BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20080309T020000 RDATE:20080309T020000 RDATE:20090308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20081102T020000 RDATE:20081102T020000 RDATE:20091101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081001T175738Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081009T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081009T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081001T175738Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20081001T175738Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250455784 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Oct 9th\, 2008\n 5:30pm - 8:30pm\n Locatio n: Renaissance on the Riverfront\n 136 SW Washington Ave.\n 1000 NE Ci rcle Blvd\n Corvallis\, Oregon 97333\n Google Map\n \n RSVP TO: SAO by emailing Sao-info@thebec.com\n \n FREE this month for SAO members or stu dents\, and non-members\n Includes finger food and no-host bar\n AGENDA: \n \n 5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food\, no h ost bar\n 6:15 - 6:30: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology busine ss elevator pitch!!)\n 7:00 Program: Dawn Foster - Online Commuities and Marketing\n \n \n PROGRAM:\n \n\n\n Dawn Foster\, Fast Won der Consulting (http://fastwonderblog.com/)\n \n \n Dawn M. Foste r provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with onli ne communities through various social media technologies including discu ssion forums\, blogs\, wikis\, podcasts\, and more. She is also the comm unity evangelist for Shizzow\, a new Portland startup. She has more than 13 years of experience in technology and software with expertise in ope n source software\, web 2.0\, social media\, blogging\, and community bu ilding.\n \n \n Dawn is the author of the Fa st Wonder Blog and is currently working on a book for O’Reilly Media abo ut the Art of Community. She organizes a monthly Portland BarCamp Meetup event for local technology employees\, is an organizer for the Portland BarCamp event\, and helps organize Ignite Portland. She is a co-founder and Chair of Legion of Tech.\n \n \n Previously\, Dawn worked at Jive Software\, Compiere\, Intel\, and a Midwestern manufacturing company in positions ranging from Unix system a dministrator to market researcher to open source strategist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Kent State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Ashland University.\n \n\n \n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125045 5784 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/drupal/node/123 SUMMARY:SAO October Tech Pub - Dawn Foster LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T172100Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090108T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T172100Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090106T172100Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456395 DESCRIPTION:AGENDA: \;\n \;\n 5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food\, no host bar \;\n 6:15 - 6:30: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology business elevator pitch!!) \;\n 7: 00 Program: Josh Bancroft - Innovative Social media\, the Edge Case at I ntel. \;\n \;\n \;\n PROGRAM: \;\n \;\nJosh Bancroft is a longtime blogger\, podcaster\, Tweeter\, and general internet community geek. For over a decade\, he's been fascinated with the way communities form and interact on the Internet. At Intel\, he provides innovative co mmunity building ideas and "\;future thinking"\; direction for I ntel Software Network\, the company's online developer community. He lov es to speak\, teach\, and mentor\, and generally share all the cool stuf f that he plays with. Josh's home on the web is http://www.tinyscreenful s.com\, and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jabancro ft. \;\n \;\nCome see how a company as large as Intel uses social networking\, podcasting\, blogging\, and social marketing to build commu nity!