Attention Portlanders, Hack Across America is coming to PDX! Come one and all for a geeky good time with Darren & Hak5 Monkey. We’ll be meeting up at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry this Saturday, May 25th at 5 PM with a pub-crawl to follow!

Who: You + Hak5 & Co
What: Nerd out about all things hacktastic
Where: OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214-3354
When: Saturday May 25, 5:00 PM
Why: 1. Drink all the booze 2. Hack all the things 3. ??? 4. Profit!

Darya Rose, Ph.D is the author of Foodist, Using Real Food and Real Science to Lose Weight Without Dieting. She’ll be signing books on Saturday at Kiva Tea Spa.

As luck would have it, her husband Kevin Rose is speaking at WebVisions, this week. You may know Kevin from such hits as Digg on which he worked with Portland’s Joe Stump, Revision3, Pownce, and Milk. Well, and if you’re as old as me, ZDTV/TechTV.

Anyway, he’ll be at the book signing to hang out, as well.

Come hang out, drink beer, and write code every Monday night.

The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome! It is highly suggested that you bring a laptop and a project to work on.

Maybe we'll be in the middle room, maybe in the back room, just keep walking until you see a table full of laptops.

Free and open to the public. The Red Lion charges the OCCA for using their meeting room. Please help us defray this cost by buying food and beverages. Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month (except December).

RSVP to meetup.com/itpro-70

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 6 pm

Agenda: 6:00--6:20 Networking 6:20--7:00 No-host dinner 7:00--7:30 Introductions and announcements 7:30--8:30 Main Presentation (followed by Q&A):

Office 365

What is it?
Business view on using Office 365
Comparison of On-site versus cloud costs
Office 365 capabilities
SkyDrive Pro
Office suite + Mac support
Visio + Project - Office 365 services
How does Office 365 Licensing work?

What is Windows Intune

What services does Windows Intune provide
How Windows Intune reduces the cost of IT support

Using Office 365 Document services

SkyDrive Pro and Windows 8
Office 365 + Team Site
Collaboration with Office 2013
Data everywhere
Demonstration of Office 365 services

Next Steps

Summary of Office 365 features
Moving to Office 365
Office 365 Migration

Presented by Matt Katzer and Don Crawford

Matt created KAMIND in 1998 to supply solutions using Microsoft Technologies for small and medium size businesses. In addition to providing out sourced IT managed solutions, Matt pursued the development of technology related inventions and holds 19 domestic and international patents in related areas. Matt holds a BSEE from University of Michigan and an Executive MBA from the University of Oregon.

Don Crawford has been consulting and developing software and hardware products since 1969. In January 2012, Matt and Don combined to form a new KAMIND Cloud services business focused on Microsoft Cloud solutions. The new KAMIND is responsible for the Office 365 and Windows Intune migrations of over 200 customers in 18 states and 4 countries.

RSVP on meetup.com

The very first PDX Graph Meetup!

Huston will be giving an introduction to Graphs, the Graph data model advantage, as well as some tools on how to get your own ideas and Graph Applications up and running!

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Topic: TBD

**Note: Code-n-Splode (CnS) is a women-focused group. All self-identified women and genderqueer persons are invited to attend and participate, and men are welcome as the guest of a female participant.

For more information, visit our website, or send an email to our list.

Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby as well as experienced programmers. Bring your laptop and your desire to learn.

Experienced Rubyists welcome; we will encourage newbies to self-teach during these sessions so you should have a great place to hack in peace.

14 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

Learn how to manage projects from initiation to close‐out. This practical course teaches participants how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control and close‐out projects applying industry best practices.

Based on Project Management Institute methodology, this class examines the foundation of Project Management. Students will learn Project Management concepts, helpful Project Management terminology, and established methods based on the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Our hands‐on training is extremely practical and gives participants the conceptual and practical tools, templates, and checklists they need to collaborate on and manage projects successfully.

Learning Objectives

•Project Lifecycle Steps, Templates and Key Activities •Managing Issues, Risks and Requirements •Delivering Value and Success through Chaos and Changes •Scheduling Tools and Techniques for Managing Complex or Dynamic Projects

Included Materials

This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Practical Project Management book, with 300+ pages of PMI approved life-cycle and thorough reference guide.

A CD with Advisicon’s best practice electronic tools and templates to aid in Project Management, and the Project Management Lifecycle flowchart.

Who should take this course?

•Project Managers •Project Team Members •Project Contributors •Project Support Team •Functional Managers •Executives

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Project Management Overview
  • The Goal of Project Management
  • Projects and Operations
  • Portfolio Management and Project Selection
  • Understanding the Project Lifecycle
  • Stakeholders, Managers and Team Members
• Executing and Controling a Project
  • Implementing Project Plans
  • Managing Requirements and Stakeholders
  • Managing Change and the Change Control Process
  • Managing Communications
  • Managing Risks, Issues, and Document
• Initiating a Project
  • Project Initiation Processes and Tools
  • Identifying Project Deliverables
  • Gathering Project Requirements
  • Developing the Scope Statement and Project Charter
  • Managing Expectations, Assumptions, and
  • Risks
• Closing Out a Project
  • Project Close‐Out Processes and Tools
  • Getting Acceptance of Project Deliverables & Requirements
  • Leading Effective Lessons‐Learned Sessions
  • Capturing and Implementing Lessons‐Learned
  • Handing‐Off Project Deliverables to
  • Operations, Customers, and Others
  • Final Reports and Project Closure
• Planning a Project
  • Project Management Planning Processes
  • Developing the Scope Management Plan
  • Developing the Project Management Plan
  • Characteristics of Good Project Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Communications Management

Simulation

We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise by forming workgroups that have the responsibility for planning and executing a project. Build a product according to the scope of sponsor specifications and implement the disciplines learned to deliver it within time and budget. We add twists, turns and other project real world problems for the teams to work through which adds to the fun of this creative simulation which effectively reinforces concepts and tools taught in the course.

Registration

Register at http://practical-project-management.eventbrite.com/

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

Join other tech folks to network, check out our expanded space, and have lunch on OTBC!

Come learn more about how crowdfunding can get YOUR project off the ground or accelerated into the marketplace.

How crowdfunding works - sites to raise funds or even find investors (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo & more)

How to create the “perfect pitch” for crowdfunding sites

Use crowdfunding to road test your product offerings & help you build a rabid fan-base

We’ll introduce you to the “Money 4 Something” step-by-step DIY workshop and resource to get outside funding to launch or complete your projects.

We’ll even give you one of our own proprietary tools that you can use to craft your own crowdfunding campaign on your own—just for attending and learning how you can take advantage of these amazing crowdsourced fundraising mechanisms.

Questions? Contact presenter Adrienne Fritze at adrienne@marketingmoxie.biz, or at 503.349.6075.

Come hear tales of brilliant & young startup founders and get some great Q&A going.

High School Musical my ass, how about High School Startup? Or Junior High Startup? Reserve your spot today for The Dog Ate My Startup next Wednesday evening at NedSpace 5th Avenue, third floor, doors open at 5pm, event starts at 5:30pm

Seating is limited.

Colby Aley is a 16 year old web developer, High School student and entrepreneur. He enjoys working with early stage startups, going from nothing to launched product. After starting his first (failed) company not knowing how to code, Colby decided never again to do so without more solid programming skills. His influencers include Sam Soffes of Nothing Magical and Maciej Ceglowski of Pinboard.

Jackson Gariety attended Grant High School 2009 to 2012, he started doing freelance web design in early 2009. His first clients were local businesses and slowly grew his abilities and network to pay for better design and development tools. In 2012 he started working with Brian Hendrickson to build a social web platform called HashTraffic which has been developed and is currently being sold. He also teaches a class on app development.

Andrew Oesterreich is a 12 year old 7th grade entrepreneur who attends Wood Middle School in Wilsonville. He started out by doing odd jobs for his neighbors then moved on to giving younger students drum lessons. Last fall, he ventured in on a duct-tape wallet business with 2 friends. It wasn't long til half of the school had a shiny new duct tape wallet. He loves shark tank and is always looking for new businesses to create.

The emcee for The Dog Ate My Startup and open QA event is the always funny, the sometimes sober, and the ever flatulent John Friess, founder and CEO of Journey Gym.

Doors open at 5:00pm for networking

Event starts at 5:30pm and goes until 6:30pm or 6:45pm, it's up to John, let's hope he's lucid.

Last year we gathered weekly to share useful business tips that could be implemented immediately. In 2013 our workshops are changing to a new monthly format. This time we’ll gather monthly to share lessons learned working with a Portland-based business and present the results of our work in the form of a case study.

Each month will feature a different local business.

Why should you join us?

If you can identify with any of the following scenarios, you should stop what you’re doing and reserve yourself a seat for an upcoming CAKE:

You have a great idea for a business. You have just started developing a business. You have a hobby you want to make money from. You own an existing business and are feeling overwhelmed. You’re just a really awesome person who enjoys eating cake (the edible kind).

Don’t take our word for it, people really like us…

“Since the first CAKE workshop that I attended, I’ve gone back as often as my schedule allows. The two hosts, as well as all the participants have great input and advice to offer, and they offer somewhat unconventional advice on how to start up a business with a more ‘boot-strap’ approach.“ -Grant Bernard (Blurble)

“CAKE provides, not just vague conceptual pieces of inspirations, but tangible information in order for you to confidently and with ease take the next step to grow your business.” -Akiko Oguchi (5th Season: Clothing Reborn)

Ted Wheeler, Oregon State Treasurer, will be the guest of honor at the TiE Pearl at ISITE launch. TiE leaders attending from Silicon Valley are P.K. Agarwal, CEO, TiE Global, and Vish Mishra, Past President TiE Silicon Valley and Trustee TiE Global.

