Events

Upcoming events

• January Playdate

  • Start
    January 09, 2009
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    PLAY Boutique, 332 First Street, Lake Oswego, OR

  January Playdate
  The PLAY Boutique
  332 First Street
  Lake Oswego, OR 97034
  In Wizer's Shopping Center
  PARKING: Please park either in the lot facing Second Street or in the first lot at the very corner of "A" and First Street, right next to the antique shop.
  Play Boutique Admission: $7.50 first child, $4.50 second (that's 25% off the usual PLAY Boutique prices!)
  
  Join your fellow mamapreneurs for The PLAY Boutique's Coffee Break! Let the kids enjoy PB's large indoor play area while mamas chat and the PB staff brings you coffee and sandwiches (food & drinks priced and paid for individually and separate from admission price). This is a great spot for newborns through early elementary school age kids, but remember that as with all playdates, members are allowed and encouraged to come without kids if you've got older kids and would like to come mingle with the mamapreneurs.
  
  Online RSVP before January 7th is required!
  

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• Quickbooks Business Basics Class

  • Start
    January 17, 2009
  •  
    10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
  • Location
    SBDC, 2025 NE Loyd Center Mall (third floor), Portland, OR 97232

  Quickbooks Business Basics
  A workshop co-sponsored by Mamapreneurs Inc. and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
  Saturday, January 17, 2009
  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  SBDC
  2025 Lloyd Center Mall, third floor
  Portland, OR 97232
  
  Mamapreneurs Inc. Member Cost: $75.00 ($75.00 savings!)
  Non-Member Cost: $125.00 ($25.00 savings!)
  Normal class cost: $150.00
  Online advanced registration & payment is REQUIRED no later than January 9th. Class is limited and on a first-come, first serve basis. In the event that we do not meet the minimum requirement to hold this class, attendees will be notified and fully refunded payment within one week of class date. Refunds will not be given for any reason for cancellations or no shows by individuals.
  
  Class description:
  Start the year off with confident skills! NOW is the time to brush up on, or gain a solid foundation of, Quickbooks skills. This is a fantastic, interactive class for mamapreneurs of all industries who own businesses of all sizes.
  
  Learn the importance on integrating Quickbooks as the cornerstone of your business's best practices and how to use this important tool to manage and direct your company's financial direction. This basic class includes information on: the 11 Pitfalls of Startup, how to organize your business, the W's of business, how to work with your CPA and bookkeeper, cash vs. accrual, establishing your chart of accounts and much more.
  
  

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• January Business Meeting: Clean Slate: Organizing Gurus Share Tips to Help Mamapreneurs Get It Together

  • Start
    January 27, 2009
  •  
    06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
  • Location
    Mamapreneurs, Inc., 1500 NW 18th Ave Suite 115, Portland, OR 97209

  January Monthly Business Meeting
  TOPIC:     Clean Slate: Organizing Gurus Share Tips to Help Mamaprerneurs Get It Together
  Panelists:  Krista Colvin, SheBang & Organize in Style
                   Brandie Kajino, The Home Office Organizer
  
  Tuesday, January 27, 2009
  6:30 - 8:30 pm
  Mamapreneurs, Inc.
  1500 NW 18th Avenue, Suite 115
  Portland, OR 97209
  Members: $10 advanced online payment; $15 at the door
  Non-Members:$25 advanced online payment; $30 at the door
  
  Start 2009 off on the right foot with great organizing tips from local experts! Learn tricks for better organizing a home office, an out-of-home office or studio, filing management, overcoming those mental organizing hurdles and more. With a clean slate, you'll be a mamapreneur better prepared to take on 2009 with a bang!
  
  We'll have plenty of networking time, as well as light food and beverages available. Because this is a business-focused event, we ask that adults only are in attendance, with the exception of nursing babies.
  
  PANELISTS:
  KRISTA COLVIN can't live without three things: lipstick, a morning cup o' joe and her fabulous girlfriends. As owner of Organize in Style llc, she helps women organize their homes and offices. As the creator of www.TheShebang.com, The Smart Woman's Guide to Doing it All, she inspires women to get it + keep it together.  Krista is the lifestyle expert for AM Northwest, & writes a monthly column for The Columbian's Home & Garden section. She is a guest blogger for Working Mother Magazine and Online Organizing. Most importantly she is able to live the life she imagines as a mother, wife, and business owner.
  
  BRANDIE KAJINO, The Home Office Organizer, helps small businesses and home office professionals get organized.  Empowering clients with information, technology and productivity tools are her specialty.  Her media credits include the television, print, drive time radio, WashingtonPost.com's "BlogWatch" and various websites including Sparkplugging.com and the front page of Yahoo.com.  Brandie also co-hosts the BlogTalkRadio show, "The O-Myth", where she "Debates & Debunks Life's Organizing Myths". 

