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Blogger Dinner in Portland this Thursday

July 16th, 2007 | Category: Events

I’ll be in Portland later this week at the Internet Strategy Forum. I’ll be interviewing some of the speakers on video, to ask them about the current trends for corporate websites, be sure to tune in.

On Thursday night, we’ll be having a blogger dinner that’s now hosted by Jive Software, and Intel Software Network (via buddy Josh Bancroft) in Portland. If you can make it, I hope to see you there. What’s a sponsored dinner like? This means that the sponsor pays for a lot of the food and drink (in this case all of it) but the focus is still on the community. There are never hard pitches or hard demos, this is about people meeting people. Have you read my post on having a succesful community event? These guys all get it, so don’t feel bashful.

I know quite a few folks who live in Portland, want to know something ironic? They all say they rarely get together, just when folks from the bay area come up and organize events. That’s weak. In the bay area there are at least 5 events related to tech every day.

Please spread the word to any of your Portland friends, this will be a friendly community event.

You can register for the event on Upcoming.

5 Comments so far

  1. Intel® Software Network Blogs » Blog Archive » Blogger Dinner with Scoble in Portland this Thursday July 19 July 17th, 2007 3:00 pm

    […] Jeremiah has a post up about the event, and created a page for it on Upcoming. Check out the details there, and RSVP if you’re coming, so we have an idea about how much food and drink to get. The address is 317 SW Alder Suite 500, Portland, OR, and there are detail directions on the Upcoming event page. […]

  2. Thomas July 17th, 2007 9:22 pm

    Sweet - an event in my area that I can actually attend. I am looking forward to meeting you and Robert, and connecting with some of the other bloggers in the area.

    I am relatively new to blogging, so it will be nice to actually meet some bloggers here locally.

  3. Thomas - Technical Blogger Attending Blogger Dinner in Portland this Thursday « July 17th, 2007 11:34 pm

    […] Dinner in Portland this Thursday July 17th, 2007 — Thomas Jeremiah Owyang has a post Blogger Dinner in Portland this Thursday 7/19, about a dinner for Bloggers sponsored by Jive Software. I will be attending my […]

  4. Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Why bother measuring Social Media? July 18th, 2007 7:06 am

    […] Lastly, I hope to see you at the blogger dinner this Thursday in Portland. […]

  5. Jeremiah Owyang July 20th, 2007 6:33 am

    This event was a success, the wrap up is here

    http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/07/20/portland-tech-community-comes-together-at-blogger-dinner-july-19th-2007/

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