A Networking Nexus in Portland, Oregon
for New Media Professionals (Design, Development & Marketing)
Links to Groups, Conferences, Calendars, and Education
with a focus on live events and meetings
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.
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 Portland Development Commission's page on Creative Services DIRECTORIES TO GET LISTED INPDXCreativeDirectory (new in 2009, untried) PRTLND "...every person in Portland who makes things... designers, developers, and photographers... and I will continue to add categories." |
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 (SearchFest, etc.) 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 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 Groups for Women |
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Groups for Creative & CommunicationsSEARCH ENGINE MKTG, SOCIAL MEDIA MKTG, BLOGGINGSEMpdx, Portland Oregon Search Engine Marketing / Optimization Group Internet Strategy Forum — for managers at big organizations Official Adobe Users GroupsAdobe Group PS+AI (PDDA) 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) ANIMATION, INTERACTIVE, FILMASIFA Portland, Chapter of International Animated Film Association Go To And Play, Flash and AfterEffects Users Group 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) MCA-I (Media Communications Association Int'l) — Portland Chapter is dormant DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, COLOR MANAGEMENTAIGA, American Institute of Graphic Artist), Portland Chapter GAG, Graphic Artists Guild — Portland Chapter is dormant; Seattle's chapter (SPGA) is very active Pacific Northwest Color Management Users Group Professional Photographers of Oregon (fairly print-oriented) For other photography organizations, see Partners on the Community page at ProPhoto Supply. UI/UX/USABILITYCHIFOO, Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon (ACM SIGCHI) — usability and user experience Portland User Interface/User Experience SIG IxDA Portland, Interaction Design Association |
Groups for TechnologyCascade 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 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTSAO, Software Association of Oregon. Portland Extreme Programming Users Group Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference Rose City SPIN, Software Process Improvement Network TECHNOLOGYNorthwest Support Professionals PLATFORMS etcPortland Macintosh Users Group There are also Portland-area groups for specific languages and IDEs, such as Java, Ruby, Python, Smalltalk, etc. They may appear on calagator. |
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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 SideOCATE, Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education OGI Center for Professional Development Portland 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.