Region: Portland Metro

Learn to Pitch is the first event of three in OEN’s Food & Beverage Showcase and Pitch Program. 

Taught by executive training and development consultant Dave Underhill and Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, this workshop will teach you how to craft a clear, concise, and compelling story regardless of your audience, whether talking to someone in line at the supermarket or pitching your business to a VC.

By registering for this event, you will also receive access to Palo Alto Software’s Live Plan platform ($60 value) for 3 months to create your one-page pitch page.

Farwest is the largest green industry trade show in the West (over 6,000 walked the show floor in 2016). No other show offers nearly everything the industry has to offer under one roof, AND the ability to source plant material in the heart of nursery country. Farwest offers the complete trade show experience. With over 400 exhibitors, Farwest is your ticket to the nursery and retail garden center industry. Whether you’re a grower, retailer, wholesale buyer, supplier, or a landscape professional, you will find a host of new ideas to increase efficiency, sales and profitability. Farwest sponsorship places your brand directly in the line of sight of nursery and retail garden center industry decision makers from 18 different countries and 50 states.

• Explore and discuss the psychology of a successful job search including the importance of self- understanding, attitude and authenticity.
• Create the natural supports you need in friends, family, and self-care to keep you moving towards your goal.
• Identify and leave behind the imagined barriers to achieving your career goal.
• Answer this question: If you were the employer would you hire you? If yes, list why, if no why not?

Join us as we put life, light and clarity into what has traditionally been compared to a trip to the dentist. The Empowered Job Search is about courage and self exploration. Learn how to dodge the bullets of entitlement and groveling. And most importantly come acquire a lifetime skill that will preserve your independence, your dignity and your well-being.

Instructor:
Maureen Addington, President of Wayfare Companion. She provides consultation and support to various nonprofit and for-profit organizations, businesses and individuals. Areas of expertise: employment counseling, business start-ups, promotion, sales, networking, liaison, management, recruitment, training, public education, administration and transparency.

GROW WITH US in 2018 at the Oregon Convention Center

in Downtown Portland, OR, August 27th-29th!

We will have 60,000 square feet of exhibit hall space

and 50,000 square feet of meeting space for technical presentations.

We hope that you will join us for this historic event!

Don’t miss out on our 2018 Canna Boot Camp! This is our full-day workshop that covers everything from Cultivation, Extraction, Sample Prep, Analytical Testing, Edibles Manufacturing and more! This event sold out VERY quickly in 2016 & 2017.

Cannabis Science Conference is the world’s largest cannabis science expo. Our conference pulls together cannabis industry experts, instrument manufacturers, testing labs, research scientists, medical practitioners, policy makers and interested novices. Our annual event is aimed at improving cannabis science. Join us in Portland, Oregon, for an exciting conference with keynotes, presentations, round table discussions and exhibits. At our inaugural event we hosted over 750 attendees from all over the world! Our second event hosted over 2,000 attendees from over 24 countries!!!

Coming for 2018:

60,000 sq. ft. of exhibit hall space
50,000 sq. ft. of meeting space for presentations
Parallel medical & scientific technical sessions
Advanced and Beginner Canna Boot Camps
Expanded academic cannabis session
New pharmaceutical cannabis session
Expanded technical poster sessions, and much, much more!

About Building Business Connections:Building
Business Connections blends structured networking, resource sharing and focused connection-building conversations. Make new business connections and grow your business.

Membership and Attendance:
The Alliance is a membership-based organization so attendance at Alliance events is a benefit of membership. It is Alliance policy to welcome first-time, non-members to attend up to two networking events (ShopTalk, and Building Business Connections) without charge. You must RSVP by calling Rebecca McCulloch at 503-552-6759 by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 24th.

Event Sponsor: AVAILABLE
Series Sponsor: Oregon Business Magazine

If you arrive after 8:00 a.m., we will not be able to seat you in the structured networking portion of this event.

Free parking in the Garden Garage attached to the Moda Center: located on Winning Way

New to Alliance events? Look for Ambassadors wearing a blue ribbon to greet you, answer any of your questions and introduce you to other members.

Connect with us on Twitter at Alliance events using #pbaevents and tagging @PDX_BizAlliance.

• Explore and discuss your job goal, your related background and education, and any additional skills and training you may need to acquire.
• Clarify and write down the specifics of what you have to offer an employer beyond the basics.
• Identify what matters most to you in regards to this particular goal ie, job satisfaction, income, flex time, giving back, routine, excitement etc. etc.
• Write it down.

Join us as we put life, light and clarity into what has traditionally been compared to a trip to the dentist. The Empowered Job Search is about courage and self exploration. Learn how to dodge the bullets of entitlement and groveling. And most importantly come acquire a lifetime skill that will preserve your independence, your dignity and your well-being.

Instructor, Maureen Addington, President of Wayfare Companion. She provides consultation and support to various nonprofit and for-profit organizations, businesses and individuals. Areas of expertise: employment counseling, business start-ups, promotion, sales, networking, liaison, management, recruitment, training, public education, administration and transparency.