\n\nTags: sao corvallis\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/even ts/1250456395 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/drupal/node/129 SUMMARY:SAO Corvallis - January Tech Pub: Josh Bancroft LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090130T233945Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090212T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090212T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090130T233945Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20090130T233945Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250456612 DESCRIPTION: Thursday\, Feb. 12th\, 2009 \;\n \;\n5:30pm - 8:30pm&# 13\;\n \;\nLocation: Renaissance on the Riverfront \;\n136 SW Wash ington Ave. \;\nCorvallis\, Oregon 97333 \;\n \;\nGoogle Map 3\;\n \;\nRSVP TO: SAO by emailing sao-coordinator [AT] corvallis.sao .or.us \;\n \;\n$5 for SAO members or students\, $15 non-members&# 13\;\nIncludes finger food and no-host bar \;\nAGENDA: \;\n \;\ n 5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food\, no host bar \;\n 6:15 - 6:30: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology bus iness elevator pitch!!) \;\n 7:00 Program: Jerry Saveriano\, San da Communications - Introduction to Social Media for B2B companies. \ ;\n \;\n PROGRAM: \;\n \;\nHow's your blog? Do you Twitter? Are your customers talking about your company online? Have your competitors started to use social media tools like YouTube videos\, LinkedIn or eve n FaceBook to reach out to your markets? Social media and networks are e xploding for B2B applications* and this presentation can help get you st arted. \;\n \;\nSM4B2B will discuss how you can develop an online strategy to decide if SM is the best new way to engage your customers\, prospects\, channel partners and even your own people\, whether they are on the other side of the globe or in the next cubical. And if it's the right time for your business\, we'll show you how to get a fast\, afford able start to test the waters. \;\n \;\nWe'll show examples of SM4 B2B websites we built including what worked and what failed. We'll provi de you with a set of definitions\, research materials and good business reasons for going Web2.0 this year. \;\n \;\nWe'll cover key SM4B2 B topics such as: \;\n \;\n * What it is and why it's important . \;\n * How to decide if now's the time. \;\n * What does i t cost? What will it make? Will it pay? How long will it take? \;\n * How to start small\, fast and cheap \;\n * Should you build yo ur own or join an industry community? \;\n * What are the right to ols\, platforms and people to get started? \;\n \;\nThe Corvallis Chapter of the Software Association of Oregon is starting a Special Inte rest Group (SIG) to explore the best ways of growing our businesses usin g social media tools and helping other local companies learn how to get online putting Web 2.0 and social media tools to work. If you’re interes ted in seeing what we're planning to do with the SAO SM4B2B SIG (enough initials for you?)\, this meeting is the place to be. An objective of th e SM4 SIG will be to build an online community of local companies that p articipate in the High Tech After Hours Conference held in Corvallis eac h November. \;\n \;\nSPEAKER: \;\n \;\nJerry W. Saveriano\, President &\; CEO - Sanda Communications\, Inc (http://sandacom.com/ ) \;\n \;\nJerry W. Saveriano is president of Sanda Communications \, a marketing\, advertising and public relations agency that has for ov er a decade worked with high tech\, software and other clients.. \;\n \;\nFor over twenty-five years Saveriano has consulted and lectured internationally on advanced automation topics such as CAD/CAM\, geomatic s\, robotics and Artificial Intelligence. He was Industrial Editor of Ro botics Age magazine\, founding Chairman of the Southern California Chapt er of Robotics International and wrote the Pioneers of Robotics article in the Encyclopedia of Robotics published by John Wiley &\; Sons in 1 988. \;\n \;\nHe created a series of articles and lectures on Inte rnet Marketing and Customer Relationship Management. Jerry put on the fi rst CRM workshop at Oregon Graduate Institute and wrote a CRM titled “E- This!” column for the Software Association of Oregon (SAO) newsletter. H e has lead Sanda's Web 2.0 initiative in building online communities for B2B clients\, non-profits and state agencies. \;\n \;\n*Social Ne tworks Get Down to Business\, AUGUST 18\, 2008 \;\n \;\nhttp://www .emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1006482 \;\n \;\nThink of them as d igital water coolers—surrounded by thousands of workers engaged in serio us business conversations. \;\n \;\n"\;As compelling as the ad growth is\, marketers will spend far more over the next few years to cr eate and manage their own social networks for business customers\, partn ers\, suppliers and vendors\,"\; says Debra Aho Williamson\, senior analyst at eMarketer and author of the new report\, B2B Marketing on Soc ial Networks: Engaging the Business Audience. "\;These business netw orks will serve a range of purposes\, from improving customer communicat ion and collaboration to aiding product development."