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A Networking Nexus in PDX (Portland, Oregon, USA)
for New Media Professionals (Design, Development & Marketing)
Note: most groups and events have email lists, and non-members can sign up to get announcements.
To suggest an addition or correction to this list, please email nancy [at] nancywmcclure.com.
A SIMILAR DIRECTORYePDX, community-sourced directory of user groups, etc. in the "tech community" BEST announcement list and networkingPDX MindShare (great for higher-level job postings! local meatspace mixers!) COVERAGE of the Local CommunitySilicon Florist, a news blog covering the "Silicon Forest" — with video newscasts GOVERNMENT + COMMUNITY RESOURCESOregon Creative Industries, beginnings of a trade association DIRECTORIES TO GET LISTED INPRTLND "...every person in Portland who makes things... designers, developers, and photographers..." SourceOregon (for film industry, but includes a Web & Interactive section) Also: ePDX above |
LOCAL STAFFING AGENCIES FOR CREATIVES (contract and/or full time)Filter/Talent Portland Aquent Portland LOCAL STAFFING AGENCIES FOR TECH FOLKS (contract and/or full time)...partial list... |
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Conferences and other biggish events
Note: Additional major events are hosted by groups listed elsewhere on this page. |
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General Events Calendars (searchable)Note: Your Author finds the most useful regular events to be the meetings and presentations of groups elsewhere on this page. The 3 calendars here most recent was May help you find additional groups. PDX Tech Calendar (Calagator — an open-source project) Meetup Groups in Portland area Networking 2.0 (grassroots meet-and-greet events)Note: Other relatively informal meetings are offered by other groups here, and bigger, less-frequent grassroots events are above. |
General Groups for Marketing, Advertising and PRAmerican Marketing Association, Oregon Chapter Portland Advertising Federation OCIABC International Association of Business Communicators, Oregon Columbia Public Relations Society of America, Portland Metro Chapter Groups for Allied Professions STC — Willamette Valley Chapter, Society for Technical Communication. ASTD, American Society for Training and Development, Cascadia Chapter IDSA, Industrial Design Society of America, Portland PMI Portland, Project Management Institute Northwest Association of Book Publishers Independent Publishing Resource Center Groups for Women |
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Groups for Creative & CommunicationsSEARCH ENGINE MKTG, SOCIAL MEDIA MKTG, BLOGGINGSEMpdx, Portland Oregon Search Engine Marketing / Optimization Group PRSA New Pros (Public Reiations Society of America) OFFICIAL ADOBE USERS GROUPSPDX Photopshop & Illustrator Group for experienced users of Photoshop and Illustrator — monthly no-cost meetings PDX & Vancouver Photoshop & Creative Suite Meetup Grp Portland InDesign Users Group (yes, InDesign does some interactive things, too) AEPDX (After Effects Users) ANIMATION, INTERACTIVE, FILMASIFA Portland, Chapter of International Animated Film Association 3DPDX, for 3D artists and software users Cascade SIGGRAPH for computer graphics (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques of the Association for Computing Machinery) OMPA, Oregon Media Production Association (film, video, interactive, animation and broadcast) DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, PHOTOGRAPHYAIGA, American Institute of Graphic Artist), Portland Chapter GAG, Graphic Artists Guild — Portland Chapter is dormant; Seattle's chapter (SPGA) is very active SEGD, Society for Environmental Graphic Design — no Portland events, some in Seattle Professional Photographers of Oregon (fairly print-oriented) ASMP, American Society of Media Photographers, Oregon Chapter For other photography organizations, see Partners on the Community page at ProPhoto Supply. UI/UX/USABILITY & DATA VISCHIFOO, Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon (ACM SIGCHI) — usability and user experience IxDA Portland, Interaction Design Association PDX-Visualization, data visualization group |
Groups for TechnologySOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSAO, Software Association of Oregon. Portland Extreme Programming Users Group CocoaHeads Portland (Mac) SPECIALTY TECHNOLOGIES & PLATFORMSPortland Amazon Web Services users group Portland Google Technology User Group Portland Area Game Developer Interest Group (PAGDIG) Portland PC Users Group (consumer oriented) Portland Macintosh Users Group (consumer oriented) There are also Portland-area groups for specific languages and IDEs, such as Java, PHP, Ruby, Python, Smalltalk, etc. They appear on calagator. MISCELLANEOUSNorthwest Support Professionals Portland DevOps User Group ("intersection of software development and systems operations") PDXTech4Good (NetSquared) Cascade SIGGRAPH for computer graphics (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques of the Association for Computing Machinery) ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science and Technology), Pacific NW Chapter — theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information |
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Education for the Creative SidePSU Multimedia Professional certificate program — become a web designer or interactive producer PSU Digital Marketing Strategies certificate program PNCA (Pacific Northwest College of Art) Continuing Education Adult Program (areas include Computer Animation, WWW, Graphic Design, Photography, Computer Imaging) The Art Institute of Portland, Interactive Media Design — BA and AA Programs Oregon 3D, Center for Visualization Technologies Portland Community College — Multimedia ITT Technical Institute, Portland campus. Associate Degree in Information Technology, Multimedia Option |
Education for the Technical SidePortland Community College — Engineering PSU IT (Information Technology) Certification Program
NOTE: PSU = Portland State University |
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To suggest an addition or correction to this list, please email nancy [at] nancywmcclure.com.