  Brandie is a member and active volunteer in the National Association of Professional Organizers, serving as the Director of Marketing for the NAPO Oregon Chapter.  She lives in the beautiful Portland, Oregon metro area running her business, writing, speaking and enjoying spending time with her husband and son.

  For more information and free organizing tips, visit her website:
  www.thehomeofficeorganizer.com or 360-907-6485. 

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• Business Communications Workshop

  • Start
    February 21, 2009
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Mamapreneurs Inc., 1500 NW 18th Ave, Suite 115 (corner of NW 17th & Quimby), Portland, OR 97209

  Business Communications Workshop
  Saturday, February 21, 2009
  10:00 am
  Mamapreneurs Inc. Studio
  1500 NW 18th Ave, Suite 115
  Portland, OR 97209
  Members: $35.00
  Non-Members: $50.00
  
  Boost your business communications in 2009!
  Put your best communications forward in the New Year! In this marketing workshop facilitated by Sage Cohen, you will articulate your business' value proposition, target audiences and the key messages designed to connect with each audience. Then, you'll learn how to maximize the impact of these messages in both print and online media. 

  
  WORKSHOP LEADER:
  

  SAGE COHEN is the founder of Sage Communications, a firm that develops marketing content and strategy for companies such as Intuit, Blue Shield, the US Postal Service and Microsoft. Since 1991, she has been translating complex industry information into persuasive content that fuels the evolution of her clients. You can reach her at www.sagecohen.com.

   

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• February Business Meeting: The CPSIA & What This Legislation Means For Your Small Business

  • Start
    February 24, 2009
  •  
    06:30 PM - 08:30 PM
  • Location
    Mamapreneurs, Inc., 1500 NW 18th Ave Suite 115, Portland, OR 97209

  February Monthly Business Meeting
  TOPIC:  The CPSIA & What This Legislation Means For Your Small Biz
  Panelists:  TBA
  Tuesday, January 27, 2009
  6:30 - 8:30 pm
  Mamapreneurs, Inc.
  1500 NW 18th Avenue, Suite 115
  Portland, OR 97209
  Members: $10 advanced online payment; $15 at the door
  Non-Members:$25 advanced online payment; $35 at the door
  
  This month, legislation known as the HR4040--the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)-- is supposed to go into effect. Passed by Congress in August of 2008, this bill was aimed at protecting our children from toys containing lead and phthalates and addressing other safety issues. However, parts of this bill will directly effect all small handmade toy makers, designers and store owners in a way that will put many of them out of business. The CPSIA rules now requires all children's products, including natural handmade toys and clothing to be tested by a Third Party Lab, often at a cost of up to $4,000 per item. That could cost a small company more than $20,000 a season. You can learn more at www.handmadetoyalliance.org
  
  Join us as we speak with experts about the details of this bill, and learn more about how it may affect your small business.
  
  We'll have plenty of networking time, as well as light food and beverages available. Because this is a business-focused event with outside panelists, we ask that adults only are in attendance, with the exception of nursing babies.
  
  PANELISTS:
  To Be Announced

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• Social Media Basics Workshop

  • Start
    March 21, 2009
  •  
    10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
  • Location
    Mamapreneurs Inc., 1500 NW 18th Ave, Suite 115 (corner of NW 17th & Quimby), Portland, OR 97209

  Social Media Basics Workshop
  Saturday, March 21, 2009
  10:00 am
  Mamapreneurs Inc. Studio
  1500 NW 18th Ave, Suite 115
  Portland, OR 97209
  Members: $35.00
  Non-Members: $50.00
  Online advanced registration is required.
  Whether you're tweeting, facebooking or linking, navigating the many different roads of social media can be tricky to newbies. Yet no matter what your business, social media applications can play an important role in your business's growth and success. This workshop will focus specifically on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Learn the tricks to making social media work for your business, the pros and cons of quality versus quantity, using personal versus business personas, and how to avoid social media communications pitfalls. Attendees should bring their own laptops as you will get hands-on assistance in building your social media portfolios.
  

  
  WORKSHOP LEADER:
  

  MARLYNN JAYME SCHOTLAND is a social media addict with no plans to enter a recovery program anytime soon. As owner of Mamapreneurs Inc., Urban Bliss LLC and Mama Lit, she has fostered quality online communities that have boosted her businesses. Connect with her on Twitter @designmama (personal snark/design biz) or @mamapreneur (mom business), Facebook, or LinkedIn. Marlynn is also a co-presenter and will be speaking about social media at the Core Conversation "Your Personal Blog Is Dead" at the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX.
  

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