\;\n\nTags: cor vallis\, sao\, social media\, b2b\, software\, business\, marketing\n\nI mported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250456612 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/ SUMMARY:SAO Corvallis February Tech Pub - Introduction to Social Media fo r B2B companies LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100107T161736Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100114T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100114T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100107T161736Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100107T161757Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458135 DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: \;\n \;\nA New Scale for Nuclear Power \;\n \;\nThe Corvallis Chapter of the Software Association of Oregon begi ns 2010 with presentation from NuScale Power\, a local nuclear technolog y start-up that leveraged technology transferred from Oregon State Unive rsity to create a revolutionary model for modular nuclear reactors. Kent Welter\, a Principal Engineer at NuScale\, will give an overview of the technology and describe how NuScale has shaped the future nuclear energ y. \;\n \;\nThe world needs clean\, reliable ways to generate elec tricity. The United States is expected to need 300 gigawatts of new capa city – that’s 150 times the capacity of Hoover Dam – by 2030. Developing nations can only grow as fast as they can power their economies. Global demand for new electric capacity will outpace the U.S. by tenfold in th e same period. \;\n \;\nElectric companies and government leaders are looking for ways to ensure their citizens have reliable\, affordable supplies of electricity. They worry about the volatility of fossil fuel prices and the effects of green house gases. \;\n \;\nNuScale Pow er is providing one of many answers to this problem. NuScale has develop ed a small nuclear power system that is safe\, modular and scalable. The technology was borne of research by leading nuclear scientists with the support of the U.S. government. The design of the NuScale power plant b uilds on hundreds of combined years of operating experience with commerc ial light water reactors along with extensive research and laboratory te sting of advanced safety systems. \;\n \;\nMeeting future demand f or electricity requires that we use what we have more efficiently. We mu st also look to new technologies using wind\, solar and wave power and u se proven technologies such as nuclear power to meet the needs of future generations. \;\n \;\nJoin us in for a night of networking and sh owcase with local technology leaders and entrepreneurs. \;\n \;\nA GENDA: \;\n \;\n5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food\, no host bar \;\n6:15 - 6:25: 30-Second Mic (give us your techn ology business elevator pitch!!) \;\n6:45 Program: NuScale: A New Sca le for Nuclear Power \;\n \;\n$5 for SAO members or students\, and $15 for non-members \;\n \;\nRSVP TO: SAO by emailing sao-coordin ator [AT] corvallis.sao.or.us or on the Willamette Innovators Network 3\;\n \;\nIncludes finger food and no-host bar \;\nTicket Info: $5 for SAO members or students\, and $15 for non-members\n\nTags: corvalli s\, sao\, nuscale\, nuclear\, engineering\n\nImported from: http://calag ator.org/events/1250458135 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/drupal/node/153 SUMMARY:January SAO Corvallis Tech Pub - A New Scale for Nuclear Power LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100202T063515Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100211T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100202T063515Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100202T064749Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458271 DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Febuary 11th\, 2010 \;\n \;\n5:30pm - 8:30pm \;\n \;\nLocation: Renaissance on the Riverfront \;\n136 SW Wa shington Ave. \;\nCorvallis\, Oregon 97333 \;\n \;\nRSVP Here&# 13\;\n \;\n$5 for SAO members or students\, and $15 for non-members&# 13\;\n \;\n \;\nIncludes finger food and no-host bar \;\n \; \nAGENDA: \;\n \;\n5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with fing er food\, no host bar \;\n6:15 - 6:25: 30-Second Mic (give us your te chnology business elevator pitch!!) \;\n6:45 Program: Co-Working in O regon \;\n \;\nPROGRAM: \;\n \;\nCo-working is a growing mov ement around the United States and across the world. As more people work from home or work while they are traveling or are in the midst