Other distinguised guests include Erin Flynn, Associate Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at PSU, TiE Oregon Board Members Diane Fraiman Voyager Capital, and Nitin Khanna CEO, MergerTech.

Please RSVP to attend this event, enjoy a reception with appetizers and beverages and network with Who's Who of the Portland investment and Startup scene.

Join TiE Oregon and ISITE Design as we celebrate the grand opening of the TiE Pearl Incubator at ISITE, Wednesday May 29th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

A collaborative workspace focused around digital startup companies, TiE Pearl is now accepting applications for residency from Portland-area startups.

Tie Pearl is located within ISITE Design's Portland headquarters building, at 2035 NW Overton St, Portland OR 97209. Registration is required for this event. www.oregon.tie.org

Note: Coder Dojo is on Wednesdays now

Free tickets are required

Get tickets at: https://coderdojopdx.eventbrite.com/

Coder Dojo Portland is a coder night for kids, where K12 youth, along with their parents can play, explore, and learn about coding and building software.

More details are available on the website CoderDojoPdx.com.

We want interested K12 youths, parents, and mentors to join us! We are in lovely downtown Portland Oregon at the Engine Yard offices.

• Bring or borrow a laptop
• Parents are required for 12 and under
• One (free easy) ticket per youth, parent, or mentor

SharePoint 2013 Power User Training Course:
Live Online - $1085 - Onsite $1285

This class is designed for individual contributors or departmental staff in a variety of job roles, such as content managers, site owners, site administrators, project managers, administrative assistants, functional or operations managers, business users with basic SharePoint skills, and who have the responsibility for managing SharePoint sites as an enabling technology within their workgroups and teams, not necessarily technical professionals. This course provides a comprehensive SharePoint training that will present students with a ground-up understanding for how to use, build and manages sites in a SharePoint Server 2013 environment.

Duration

2 Days

Course Outline

Module 1 – Introduction to SharePoint 2013 Server End User, Content Manager and Site Administrator Overview Sites, Lists, Libraries and Common Web Parts Team Sites and Communities SharePoint Site Hierarchy and the Ribbon What’s new in SharePoint 2013

Module 2 – SharePoint Lists What’s New with SharePoint 2013 lists Create a SharePoint Team Site and Configure Lists and Libraries Add/Modify List Items, Create/Modify List Views, Sort/Filter, List Metadata and Navigation Add Documents to a Library, Edit Library Documents, Share Documents Across Libraries, Create Wiki Pages, Request Access to SharePoint Content Working with Library folders, properties, workflows and document sets Customize List and Library Look and Feel Manage Security of Lists and Libraries Connect Lists and Libraries to Outlook and SharePoint Workspace

Module 3 – SharePoint Search and Navigation What’s new with SharePoint 2013 Search and Navigation Metadata Navigation SharePoint Site Information Architecture Best Practices Search, Search Index, Advanced Search, People Search, Refinements, Best Bests and Keywords, Faceted Search Search Security, Web Parts and Alerts Customize Search Results Look and Feel

Module 4 – SharePoint and Microsoft Office Integration What’s new with SharePoint 2013 SharePoint Office Integration Overview SharePoint Workspace, InfoPath, SharePoint Designer, Excel, Access, Outlook and PowerPoint

Module 5 - SharePoint Content Types Overview of Enterprise Content Type Architecture Create and Manage Site Columns and Content Types Document Sets, Term Stores, Content Type Hub Managed Metadata and Content Types common business use cases and usage scenarios Content Type Best Practices

Module 6 - SharePoint Workflows SharePoint Workflow Overview SharePoint Out-of-the-box Workflows Workflow scenarios, Creating workflows, Configuring workflow settings, Deploying workflows Creating Custom Workflows and Extending existing workflows with SharePoint Designer 2013 Creating workflows in Visio 2013 Workflows best practices and 3rd party add-ons

Module 7 – MySites and SharePoint Social Networking What’s New in SharePoint 2013 MySites. Managing My Site, My Newsfeed/Activity Feeds, Tags, Notes and Ratings Finding People in your organization, Viewing My Sites Tag Clouds, Social Bookmarking, Wiki and Blog Sites Expertise Finder Customize MySite Look and Feel

Module 8 – SharePoint Site Administration What’s New in SharePoint 2013 Site Administration Site Topology, Create/Delete Sites and Workspaces Site and List Templates Site Administration and Settings, Manage Regional Settings Manage Site Libraries and Lists, Manage User Alerts, Managing RSS Usage Search and Offline Availability, Manage Sites and Workspaces Workflow Settings, Related Links Scope Settings, Term Store Management Manage Site Features, Reset to Site Definition Site and Site Collection Recycle Bin Site Web Analytics Reports

Module 9 – SharePoint Site Customization Adding Pages to your SharePoint Site, Adding and Modifying Web Parts Look and Feel Settings, Modifying Navigational Components Creating Site Templates and Themes Manage the Look and Feel, Customize Site Title, Description, and Icon Web authoring and Publishing, Master Pages and Page Layouts Customize Sites using SharePoint Designer 2013

Module 10 – InfoPath Business Forms and Workflows Overview of InfoPath Forms Services Create and Publish InfoPath Forms Connect Out-of-the-box and Custom SharePoint Designer Workflows to InfoPath Forms

Module 11 – SharePoint Business Intelligence and Dashboards Create and Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Excel Services and Excel Services Web Parts Introduction to PerformancePoint Services

Module 12 – SharePoint Security and Site Governance Security and Governance Overview Permissions, Permission Levels and SharePoint Groups Manage User Access to SharePoint Site, Manage SharePoint Groups and Users Permissions Inheritance Hierarchy SharePoint Security and Governance Best Practices

UX and CSS Bootcamp

This two-day bootcamp introduces User Experience Design and using CSS3 to create engaging web layouts. We will cover the essential tenants of UX, some of the new properties in CSS3 and HTML5, Polyfills, and how to research which new parts of HTML5/CSS3 are stable and ready to be used now.

This class is for students who have already published several websites but are unsatisfied with using someone else’s theme or just want more control over the visual aspects of the web. This class is also great for backend developers who would like to get a handle on CSS to push themselves further in their careers. There will be time from 3pm – 5pm on Saturday to stay later and work with other in the class to complete projects.

Pre-requisites: You will need to bring your own laptop for this bootcamp. Students taking this course should have already taken the Intro workshop or demonstrated their abilities by deploying a hand-made website to a server on the internet.

Dates: 5/30/13 & 6/1/13 Times: Thursday 5 – 9pm & Saturday 10 – 3pm (lunch provided on Saturday)

Early Bird registration fee: $540 Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 10th by 5:00pm Late registration fee: $800 Register Now: http://portlandcodeschool_ux_css_bootcamp.eventbrite.com/#

Alternative to PDX Weekly Hackathon.

Come hang out and write code in a quieter, less crowded environment with your fellow nerds.

The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome!

The place is smaller, so finding the nerd herd shouldn't be too difficult.

Join us in celebrating Portland Seed Fund's newest class of companies at our after-party at Doug Fir Lounge from 6-10pm!

Alum.ni

AppThwack

Celly

Indie Vinos

Measureful

Minetta Brook

Opal Labs

PrestoBox

RallyCause

Simple Emotion

Smart Mocha

Open to the public; food and comp drink ticket for investors. The fireplace area and a large part of the patio will be reserved for us so come, relax and have some fun.

We look forward to seeing you!

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.

All programming languages welcome. Come work on your own projects, work on others participants' projects, get advice, have fun, etc.

You're encouraged to bring a computer, but can team up with others that brought one too.

Afterwards, the group descends on the 12th and Hawthorne foodcart pod for additional nourishment.

Also, 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.

The Zissou Society for Programming Language Exploration (aka pdxlang) is a general programming language discussion/exploration group. The weird, the offbeat, the little-known, the forgotten programming languages. These are the things we discuss and explore.

Scheduled speakers: Bart Massey talking about m4 and Dave DiNucci talking about ScalPL.

There will be pizza and beer. (If your company wants to sponsor that please get in touch with Matt.)

AWS User Group Road Trip with Jeff Barr

Interested in volunteering at this year's Open Source Bridge? Join us at the Green Dragon to get all of your questions answered and sign up for shifts.

"The White House wants you to hack for a better America. Today it announced the National Day Of Civic Hacking on June 1-2 where many government agencies will liberate data for citizens across the U.S. to use to build tech that helps their communities. Twenty-seven cities have planned events where hackers will have access to data from The Department of Labor, The Census Bureau, and even NASA’s space stats.

The National Day Of Civic Hacking is a joint project from the U.S. government, Code For America, Random Hacks Of Kindness, and Eric Schmidt’s early-stage venture fund Innovation Endeavors. Part of a growing initiative to increase government transparency and civic engagement,..."

from http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/22/national-day-of-civic-hacking/

Deadline to apply: 4:15pm on Wednesday, May 29th

The third Startup Your Startup by NedSpace is an exciting opportunity for up to 10 highly motivated early stage Portland startups.

The 10-day experience begins Monday, June 3rd. Every day you will work on a crucial part of your business including: marketing, sales, branding, revenue tracking, logo, web sites with impact, pitch development, insightful business plan, social media strategies and much more.

The monthly PDX Puppet User Group.

Join the PDX Puppet Google Group to get notifications of upcoming meetings.

Who should attend? Puppet users and people interested in learning more about Puppet.

