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| Events | ProfessionallySpeaking hosts two monthly events for men and women in the business and professional community, one on the westside, and one in downtown Portland. These are early-morning informal presentations with time for questions & answers, as well as small group discussion. Complimentary continental breakfast is provided. |
| Times and Locations |
Westside
events begin at 6:30am at Monteaux's Public House in Beaverton. Maps and directions here |
| Complimentary Breakfast |
Continental breakfast is provided at both events free of charge. RSVP is encouraged to help provide for all guests. |
Future Events
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westside Thursdays, 6:30 - 7:30 AM Monteaux's Public House, Beaverton map |
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downtown Thursdays, 6:45 - 7:45 AM Red Star Roast House, Portland map |
Past Events
| December, 2011 Downtown |
“Wealth in Families - Preserving your Human, Intellectual, Social & Financial Capital” Pat Reser, Educator, Co-owner, Reser's Fine Foods |
| December, 2011 Westside |
“How Your Impact Can Outperform Your Title” Patty Ross, Senior Director, Global Product Process Innovation, Nike, Inc. |
| November, 2011 Westside |
“Nike Better World - Projects Roosevelt High School and Haiti” Wilson W. Smith, Creative Catalyst - within the Zoo, Nike, Inc. |
| November, 2011 Downtown |
“Driving Productivity through Vision” David Andersen, President, Andersen Construction Company |
| October, 2011 Westside |
“Vantage Point - Employee Engagement Lessons from the Gridiron” Pat Intraversato, Founder and Director, Head Coach, Iron Coaching |
| September, 2011 Westside |
“Wealth in Families - Preserving your Human, Intellectual, Social and Financial Capita” Pat Reser, Educator, Co-Owner , Reser's Fine Foods |
| September, 2011 Downtown |
“Mentoring as a Career Development Tool” Bill Lattin, Retired, Vice President, Intel Corp. |
| May, 2011 Downtown |
“The Five Keys to Leadership - Important Lessons from my Leadership Journey” Judi Johansen, President, Marylhurst University |
| May, 2011 Westside |
“How to Stay Grounded When Up in the Air - Avoiding the potholes and pitfalls of corporate life” Robert W. Noack, Managing Director, Aequitas Capital Management |
| April, 2011 Westside |
“The Challenge of Balancing Marriage/Personal & Professional Life” Skip and Barb Centioli, , |
| April, 2011 Downtown |
“Motivating Excellence through Love” Mike Yonker, Director of Finance, Strategic Planning and Costing for Global F, Nike |
| March, 2011 Westside |
“iPads, Information, and Innovative Communication Strategies - They're about to change your life!” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises, Ltd. |
| February, 2011 Westside |
“Success in Business and in Life” Keith Gibson, President & CEO, Integrity Logistics |
| January, 2011 Downtown |
“Vantage Point - Relationship Lessons from a Football Field” Pat Intraversato, Founder and Director, Head Coach, Iron Coaching |
| January, 2011 Westside |
“Leadership Lessons From A Rancher - 18 Key Characteristics for Todays Leaders” Ben C. Ochs Ph.D. , President, Palmeau & Associates, LLC |
| December, 2010 Downtown |
“Microenterprise Development - What is it and does it help alleviate poverty?” Jeff Grubb, Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director, Wells Fargo Mountain Northwest Region |
| November, 2010 Westside |
“Mentoring” Jeff Bartlett, Vice President, Bradson Technology Professionals |
| October, 2010 Downtown |
“Pleased but not Satisfied - How to Win in Business and in Life” Pat Reiten, President, Pacific Power @ Pacific Corp |
| October, 2010 Westside |
“Engagement and Mutual Exchange - Life Lessons Gained fromTeaching Children with Autism” G. Robert Buckendorf Ph.D., CCC-SLP, President and CEO , Buckendorf Associates, LLC |
| September, 2010 Downtown |
“Confidence: Two Roads Diverge” Ben C. Ochs Ph.D., President, Palmeau & Associates, LLC |
| September, 2010 Westside |
“Three Key Questions for a Frantic Family - Restoring Sanity to the most Important Organization in your Life” Skip Centioli, Retired corporate trainer, Nike, HSBC |
| June, 2010 Westside |
“Driving Productivity through Vision” David L. Andersen, President, Andersen Construction Company |
| May, 2010 Westside |