of a rap id startup cycle\, they find that they can be more effective and more pr oductive by gathering together to work. Starting with projects like the Hat Factory in San Francisco\, co-working sites have bloomed. There are several co-working facilities in the Nortwest\, some which are expanding to multiple cities and some that focus on specific audiences or markets . The February SAO meeting will be a panel discussion by three Oregon co -working entrepreneurs: Jeff Jimmerson from Madison Avenue Collective in Corvallis\, Josh Friedman from Ned Space in Portland and Rick Turoczy f rom Portland Innovation Experiment. \;\n \;\nJeff Jimerson\, found er of the Madison Ave. Collective (http://www.madcollective.com/) \;\ n \;\nMadison Ave. Collective (the MAC) is a shared office and studio space located in downtown Corvallis\, 72 steps west of Starbucks on the corner of 5th street and—you guessed it—Madison Ave. After three months of heavy remodeling\, Jeff opened the space on 08/08/08 with a "\;n ice people wanted"\; Craigslist ad. \;\n \;\nToday\, twelve cr eative and tech professionals call the MAC home for their respective sma ll businesses. \;\n \;\nRick Turoczy\, founder of Silicon Florist (http://siliconflorist.com/) \;\n \;\nRick Turoczy has been workin g in high-tech marketing communications jobs in the Portland area for th e past 15 years. Out of pure dumb luck\, he happened to sit up in bed at 2 AM one night in August 2007 with the inspiration to start Silicon Flo rist\, a blog about Portland startups in the Web\, Mobile\, and Open Sou rce scenes. \;\n \;\nSince then\, he’s chatted with The Oregonian a bunch of times\, appeared on local television and radio\, made a brief appearance on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer\, garnered bylines in The Ne w York Times\, spoken at numerous events\, been selected as a runner up for the Portland Business Journal’s “40 under 40\,” launched a startup i ncubator with the help of Wieden+Kennedy\, and co-produced a groundbreak ing Web-based telethon called 30 hour day. \;\n \;\nAll because of a blog. Weird. \;\n \;\nJosh Friedman\, co-founder of NedSpace (h ttp://www.nedspace.com/) \;\n \;\nJosh Friedman is the co-founder of NedSpace\, a provider of co-working facilities for entrepreneurs and startups. NedSpace is designed to be the place where entrepreneurs go to build and grow their businesses. Along with his business partner Mark G rimes\, NedSpace has itself grown quickly into two locations from its la unch in early 2009. The goal is to open 10 more locations throughout the US in 2010\, and eventually to have a NedSpace in every city with a sta rtup ecosystem. \;\n \;\nJosh serves on the Board of Starve Ups\, a Portland-based entrepreneurial organization and the Oregon Entrepreneu rs Forum Advisory Board. He holds a B.S. degree in speech communication from Oregon State University. Aside from helping entrepreneurs grow thei r companies\, you might find him rock climbing\, skiing\, cycling\, brew ing beer or generally causing trouble along with his dog Ace.\n\nTags: s ao\, co-working\, corvallis\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250458271 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/drupal/node/155 SUMMARY:SAO Corvallis Febuary Tech Pub: Co-Working in Oregon LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100304T175947Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100311T173000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100304T175947Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100304T175947Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458388 DESCRIPTION: \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n Thursday\, March 11th\, 2010 \;\n 5:30pm - 8:30pm \;\n Location: Ren aissance on the Riverfront \;\n 136 SW Washington Ave. \;\n Corv allis\, Oregon 97333 \;\n Google Map \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\ n \;\n RSVP TO: SAO by emailing sao-coordinator [AT] corvallis.sao.or .us or on the Willamette Innovators Network \;\n \;\n $5 for SAO members or students\, and $15 for non-members \;\n \;\n Inclu des finger food and no-host bar \;\n AGENDA: \;\n \;\n 5: 30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food\, no host bar \; \n 6:15 - 6:25: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology business elev ator pitch!!) \;\n 6:45 Program: PANEL - Increasing Your Business Through Social Media: What's Important and Why You Should Care \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\ n \;\n PROGRAM: \;\n \;\n Social Media Panel -- Increasing Yo ur Business Through