Agenda:

• 6:30 - 7:00: Eat pizza and talk to other Puppet users
• 7:00 - 7:45: Intro to PuppetDB - Nick Lewis
• 7:45 - 8:30: Exported Resources - Spencer and William
• 8:30: Decide if we should meet on July 1 (scheduled), push to July 8 or cancel July

If you have an idea for what you would like to see or if you want to volunteer to present a talk, please post those ideas in the PDX Puppet Google Group

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.

Learn how Google & Intel are leveraging the latest in neuroscience to

· solve design problems months earlier

· dive deep into uninterrupted collaborative effort

· transform thrash and frustration into energetic ease and insight

· boost creativity in stressful work environments

Join us for this experiential workshop exploring the intersection of emotional intelligence, mindfulness and creativity.

Over the past few years, we have seen an explosion of acquisitions, investments, and corporate expansions in the Greater Portland Region. The arrival of new companies and entrepreneurs is continuing to make the region an attractive destination for tech professionals but demand for top talent continues to increase. As a region and as an industry, what can we do to improve our ability to recruit top talent and companies to the area?

On the evening of June 4, we invite you to join other technology company CEOs and CFOs as Erin Flynn, Associate Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at Portland State University moderates a discussion on the recruitment of talent and companies to the region. Special guests include Patrick Quinton, Executive Director of the Portland Development Commission, Sean Robbins, CEO of Greater Portland Inc. and Aliza Scott, VP of Human Resources and Organizational Development at Tripwire, Inc.

Topics will include:

• Review of current efforts and identification of gaps
• Prioritization of most critical issues regarding the recruitment of talent and companies
• Discussion of regional marketing strategies, including best practices from other regions
• Action items for private, public, and nonprofit sectors

For more Information and to Register, Click here

ABOUT THE GROUP: The Portland Ruby Brigade, also known as pdxruby and pdx.rb, is a user group for Ruby programmers in the Portland, Oregon area. The group welcomes all programmers interested in the language and its implementations, tools, libraries and frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails. The group has been meeting since August 2002 for presentations, demos and discussions. Every month 35-75 people come together to share their knowledge, projects and enthusiasm for Ruby. If you'd like to present or have a topic you'd like discussed, please post to the mailing list. The group usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month, "Ruby Tuesday" -- see you there!

SecureWorld provides more content and facilitates more professional connections than any other event in the cyber-security industry. Our model relies on collaboration with high-level security thought leaders, which enables us to provide globally relevant education, training, and networking for cyber-security professionals on a regional level.

This is our inaugural event in Portland, our hometown! Join your peers for two days of high-quality training and networking, and earn CPEs. Visit our website for more details, www.secureworldexpo.com.

In today’s increasingly digital and connected world, every organization is constantly exposed to cyber and data security risks. The threat landscape is becoming more complex, and defense strategies that worked 10 years ago are no longer adequate. Join this expert panel as they share an innovative new approach to data security, explain the new risks that have emerged over the last decade, and offer practical advice for an effective defense strategy.

What Will You Learn?

• How the cyber threat landscape has change over the last 10 years and the implications for your defense strategy
• Fundamentals and best practices for a strong data security program
• Why it’s dangerous to think of cyber threats as "external”
• Why data security is no longer just an IT issue
• The new generation of data security tools
• Who the new players are in cyber crimes
• Developments in cyber risk insurance

Panelists:

• Charles Jennings, CEO, Swan Island Networks
• David Childers, CIPP, OCEG Fellow, CEO of Compli
• W. Wyatt Starnes, former VP and CTO, Cyber Harris Corporation
• Joe Shallenburger, Esq., General Counsel and Chief Patent Counsel, Cascade Microtech, Inc.

Moderator:

• JoAnn Kohl, Attorney at Lane Powell PC

Who Should Attend?

• Specialists in technology
• Compliance
• Risk management
• Legal
• IT

For more Information and to Register, Click here

With this workshop, you'll be able to start to get donations on your nonprofit website. You'll be able to take your donors up the ladder of engagement, you'll be able to prove to them that you are trustworthy, and that your mission truly makes a difference.

You'll learn what your donors want the most. You'll learn how to vet a mailing list. You'll also learn how to get more donors to sign up for your email newsletter using social media AND on your website, and, finally, the right words to help people open your emails and get on with donating to your cause!

Learn:

1. Steps 1-10 in the ladder of engagement
2. How to collect emails with social media
3. 3 ways to collect addresses on your website
4. 4 ways to use social proof to help people donate
5. 22 Key words to make donors open your emails
6. 5 Key Survey questions to help you reach your donors
7. Buying mailing lists: What questions you MUST ask, to save you money and time.
8. Stupendous donate pages: How to get people to go through your donate page and buy

Bonus Materials:

• Google Heatmap Diagram
• 5 step worksheet for your ladder of engagement
• Problem to Solution grid to help you write to your customers
• Slides and presentation notes

Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments!

About the presenter

Mazarine Treyz is the founder of Wild Social Media and Wild Woman Fundraising. Mazarine Treyz is the author of The Wild Woman�s Guide to Social Media, given 5 stars by Nonprofits.About.com in 2013.

Mazarine has been blogging since 1999, and has made a living through online income since 2009. Her nonprofit blog has over 31,000 monthly readers. She has created 4 Apps and sold her first book all over the world, from Tasmania to Finland.

Ms. Treyz has taught hundreds of national and international nonprofits how to use social media since 2009. Check out her website: http://wildwomanfundraising.com.

Previous speaking engagements include: IRS/SBA, University of Portland Nonprofit Management Program, City of Austin,BigAustin (nonprofit small business incubator in Austin, Texas), The Schleroderma Foundation Leadership Conference, Meals on Wheels National, YNPN, and many more.

Wild Woman Fundraising and Wild Woman Social Media Books will be available for sale at event.

Agenda

Networking and refreshments 6pm-6:30pm

Presentation 6:30pm

Parking

Parking in this area is free. It is limited to two hours, but only until 7:00pm. We expect there will be ample parking by 6:00pm.

What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events

• Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
• Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
• Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.

Come have a beer and (if you want to) compete in the Ping-Pong Tournament:

June 5th Tech+Pong tournament with two brackets:

1) The Best of the Best (for pongers who can smash, hit, and rock their way through a pong game).

2) The Best of the Worst (for rookie pongers who just want to have fun and the thought of "spinning a slice shot" seems like something having to do with a pizza parlor). More details can be found here:

http://www.meetup.com/PDX-Tech-Pong/events/111321222/

Do you work for a tech company in any way, shape, or form (developer, marketing, design, admin, tech student, etc.)? Do you want to be more involved in the Portland tech community? Come by and play some Ping-Pong! Or, just come by for some good conversation and a beer. Headbands, wristbands, and other such attire are encouraged.

This event is free but please RSVP so we get a head count: http://www.meetup.com/PDX-Tech-Pong/events/111321222/

The program will begin with a review of Honda’s user research and design research process while developing new applications for the company’s 3-D heads-up display prototype. It will be a fairly candid talk showing lessons learned and how the team changed focus mid-way on design direction after learning about new things while designing. This included focusing more on the driver’s primary task instead of secondary tasks to help create a more engaging (“kick-ass”) experience for the driver.

About the Speaker Victor Ng Thow Hing is a Principal Scientist working at the Honda Research Institute in Mountain View, Calif. He has worked on projects related to digital human modeling, intelligent systems, human-robot interaction, and now human-machine interaction in the car.

Join AppNeuxs for our first ever Engineering@Scale PDX event: "Tips and Tricks with JavaScript"presented by software engineers from AppNexus' User Interface team.

We will kickoff with two lightning talks and then dive into "Writing High Integrity JavaScript" with Nathan Wall. Nathan's talk will explore common security problems and solutions, various ways to implement private state JavaScript, and tips for hardening code to run safely alongside third party scripts.

We'll have pizza and beers at 6:30, and the presentation will kick off at 7pm. The event is free and open to the public.

RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6590326845

Note: Coder Dojo is on Wednesdays now

Free tickets are required

Get tickets at: https://coderdojopdx.eventbrite.com/

Coder Dojo Portland is a coder night for kids, where K12 youth, along with their parents can play, explore, and learn about coding and building software.

More details are available on the website CoderDojoPdx.com.

We want interested K12 youths, parents, and mentors to join us! We are in lovely downtown Portland Oregon at the Engine Yard offices.

• Bring or borrow a laptop
• Parents are required for 12 and under
• One (free easy) ticket per youth, parent, or mentor

Jim Manico has offered to come and give us another great talk. Topic will either be "Top Ten Web Defenses" or "Securing the Software Development Lifecycle".

We will serve Pizza! Please RSVP by emailing {tim . morgan at owasp.org} so we can better estimate how much to order.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a 501c3 not-for-profit worldwide charitable organization focused on improving the security of application software. To sign up for future meeting notes and to discuss security topics with local gurus, sign up on the OWASP Portland mailing list: https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-portland

Chapter meetings are free and open to the public.

This group is intended for but not limited to, SharePoint business users interested in learning more about SharePoint and getting involved in the SharePoint community. We Provide an opportunity to learn and enjoy lunch on us!

Details TBD.

Alternative to PDX Weekly Hackathon.

Come hang out and write code in a quieter, less crowded environment with your fellow nerds.

The meetings are extremely informal, and everyone is welcome!

The place is smaller, so finding the nerd herd shouldn't be too difficult.

PLUG: Portland's only 12-month tech conference

The Portland Linux/Unix Group has met since 1994 and hosts two conference-class speakers a month plus a hands-on clinic.

This month's topic is to be announced.