“Making the International Case for Servant Leadership” Marshall Christensen Ph.D., former President of Warner Pacific College, Founder of Co-Serve International |
| May, 2010 Downtown |
“Cutting-edge Communications Research - How Entertainment Education can Increase Effectiveness” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises, Ltd. |
| April, 2010 Westside |
“Take Care of Yourself” Poppy Smith, Professional Speaker, Author and Mentor, |
| April, 2010 Downtown |
“Take Care of Yourself” Poppy Smith, Professional Speaker, Author and Mentor, |
| March, 2010 Westside |
“Use Fun to Grow your Funds - How Entertainment Education can Increase Effectiveness” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises, Ltd. |
| March, 2010 Downtown |
“The Lost Art of Forgiveness” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises, Ltd. |
| February, 2010 Westside |
“Lincoln on Leadership” Robin Baker Ph.D., President, George Fox University |
| January, 2010 Downtown |
“Money and Well Being” Debbie Senestraro, CPA, |
| January, 2010 Westside |
“Money and Well Being” Debbie Senestraro, CPA, |
| December, 2009 Westside |
“Setting your course - The Value of Creating a Life Map” Pat Intraversato, Founder and Head Coach, Iron Coaching |
| December, 2009 Downtown |
“Emotional Intelligence - 2 - Creating Self-Awareness” Tracy M. Smith, President and CEO , Inhance Tools for Organizational Effectiveness |
| November, 2009 Westside |
“The Concept of Talent - How to Become Better at What you Do” Skip Centioli, retired Corporate Trainer, Nike and HSBC |
| November, 2009 Downtown |
“Change Will Happen - Can we manage it?” A.G. (Bud) Lindstrand, retired CEO, ODS Health Plans |
| October, 2009 Downtown |
“Ethics in the Workplace - The Real Issue at a Practical Level: Courage” Mark Ganz, President and CEO, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon |
| October, 2009 Westside |
“The Five Keys to Leadership - Important Lessons from my Leadership Journey” Judi Johansen, President, Marylhurst University |
| September, 2009 Downtown |
“The Concept of Talent - How to become better at what you do” Skip Centioli, retired Corporate Trainer, Nike and HSBC |
| September, 2009 Westside |
“Pleased but not Satisfied - How to Win in Business and in Life” Pat Reiten, President, Pacific Power at PacifiCorp |
| June, 2009 Downtown |
“Community Service - Character-building and career-building” Mark Forker, Executive Director, Willamette West Habitat for Humanity |
| June, 2009 Westside |
“The Pursuit of Success” Marshall Stevens, Founder/former President/CEO, Oil Can Henrys |
| May, 2009 Westside |
“Confidence: Two Roads Diverge” Ben Ochs Ph.D., President , Palmeau & Associates, Inc. |
| May, 2009 Downtown |
“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” Bill Lattin Ph.D., Retired Executive, Intel, Logic Modeling |
| April, 2009 Downtown |
“Overcoming the Challenges of Recognizing and Rewarding People - Increasing performance through recognition and rewards” Skip Centioli, , |
| April, 2009 Westside |
“Mentoring as a Career Development Tool” Bill Lattin Ph.D., Retired Executive, Intel, Logic Modeling |
| March, 2009 Downtown |
“National and Local Politics - Where Do We Go from Here?” Michael J. Riley APR, President and Research Director, Riley Research Associates |
| March, 2009 Westside |
“My Life with Eli - Sharing Special Experiences” Bruce Kerr, CEO, The Partner's Group |
| February, 2009 Westside |
“Emotional Intelligence - Creating Self-Awareness” Tracy Smith, President and CEO, Inhance - Tools for Organizational Effectiveness |
| February, 2009 Downtown |
“Passion and Balance in Work and Life” Jeff Grubb, Executive Vice President and Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo Private Client Services |
| January, 2009 Westside |
“Change Will Happen - Can we Manage It?” A.G. Bud Lindstrand, Retired CEO, ODS Health Plans |
| January, 2009 Downtown |
“The Lost Art of Communication - How to listen and how to get others to listen to you” G. Robert Buckendorf PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist and Manager, Buckendorf Associates LLC |
| December, 2008 Downtown |
“Managing Stress and Anxiety at Work” Rick Coulson, Senior Fellow, Director, Storage Technologies Group, Intel Corp. |
| December, 2008 Westside |