How can public trust funds and private citizens make a difference in an era of upheaval?

Please join Treasurer Tobias Read for the 2018 Sustainable Investing Summit in Portland. The event will bring together state and national finance leaders to highlight how Oregon Treasury — while first achieving its fiduciary obligation to maximize long-term, risk-adjusted performance — is helping to lead as a responsible shareholder, engaging to enhance climate-related disclosure and action, managing for ESG risks, and investing strategically for a cleaner future.

The Summit also will highlight ways the public and other investors can make a positive difference. The event will include a networking welcome reception on Sept. 5 and a conference on Sept. 6 at the Leftbank Annex, 101 North Weidler Street.

Greater Portland Inc’s signature event celebrates GPI’s role as the region’s premier public-private partnership and shines a spotlight on our region’s competitiveness in a global economy.

This year, the Summit highlights our region’s most valuable resource – our people. With conversations led by nationally recognized experts, we will explore how our entrepreneurs, educators, business and community leaders, and innovators are driving returns to our region’s growing economy.

The Summit is the one event of the year that brings hundreds of key decision-makers from different parts of the region and different industries together in one room. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with the leaders shaping our community’s future. The morning begins with a networking breakfast in the Sunken Ballroom. After breakfast, an exciting program will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Kridel Grand Ballroom.

Topics covered: create an “avatar” of your perfect client. Develop a plan to reach them.

In this workshop series you will learn the keys to building a successful solo business. Solo businesses are the fastest growing model of the 21st Century, but solo businesses are distinctly different from other small businesses and there are some things you must do to create the financial success you are seeking.

These classes will be high energy, fun, interactive, and practical. You will learn skills you can use immediately as you create your encore business. Your instructor, Jackie B Peterson, is a national thought leaders on solopreneurship and will share many ideas, client stories and ideas for creating a viable solo enterprise.

Schedule:
8:00 – 8:50 Coffee and Registration
8:50 – 9:00 Introduction, Welcome

Got Know-How?
9:00 – 9:30 Use What You Know – Increase Income Through Self-Employment – Jackie B. Peterson of Better, Smarter, Richer

Got Equity?
9:30 – 10:00 Use the Equity in Your Home – Strategic Use of Your Asset – Rachel Hemmingson NMLS# 1502324/1169 Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Specialist

Got Space?
10:00 – 10:30 Use Your Home to Provide Income & Share Costs – Anne L. Andler of Let’s Share Housing

Got Questions?
10:30 – 11:00 Questions and Answers – panel with Jackie, Rachel and Anne
11:00 – 12:00 One on One conversations, appointment setting, other

Every September, innovators from across the Pacific NW come together at VertueLab Impact Summit (formerly BEST FEST), the Pacific Northwest’s premier cleantech innovation conference. Now in its10th year, VIS2018 brings together the doers, thinkers, and innovators working in clean technology across the region. VIS2018 is about learning, inspiring, networking, sharing ideas, and shaping our future. We convene a diverse audience of business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, partners, corporates, university researchers, students, and scientists— who have the common goal of accelerating solutions to environmental challenges, then create opportunities to engage.

The Portland Creative Conference is an exploration and celebration of the creative process across all creative industries. This single-track event features presentations from leading creatives who take you inside their creative process and talk about their projects, challenges, influences and inspirations; showing samples of their work along the way.

For complete details, including this year’s amazing presenters, visit http://cre8con.com

This is an opportunity for attendees to network with other creative industries professionals, get inside the heads of visionary speakers and to be inspired and motivated in entirely new ways, viewing their own world with a fresh perspective as a result. All while raising money to support K-12 arts education in Oregon.

Many companies send teams of people to this conference so we have team discounts available.

Doors open @ 8:00am for Check-in / Registration and Networking (get there early if you need to register still)

Program starts @ 9:00am and ends at 5:00pm.

Wrap Party! Receptions for all attendees will take place at Wieden+Kennedy and the Wacom Experience Center from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. You must have a badge to attend the conference and the reception.

Benefits of attending:

• Learn from our creative industries-leading speakers
• See samples of their work and hear the stories behind it
• Network with other creative industries professionals
• Leave inspired and motivated in new and unxpected ways, with fresh ideas
• Proceeds go to provide financial support to various K-12 arts education programs in Oregon through Keeping the Arts, a non-profit organization.

Thank you to our Sponsors: Wacom, Oregonian Media Group, Ideas Collide, City of Hillsboro, Cambia Health Solutions, Art Institute of Portland, Charles Schwab, and Oregon Film.

To see the most up-to-date speaker list, visit http://cre8con.com

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is final and no refunds will be processed. However, you can transfer a registration to a different person.

Do you have a food and beverage business that you want to promote and celebrate? Are you looking for an opportunity to promote your food & beverage startup? Now is your chance!

