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

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

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

This group is dedicated to helping self-aware people get in touch with what they were born to do and transform all blocks surrounding its expression. We offer a free monthly event to assist you in creating and meeting goals, a bi-monthly support group for addressing the deep inner blocks that hold you back, in addition to talks, meditations, and readings to help you in your individual process. This is the place for anyone who senses they have a great gift to offer the world, yet is struggling to …

The goal of this group is to explore and experience the unique culture of Portland and the northwest. Think of it as tourism for locals. About 50% of the people on every event are newcomers to Portland or to the group. It's a great way to meet new people while enjoying new experiences. I host at least 20 events on the calendar per month. Most of the events are done on foot, but some are simply showing up at a particular destination for fun. Events include: Dining and entertainment walks (highli …

We are part of the movement to revolutionize the way small businesses market and are fanatical about Infusionsoft. This group is for sharing ideas, methods, tools and inspiration among Infusionsoft users in the Portland Metro area. If you're an Infusionsoft user or just curious about how Infusionsoft can help you grow your business, this is the place for you!

Want to improve your pronunciation and your accent? Interested in meeting new friends from diverse international backgrounds? Want to do fun things in Portland while improving your English conversation skills? Our group is a fun, safe, and free way to get tips from a professional accent reduction instructor, meet and make friends, and practice and improve your accent. At every event members get tips on reducing their accents, meet new friends, and find time to practice and have fun. All level …

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

This group is designed to introduce the principles of life coaching to its members and to share specific tools that will enable its members to thrive in all areas of their lives. Everyone is welcome, especially those who are feeling frustrated, confused or overwhelmed, or just plain stuck. We will focus on bringing clarity to your vision, organization to your action steps, and accountability to your progress. We will work together to build on your talents and strengths and tackle any issues that …

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

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

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

This Meetup is for those interested in discussing best practices for marketing & promoting books. Members may include people in the publishing industry or related fields and may include publishers, authors, marketers, publicists, bloggers, reviewers, literary enthusiasts, graphic designers, self-published authors, etc.

How often do you get to talk one-on-one with industry leaders? The Small Business Marketing Group was founded so you can learn about the latest technology, strategies, and industry buzz from the experts themselves. We don’t just cover the basics, we are focused towards upper management, directors, and business owners, but everyone is welcome to join! We present information you can’t get anywhere else, so don’t forget to bring a pen and paper! Have something you would like to present? Let us kno …

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

Welcome to the Speak Love Meetup Group. You will not be well-served by this group if you "show up cold", that is, with no knowledge of or experience with Compassionate Communication. You will be welcomed AND you will probably find the material and exercises raise more questions than answers for you. You will be best served by this group if you have done at least one of the following: read Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. listened to the audio version …

Education, technology, tradition, and change. This is a group where educators, parents, and innovators can meet and exchange ideas on the future of education.

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

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

Would your Business benefit from more referrals??? This is our bi-weekly meeting to meet new contacts, share information about ourselves and get to know one another better. No-host lunch. Address : SW Portland @ Joe's Burgers and Bar. 4439 SW Beaverton Hillsdale hwy Portland,OR. 97221 Time: 12 noon Dates: February 25th; March 11th and 25th; April 8th and 22nd; May 6th and 20th and.............................................

Google Adwords seminar. Live Streaming from Keynote Speakers from Google. event sposored and catered by Google

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

We meet once a month to network and help each other grow our businesses! We share a nice family style lunch, everyone gets to share their 30 second commercial, we have one 5 minute spotlight speaker. The meeting is hosted by our Small Business Division of LegalShield and we provide about 10-15 minutes of information on how we help small business owners to protect and grow their business in thie economy.