“A Professional Analysis of the 2008 Election” Michael J. Riley APR, President and Research Director, Riley Research Associates |
| November, 2008 Downtown |
“My Experience with The Myths and Truths of Leadership” Ron King, President and CEO, Western Family |
| November, 2008 Westside |
“Motivating Excellence Through Love” Mike Yonker, Director of Finance, Strategic Planning & Costing for Global Foo, Nike |
| October, 2008 Westside |
“Overcoming the Challenges of Recognizing and Rewarding People - - A simple approach to increasing performance through recognition” Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer, Nike, HSBC |
| October, 2008 Downtown |
“Transition - Living the Second Half of your Life on Purpose” Pat Reser, retired educator and co-owner, Reser's Fine Foods |
| September, 2008 Downtown |
“Sex and Power in the Workplace” Poppy Smith, International author, speaker, and mentor, |
| September, 2008 Westside |
“Overcoming the Challenges of Recognizing and Rewarding People 1 - A simple approach to increasing performance through recognition” Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer, Nike, HSBC |
| June, 2008 Downtown |
“The Spirit of Leadership” Malcolm F. Marsh, U.S. District Judge, |
| June, 2008 Westside |
“Community Service - Character-Building & Career-Building” Mark Forker, Executive Director, Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Oregon |
| May, 2008 Downtown |
“The Hard and Soft Sides of Managing People - A Case Study Approach on Ray Hickey” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises, Inc. |
| May, 2008 |
“Leadership that Matters” Mark Reed, President, HighGround Group |
| April, 2008 Downtown |
“Difficult Conversations - Ensuring that even tough conversations are successful.” Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer, Nike, HSBC |
| April, 2008 Westside |
“Sex and Power in the Workplace” Poppy Smith, Professional Speaker and Author, |
| March, 2008 Westside |
“Making Your Mark” Bruce Kerr, CEO, Partners Group |
| February, 2008 Westside |
“The Lost Art of Communication - How to listen and how to get others to listen to you” G. Robert Buckendorf PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist and Manager, Buckendorf Associates, LLC |
| January, 2008 Westside |
“The China Experience - American Business Opportunities and Challenges” Bob Li, Director of Strategic Planning, Data I/O |
| December, 2007 Westside |
“Looking in the Rear View Mirror - 35 Years of Leadership” Nancy Wilgenbusch Ph.D., President, Marylhurst University |
| November, 2007 Westside |
“Ethics in the Workplace - The Real Issue at a Practical Level: Courage” Mark Ganz, President and CEO, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon |
| October, 2007 Westside |
“Difficult Conversations” Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer, Nike and HSBC |
| September, 2007 Westside |
“Honoring your Passion” Stu Hall, President and CEO, Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp |
| June, 2007 Westside |
“Transition: Living the Second Half of your Life on Purpose” Pat Reser, Retired educator and co-owner, Reser's Fine Foods |
| May, 2007 Westside |
“Reflections from a 35 year Career” Steve Pratt, Chairman & CEO, ESCO |
| April, 2007 Westside |
“Dealing with Job Loss - Watch out for blind corners - you might just run into an opportu” Daniel R. Russell, CEO, PowerMand, former V.P., Sales and Marketing Group ,Intel |
| March, 2007 Westside |
“Career Development Plus” Bill Lattin Ph.D., Retired Vice President, Intel Corp. |
| February, 2007 Westside |
“More about the Myths and Truths of Leadership” Ron King, President & CEO, Western Family |
| January, 2007 Westside |
“A Whole New Mind - Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age” Mike Collins CFP , Financial Consultant, |
| November, 2006 Westside |
“The Lost Art of Forgiveness” Steve Halliday, President, Hothouse Enterprises |
| October, 2006 Westside |
“Investing for Rising Income” Brian Wheeler, Investment Representative, Edward Jones |
| September, 2006 Westside |
“Givers and Takers” Jeffrey T. Grubb, Exec. VP & Regional Managing Director, Wells Fargo Private Client Services |
| June, 2006 Westside |
“Making Your Life Count Personally, Professionally and Beyond” Serena Morones CPA, ABV, ASA, , Morones Young Valuations |
| May, 2006 Westside |
“Stress and Anxiety in the Workplace - Revisited” Rick Coulson, Fellow, Intel Corp. |