The OEN Food & Beverage Showcase & Pitch Program is a series of workshops and events dedicated to supporting F&B entrepreneurs in Oregon and SW Washington. This program is perfect for entrepreneurs who want to better tell their story, whether it’s getting products on shelves, engaging distributors, seeking investment, hiring talent, or getting a new customer.

Your application fee includes:

1. Admission to Learn to Pitch Workshop on August 20th ($50 value)
2. Access to Palo Alto Software’s Live Plan platform ($60 value) for 3 months to create your one-page pitch page
3. Admission to Hone Your Pitch Interactive Session with industry experts during the week of September 17th (attendance required—judges will select the top 12 presenters to compete at the October 3rd F&B Showcase)
4. Admission to the October 3rd F&B Showcase ($85 value)
5. A table to sample your product at the October 3rd F&B Showcase (first 50 applicants only)
6. Prizes! Read below for details.

Applying is quick and easy! Just click the button on the right to apply.

See below for event details.

Event #1: Learn to Pitch

Taught by executive training and development consultant Dave Underhill and Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software, this workshop will teach you how to craft a clear, concise, and compelling story regardless of your audience, whether talking to someone in line at the supermarket or pitching your business to a VC.

When: Monday, August 20th | 11:30 AM-2:30 PM

Where: Portland State Business Accelerator, Portland, or via webcast.

Event #2: Hone Your Pitch

This workshop will help you take your presentation to the next level with input from experts in the food and beverage industry, including entrepreneurs, mentors, and seasoned investors. You will have an opportunity to practice your presentation in front of F&B industry experts and hone your presentation throughout the day through personalized feedback. These experts will pick the top presenters to move on to the F&B Showcase on October 3rd. 

When: Week of September 17th

Where: To be announced

Event #3: F&B Showcase

This is it—the main event. First, you learned how to craft a clear, concise, and compelling story regardless of your audience at Learn Your Pitch. Then, you improved your presentation based on personalized feedback from industry experts at Hone Your Pitch.

At the F&B Showcase, you get:

• A table to sample your awesome product (first 50 applicants only)
• Stellar networking with F&B industry stakeholders from across the state
• Top 12 applicants get a chance to strut their stuff on stage and compete for awesome prizes
• Insight from successful F&B entrepreneurs (stay tuned for Fireside Chat participant list)
• Inspiration from a conversation about thoughtfulness and social justice in the F&B industry

Prizes include:

• Shelf space at Green Zebra
• Financial and accounting services
• Legal services from Tonkon Torp
• Financial forecasting consulting from Palo Alto Software
• Branding and packaging consulting
• Risk assessment advising
• Distribution counseling

The F&B Showcase will bring together diverse channels within the food and beverage industry to celebrate, promote, and inspire one another to success.

When: Wednesday, October 3rd

Where: Left Bank Annex, Portland

Not yet an OEN member? Contact Marissa at marissa@oen.org to get 25% off your first year of membership!

Learn how to translate your speaking into sales and impact, without compromising who you are (in a radically supportive community of coaches and experts seeking greatness)…

Intuitive Speaking is an interactive, experiential public speaking event that will give you lots of opportunities to practice and play.

You’ll have the opportunity to speak in group settings as well as ON STAGE (if you choose). Plus, you’ll watch your colleagues and new friends make huge transformations in their speaking, too.

Either way, this is not merely about KNOWING, but learning through SEEING and DOING and BEING.

At Intuitive Speaking LIVE, you’ll learn how to:

• be irresistible and magnetic on stage, without trying to be different, clever, or forcing yourself to use popular scripts or structures that don’t work for you

• say goodbye to unnecessary stress and second-guessing whether you are standing up at a networking meeting or preparing for the biggest speaking opportunity of your life

• thrive in any speaking setting, whether you are presenting online or offline, doing keynotes, workshops, online courses, or live streaming

• be the kind of speaker who builds a reputation and word-of-mouth buzz

• allow the message that wants and needs to be shared to flow through you, effortlessly

Would you LOVE to attract more (or all) of your clients from speaking? Would you love your speaking to be magnetic and effortless? Then this event is for YOU.

The 2018 Superwoman Summit is a three day event held at the brand new Porter Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon to support the professional development of strong, powerful women leaders. Join us for an incredible experience of inspiration, conversation, play and activation.

The Superwoman Summit envisions a better world for everyone when more women are in power. Over 20 transformational speakers will take the stage to empower you with the knowledge, resources, community and inspiration you need to feel more empowered in your professional life. At the Superwoman Summit you’ll be inspired to take your professional life and creative endeavors to the next level.

The Superwoman Summit is proud to present influential leaders, change agents, authors, coaches and thought leaders driving the conversation in this area of women’s leadership.

There will be main stage talks combined with breakout sessions and three intensive workshops. There is a cocktail reception on Friday and Saturday night at the hotel following the final keynote talk.

We will also facilitate fun conversations on emotional intelligence, mindfulness, creativity and tactics that drive positive change for the future of women leaders and their organizations.

Check out superwomansummmit.com for more details.