Find out more at http://pdxlinux.org

Many will head to the Lucky Lab NW after the meeting

From tech to food and onto science, our region's entrepreneurs are developing ideas and companies that are making a difference from both an economic development standpoint and the betterment of the society we live in. The journey from an idea or concept to actually getting your company up and running is never an easy one. It's one that is filled with ups and downs, victories and defeats, but the one thing that all of these entrepreneurs share is a passion for what they are trying to build or create.

OEN's Entrepreneurial Summit is your opportunity to discover and learn about the incredible collection of entrepreneurs, across all industries that are making things happen in Oregon.These entrepreneurs all have a passion and belief in what they have built, but their journeys will both inspire and spark ideas within you. D'Wayne Edwards with Pensole Shoe Design Academy, Anna Martens with FreeRangePDX/Leatherman and Mat Ellis with Cloudability are just a few of the great speakers that are lined up for the event.

As many of these entrepreneurs will attest, they couldn't have done it on their own. To that end, after the talks have completed, OEN is hosting an"Entrepreneurs Journey" trade show. The trade show will include the organizations, accelerators, universities and government resources that provide the support, mentorship and potential funding for entrepreneurs.

From enterprise LOB apps, to consumer apps, to games, Windows 8 development has something for everyone. Come hear Microsoft's Matt Harrington and Jeremy Foster, and Telerik's Chris Sells, tell you all you need to know.

Attendees will receive a free license to Telerik's RadControls for Windows 8. Thanks, Telerik!

The opportunity is NOW! Don’t miss another chance to get in on the next great marketplace! Get your competitive juices flowing and participate in this fun and FREE Windows 8 App Factor event.

Friday, June 7: Workshop at Microsoft's Portland office. A day of content on how to build a Windows 8 app. Form teams or code alone, and build your app over the next 2 weeks.

Saturday, June 22: Hackathon presentations, done online. Details will be announced at the June 7 event.

Register today at the registration site. More information is on http://www.windows8appfactor.com.

Agenda

• Windows 8 in the Enterprise (Chris Sells)
• Windows Ecosystem Opportunity
• Windows Development Overview for .NET Devs
• Developing Windows Store Apps with VS2012 and HTML5
• Visual Studio 2012 Application Templates (C# and JS)
• Creating Games with Scirra Construct2
• Creating Games with Unity
• Application Starter Kits
• Creating Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin
• Backending your Application with the Cloud (Azure Mobile Services)
• Advertising and Monetization Best Practices
• Best Practices for Creating Re-usable .NET Code
• Store Setup and Submission

We'll cover what you need to know from idea to store submission. Well show you how to either create an application from scratch or use a beautiful sample to get started. Once you discover your app potential, your team can hack for two weeks building the app of your dreams. You can even get free consulting from Microsoft staff via Skype.

Don't worry if you don't yet have Windows 8. We'll give you a trial version which has all the tools you'll need. You can install this in a VM on a Mac or PC as long as you have 25 GB of free space.

On Saturday, June 22, we’ll host Windows 8 App Factor Compete online, and provide you with an opportunity to show off your app and hard work to the world and potentially win. Prizes include Surface RT slates, Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, and Jawbone Jamboxes. More details will be provided at the event on June 7.

More information to be provided on rules and eligibility for online or in-person submission at the first event. Find out what amazing apps are coming out of your community! Watch and see which developers truly have the Windows 8 App Factor!

Description: To facilitate the highest levels of team performance, your practices need to transcend the ordinary. This includes performance review practices. When you use team-based performance reviews, rather than individual-based, you boost collaboration and coherence in a team, which leads to higher performance. Join us for a discussion on how one Fortune 500 Information Technology group used these practices to help solve complicated technical challenges.

The Speaker: Jackie Barretta is a successful business change agent. She’s built groundbreaking organizational cultures as a Fortune 500 executive, she’s won a reputation as a leading edge thought leader with her writing and speaking, and, as the Founding Partner of Nura Group, she’s pioneered new ways to conduct business through consulting and training. She is the author of an upcoming book, Primal Teams, which describes the emotional energy of elite teams and helps readers create it in their own teams. She is the former senior vice president and chief information officer for Con way Inc.

The Rye Beer Fest, a celebration of the revival of rye beers, will be held at EastBurn (1800 E. Burnside., Portland, Ore.) during Portland Beer Week. The fest will take place on Friday June 7th, from 4-10 p.m. and will feature 19 rye beers. Two of the beers being featured are special collaboration beers. One was brewed by 10 Barrel Brewing Company in collaboration with Taplister and the other was brewed by Hopworks Urban Brewery in collaboration with Taplister. All proceeds from the sale of the collaboration beers will be donated to the Children’s Cancer Association.

In addition to rye beers, there will be rye cocktails and rye food. Entry to the event is free. The pricing for the beer (half pints and pints), cocktails and food is still to be determined.

To keep up with the latest news regarding the Rye Beer Fest check out www.ryebeerfest.com.

About Dawn To Dusk:

Dawn to Dusk is an endurance paddling where paddlers do laps for 12 hours around Ross Island in downtown Portland to raise money for the Children’s Cancer Association. Last year Bridge City Paddling Club raised more than $28,000 for this great organization. Bridge City Paddling Club is a non-profit organization, dedicated to both community service and competition.

As the language of web browsers, JavaScript is pervasive in web application development. It also offers particular advantages in that it is well-suited to functional programming and has the flexibility of a dynamic language. This talk will give a taste of what JavaScript programming looks like, some practices for getting the most out of the language, and some some common pitfalls.

Jesse Hallett is a Senior JavaScript Engineer at Jive Software. He is also an organizer of the Portland JavaScript Admirers, a local user group. Jesse has given talks on JavaScript and other topics at various user groups and conferences including Open Source Bridge, NodePDX, and Portland Code Camp.

This event is open to the public.

Questions email acm_officers@cecs.pdx.edu

Mercy Corps and Startup Weekend have partnered to create a first-of-its kind event focused on solving some of the world’s toughest problems through technology and entrepreneurship, measured by solutions formulated from the boldest of ideas.

Tech4Change will serve as a platform to encourage new ways to think about entrepreneurship in challenging environments around the globe. The 54-hour marathon event will be focused on developing tech tools for the greater good and creating viable social enterprises that can scale to address global needs.

We need sharp business development and marketing experts with ideas for social change! We need Ruby and mobile engineers and developers! We need UI/UX experts with an eye for all things beautiful!

Here's an opportunity for you to gain experience working with social impact entrepreneurs and nonprofit program officers! Put your skills to the test at Tech4Change and develop a minimum viable product with a shot for deployment with Mercy Corps!

Tech4Change will take place at Mercy Corps Portland Headquarters and will start with participants pitching their ideas for social change. You'll also get to hear pitches from Mercy Corps personnel who've been in the field. From there, the crowd will choose the best ideas that will be developed during the weekend. The top prize winning team will have a chance at deploying their application with Mercy Corps in the field!

Mercy Corps is a non-profit disaster relief and development organization with operations in over 40 countries. Its mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps strives to catalyze community-led and market-driven solutions to global poverty issues. Increasingly, Mercy Corps is employing technologies which have the potential to give millions of people new access to financial services and information, enabling them to grow businesses and improve their livelihoods, health and communities. Mercy Corps is also increasingly using startup technologies to streamline operations and meet compliance needs, freeing up human and financial resources to benefit those in need.www.mercycorps.org

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

The original creators, engineers, and evangelists of Adobe After Effects are coming to Portland to provide a truely unique breakdown of the new features of AE. Cineware will be one of the hot topics of discussion. Breakaway Q&A sessions after the presentation will provide attendees the opportunity to sit down with either the creators of Adobe After Effects, C4D, or Red Giant Software to ask them more specific questions about new software and features. Software raffle includes Creative Cloud yearly memberships, a copy of C4D Broadcast R14, and various Red Giant Software products

The Lineup ( will probably be adding additional Adobe people ) Paul Babb: President and CEO of Maxon, The Americas. Steve Forde: Product Manager of Adobe After Effects David Simons: Principal Scientist (Co-founder of CoSA) Amir Stone: Software Engineer at Adobe Systems Toff Kopriva: Adobe Technical Support Lead Harry Frank who is an accompolished Motion Designer, Animator & Visual Effects Artist from Red Giant Software will also be joining us to

This is your one stop to get the latest updates on new software coming out right now from the people that don't just demo the software they created it.

Light snacks / sandwiches will be provided.

We will walk over to Rontoms ( 600 East Burnside - a few blocks) after the event for drinks.

Product Owners as catalyst for Agile Teams

28 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

Your career depends on your ability to demonstrate Industry Best Practices in project management. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the industry standard for project managers to validate and certify that you understand and can manage projects to Industry Best Practices.

This course prepares you to take and pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam from the Project Management Institute (PMI), by offering an in-depth examination of the required study areas. The experienced Advisicon instructors know the exam inside and out, and share their valuable tips and tricks for mastering the PMBOK concepts and passing the exam.

Included Materials

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 4th Edition is the global standard for project management and is provided to course participants. It outlines the PMI framework of 9 Knowledge areas, 5 Process Groups, and the 44 Processes contained in the PMP exam.

Advisicon provides students with a copy of Kim Heldman’s comprehensive PMP Study Guide. This comprehensive exam study guide includes a CD with practice exams, exam prep software, electronic flashcards, and over two hours of additional audio review. All exam objectives, as well as essential PMP topics, concepts, and key terms are covered. This is an essential tool for passing the PMP exam.

Who should to take this course?

Anyone preparing to take and PASS the the Project Management Institute's PMP exam. Please see the PMI website to review eligibility requirements.

