As a leader and manager, do you struggle with balancing conflicting personalities on your team? Do you sometimes feel you're fighting an uphill battle to stay productive and efficient in your work or team? Are you planning for succession? These are just a few concerns local leaders like yourself can tackle at the Leadership Summit: RISE to Your Potential management training bootcamp. Unlike other inspirationally-focused leadership workshops, you will walk away from this training with actionable tools, new skills, and a wider network of peers leveling up their management and leadership skills. Successful businesses are led by excellent leaders. Invest in building these skills and watch your profits and employee satisfaction grow. Immediately following the summit is the Women Business Leader, Leader of the Year award ceremony presented by Northwest Community Credit Union. A ticket to this ceremony is complimentary with a Leadership Summit ticket or Season Pass. We will be honoring the achievements of Women Business Leaders in our community who demonstrate the skills and attributes noted throughout the Summit. Conference Agenda: 8:00-8:30am Coffee & Attendee Check-in 8:30am-3:00pm Core Leadership Conference Opening Keynotes from Amy Norton and Andrew Robinson Into Thin Air: A New Altitude Awaits You Breakout 1: Discover Your Leadership […]

Virtual: Register to Receive Virtual Attendance Link In this seminar, we'll learn how to adjust the language we use to describe our business ventures based on audience. Attendees will select a track for an in-depth look at either giving a business pitch or writing a grant. Charla Triplett, Co-founder and Managing Director of Suncoast Ventures and President of Catalyze, will help us find our investor mindset. We'll learn from Charla, who is an active seed investor, what funders are looking for in your pitch, and we'll share tips on how to tell a startup story that can attract the right funding partners. Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni, Senior Director of Strategic Research Initiatives at the University of Oregon, will offer an overview of grant writing and development with a specific focus on grants for research business development and innovation. We'll learn from Kate how to approach grant writing, understanding persuasive writing, and writing for reviewers. Attendees will come away with knowledge of grantspersonship, effective grant writing practices, and how to best work productively with funding agencies. About the Speakers: Charla Triplett, Co-founder and Managing Director of Suncoast Ventures and President of Catalyze Charla Triplett has over twenty years of experience bridging the gaps between […]

Free coffee and great company every month. There is something about meeting over coffee that sparks good ideas and great networking. Join us every third Thursday of the month from 9am-10am at the Innovation Hub @ 942 Olive Street for coffee and conversation. After brief introductions, local entrepreneurs, mentors, small biz owners and others will have the chance to meet and network. Anyone is welcome to attend; no registration is required and make sure you invite a friend! Discover one of the events that helped launch the Eugene area startup eco-system. *Note that this is a meetup where we are trying to connect startups with others who can help them. This is not a 'leads' networking event. If you are a service provider looking for clients, this is not the place to do it. ABOUT ONWARD EUGENE: Onward Eugene unites regional partners — mobilizing rebuilding efforts to fully realize our regions shared potential for expansive and inclusive prosperity. Bringing together support for startups, business expansion, regional marketing and business recruiting initiatives. Onward Eugene is a force multiplier in the creation of economic resilience. A 501(c)3 nonprofit. Onward's entrepreneurial programs are made possible with the support of EDA funding and Comcast […]

Transforming Team Communication A lot of factors go into a high performing team, but none is more important than communication. This Bootcamp introduces participants to the key components of effective communication on teams. Participants can expect learn how to: Take their team to another level of performance Communicate in a way that they understand others and feel understood Identify practical skills they can use to deepen engagement with the people they lead Your team is only as strong as their ability to communicate. Join this Bootcamp to take you and your team to the next level. This is 3-part Bootcamp held on 4/20/23, 5/4/23 and 5/18/23. Each Bootcamp is held at the Innovation Hub at 942 Olive Street in Downtown Eugene, from 10:30 am to 12 pm. We have scholarships available to cover the entire cost of the Bootcamp!  If you identify as any of the following please contact nicoled@onwardeugene.org about a scholarship :  historically marginalized and underserved communities  people of color  women  rural communities  veterans  the disability community  people with low incomes A limited number of scholarships are available, so be sure to ask nicoled@onwardeugene.org ASAP!