Social Media and Employment Law

So I admit that we've been slacking a bit on the blogging - our sincerest apologies. But we're back at it and we wanted to let you know about a really interesting one coming up on December 3 on social networking and employment law. Twittering about the boss, facebooking at work - what policies should your company have in place? What issues have come up at your workplace? Come share and learn.


Presenter
Karen Davis, Senior Employment Law Counsel at TOC Services

December 3, 2009
7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Location:
Portland Business Alliance
Lobby Conference Room
200 SW Market Street

Series Sponsors:
West Coast Bank
Regence

Get your emergency preparedness info here!

This morning we had two top experts on emergency preparedness come talk about everything from H1N1 to earthquakes to winter weather. Tripp Robinson, emergency manager at Intel, and Eric Corliss, director of emergency services from the Oregon Chapter of the Red Cross, gave some great tips, lessons learned and best practices.

Tripp's presentation can be found here:
http://www.portlandalliance.com/presentations/Tripp_Pan_Flu_Conf_PBA.ppt

Keep in mind that it is a large file!

Info about preparing for flu season from the Red Cross can be found:www.oregonredcross.org/flu

What are some of your best practices?

Next month: Intergenerational management - lessons and advice on how baby boomers, Gen Xers and Gen Yers can successfully manage and be managed.

Emergency Preparedness - are you ready for H1N1

Is your company prepared for an outbreak of H1N1 or another winter storm? Hear from Intel and the Red Cross and get your company prepared for the flu, snowstorms and other unpredictable events.

Speakers:
Eric Corliss, Director of Emergency Services,
Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross

Tripp M. Robinson
Emergency Manager, Intel

Location:
Portland Business Alliance
Lobby Conference Room
200 SW Market Street

Series Sponsors: West Coast Bank, Regence

Pre-registration required:

Members: $20, Non-Members $30

Cause Marketing event on Thursday!

After a break in August, Cornerstones is back! We're taking on the topic of cause marketing and picking the perfect nonprofit partner. We've got a bunch of people already signed up and a really great panel (see below). Experts are also predicting that cause marketing is going to increase as marketers are going to be spending less on big flashy campaigns and more on partnerships that their consumers care about. See article from Marketing Daily:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=111813

Our panel of experts includes:

- Steve Brook, Practice Director, Point B Consulting
- Jana Cole, Director of Donor Relations, Self Enhancement, Inc. (invited)
- Brian Wilson, Kalberer Company
- Roma Peyser, Director of Development, Cascade AIDS Project

Hope you can be a part of this conversation!

Thinking about exporting? Come to our next Cornerstones

If you have been thinking about expanding your market and selling your products or services internationally, but not sure who to talk to or where to get started, then come to our event on July 9 (get more details by clicking on title of post). Two international trade experts will be there to tell you what to think about, how to get started and what some other companies learned when they went global.

Our two experts are:
Paul Taylor, chair of the Oregon Export Council and a trade law expert
Scott Goddin, Director of the Portland U.S. Export Assistance Center

Thursday, July 9; 7:30 a.m. at Alliance lobby conference room

Are you thinking about expanding to an international market? What have you learned so far?

Stimulus Dollars for Small Business

Today, two experts shared some really helpful information with the group. Sam Brooks, founder and chairman of OAME and Gabe Silva from the OECDD. They talked about different programs through the state and through the SBA that give small businesses access to capital. Both Sam and Gabe also stressed the importance of getting your business plan certified and getting your certification together if you are a woman or minority-owned business.

OAME is currently administering more than $1 million in SBA loans and OECDD has a bunch of programs for you to learn more about. OAME is doing orientations about their loan program the second Tuesday of each month. The next one is Tuesday, June 9. Here's a link: http://www.oame.org/ and go to Access to Capital tag under the Events Calendar listing on the lefthand side.

Gabe from OECDD has a bunch of information and have a link to his powerpoint.
http://www.slideshare.net/portlandalliance/oecdd-cornerstones-stimulus-funds-presentation

Social Media Research: Kerry Finsand & Kelli Matthews

Portland Biz Alliance Cornerstone Conversations

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Thanks for inviting us! We're both happy to answer questions.

Kerry Finsand
@kfinsand
kerry@goseetell.com

Kelli Matthews
@kmatthews
kmatthew@uoregon.edu