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• The 5 major project management processes, including inputs, outputs, tools, techniques, and terminology
• How each process relates to the 9 project management knowledge areas
• The project management framework and how processes flow within it
• The professional responsibility subject matter PMI has added to the exam
• The PMI formulas related to cost, time, quality, and risk, and the ability to apply them in real scenarios
• How to produce network diagrams, calculate critical path, float, and lag, and the terms, tools, and techniques that apply to them
• Test taking strategies to help you understand and decode PMI's test questions and avoid common traps and pitfalls
• A working knowledge of PMI's vocabulary and terms.

Registration

Register at http://pmp-exam-prep.eventbrite.com/

Join us for this informative lunch seminar that will show you how to transform your business or agency with Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions.

DISCOVER how M2M solutions are enabling organizations like yours to: • Increase operational efficiencies • Improve customer or end-user experience • Enhance safety and security • Generate new revenue streams

HEAR from industry experts that have developed and deployed innovative M2M solutions in a variety of industries.

SEE demonstrations of M2M products and services that are available now, offering you new ways of engaging and enabling your assets, your workforce and your customers or citizens.

MEET with Verizon’s M2M specialists and solutions providers to discuss how your business or agency can benefit from M2M solutions.

LOCAL PARTNERS In the last year, one of our main initiatives is to help customers integrate wireless into their products. We will be showcasing some of these partners at CTT. Come talk with them about how Verizon Wireless has helped them develop their products.

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby as well as experienced programmers. Bring your laptop and your desire to learn.

Experienced Rubyists welcome; we will encourage newbies to self-teach during these sessions so you should have a great place to hack in peace.

This event will include a lively discussion of the potential returns of a Wellness Program, setting goals, and effectively marketing to increase employee engagement. We will include real life examples of what works and what doesn't work in the wellness arena, and describe some cutting edge programs.

What Will You Learn?

• How to provide employees with tools to be healthy and financially strong, cultivate their careers and support their communities
• How to enhance business results through a total wellness program
• How to enhance employee engagement by setting goals and marketing
• How to involve "at risk” employees in your wellness program

Panelists:

• Anne Donovan, SPHR, is president of Xenium HR with 20 dedicated years served at the Stoller Group of Companies. In additional to PHR and SPR certifications, Anne holds a certificate for Human Resource Management from Portland State University. Anne will describe Xenium’s rollout of a major wellness initiative in 2012, and identify Best Practices in the wellness arena.

• Monique Little, First Tech Federal Credit Union’s Chief People Officer, will describe the credit union’s comprehensive approach to total employee wellness called WiredWell. This program focuses on health, financial strength, career cultivation and community involvement. Monique will describe how this program enhanced First Tech’s employee engagement, satisfaction and business results.

• David Mays is a founder of Portland based Walker Tracker, a company that designs and implements activity programs for corporations and organizations. Walker Tracker engages walkers in 77 countries. David will describe setting wellness program goals and marketing, as well as sharing the three components to involve "at risk” employees in your wellness program.

Moderator:

• Sarah J. Ryan, Managing Partner of the Portland office of Jackson Lewis LLP, specializes in employment law and routinely advises companies regarding employee issues. Sarah will provide a brief highlight of the legal issues that must be considered in implementing a wellness program.

Who Should Attend?

• Corporate benefits administrators
• HR Executives
• Corporate risk advisors
• Company executives

For more Information and to Register, Click here

Can smart wrist bands, digital shoes or intelligent sweat pants make us healthier? Do our smart phones hold the power to enable our physicians to provide improved treatment and drive better health outcomes? Patient engagement is all the rage, but quantified patients are using fitness devices and apps to collect and interpret extensive data to make better health decisions in growing numbers, and the technology community is there to meet the growing demand for new and smarter tools.

Join TAO and HIMSS Oregon for a pre-panel expo that will feature cutting edge personal fitness devices and health and fitness apps from companies like Nike, Fitbit and Athletepath that are driving the quantified self. Then hear from leaders that are helping to define the way devices and apps can go beyond fitness to address our biggest healthcare challenges.

Is the quantified self the next healthcare revolution?

Panelists:

• Dr. Margie Morris, Clinical Psychologist and Senior Researcher, Intel
• Christian Reed, Co-Founder, Athletepath
• Ben Chodor, Co-Founder, Happtique
• Bill Arzt, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder, GoRecess

Moderator:

• Jim Moon, Chief Technology Officer at Sotera Wireless

For more Information and to Register Click here

Quarterly meetup of DITA XML users in the Greater Portland area. Free beer and food, geeky chitchat, discussion of DITA best practices and travails. Newbies to experts welcome. Please join us!

The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML data model for authoring and, with the DITA Open Toolkit, publishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Information_Typing_Architecture

The jQuery Conference in Portland 2013 will be jQuery's largest event to date. It's a great opportunity to meet and get to know over 1000 of the world's top jQuery talent.

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

Saturdays, June 15th & 22nd, (10am-4pm)

Crafting the Perfect Pitch for Getting Your Projects Funded through Crowdfunding

In this HANDS ON workshop you will create your fundraising pitch and set-up your profile on one of these crowdfunding websites: KICKSTARTER.COM, INDIEGOGO.COM, FUNDABLE.COM.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

• Sat, June 15th & Sat. June 22nd Classrooms, 10a - 4pm with a 1-hour lunch break
• Monday June 17th thru Friday June 21st: e-mail support
• Two conference calls during the Week of June 17th - 21st

INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP

• Workbook for creating a powerful pitch
• Guides for writing and producing content
• Budget planning worksheet (paper & .xls) to help estimate the project budget and pledge levels
• eMail and teleconference support the week between classrooms
• Links to helpful online resources
• Case studies of successful crowdfunded projects and summary of projects that failed and why
• List of the top crowdfunding sites for everything from projects to investment clubs.

After a review of the workbook, resource material & budgeting tools, we roll up our sleeves to begin the work of creating your project pitch and project marketing plan.

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

We have so much confidence in the value of this workshop that we're offering a money-back guarantee. If you complete the workshop and are not satisfied with the value, request a refund in writing within a week of the workshop and we'll refund your workshop fee.

If you are volunteering at Open Source Bridge 2013, you need to come to this!

We're holding 2 orientation sessions (1-2:30 pm and 2:30-4pm) today to go over duties and give an updated tour of the venue (many things are new this year). We require that volunteers show up for one of these OSB Volunteer orientations.

In addition, certain volunteer positions require training. For these specialized positions, we will be providing specific training today; please be sure to schedule extra time to attend. Thank you!

Volunteer orientations will be held onsite at the Eliot Center.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering opportunities for Open Source Bridge, please visit our website.

RSVP to this FREE event on eventbrite

OpenITP Event Wiki Link

What is it?

This is the first Techno-Activism 3rd Monday event for Portland, Oregon! Read more about techno-activism 3rd mondays.

Who should come?

Anyone interested in techno-activism. We invite coders, geeks, artists, and anyone else. No technical experience required.

Who's hosting?

The Privly Foundation will organize this and future TA3M Portland events. Puppet Labs is generously providing space.

Event Description

We'll be chatting with James Vasile. James directs the Open Internet Tools Project, which supports development of anti-censorship and anti-surveillance tools. He is a partner at Open Tech Strategies, which advises organizations and businesses as they navigate the open-source world. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Software Freedom Law Center, where he acts as a strategic advisor on a range of free software efforts.

James has helped boot up a number of free software organizations, including the FreedomBox Foundation, Open Source Matters, and the Software Freedom Conservancy. His FreedomBox work has been recognized by an Innovation Award at Contact Summit 2011, as well as an Ashoka ChangeMaker’s award for Citizen’s Media.

You can learn more about James at JamesVasile.com. He tweets as @jamesvasile and blogs at Hackervisions.org.

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.

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.

Find out more at http://opensourcebridge.org/

The Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics meeting

Every month we have a more hands-on meeting to compliment our 1st Thursday General meeting.

Topic to be announced

Many will head to the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne after the meeting.

This month we're meeting at the Eliot Center during Open Source Bridge.

Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby. Bring questions. Drink $beverage. Hack. Experienced Rubyists welcome; we want you to share your expertise!

If you have a question or a topic you'd like discussed at the meeting, feel free to post to the mailing list.

14 PDUs available for this course.

Course Description

Quit doing all manual work in Excel! Come learn to use a dynamic, resource driven reporting tool from industry experts. This course is designed to help you manage and master MS Project from simple task management to Program and Portfolio management.

Learn how to create and maintain easily dynamic schedules, and address resource demand and capacity, over and under allocations all with visual reporting and proven techniques by 20+ year industry veterans. This course trains participants how to plan, forecast, build, and manage project tasks and resources and to combine issues, risks, deliverables and dashboards in one central tool

Learning Objectives

• Create, manage, and update effective project schedules
• Create and manage resources, resource pools and assignments
• Learn the do’s and don’ts of working with Microsoft® Project Professional
• Create useful views for tracking, dashboards, printing, task usage, etc.
• Formatting tricks for automating critical path tracking
• Use reporting functions more effectively

Included Materials

This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 book.

Who should take this course?

Project managers, project team members, project schedulers… and anyone who has used Microsoft Project Professional and had a hard time getting it to do what they wanted!