Social Media: What's Important and Why You Should Ca re \;\n \;\n Social Media is here. Facebook has 300 million memb ers. Youtube is the second largest search engine in the world. Twitter is approaching 50 million tweets a day. \;\n \;\n Companies larg e and small are embracing social media to help get the word out\, connec t with customers\, and provide another way to reach customer service. C omcast is turning its image around largely due to its Twitter account fo r customer support (@ComcastCares). This year Pepsi decided not to air any Super Bowl ads in favor of their Social Media campaigns. A Portland food-cart\, Whiffies\, does nearly all of its marketing on Twitter and is expanding to Seattle. \;\n \;\n Are your Social Media efforts floundering? Don't know where to start? Feeling overwhelmed with all o f the information? Come learn about how you can do things better\, smar ter\, or just get started. \;\n \;\n Join us for a night of netwo rking and to get your social media questions answered. \;\n \;\n \;\n PANEL: \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\nLoyan Roylance\, ProWorks \;\nLoyan is a 9 year web professional. As the Director of Marketing at ProWorks Corporation\, Loyan helps businesses match marketing\, sal es and service objectives with useful technologies and web tools to crea te new opportunities. He is an user and evangelist of the social web\, s ocial networks and social media from a personal and business perspective . Aside from various business client projects\, a few social-web project s that Loyan is associated with include the Willamette Innovators Networ k (www.willametteinnovators.com)\, Social Media for Business (http://www .proworks.com/blog/social-media-for-business) and the emerging Corvallis Social Media Brigade (http://www.welovecorvallis.com/corvallis-social-m edia-brigade). Loyan is a regular user of many established social media tools and networks and enjoys exploring new and emerging ones. \;\n&# 13\;\n \;\nTony Jones\, Intel \;\nTony Jones currently lead s consumer product research for Intel\, his work guides the company on f uture product development and informs on current customer trends. Previo us to this Tony lead social media analytics for Intel\, working with a t eam of social media marketing professionals he provided customer insight s through the monitoring of social media conversations that were use to provide feedback on current products\, programs and marketing efforts. P revious to his work at Intel Tony spent 5 years at HP leading consumer m arket research for inkjet printing supplies. \;\n \;\n \;\nRy an Lewis\, Bonfire Marketing \;\nBonfire Marketing LLC is a consultin g firm dedicated to developing unique connections between companies and customers. Our system allows businesses to easily tune into social media for marketing opportunities and communication crucial for customer loya lty. Bonfire also consults businesses on the proper methods and social n orms associated with a quickly developing delicate form of marketing. 3\;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n SAO CORVALL IS: \;\n Tech Brew Pubs are a monthly event organized by the Softw are Association of Oregon\, Corvallis Chapter (www.sao.corvallis.or.us). To join our Email Announcement List: TO ADD or REMOVE yourself from the sao-corvallis@googlegroups.com mailing list\, please go to http://group s.google.com/group/sao-corvallis. This list is used to send chapter anno uncements and NON-commercial items of general chapter interest to local SAO members and others interested in the chapter. \;\n \;\n We encourage you to join and support the Software Association of Oregon (w ww.sao.org). The state SAO office sends out a newsletter and a monthly c alendar. If you are interested in receiving these please sign up here ht tp://www.sao.org/Resource_Center/email_list_signup.php \;\n \; \n SAO EUGENE: \;\n \;\n The Eugen e SAO Chapter also has an announcement email list (sao_announce@efn.org) which you can join at http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/sao_annou nce. \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n\n\nTags: sao\, corv allis\, social media\, panel\, software association of oregon\n\nImporte d from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458388 URL:http://www.sao.corvallis.or.us/ SUMMARY:March SAO Corvallis Tech Pub: Increasing Your Business Through So cial Media: What's Important and Why You Should Care LOCATION:Renaissance on the Riverfront: 136 SW Washington Ave.\, Corvalli s Oregon 97333 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR