Portland Social Media

Twitter Updates for 2007-10-31

• 5.6 earthquake located near San Jose..geesh, biggest one I’ve been in #
• The earthquake was located on the Calaveras Fault. http://tinyurl.com/3dar8c #

Ignite Portland

Ignite Portland
www.igniteportland.com
Thursday, October 25th, 6-9pm
Wieden+Kennedy (224 NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR)

Ignite is coming to Portland! Share burning ideas.

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers. Topics range all over the map - from straight-up tech to creative arts to hobbies to general knowledge topics. Ignite Portland on October 25th will the first in an ongoing series of Ignite events in Portland and we invite you to be part of it.

We have a confirmed date and venue for the first Ignite Portland event! Thursday, October 25, 2007, at Wieden+Kennedy (224 NW 13th Ave, Portland, OR) from 6PM to 9PM, and is free for all. The W+K space is amazing - many thanks to Renny Gleeson and everyone at W+K for being willing to host the event.

If you’re interested in getting a taste of Ignite, take a look at the talk “How to Buy a New Car” by Rob Gruhl at Ignite Seattle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPor5b7JLLE

We need your help to make Ignite Portland a fantastic event. Here’s what you can do…

1) If you plan to attend, please add yourself to the Ignite Portland Upcoming page as an attendee. This will help us get a more accurate attendance count and plan accordingly for food and drinks:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/265888/

2) Forward this blog post on to people that may have an interest in attending, blog it, Twitter it, invite your Facebook friends, however you connect on the Internet! As we have done little marketing of the event (so far), assume that your local social network doesn’t know about it yet. All are invited - this is not a tech-specific event, although many of the presentations will likely be tech-related (some will not - as the example talk above represents).

3) Grab the promotional graphic from the right nav of the Ignite Portland web site, add it to your own site or blog, with a link back to Ignite Portland. You can also just point to the promotional graphic using HTML:

http://www.igniteportland.com/wp-content/uploads/igniteportland102007.gif

4) Are you interested in being a presenter? Add you idea to the Ignite Portland Presenters page as a blog comment, as we will be reviewing idea submissions shortly:

http://www.igniteportland.com/want-to-present/

5) Help identify sponsors. Intel and Jive Software are already on-board as sponsors, and W+K, of course, providing the venue. We are looking for additional sponsors to cover food, drinks, and signage. This is a not for profit event. 100% of sponsor dollars are for printing and refreshment costs.

We hope to see you at Ignite Portland! It’s going to be a blast.

Jive Show and Tell Dinner

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Jive Software
317 SW Alder St Ste 500
Portland, Oregon

Jive is releasing a new version of Clearspace with what we think are some really cool improvements on Thursday, September 13th. We thought it might be fun to invite the Portland blogging, podcasting, and influencer community in for a sneak peak. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Jive’s Agenda:

* We get to do a demo of our new Clearspace release
* We’re happy to answer questions about our new VC investment from Sequoia, about our job openings, or any other topics.

What You Get:

* Free food & drinks
* The ability to blog, podcast, etc. about these new features 2 days before the official release
* Time to ask questions about Jive Software

How to Get Here:
The Jive Software Office is on SW Alder between 3rd & 4th. Parking is available in a nearby parking garage, and it is short walk from the Max / bus lines. Directions: http://www.jivesoftware.com/company/contact.jsp

Portland Grassroots Media Camp

Are you interested in learning more about the tools and skills needed to create your own media? Well, to those ambitious enough to answer yes, and who have time free this weekend, you should check out the Portland Grassroots Media Camp scheduled for August 24th - 26th here in Portland. The planners of the event are planning for a weekend of hands-on skills training and workshops designed to make media creation more accessible. The workshops are open to the public and FREE.

The workshops cover a wide variety of topics like:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Comics 101
• Creating a Webpage Using HTML
• Podcasting
• Digital Editing: Working With Short Interviews
• Imovie Boot Camp
• How to Create a Blog
• Different Methods of Audio Production
• Oral Histories—Interviewing Techniques
• The Basics of Silkscreening
• Writing a Press Release
• United Voices ZINE: Early Process and Peer Editing
• Setting Up a Press Conference

The Portland Grassroots Media Camp blog just posted a workshop schedule (pdf). Workshops will take place at seven venues spread across town, so check to see which venue is closest to you.

Class space is limited. To ensure a space for you is available, please RSVP. To RSVP, leave a message at (503) 236-7916 or send an email to bolivarianmedia(at)gmail.com with your name, phone number, email, organization, and the classes you would like to take in order of preference. Need translation for a class? Let us know in advance and we will try to have a translator of your language.

inVerge 2007

During September 6th - 7th the inVergence Conference will take place at the Gerding Theater in the Pearl. As described on their website, “inVerge 2007 is an immersive 2 to 4-day experience…[it] focuses on emerging interactive convergence [invergence] dynamics manifesting as various global business trends including: media platform integration, brand integration, collective intelligence, participatory culture and mass collaboration”.

Invergence. It’s a new word. I’ve never heard of it. So I recommend you read up their blog post describing the ethos and spirit behind invergence. In short, the conference is about digital technology and how we interact with it and each other.

Once inside the conference, you can expect it to be run unlike a typical conference. All attendees will be present in one space for each confirmed speaker. Those in attendance will be able to give immediate feedback to the speaker through the use of these vintage and aptly named Perception Analyzers. No, they won’t read your mind or aid in the reading of others

Registration fees to attend inVerge 2007 start at $595. But, this registration fee also gives you access to two other amazing events happening in Portland; PICA’s Time-Based Art festival and MusicFestNW! Join inVerge’s email list to find out when tickets to this innovative tech conference go on sale.