| April, 2006 Westside |
“The Power of Full Engagement ” Skip Centioli, Retired corporate trainer, Nike and HSBC |
| March, 2006 Westside |
“Living Lives that Empower Others ” Nancy Willgenbusch Ph.D., President, Marylhurst University |
| February, 2006 Westside |
“The Magic of Relationships in Career Development” Allan Schrader, President and CEO, LightSpeed |
| January, 2006 Westside |
“Overcoming the Challenges in Life Personally and Professionally” Mike Holzgang, Senior Vice President, Colliers International |
| December, 2005 Westside |
“Living in the Tornado” Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President, Intel |
| November, 2005 Westside |
“The Spirit of Leadership” Malcolm F. Marsh, Judge, United States District Court |
| October, 2005 Westside |
“My Experience with the Myths and Truths of Leadership” Ron King, President & CEO, Western Family |
| September, 2005 Westside |
“Finding Your Occupational Sweet Spot ” John Bradley, President & CEO, IDAK Group |
| June, 2005 Westside |
“Business Ethics in the Twenty First Century - Can Ethics Be Legislated?” Chuck McClung, Partner, Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung and Stenzel, LLP |
| May, 2005 Westside |
“Mentoring the Leader of the Future” Patty Ross, Director of Global Customer Development and Sales Operations, Nike |
| April, 2005 Westside |
“Leadership - The Coach as a Role Model for Youth” Steve Coury, Football Coach, Lake Oswego High School |
| March, 2005 Westside |
“Organizational Change and Transition” Keith Gibson, President and CEO, Integrity Logistics |
| February, 2005 Westside |
“Passion and Balance in Work and Life” Jeff Grubb, Managing Director and Regional CEO, US Trust Company |
| January, 2005 Westside |
“A Professional Analysis of the 2004 Election” Michael J. Riley APR, President and Research Director, Riley Research Associates |
| December, 2004 Westside |
“Dealing With Adversity” Al Egg, Chaplain, Potland Trailblazers, Portland Beavers, PSU Footbal |
| November, 2004 Westside |
“Emotional Intelligence - Creating Self-awareness” Tracy Smith, President and CEO, Inhance Tools for Organizational Effectiveness |
| October, 2004 Westside |
“Discovering your Strengths” Skip Centioli, Corporate Trainer, HSBC |
| September, 2004 Westside |
“The Two Most Important Characteristics of a Successful Investor” Mike Collins, Financial Consultant, Unpublished |
| June, 2004 Westside |
“Making Relationships Work at Work” Steve Halliday, President, Crown Media, Ltd. |
| May, 2004 Westside |
“Offshore Outsourcing” John Harker, President and CEO, InFocus Systems |
| April, 2004 Westside |
“Developing Leadership in an At-Risk Community” Steve Johnson, Executive Director, Urban Sports |
| March, 2004 Westside |
“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” Bill Lattin, Retired Vice President, Intel Corp. |
| February, 2004 Westside |
“Managing Stress and Anxiety ” Rick Coulson, Fellow, Intel Corp. |
| January, 2004 Westside |
“Authority: How to give it, how to take it” Dan Russell, Vice President, Intel Corp. |
| December, 2003 Westside |
“Finding Financial Peace” Debbie Senestraro, CPA, owner, Change Maker |
| November, 2003 Westside |
“Just Say No to Copy-Wrongs - What everyone should know about Copyrights” Dave Petersen, Patent attorney, partner, Klarquist Sparkman LLP, Intellectual Property Law |
| September, 2003 Westside |
“The O.J. Simpson Case - Questions of Truth and Justice” Rod Englert, Chief Deputy (Retired) Forensics Expert, Multnomah County Sheriffs Office |
| June, 2003 Westside |
“Telling Stories through Art” Stephanie Gehring, Professional Writer/Artist, |
| May, 2003 Westside |
“Juggling demands of Faith, Family, and Work” Pat Gelsinger, Senior Vice President, Intel Corp. |
| April, 2003 Westside |
“40 years in the Investment World - What have I learned?” Wayne Ericksen, President and CIO, W.R. Ericksen & Associates LLC |
| March, 2003 Westside |
“The Inside Scoop on OSU Football” Matthis Gehring, Invited Walk-on/Redshirt Freshman, Oregon State University Football Team |
| February, 2003 Westside |
“Getting along with People - How to maintain healthy relationships at work” Dave Sunde , Professional Speaker, |
| January, 2003 Westside |
“Mentoring in Corporate America” Dick Bader, President and CEO, Acme Construction Supply |