fundraising. This entertaining and educational competition is the program for OEN PubTalks during October and November of 2010 and then again January and February of 2011. \n\nThe competition is for Oregon and Southwest Washington seed-stage companies who are seeking capital within the range of $100,000 to $2,000,000. One winner from each preliminary round will move on to a championship round, where a finalist will earn a coveted presenting opportunity at OEN's Angel Oregon, the premier angel investing event in the Northwest. \n\nOnline registration for this event closes Tuesday, October 12th. Please register at the door after that time. \n\n\nItems For Purchase\nClick here to use your OEN Member Login Information to register for the OEN Member items. (Please note that if the item is grayed out it means you have not yet logged in) \n\nAvailable Items Price Qty \nPubTalk Member Registration: $15.00 * \nPubTalk Non-Member Registration: $25.00 * \n\nIncludes entry at one PubTalk and the Seed Oregon application fee. \n $75.00 * \nSeed Oregon Application Fee - Non-Member: [+] Seed Oregon Application Fee - Non-Member: \n\nIncludes entry at one PubTalk, a discounted one year OEN individual membership {$26 savings}, and the Seed Oregon application fee. \n $174.00 \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-13T17:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-13T19:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-21T16:25:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"For entrepreneurs with companies on the fundraising path, OEN's Seed Oregon is a unique opportunity to not only to compete for funding opportunities, but to learn the rules of the road of effective fundraising. This entertaining and educational competition is the program for OEN PubTalks during October and November of 2010 and then again January and February of 2011. \n\nThe competition is for Oregon and Southwest Washington seed-stage companies who are seeking capital within the range of $100,000 to $2,000,000. One winner from each preliminary round will move on to a championship round, where a finalist will earn a coveted presenting opportunity at OEN's Angel Oregon, the premier angel investing event in the Northwest. \n\nOnline registration for this event closes Tuesday, October 12th. Please register at the door after that time.\n\nPubTalk Member Registration:$15.00\t \nPubTalk Non-Member Registration:$25.00\t \nSeed Oregon Application Fee - Member:$75.00\t \nSeed Oregon Application Fee - Non-Member: $174.00\t \n \t \t \t\n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-13T17:15:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-13T19:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T12:10:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This course gives you the hands-on experience and builds the skill set you will require to thoroughly understand and then utilize the real-world fundamentals of agile delivery. You also will learn to accelerate and enhance your adoption and practice of agile development within your organization.\n\nTraining Objectives: What You Will Learn\n\n * Build and ship weekly increments of software using iterations/Sprints\n * Create nearly bug-free code using test-driven development, refactoring, and exploratory testing\n * Understand and accommodate stakeholders and their diverse opinions\n * Work in a cross-functional team with on-site customers, testers, and programmers\n * Prevent build failures with continuous integration\n * Incrementally build technical infrastructure alongside features\n\nAgenda:\n\nIn a class that emphasizes doing; you will form cross-functional teams and deliver actual software in four 90-minute iterations, in a real-world environment that includes version control, automated builds, and continuous integration. That's right: you'll design, build, test, and ship software, as well as build out your technical infrastructure, all in 90 minutes. If that sounds impossible, you must take this course.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-13T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-15T17:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-07-28T10:14:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join Colleen Wright of the Search Engine Academy Northwest as she teaches the latest search engine marketing tips and tactics. In this 3-day course you will learn advanced strategies to capture your target market through the power of the search engines and the strength of compelling content. \n\nSEO Training Course Day 1\n\n * Review the 6-step optimization process taught in the Essentials class to help you retain this important information.\n * Work on advanced keyword research strategies.\n * Learn techniques that will help you write effective sales copy that gets results.\n * Understand how the personalization of search results is changing the rules.\n * Find out the best approaches for setting up a blog and learn about the art of blogging.\n * Creative ideas for implementing user generated content (UGC).\n * More custom website reviews.\n\nSEO Training Course Day 2\n\n * What is Latent Semantic Indexing and how can it help my website?\n * How to develop a unique selling proposition that retains your visitor's interest and gets them digging deeper into our web sites.\n * Why are database driven sites unique when it comes to SEO and how can we make sure we get maximum advantage from SEO?\n * What is Social Media Marketing and how can it help boost sales?\n * How to quickly gain exposure in Google, Yahoo!, and others within 24 to 48 hours\n * What is Pay Per Click and who are the players?\n * Learn how to implement Google Analytics on your website and why this is a must!\n * Find out about the tools offered by the search engines to increase your web site's success\n\nSEO Training Course Day 3\n\n * Learn about competitive intelligence and multi-variate analysis and how these tools can help increase your website's rankings\n * Learn about web analytics and how to analyze your progress with ClickTracks\n * Learn the power of article marketing\n * What problems might your site run in to and how can they be fixed? Will talk about technical issues that come up.