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Effective Use of Microsoft Project
  • MS Project Overview
  • Avoiding the pitfalls of working with MS Project
  • Creating project schedules, segments, milestones
  • Creating task relationships & dependencies
  • Setting task constraints and outlining
• Managing and Tracking of Projects
  • Utilizing scheduling methods to shorten the critical path of a project
  • Utilizing MS Project Tools and Views to resolve resource conflicts
  • Advanced resource scheduling techniques
  • Managing costs, tracking baselines
  • Tracking completion of actual work between tasks and resources
  • Applying resource contours for forecasting and analyzing resource availability
  • Managing and viewing planned and actual durations, costs and schedules
• Applying Resources and Calendars
  • Creating and utilizing resource pools
  • Applying layers of calendars
  • Utilizing project views
  • Formatting schedule layouts
  • Utilizing project reports
  • Understanding printing
• Working with External Data & Applications
  • Linking data between applications
  • Importing & exporting data
  • Hyperlinking and web pages
  • Utilizing business analysis templates
• Customizing for Better Management Results
  • Using filters, tables, details and groups
  • Creating views, filters, tables, and groups
  • MS Project scheduling methodologies
  • Utilizing effort‐driven scheduling

Simulation

We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise where the participants can have actual tactical experience creating a schedule, linking tasks, creating custom views, along with best practice knowledge transfer on topics such as critical path methodology, project tracking, and Microsoft Project Do’s and Don’ts. Participants will also walk away with an understanding of how the schedule engine within Microsoft Project functions and will no longer need to ‘game’ the software, but can now let the software work for them.

Registration

Register at http://managing-projects-with-microsoft-project-2010.eventbrite.com/

A lunch meeting for Software Configuration Management engineers, build engineers, source control administrators, install package developers, DevOps personnel, and any related to meet and greet.

An opportunity to share perceptions of industry realities and changes and what those might mean for the practical engineer on the line.

NEXT is a complete hands-on program for developing and validating your business idea based on a comprehensive curriculum rooted in Steve Blank's Customer Development methodology, built around in-person interactions with potential customers and delivered by our accredited NEXT instructor - Tim Clark.

What you will learn: how to generate assumptions to validate about your assumed customer's needs, motivations and their behaviors; how to find and reach out to people for interviews that match your assumed customer segments; how to define experiments that validate or invalidate assumptions you have about your business model; how to develop your own customer discovery interview plan; how to conduct effective customer discovery interviews; and how to turn customer feedback into real insight.

• Week 1, The Art of Customer Discovery, June 19th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
• Week 2, Opportunity Assessment, June 26th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
• Week 3, Team Presentations, July 3rd 6:00pm to 9:00pm
• Week 4, Team Presentations, July 10th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
• Week 5, NEXT Final Presentations, July 17th 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Grab your co-founders and enroll today!

Come hear quick stories from the community of Agile Highs and Agile lows.

This event is free and is at Puppet Labs. It begins at 6:30 pm with pizza, sponsored by PNSQC (Many thanks to both Puppet Labs and PNSQC for supporting agile in Portland).

The program starts at 7:00 pm.

After the program you're invited to join us for a no-host gathering at a nearby brewpub for further discussion.

The Elevating Impact Summit, brought to you by Impact Entrepreneurs at Portland State University, is a celebration of new approaches to generating social impact across business, social, public, and academic sectors.

This event features a dynamic day of interactive discussion and learning sessions, inspiring speakers, first-hand accounts from social entrepreneurs and innovators, and opportunities to connect with a diverse audience of business professionals, cutting edge entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and students all working to realize the full potential of business for positive impact.

Join us at Elevating Impact to connect with creative individuals and groups who are driving social impact across sectors and ages.

14 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

Learn how to manage projects from initiation to close‐out. This practical course teaches participants how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control and close‐out projects applying industry best practices.

Based on Project Management Institute methodology, this class examines the foundation of Project Management. Students will learn Project Management concepts, helpful Project Management terminology, and established methods based on the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Our hands‐on training is extremely practical and gives participants the conceptual and practical tools, templates, and checklists they need to collaborate on and manage projects successfully.

Learning Objectives

•Project Lifecycle Steps, Templates and Key Activities •Managing Issues, Risks and Requirements •Delivering Value and Success through Chaos and Changes •Scheduling Tools and Techniques for Managing Complex or Dynamic Projects

Included Materials

This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Practical Project Management book, with 300+ pages of PMI approved life-cycle and thorough reference guide.

A CD with Advisicon’s best practice electronic tools and templates to aid in Project Management, and the Project Management Lifecycle flowchart.

Who should take this course?

•Project Managers •Project Team Members •Project Contributors •Project Support Team •Functional Managers •Executives

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Project Management Overview
  • The Goal of Project Management
  • Projects and Operations
  • Portfolio Management and Project Selection
  • Understanding the Project Lifecycle
  • Stakeholders, Managers and Team Members
• Executing and Controling a Project
  • Implementing Project Plans
  • Managing Requirements and Stakeholders
  • Managing Change and the Change Control Process
  • Managing Communications
  • Managing Risks, Issues, and Document
• Initiating a Project
  • Project Initiation Processes and Tools
  • Identifying Project Deliverables
  • Gathering Project Requirements
  • Developing the Scope Statement and Project Charter
  • Managing Expectations, Assumptions, and
  • Risks
• Closing Out a Project
  • Project Close‐Out Processes and Tools
  • Getting Acceptance of Project Deliverables & Requirements
  • Leading Effective Lessons‐Learned Sessions
  • Capturing and Implementing Lessons‐Learned
  • Handing‐Off Project Deliverables to
  • Operations, Customers, and Others
  • Final Reports and Project Closure
• Planning a Project
  • Project Management Planning Processes
  • Developing the Scope Management Plan
  • Developing the Project Management Plan
  • Characteristics of Good Project Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Communications Management

Simulation

We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise by forming workgroups that have the responsibility for planning and executing a project. Build a product according to the scope of sponsor specifications and implement the disciplines learned to deliver it within time and budget. We add twists, turns and other project real world problems for the teams to work through which adds to the fun of this creative simulation which effectively reinforces concepts and tools taught in the course.

Registration

Register at http://practical-project-management.eventbrite.com/

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Informal meetup targeted at newcomers to Ruby as well as experienced programmers. Bring your laptop and your desire to learn.

Experienced Rubyists welcome; we will encourage newbies to self-teach during these sessions so you should have a great place to hack in peace.

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

Do you have a SaaS site that you run? Then you should come to our event! We are entrepreneurs who run and/or manage small software as a service businesses.

Your app can be written in any language we welcome all technical abilities, programming languages, and business stages.

The important thing is that you have passion for technology and are interested in hanging out with other like-minded folk.

We meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month at the Green Dragon in SE Portland.

This is a new group, so volunteers and suggestions are welcome.

Ben Ford will be presenting about making a game in Core Animation. Conventional wisdom says it can't be done with decent performance - he has done it and lived to tell the tale. :) The sample project to be discussed is here: https://github.com/bentford/ButtonWars

The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

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/.

If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@appfog.com.

We are still looking for presenters for this meet-up, so please contact me if there's something you'd like to share with us!

7 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

A proper set of requirements are the backbone of all successful projects. Poor requirements inevitably lead to poor project performance. Requirements provide the essential link between the goal of the project and the design of outputs and products. They are the only proper basis for your project's quality efforts and are the first line of defense against scope creep. Poor requirements, by themselves, lead to rework and subsequent schedule and budget overruns, flawed designs, failed quality and testing programs, and customer dissatisfaction.

This course teaches participants how to elicit, characterize, document, analyze, validate, verify and manage requirements for new projects, products and services. This is a must have for anyone who will be part of delivering or managing a project and includes tools, flowcharts and courseware that leverage industry best practices for successfully managing and delivering requirements to stakeholders..

Included Materials

Course participants receive a course manual and CD with tools and templates for gathering, recording, and managing requirements.

Who should take this course?

• Project Managers
• Project Team Members
• Senior Management/ Customer or Stakeholders
• Business Analysts
• Team Members responsible for gathering informational and required details for project deliverables

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Eliciting Requirements
  • Defining high-level business requirements
  • Identifying user classes & representatives
  • Selecting elicitation techniques
  • Eliciting functional & non-functional requirements from users
  • Identifying business rules
  • Reviewing requirements with users
• Requirements Analysis
  • Clarifying complex and unclear requirements
  • Evaluating & prioritizing requirements
• Requirements Documentation
  • Naming conventions and definitions
  • Documenting relevant facts and assumptions
• Requirements during the Design & Build Phase
  • Match product to prioritized requirements
  • Requirements-based quality control
  • Establishing a stakeholder acceptance process
• Requirements Change Control
  • Establishing document version control
  • Establishing change control process
  • Tracking changes
• Requirements Verification
  • Verifying requirements
  • Creating requirements traceability
• Requirements during Testing and Acceptance
  • Establishing requirements-based performance and acceptance tests
  • Requirements-based redesign & rework
• Requirements and Closing a Project
  • Acceptance of deliverables
  • Project documentation closeout process

Register

Register at http://mastering-requirements-gathering-calagator.eventbrite.com

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Test-First Mentality (BDD and TDD) , Testing Automation and Continuous Integration

14 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

Learn how to manage projects from initiation to close‐out. This practical course teaches participants how to successfully initiate, plan, execute, control and close‐out projects applying industry best practices.

Based on Project Management Institute methodology, this class examines the foundation of Project Management. Students will learn Project Management concepts, helpful Project Management terminology, and established methods based on the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Our hands‐on training is extremely practical and gives participants the conceptual and practical tools, templates, and checklists they need to collaborate on and manage projects successfully.

Learning Objectives

•Project Lifecycle Steps, Templates and Key Activities •Managing Issues, Risks and Requirements •Delivering Value and Success through Chaos and Changes •Scheduling Tools and Techniques for Managing Complex or Dynamic Projects

Included Materials

This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Practical Project Management book, with 300+ pages of PMI approved life-cycle and thorough reference guide.

A CD with Advisicon’s best practice electronic tools and templates to aid in Project Management, and the Project Management Lifecycle flowchart.

Who should take this course?

