Welcome to Dynamic Professionals Business Group!  We understand that there are many business groups to choose from, and we appreciate your interest in our organization! It is our intent to provide relaxed and non-pressured monthly Gatherings for the Portland Metro business community  The focus and primiary goals of our Events are: CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN ENCOURAGING AND MOTIVATIONAL ATMOSPHERE  Our monthly Gatherings are primarily about relaxed mingling .  As we celebrated our 3rd anniversary …

This group was started by fundraising professionals who wanted to find a place to come together both online and in person to share tips and advice about our individual fundraising efforts. Through online discussions and monthly meetings we hope to support fellow members of the group in their fundraising initiatives and learn ways to diversify our fundraising efforts. In a nutshell, this meetup is about helping people create community and learn about fundraising. We will cover topics such as Get …

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 …

The PixelGigs Network focuses on bringing together local leaders and networkers. Our group shares ideas, tools and resources that empower business professionals everywhere.

Join us for friendship and fun and become a better public speaker in the process. Sunrise Toastmasters has helped members with their personal and professional development for over 50 years. Our club has a nice mix of new and experienced members who provide a supportive environment for improving communication and leadership skills. We meet every Thursday morning from 6:45 AM – 8:00 AM at the Standard Insurance Center in downtown Portland. The address is 900 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204. Enter o …

#Driven Westside of Portland is organized by the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce serving young professionals in the Washington County area. Our programming is intended to help the next generation of business owners, fresh management talent and up-and-coming executives who are interested in making a difference in our business community. Our goal is connect with one another at non-traditional networking events and help young professionals become leaders, have a voice in the community and develo …

This group is for people interested in NLP who: 1. Are new to NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) who want to learn more about it 2. Have some experience with NLP, want to connect with others who are like-minded in the NLP Learning Community, keep their skills up to date, and learn something new 3. Want to experience NLP in action: seeing it modeled, taught, and demonstrated through the change work processes 4. Would like to experience a new NLP Process each meeting that is useful 5. Want to enjo …

Welcome to your resource for finding meaningful events and opportunities in Portland!  Meet other professionals from different industries at a diverse range of events, attend lectures, share events with your colleagues and clients. Take part in connecting with Portland.  Please share your business ideas, tips, strategies and events with the community. Is there something missing from the calendar?  Would you like to host an event? Email me lets talk and lets make this a resource for every profess …

The Tigard Chamber Works For You! With over 300 businesses strong, the Tigard Chamber is focused on driving a strong local economy, business networking, promoting the community and advocating for business with government. The Tigard Chamber provides ever-increasing value to members through innovative benefits, programs and services designed to help businesses large and small grow and succeed. If you are a business professional in the Portland Metro Area, the Tigard Chamber is the place to be.

Networking and Wine is exactly that - a business networking group that features local vineyards offering wine tastings. This allows business professionals the opportunity to meet, network and share ideas over wine.

This is a group for anyone interested in Internet of Things -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things. The group was started as a way to meet others and learn about the different types of projects, tools, and technology and discuss the impact of more connected world. While the group is technical in nature, all skills levels are welcome.  Our target member are hackers, professionals, developers, and hobbyist and not meant as a professional networking group. Group participation is key and …

Are you a writer who gets inspired by the publications of Cleis Press and Down There?  Do YOU shop at SheBop?  Meet to share writing, resources, experience, and dedication to sex-positive culture! All levels of writing and publishing experience are welcome. We'll grow together. Let's host workshops and readings, provide sex-positive and intelligent editorial support, help publish each other's work, and form community around the oldest interesting subject in the world.  Note: This is a space for …

Vision Statement We are Licensed Massage Therapists who are dedicated to excellence in our field of Massage Therapy and Bodywork. We are committed to sharing, teaching, and learning from each other to further our professional development as Licensed Massage Therapists. This sharing of our expertise gained from working on thousands of people will help to improve the state of health, wellness, and prosperity of everyone. By creating our crucible of shared knowledge, the world will become a better …

This group is designed to introduce the principles of time management 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, overwhelmed, or just plain stuck. We will focus on developing clear goals, exploring different time management tools, and outlining specific action steps that will have you organized and productive in no time! Using the principles of life coac …

Explore, practice, and learn! And have a lot of fun with people who enjoy learning and growing -- just like you. This is a new practice group for people interested in NLP, coaching, language, training, change, and growth -- both personal and professional. New to NLP or these modalities? This is a great way to get an introduction. Meet-ups usually include a process to practice and time for networking.

