Rooms
The recurring meetings, the evening events and the conferences that make up business networking in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Formats, hours, cost, and what each one is actually for.
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Oregon
Coffee at seven thirty
The standing morning group runs on a fixed hour, a fixed room and about fourteen people. What the hour is actually for.
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Northwest
The ninety-second introduction
Every room runs a round of introductions. Ninety seconds is long enough to be remembered and short enough to be survived.
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Northwest
After hours is a different room
Evening events draw a different set of people than morning ones, for reasons that have little to do with the program.
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Idaho
A room in Boise
The Treasure Valley runs on a smaller and more connected set of rooms than Portland metro, with consequences in both directions.
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Northwest
What happened to the virtual room
Video expanded the reach of these organisations and reduced the depth, and depth was the thing most members were paying for.