•Project Managers •Project Team Members •Project Contributors •Project Support Team •Functional Managers •Executives

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Project Management Overview
  • The Goal of Project Management
  • Projects and Operations
  • Portfolio Management and Project Selection
  • Understanding the Project Lifecycle
  • Stakeholders, Managers and Team Members
• Executing and Controling a Project
  • Implementing Project Plans
  • Managing Requirements and Stakeholders
  • Managing Change and the Change Control Process
  • Managing Communications
  • Managing Risks, Issues, and Document
• Initiating a Project
  • Project Initiation Processes and Tools
  • Identifying Project Deliverables
  • Gathering Project Requirements
  • Developing the Scope Statement and Project Charter
  • Managing Expectations, Assumptions, and
  • Risks
• Closing Out a Project
  • Project Close‐Out Processes and Tools
  • Getting Acceptance of Project Deliverables & Requirements
  • Leading Effective Lessons‐Learned Sessions
  • Capturing and Implementing Lessons‐Learned
  • Handing‐Off Project Deliverables to
  • Operations, Customers, and Others
  • Final Reports and Project Closure
• Planning a Project
  • Project Management Planning Processes
  • Developing the Scope Management Plan
  • Developing the Project Management Plan
  • Characteristics of Good Project Planning
  • Risk Management
  • Communications Management

Simulation

We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise by forming workgroups that have the responsibility for planning and executing a project. Build a product according to the scope of sponsor specifications and implement the disciplines learned to deliver it within time and budget. We add twists, turns and other project real world problems for the teams to work through which adds to the fun of this creative simulation which effectively reinforces concepts and tools taught in the course.

Registration

Register at http://practical-project-management.eventbrite.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to your feedback, the OTBC/OEN/TAO Summer Camp topics are set.  Here's the plan:

• We'll present 2 workshops every week in July, and then re-run the same set in August  
• Workshops in July will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Tuesday, July 9  
• Workshops in August will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Tuesday, Aug. 6  
• The workshops will be a OTBC - but will also be streamed live to the web (with a chat room so you can ask questions)

Going on vacation?  Not to worry.  If you miss a workshop in July, it will come around again in August. And here's the schedule:

• How to Get Started - a Checklist of Things to Do  July 9 and Aug. 6
   
• The Top 20 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (and how to avoid them)  July 11 and Aug. 8
   
• How to Capture and Validate your Business Model Assumptions on a 1 Page Lean Canvas  July 16 and Aug. 13
   
• Customer Development - if you build it, will they buy it?  July 18 and Aug. 15
   
• How to Build a Realistic Funding Plan  July 23 and Aug. 20
   
• How to Size and Segment a Market  July 25 and Aug. 22
   
• How to Develop a Go to Market Plan  July 30 and Aug. 27
   
• How to Make Sure your Company Owns it's Intellectual Property (and Why That is Critical)  Aug. 1 and Aug. 29

Learn more and register here

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

NOTE: This event will not be held on the first Wednesday of the month as per usual. Event moved to July 10 due to the holiday.

Intended for small and volunteer run nonprofits, this presentation dispels the mystery surrounding the selection and implementation of a volunteer management system. The first half of the presentation outlines a series of steps, in lay terms, which organizations should follow when selecting a volunteer management system. The second half of the presentation gives attendees a roadmap to move their organization off their old volunteer management system and onto the newly selected system.

Choosing a volunteer management system can, actually, be a relatively straightforward process. �Geek Speak” and “Tech Talk” will be left at the door as attendees are walked through the mechanics of how to select a volunteer management system that will meet the unique needs of their organization.

The fun really begins once the selection process has been completed and an organization is gearing up to put in the new system. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of the steps required to successfully put in a new volunteer management system and will learn about common issues and how to address them.

Key Takeaways Include:

• A step by step process for selecting the right volunteer management system
• A roadmap for moving to the new volunteer management system
• Common selection and implementation issues and how to avoid them

Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments!

About the presenter

Jeff Turner, PMP is the Principal at NPO Back Office, a company specializing in supporting the technology needs of small and volunteer run nonprofits. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Mr. Turner is an accomplished Information Technology professional, nonprofit leader and volunteer who spent the first 18 years of his career improving organizational efficiency and integrating mission critical systems for some of the most widely recognized companies in the Pacific Northwest. He now takes great pleasure in helping nonprofits leverage technology to reduce labor requirements and improve organizational communication.

Agenda

Networking and refreshments 6pm-6:30pm

Presentation 6:30pm

Parking

Parking in this area is free. It is limited to two hours, but only until 7:00pm. We expect there will be ample parking by 6:00pm.

What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events

• Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
• Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
• Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to your feedback, the OTBC/OEN/TAO Summer Camp topics are set.  Here's the plan:

• We'll present 2 workshops every week in July, and then re-run the same set in August  
• Workshops in July will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Tuesday, July 9  
• Workshops in August will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on Tuesday, Aug. 6  
• The workshops will be a OTBC - but will also be streamed live to the web (with a chat room so you can ask questions)

Going on vacation?  Not to worry.  If you miss a workshop in July, it will come around again in August. And here's the schedule:

• How to Get Started - a Checklist of Things to Do  July 9 and Aug. 6
   
• The Top 20 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (and how to avoid them)  July 11 and Aug. 8
   
• How to Capture and Validate your Business Model Assumptions on a 1 Page Lean Canvas  July 16 and Aug. 13
   
• Customer Development - if you build it, will they buy it?  July 18 and Aug. 15
   
• How to Build a Realistic Funding Plan  July 23 and Aug. 20
   
• How to Size and Segment a Market  July 25 and Aug. 22
   
• How to Develop a Go to Market Plan  July 30 and Aug. 27
   
• How to Make Sure your Company Owns it's Intellectual Property (and Why That is Critical)  Aug. 1 and Aug. 29

Learn more and register here

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

28 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

Your career depends on your ability to demonstrate Industry Best Practices in project management. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the industry standard for project managers to validate and certify that you understand and can manage projects to Industry Best Practices.

This course prepares you to take and pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam from the Project Management Institute (PMI), by offering an in-depth examination of the required study areas. The experienced Advisicon instructors know the exam inside and out, and share their valuable tips and tricks for mastering the PMBOK concepts and passing the exam.

Included Materials

The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 4th Edition is the global standard for project management and is provided to course participants. It outlines the PMI framework of 9 Knowledge areas, 5 Process Groups, and the 44 Processes contained in the PMP exam.

Advisicon provides students with a copy of Kim Heldman’s comprehensive PMP Study Guide. This comprehensive exam study guide includes a CD with practice exams, exam prep software, electronic flashcards, and over two hours of additional audio review. All exam objectives, as well as essential PMP topics, concepts, and key terms are covered. This is an essential tool for passing the PMP exam.

Who should to take this course?

Anyone preparing to take and PASS the the Project Management Institute's PMP exam. Please see the PMI website to review eligibility requirements.

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• The 5 major project management processes, including inputs, outputs, tools, techniques, and terminology
• How each process relates to the 9 project management knowledge areas
• The project management framework and how processes flow within it
• The professional responsibility subject matter PMI has added to the exam
• The PMI formulas related to cost, time, quality, and risk, and the ability to apply them in real scenarios
• How to produce network diagrams, calculate critical path, float, and lag, and the terms, tools, and techniques that apply to them
• Test taking strategies to help you understand and decode PMI's test questions and avoid common traps and pitfalls
• A working knowledge of PMI's vocabulary and terms.

Registration

Register at http://pmp-exam-prep.eventbrite.com/

A startup is an organization that is searching for a business model that works. It's critical to understand that a startup's business model is a set of assumptions - and those assumptions need to be tested, earlier rather than later! And earlier means before you develop the product or service! (But even if you've already started developing the product is still the right time to validate the business model!)

A 1 page business model canvas is an excellent way to capture the assumptions underlying your business model, so you can methodically test those assumptions. In this workshop, you'll learn about the lean startup approach, and be introduced to the 1 Page Lean Business Model Canvas, and discuss how you can use the canvas to test each assumption in the model. Then you'll work through a “hands on” exercise where you complete and present to the group a portion of your 1 page lean canvas. All participants will receive printed copies of the Lean Canvas to use, and will also be provided with a PowerPoint version of the canvas so they can continue to create canvases on a computer.

Who should attend: Anyone who is starting a business and has not yet developed and tested the business model for that business. This material and process is relevant for any startup - not just tech startups.

Presenter: Steve Morris Steve Morris is the Executive Director of OTBC and the Managing Director of OregonStartups.com. He is a veteran of three start-ups, and has more than 25 years of management experience in the software, service, and semiconductor test industries at companies such as Hewlett Packard, Integrated Measurement Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, Credence Corporation and Teseda Corporation. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Reed College and a Masters of Science degree from Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now The Tepper School of Business).

When: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Time: 9:00am - Noon

Where: Hillsboro Chamber of Commmerce, 5193 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite A, Hillsboro, OR 97124

OEN & HCC Member: $32 Non-Member $70

The Community Leadership Summit 2013 brings together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community.

The event pulls together the leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community.

At the heart of Community Leadership Summit 2013 is an open unconference-style event in which everyone who attends is welcome to lead and contribute sessions on any topic that is relevant. These sessions are very much discussion sessions: the participants can interact directly, offer thoughts and experience, and share ideas and questions. These unconference sessions are also augmented with a series of presentations from leaders in the field, panel debates and networking opportunities.

Save the Date: OSCON returns to the Oregon Convention Center July 22-26, 2013

14 PDUs available for this course.

Course Description

Quit doing all manual work in Excel! Come learn to use a dynamic, resource driven reporting tool from industry experts. This course is designed to help you manage and master MS Project from simple task management to Program and Portfolio management.

