Networking Events For The Week Of 8/2/10

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This Week’s Events (Click read more for the full week):
Monday August 2nd, 11:45-1:00 at Boppin Bo’s Professional Connections group, the speaker will be Monique Bushnell on

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 7:30 – 9 a.m., Sponsor: Community Choices. Location: Beaches Restaurant and Bar, 1919 SE Columbia River Dr., Vancouver, 98661 A fast-paced morning networking event. If you want to become familiar with the GVCC membership, this is a good place to start. Facilitator leads introductions, sponsor presentation and small group breakout sessions. Perfect your 15 second elevator speech. Sponsor provides continental breakfast.  The month of August is free is anyone wanting to try Leads and Needs. You don’t have to be a chamber member. The Chamber is asking to preregister on line at the chamber website to get accurate counts.  Go to http://www.vancouverusa.com/ to register for the 4th and 18th events for Free.
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Wednesday August 4th from 5-7 PM Vancouver Business Networking Mixer is having a get together with Connect for Success Group at the Fireside Cafe located at 6709 NE 63rd st. Vancouver, WA 98661.  We will join the Clark County Live groups for a meet and greet from 5:00 to 7:00.There are about 70-80 people from those groups expected, and CFS group can make the total over 100. Contact Jodi Tripp for more information joditripp@comcast.net or Ron Fryer cfsnetworking@gmail.com.
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Wednesday August 4th, from 5:50 to 7:30 Young Professionals of Vancouver will meet at the Heathman Lodge, Address: 7801 NE Greenwood Drive. This is a free event and open to all young at heart. For more information http://youngprofessionalsofvancouver.blogspot.com/
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Thursday August 5th from 8 to 9 AM Member Focus Meeting will have Jodi Blackwood speaking about Dorenbacher Children’s Hospital. The location will be Umpqua Bank Hazel Dell 600 NE 99th Street, Vancouver.
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Thursday August 5th, 12 PM to 1 PM There is a free marketing seminar called Accessing your Natural Creative Abilities and Talents located at 953 Officers Row, Vancouver, WA 98661. Contact : Ronnie Noize for more information
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Thursday  August 5th from 12-1 p.m. The Clark County Association of Marketing Professionals (CCAMP) has just unveiled a twice-monthly series of educational seminars, announced Dave Blanchard, CCAMP president. The Ultimate Marketing Secrets Speaker Series will be held on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at the SoHo Marketing Institute, 953 Officers Row in Vancouver WA. The meetings are free and open to the public, but preregistration is strongly encouraged due to space limitations. To register, call 360-882-1298 or visit the MeetUp group online at http://www.meetup.com/Clark-County-Association-of-Marketing-Professionals  This week’s topic is  Creativity for Entrepreneurs Speaker: Herman Johnson. 
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Thirteen Downtown Vancouver art galleries and Vancouver’s Downtown Association will hold a free “Art in the Heart” community event in the city center on August 6 and 7. Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday Aug. 6 the public is invited to stroll from gallery to gallery as artists demonstrate their talents accompanied by live music. At 8:15, the crowd will make its way to Turtle Place at 7th Avenue and Main Street to enjoy a beer garden and a live performance by Seattle’s Hit Explosion on a stage sponsored by First Independent Bank. The artists will come back to the streets from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 7. For more information visit http://www.vdausa.org/.
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Saturday August 7th.  A new east Vancouver mail service business Print-n-Post is set to open at 9 a.m. Monday offering shipping and postal services and merchandise. The store’s husband-and-wife team owners, Phil and Kolleen Peterson of Brush Prairie, and Dion and Kristina Labadie of Vancouver, plan to host a grand opening with food, drawings and prizes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 7. The store is located a 6700 N.E. 162nd Ave.

Up Coming Events:
Tuesday August 17, 2010, 3:30 until you’re ready to go home
Location: Tri Mountain Golf Club, 1701 NW 299th St., Ridgefield, WA 98642. It’s summertime! Time to treat yourself to an informal golf outing. This is not a tournament. It’s an outing for women of all skill levels. It’s a place to practice your golf, spend a summer evening outside and meet other businesswomen. 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Registration, light refreshments, networking 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.: Golf clinic 6:00 p.m. Tee time (4 per team) Price includes golf clinic, 9 holes of golf and light refreshments. Sponsored by: Security Signs and HomeStreet Bank. Cost: $35 members; $45 non-members. Cart rental $6 per person (Optional). Limited to 50
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Thursday, August 19, 2010, 4 to 6 p.m. Location: TwinStar Credit Union, 8505 NE Vancouver Mall Drive, Vancouver, WA 98682 TwinStar invites you to their brand new branch, and the largest in Clark County to enjoy heavy appetizers, champagne, assorted non-alcoholic drinks, dessert and music. Ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. Free to all.
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Thursday August 19th from 5-8 PM is a Hooked at Columbia Springs Event! Join us for Play, Plates and Pours. Dunk the Mayor of Vancouver, ring toss to win bottles of wine. Wine Tasting, food from Local restaurants, live music & entertainment, bid on silent auction items and enjoy the beauty of the Columbia Springs grounds. $50.00 per person or $750.00 VIP packages available. For more information see http://www.columbiasprings.org/ or call 360 882 0936 X230.
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Thursday September 23rd is Pink Power in Vegas Baby. Kareen Mills of State Farm and Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation are having a fundraiser here locally.  See the website www.pinkpowersw.org for more information and to reserve your seat for an evening of fun!!!
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Friday, November 5, 2010 6:30-8:30 p.m. EOCF presents Pinot, Piano, and Panache at the Hilton Vancouver. Join us for an exciting evening, featuring: Live music by Grammy-nominated jazz musician Patrick Lamb A silent auction, A 100+ bottle wine wall, Several raffles, Appetizers …and more! Proceeds benefit EOCF’s programs: Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program, and HotShots Youth Sports.

Please note: No Speed Networking or bowling in July and August for the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. Also there will not be any CCA meetings in July or August!