HUB Power Working is free and open to the public.

We meet every Friday from 10am – 2pm at Park Place Coffee - 1288 SE 182nd, Portland, OR 97233.

Come and go as you please – we only ask that you buy a coffee from the shop.

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The original post is titled Member announces: HUB Power Working , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The event is complimentary and open to the public. This replaces the EPCC’s weekly networking meeting scheduled for that morning. A roundtable format will allow attendees to be alongside the Senator during the dialogue and share progress on issues facing East Portland.

Senator Merkley is expected to discuss a number of issues, including how to get Oregonians back to work, livability, and small business vitality in East Portland. The event will provide local businesses and guests an opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns directly with the US Senator.

“This is a rare opportunity to have Senator Merkley come into our area and address our concerns,” said Judy Leach, East Portland Chamber president. “We look forward to being able to interact with him on a number of vital subjects that impact East Portland, including economic development and job creation.”

Senator Merkley is a native of Oregon and was born in the timber town Myrtle Creek in Douglas County. He grew up and still lives in East Multnomah County and graduated from David Douglas High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a graduate degree in Public Policy at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

He served as speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives before being elected Oregon’s junior U.S. Senator in 2008. In the three years he’s been in office, Senator Merkley has been focused on getting our nation back on track and Oregonians back to work. He has been on the frontlines of debates around health care, financial reform, energy, reforming the Senate and working on solutions to the ongoing housing crisis and will continue fighting for Oregon.

The East Portland Chamber’s Government and Economic Affairs Committee is sponsoring this event. For more information about the East Portland Chamber, visit www.eastportlandchamberofcommerce.com.

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The original post is titled US Senator Merkley to address chamber Feb 22 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

The event is complimentary and open to the public with time designated for business networking.

Shiprack was elected to the county’s governing body in 2008 and helped lead the implementation of the Multnomah Food Initiative, a countywide food action plan, and a county program to divert mentally ill from jail into treatment. She leads a drive to encourage healthier families and reduce children’s exposure to violence, crime and abuse.

A former instructor at Portland’s Jefferson and Madison high schools, Shiprack studied at Reed College and earned a law degree from the Lewis and Clark Law School. In the early 1980s she served as a Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney.

In 1986, she was elected as a state representative from her southeast Portland neighborhood. She made her mark in the legislature with the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps. After leaving the legislature she created a not-for-profit affordable housing development corporation and has made low-income family assistance a focus ever since.

As a county commissioner, Shiprack co-chairs with Portland Mayor Sam Adams the Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC), a partnership of public safety agencies designed to foster cooperation among the many law enforcement and public safety departments within the boundaries of Multnomah County.

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The original post is titled County Commissioner Shiprack to address chamber Feb 15 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

Come yourself, bring your employees, but you can leave your web designer because this is a totally non-technical class that will teach you exactly what you need to do to get visibility in the local search engine results.

Scott Hendison, the CEO of Search Commander, Inc. is presenting this hour-long session with plenty of time for questions and answers afterward.  There will be 20 – 30 minutes of networking, then an hour long presentation, followed by all the Q&A time anyone needs.

Everyone attending will leave with actionable steps that can be accomplished by themselves or any employee that can follow your directions.  The plan will outline in detail exactly what you need to do in order to get your business claimed and visible by the big three search engines and at the data providers for the rest of the internet.

No technical expertise or programming skills are required, and no changes to your website may even be necessary.

When:
February 16th, 2012 – 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Where:
Lucky Lab Tap Room
1700 N Killingsworth

Who:
Current East Portland Chamber members may attend for free, paying only for guests or for additional employees.

Find out more here  –  or register to attend here

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The original post is titled Feb 16th – Local Search for Beginners – Free for Members , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

Last year we had nearly 400 attendees in the all day event, with speakers from all over the United States. If you’ve been thinking of attending a SES show, SMX or even Pubcon, you’ll see the same speakers here for a fraction of what those conferences cost.

The full day agenda is here,  you can read interviews with almost all of the speakers here, or find out more about SearchFest here. There’s an early bird discount too, saving at least $50 if you buy your tickets before midnight this Saturday.

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The original post is titled SEMpdx SearchFest is Feb 24, 2012 , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

You can lean more at the LivingWell Bistro website or on the Adventist Medical Center Facebook page.

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The original post is titled LivingWell Bistro Featured on KATU , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

But to get 30-60 new people to WALK into your business? Priceless, as in next-to-free!

That’s the offer available to every member of the East Portland Chamber of Commerce. For almost nothing—simply the cost of coffee and a few finger foods—your company can host an East Portland Chamber of Commerce weekly networking meeting. Your chamber friends will get to see and hear about your place of business as well as meet your staff. You can’t buy this kind of exposure. And you don’t have to when you host a “Good Morning East Portland” networking event.

For details, contact Deborah Higa, chair of the Ambassador Committee, at  higasolutions@gmail.com We still have openings for late spring and summer, but hurry…this opportunity won’t last forever.

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The original post is titled Looking for BIG time exposure at an affordable cost? , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

Why do I need Social Media?

As Jeffery Gitomer says – social media is the new cold call!  We are all in business to make money and unless you have enough money to hire a sales person, you are in sales. We all know the traditional way of the cold call – door to door, business to business, pounding the pavement, dialing for dollars.

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The original post is titled Why you need Social Media , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

For every order of $500.00 or more placed with Home Run Graphics by January 31st, 2012 We will purchase a ticket for the event in your name and deliver it to your office before the event.

Orders over $1,000.00 receive 2 tickets and orders over $5,000.00 will receive a table for 8. Please help Snow Cap help others. For more information call 503-504-2273 or go to the Snow Cap website.

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The original post is titled Get Your Printing & Help Snowcap Too , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .

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The original post is titled Member of the Month (Jan/ Feb): Emily Spall – Oregonians Credit Union , and it came from East Portland Chamber of Commerce .