Learn how to create and maintain easily dynamic schedules, and address resource demand and capacity, over and under allocations all with visual reporting and proven techniques by 20+ year industry veterans. This course trains participants how to plan, forecast, build, and manage project tasks and resources and to combine issues, risks, deliverables and dashboards in one central tool

Learning Objectives

• Create, manage, and update effective project schedules
• Create and manage resources, resource pools and assignments
• Learn the do’s and don’ts of working with Microsoft® Project Professional
• Create useful views for tracking, dashboards, printing, task usage, etc.
• Formatting tricks for automating critical path tracking
• Use reporting functions more effectively

Included Materials

This course includes a complimentary copy of Advisicon's Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2010 book.

Who should take this course?

Project managers, project team members, project schedulers… and anyone who has used Microsoft Project Professional and had a hard time getting it to do what they wanted!

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Effective Use of Microsoft Project
  • MS Project Overview
  • Avoiding the pitfalls of working with MS Project
  • Creating project schedules, segments, milestones
  • Creating task relationships & dependencies
  • Setting task constraints and outlining
• Managing and Tracking of Projects
  • Utilizing scheduling methods to shorten the critical path of a project
  • Utilizing MS Project Tools and Views to resolve resource conflicts
  • Advanced resource scheduling techniques
  • Managing costs, tracking baselines
  • Tracking completion of actual work between tasks and resources
  • Applying resource contours for forecasting and analyzing resource availability
  • Managing and viewing planned and actual durations, costs and schedules
• Applying Resources and Calendars
  • Creating and utilizing resource pools
  • Applying layers of calendars
  • Utilizing project views
  • Formatting schedule layouts
  • Utilizing project reports
  • Understanding printing
• Working with External Data & Applications
  • Linking data between applications
  • Importing & exporting data
  • Hyperlinking and web pages
  • Utilizing business analysis templates
• Customizing for Better Management Results
  • Using filters, tables, details and groups
  • Creating views, filters, tables, and groups
  • MS Project scheduling methodologies
  • Utilizing effort‐driven scheduling

Simulation

We provide a hands-on project simulation exercise where the participants can have actual tactical experience creating a schedule, linking tasks, creating custom views, along with best practice knowledge transfer on topics such as critical path methodology, project tracking, and Microsoft Project Do’s and Don’ts. Participants will also walk away with an understanding of how the schedule engine within Microsoft Project functions and will no longer need to ‘game’ the software, but can now let the software work for them.

Registration

Register at http://managing-projects-with-microsoft-project-2010.eventbrite.com/

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Doug Mason will show us how to integrate apps with Twitter and Facebook, both the new iOS 6 way and the way we did it in the Dark Ages, I mean before iOS 6. :)

The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

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/.

If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@appfog.com.

We are still looking for presenters for this meet-up, so please contact me if there's something you'd like to share with us!

7 PDUs available for this course

Course Description

A proper set of requirements are the backbone of all successful projects. Poor requirements inevitably lead to poor project performance. Requirements provide the essential link between the goal of the project and the design of outputs and products. They are the only proper basis for your project's quality efforts and are the first line of defense against scope creep. Poor requirements, by themselves, lead to rework and subsequent schedule and budget overruns, flawed designs, failed quality and testing programs, and customer dissatisfaction.

This course teaches participants how to elicit, characterize, document, analyze, validate, verify and manage requirements for new projects, products and services. This is a must have for anyone who will be part of delivering or managing a project and includes tools, flowcharts and courseware that leverage industry best practices for successfully managing and delivering requirements to stakeholders..

Included Materials

Course participants receive a course manual and CD with tools and templates for gathering, recording, and managing requirements.

Who should take this course?

• Project Managers
• Project Team Members
• Senior Management/ Customer or Stakeholders
• Business Analysts
• Team Members responsible for gathering informational and required details for project deliverables

Course Instructors & Accreditation

Advisicon is a Project Management Institute (PMI) Registered Education Provider (REP) and an accredited Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. This course will be taught by an experienced Advisicon instructor, all of whom are industry experts in the field of project management.

Course Outline

• Eliciting Requirements
  • Defining high-level business requirements
  • Identifying user classes & representatives
  • Selecting elicitation techniques
  • Eliciting functional & non-functional requirements from users
  • Identifying business rules
  • Reviewing requirements with users
• Requirements Analysis
  • Clarifying complex and unclear requirements
  • Evaluating & prioritizing requirements
• Requirements Documentation
  • Naming conventions and definitions
  • Documenting relevant facts and assumptions
• Requirements during the Design & Build Phase
  • Match product to prioritized requirements
  • Requirements-based quality control
  • Establishing a stakeholder acceptance process
• Requirements Change Control
  • Establishing document version control
  • Establishing change control process
  • Tracking changes
• Requirements Verification
  • Verifying requirements
  • Creating requirements traceability
• Requirements during Testing and Acceptance
  • Establishing requirements-based performance and acceptance tests
  • Requirements-based redesign & rework
• Requirements and Closing a Project
  • Acceptance of deliverables
  • Project documentation closeout process

Register

Register at http://mastering-requirements-gathering-calagator.eventbrite.com

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

The inaugural IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability will be a 1 day event focused on a cross-disciplinary look at advances in available as well as emerging technologies that advance the goals of long-term economic, societal and environmental sustainability for humanity.

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) panel discussion: experts talk about Salesforce, CiviCRM, and RedHen.

Stop by for discussion, networking with the nonprofit tech crowd and refreshments!

Presenters

Brett Meyer and Sean Larkin - ThinkShout - RedHen

Stuart Gaston - Korlon - CiviCRM

Lila Pigott and Cat Monaghan - Idealist Consulting - Salesforce

Agenda

Networking and refreshments 6pm-6:30pm

Presentation 6:30pm

What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events

• Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
• Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good � as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
• Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

The art of tailoring/integrating Agile into an Organization - Dave Harrison will be joining us to demonstrate how you can adopt Agile techniques in a way that fit in YOUR company's structure!

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

Friday, August 23, 2013

This premier educational event takes place every August.

Come join us to . . .

• Learn the latest tools, tips, techniques and trends in project, program and portfolio management that will help you take your career to the next level and improve your organizational success.

• Network and share ideas and experiences with executives, project, program and portfolio managers, sponsors, and other practitioners from a wide variety of industries, government agencies, and educational institutions.

• Earn professional development units (PDUs) toward maintaining your PMI credential.

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

Justin Miller will present about Cocoapods.

The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

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/.

If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@appfog.com.

We are still looking for presenters for this meet-up, so please contact me if there's something you'd like to share with us!

TechFestNW (formerly known as PDXconf) is designed to celebrate interesting people who are passionate about technology. Who are building a better world. And who value craft over commodity.

The event takes place in conjunction with MusicFestNW, one of the largest independent music festivals in the US. Last year, MFNW attracted acts from up-and-coming artists to bands like Passion Pit, Dinosaur Jr, Silversun Pickups, and Girl Talk. While the inaugural tech event featured speakers from Flipboard, Betaworks, Walmart Labs, GigaOM, Shazam, and Spotify---as well as local favorites like Draplin Design Co, LAIKA, Chirpify, Simple, and Nike.

TFNW will take place September 6-8, 2013, with speakers the 6th and 7th and a hackathon on the 8th. Tech takes place during the day. And music takes place during the night. Creating a true festival atmosphere.

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

Note - this meeting is a week earlier than usual - Organizer's Prerogative, to not conflict with a personal event.

Joseph Jaramillo will talk about "Core Data and NSFetchedResultsController, for Fun and Profit". :)

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

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/.

If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@appfog.com.

We are still looking for presenters for this meet-up, so please contact me if there's something you'd like to share with us!

Portland's favorite annual geography unconference is back again! Stay tuned for more details.

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

LEGO KidsFest brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in one activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.

Join us at the 12th Beaver BarCamp hosted by the OSU Open Source Lab. BBC is a semi-annual interactive unconference where the attendees determine the topics! It's an opportunity to share your experiences and learn about what other people are doing on campus and in the community.

Topics can range from technical to recreational. Share your love for programming or teach people how to whistle (already been done!). All you need to do is show up and sign up to host a session. Or you can just attend! We'll have refreshments throughout the day and a limited amount of t-shirts.

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

Justin Miller will show us how to use Xcode tools from the command line. Excellent for scripting.

The monthly meeting of Portland's first JavaScript and ECMAscript users' group. We host presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including JavaScript frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up.

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/.

If you're interested in making a presentation at this or at a future meet-up, please e-mail luc@appfog.com.

We are still looking for presenters for this meet-up, so please contact me if there's something you'd like to share with us!

Get together for lunch and talk Ruby, or something else! For those that have a hard time making it to the pdxrb meeting, and those that like to eat and talk about Ruby at the same time. We'll be holding this on the last Wednesday of the month.

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Come join us for Pythonic talks!

This month:

• TBD by TBD

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

Note - this meeting is a week earlier than usual due to Thanksgiving.

Joseph Jaramillo will help demystify Auto Layout.

Let's get together and build cool stuff.

Bring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6-9pm on fourth Tuesdays!

Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!

The Commodore Computer Club meetings are open to anyone with an interest in Commodore technology. Our attendees come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and all are welcome.

Come to learn, come to share. It’s all for the love of anything Commodore.

Come join us and learn about Joomla!

Super Models in 3D!!!!

Scott Neal will kick off 2014 in style with another installment of his annual Core Data presentation series. This year it's super models, aka how to design your data model so you're working with Core Data instead of against it.

Elizabeth Taylor will reprise her popular presentation about doing testing with UIAutomation. This time with sample code!

Joel Bernstein will present about Reactive Cocoa.