\n * Sure fire strategies to build your SEO business\n * Group Q&A\n * Final Exam\n * Wrap-up and awards\n\nSee the website for information on the 5-day Comprehensive course that combines the 2-day Essentials and the 3-day Advanced course material.\n\nContact:\nColleen Wright\nPhone: 503-530-8178\nEmail: info@seotrainingnw.com\nWebsite: http://www.seotrainingnw.com","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-18T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-20T17:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-06-17T11:29:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us for our monthly event! More details to come ...\n\nIxDA Portland is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-portland).","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-19T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-19T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-03-10T19:50:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Exact hours and location to be announced. ","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-22T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-23T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-05T19:29:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-25T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-25T23:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:21:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-26T18:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-26T20:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-11T06:57:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"The theme of the meeting is the new features of Xcode 4. Brandon, Rich and I will be dividing them up; if anyone else wants to join in, just let me know!\n\nEveryone needs to be under the Apple NDA; the easiest way to do that is to sign up for the Mac or iOS developer program (the free registration is fine).\n\nA general Q&A session will follow the presentations, and then we will adjourn for beer.\n\n(Note, the entrance to BrainSilo is in the back of the building!)","source_id":996334393,"start_time":"2010-10-27T19:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-27T22:00:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-26T08:59:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"This seminar reviews all components of an effective, compelling business plan. You'll learn from two seasoned OEN experts why certain information is important and how your audience will evaluate what you present. Besides learning what is critical to include in an effective business, you'll take away valuable handouts and a listing of key resources. \n\nRegistration is required, and space is limited to 20 entrepreneurs. \n\nRegistration Fee:\t\t$30.00\t \n","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-10-28T16:30:00-07:00","end_time":"2010-10-28T18:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-25T12:14:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-11-08T19:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-11-08T23:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:22:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us for our monthly event! More details to come ...\n\nIxDA Portland is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-portland).","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-11-16T18:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-11-16T20:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-03-10T19:51:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-11-22T19:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-11-22T23:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:22:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-12-06T19:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-12-06T23:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:23:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us for our monthly event! More details to come ...\n\nIxDA Portland is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-portland).","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-12-14T18:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-12-14T20:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-03-10T19:51:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Get your electroluminescent wire costume out because it's time for the midnight release of TRON: Legacy in IMAX3D!\n\nHere's a cool instructables article on how to make your own costume:\n\nhttp://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-add-EL-wire-to-a-coat-or-other-garment/","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-12-17T00:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-12-17T02:30:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-03-31T12:19:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity. Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time. Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.","source_id":null,"start_time":"2010-12-20T19:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2010-12-20T23:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-04-29T09:23:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Join us for our monthly event! More details to come ...\n\nIxDA Portland is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/local/ixda-portland).","source_id":null,"start_time":"2011-01-18T18:00:00-08:00","end_time":"2011-01-18T20:00:00-08:00","created_at":"2010-03-10T19:52:
5:00 pm, :null,"description":"Open Source Bridge is an open source developers conference, focused on bringing people from a range of technology backgrounds together to share their knowledge and explore what it means to be an open source citizen.\n\nFind out more about attending at http://opensourcebridge.org/attend","source_id":null,"start_time":"2011-06-21T09:00:00-07:00","end_time":"2011-06-24T17:30:00-07:00","created_at":"2010-08-10T18:39: