Are you developing a new business? Timid about going to a networking meeting alone? I Take The Lead may be a resource for you, as this is a company that offers networking for businesses of all kinds. Our mission with I Take The Lead, Inc is to help you build your business by generating professional business leads and referral systems by providing workshops and seminars for business and personal development, business networking tips and techniques. We also deem it important to support non-profit …

Welcome to The Wanderers hiking group in the Portland area! We are about the journey as well as the destination. We are striving to meet the hikers that fall into the middle zone...enjoy moderate mileage with moderate altitude gain with a challenge thrown in occasionally at a moderate pace! A group that wants to explore and constantly include new hikes while doing our favorites on a regular basis. If you are training for a triathlon and work to achieve a "personal best" with each outing then thi …

Portland Revit User Group is a local community of design and construction professionals interested in sharing knowledge around the Autodesk Revit suite of products. The group meets once a month in downtown Portland at the Multnomah County Library. We eat lunch together, listen to a presentation, and participate in discussion about Revit. If you are a Revit user, enthusiast, student, or teacher, please join this Meetup group--we look forward to meeting you in person at our next event!

Join forces with fabulously philanthropic females to better our communities and the world!  We are a dedicated group of diverse women who get together to volunteer and donate to nonprofits in the greater Portland metro area.  We enjoy sharing our love for community service and giving back, while also socializing and having fun! This is a group to meet other women in the area who want to make a difference in our community and the world.  No in-depth knowledge of any one cause or special skills a …

This group is for the exclusive use of Elemental employees to organize fun events, find someone to go jogging with during lunch, get the softball team together, let people know about upcoming volunteer activities, etc. If it's social and you want to invite your co-workers and their guests, it belongs on here!

Welcome to rose city furmeet, the purpose of this group is to get some furries in the area to have meets and make new friends. this group is set up in such a way that you as a member reserve the right to post up things and events you wish to do as a group, from just having lunch at a restaurant all the way to planning a Camping trip for a few days! My Partner and I take pride in keeping this group active and minimizing the negativity such as; Local drama or trolling that seem to keep people who …

Hello and welcome to NW Portland Lunchtime Hoops.  Here are all of the details about our group: Lunchtime hoops is a guaranteed game at a set time with guaranteed playing time.  No winner stays and no sitting out for a game.  Show up, play, leave. This group is for experienced, skilled, and knowledgeable basketball players only. Most of our members played high school varsity and some played college. However many of us have seen a year or ten pass since those days so our brain may be a bit quick …

Portland Area Widowed Singles 50+ (PAWS 50 Plus) is a Meetup group for single widowed people 50 years old and over who live in Portland and the surroundings areas. PAWS 50+ is a supportive social group. Our goals are to get out of the house, have fun, openly communicate with one another and to stimulate conversation about our post-loss, moving-on process within a safe, socially interactive environment that may include some members dating. The focus of this group is to offer a supportive atmosphe …

Come to a Chinese Language and Culture Meetup to practice speaking the fastest growing language in the world! This is a Mandarin conversation group - not a language class. Our mission is to give members opportunities to practice Mandarin through friendly conversations.  We don't have an agenda or a topic of discussion, just chit chat between friends. This group is designed for people who are committed to the language and culture. Even if you aren't confident with your language skills, come …

Welcome to PDX Real Estate Mastermind MeetUp! Our goal is to learn, share, exchange, grow & network in all aspects of investing, multiple income streams & property ownership in the greater Portland Metro, Vancouver & Pacific NW region. We will be having monthly lunch or dinner meetings as a way to network and hear about what is working for others. We will be posting special events and seminars within driving distance whenver possible, and we are also holding ongoing Cash Flow games as a way to c …

Friendly low stakes tournament style game held Bi-Weekly on Sunday afteroon's in Tigard. Held in a private home's basement that has been converted into a Poker Room / Sports Man-Cave. Host makes lunch for everybody, and generally has two to four home-brews on tap or in bottle, for a $5 charge per person. Buy-In is $10, with rebuys and add-ons as well. **Bonuses Offered: $1000 for RSVP by Friday evenings, and $1000 for coming on time for the game.

This group is for all SharePoint business users. Less technical, but very helpful! We will be meeting at the SharePoint Innovations office in Beaverton, down the road from Nike campus. We meet every 1st Thursday of the month. Some topics include (but are not limited to): Transform your enterprise with SharePoint, the steps to effective SharePoint governance, Using SharePoint for Document Management successfully, etc... This is an open group and free to attend! Lunch will be provided as well.

OTBC is an incubator for Tech, Biotech, Cleantech and Opentech startup companies. We are located in Beaverton, Oregon, and provide office space and coaching/advising help for startups. OTBC is funded by the City of Beaverton, with the goal of economic development. We recruit startups that have a scalable business model and a lot of growth potential. We also have lunch events and seminars that are open to all, and we host other events from the SAO (Software Association of Oregon) and OEN (Ore …

Sleuths! We are a group of women who love to read Mysteries written by worldwide authors. We  meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month at 12 pm  for Book Discussion and Lunch.  Meetings are held in members' homes on a rotational basis for privacy. This allows each member the opportunity to select a book for the group to read. Plus, we socialize and laugh together! Come and join us!

This is a great group for people who live in Cedar Hills, Cedar Mill, Terra Linda, West Slope, Raleigh Hills, Garden Home, Beaverton, Hillsboro and other nearby neighborhoods. I live in Cedar Hills and have always described it as a "Leave It To Beaver" kind of neighborhood with well kept homes and friendly people. I think sense of community is very important and knowing our neighbors makes our area a better place to live. Let's get together for walks/hikes, happy hour, dinner, lunch, talks, bart …

Have you misplaced your superego? Looking to get writing or grading done, but having trouble focusing? Meet at a cafe for some quiet, focused work with others around who will notice if you get derailed on facebook. Arrive at a set time, we'll set specific, reachable writing or grading goals for the session, and get to it! This is modeled in part on the dissertation boot camps that I had in grad school, without, unfortunately, the free lunch.

This group is geared towards professional internet marketers, in house SEO's, and business owners who are actively managing their own online presence. It is not geared towards those brand new to the industry, but beginners are still always welcome. For a local group geared more towards beginners, try this one. What Will Meetings Be About? Here's a tentative list of presentation ideas for 2012: SEO 201 - External Ranking Factors Local Search for business owners, developers, and SEO's Competitive …