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python. Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial d …

I wanted to create a group in Vancouver that attracts non-flakey professional women. For the benefit of the group, I am only looking for members who are committed to attending meetings, developing relationships with the other women in the group and eventually, once trust is developed, seek to provide referrals to others in the group when appropriate. If you are a professional working in Vancouver and are willing to commit to meeting once every three weeks, this may be a great fit. If you are …

In the process of developing a private practice in mental health or alternative wellness fields (dietary therapy, massage, acupuncture, etc.)? This is a community of people at various stages of the private practice building process with whom to learn, grow, network, celebrate, and explore. We will meet once a month or so, and share with each other support, knowledge, and experience, along with potentially building referral sources and creating a peer supervision community.  We can also explore s …

The PRO*Development arm of the Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce is our umbrella for all of the small & entrepreneurial education resources we offer our members. These include our Business Matters! Series, 2nd Tuesday Lunch-n-Learns, Sales Tune Up, Social Media Classes, OMEP Manufacturing Round Tables and more.

What is this meetup about? Monthly industry cocktail party and networking event. End of month rush is over. Join other real estate professionals for drinks and networking on the last Friday of every month. Light hors d'oeurves served. Who might be interested in attending? Realtors, appraisers, lenders, title, escrow officers, insurance agents, account executives, developers and other professionals interested in socializing. Why would you want to attend? Get to know other professionals in the ind …

Is the 'Paperless Office' a myth, or reality? Utopia, or a figment of your imagination? There are strategies that (can...) work, and strategies that inevitably lead to frustration and failure. Success requires: (A) ATTITUDE adjustments; (B) REDUCING the incoming paper; (C) PRAGMATIC hardware; (D) EFFECTIVE software storage, organization, indexing, and search methods; (E) BULLETPROOF BACKUP AND RETRIEVAL procedures (and the confidence that you KNOW these procedures are in place. (F) Workflows tha …

We conduct business with those we trust but issues still arise. This is not your typical networking group. Instead, this will be a collaborative effort in which we address the issues we are facing, whether it is seeking employment, marketing a new business or attracting new customers to an existing venture. Members will use their experiences to offer advice and solutions to help each other achieve our goals and/or work out our kinks.

Come learn how to be a more effective leader within your organization. This is a 7 week course based on “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell, we try to touch one each law, but we don’t go deep into them as the meetings are only an hour long. This Master Mind Group (MMG) is free. We will be having our next one on June 26th at the Beaverton Round Executive Suites. At 6:30pm I’ll provide a worksheet at each meeting, and some exercises for you to do during the week. You would need …

This Group is designed to fuse established and new businesses together to share opportunities, expereinces, strategies and successes all while networking in a fun and social way.

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 …

We are the stars ready to shoot off into our place in the sky. We got tired of hearing "That's weird" and "Aren't you scared?" and decided to take the future into our own hands. Join us if you're into learning, growing and meeting like-minded new friends We offer: Networking Opportunities Book Clubs Casual meet n greets Product spotlights for your unique products Financially Savvy 101 presentations Open minds, Entrepreneurs, Business owners, Students, Artistic minds and freethinkers alike com …

This group is for anyone interested in understanding the number one reason why investors, regardless or wealth or investment experience, under perform THEIR OWN investments. HINT: "It won't be the economy that will do in investors; it will be the investors themselves" -Warren Buffett

Welcome! This group is for you if you are tired of checking your soul at the door when you walk into work. It may not seem like work is a place where your soul is welcome but whatever kind of work you do, your soul belongs with you. It is simply not sustainable to be separated from your source of vital energy for 40+ hours per week for any number of years. Some organizations are good or even great at supporting their employees well-being and some are not. I have found through my work that many …