Community Building
Business thrives when we help each other succeed.
What we achieved:
BBPDX hosted a series of three lively B2B workgroup sessions in February, May, and September, designed to facilitate access between members.
Our Summer Social in July was our biggest yet with more than 400 people in attendance including many key partner organizations and elected officials.
We ended the year with six new BBPDX Board Members and a total board of remarkable community leaders that grew in size from five members to 10. New board members include Hillary Barbour of Bugerville, Amy Jeffers of Boly Welch, Tamara Kennedy-Hill of Kennedy-Hill Strategies, Pamela Kislak of LEVER Architecture, Lev Tsypin of ThinkShout, and Tyler Bump of ECONorthwest.
Our Associate Board also experienced growth, bringing leadership training to the future leaders of our movement. Shannon Rasimas of Alchemy Code Lab and Patrick Ranspot of Heritage Bank serve as co-chairs of the nine-member Associate Board.
What we learned:
Portland is ready for a new kind of business organization and there are more opportunities for connection and growth than BBPDX has staff to handle.
What’s next:
BBPDX added a full-time operations and communications manager and part-time civic engagement manager in 2019 and are looking to bring on a full-time membership and engagement director early in 2020.