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Barack Obama is a master at grabbing and keeping his audience's attention, which is the number one goal of any public speaker. How does he do it? Here are five key lessons from Obama's rhetorical playbook.

Hybrids and small cars are the hot ticket in today's market, right? Wrong. On the other hand, the stampede continues, away from minivans, big pickups and SUVs and into cars and crossovers.

Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to keep cool.

 

 
 

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Wyden Unveils Historic Forest Health, Jobs Legislation
 
Oregon is one step closer to achieving a top priority of the Oregon Business Plan:  improving the health of our federal forests while creating jobs in rural Oregon communities.

Check out the coverage over at the Oregon Live
 
 http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/12/wyden_bill_aims_to_end_eastern.html
 
 
Upcoming Partner Events
 
NW Wind Industry Alliance SupplyChain Summit
Friday December 18, 2009
 
Wind power is increasinglyimportant to our region. But how do you take advantage of the growth?Identifying business opportunities is often difficult. Legislators havethreatened to reduce or cut off tax benefits and economic development funds(state and federal) are hard to secure. This roundtable can help answer thesequestions and get you connected with other key players in the wind industry:large and small.

Friday, December 18, 2009 7:30 AM  - 3:00 PM
Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach
Grand Ballroom
909 N. Hayden Island Drive
Portland, OR 97217
 
More information and registration:
http://www.nwenergysummit.com/home.php
 
 
NW Industrial EnergyEfficiency Summit For Industry Executives Wednesday January 20, 2010
 
 
The objective of the 2010 NW Industrial Energy EfficiencySummit (NW Summit) is to provide an annual executivelevel forum to foster the ongoingdevelopment and implementation of a collaborative, regional energy strategy thatwill sustain the vitality of the industrial manufacturing sector in theNorthwest. 
 
This one day summit will bring together leading decisionmakers from industry, government, utilities, associations and academia fromIdaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.  The NW Summit is a follow-up tothe U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program (ITP)hosted NW Industrial Energy Efficiency Summit that was held last February inPortland. The 2009 NW Summit was the second in a series of regional industrialenergy efficiency forums hosted by DOE in its efforts to establish thefoundations for a national commitment to reduce industrial energyintensity.  
 
 
More information and registration: http://nw-energy-summit.com/index.html
 
 
NW Food Processors Annual Trade Show and Conference
Jan. 17-20 2010
 
The Convention & Expo is held annually in Portland andattracts almost 4,000 food processing industry professionals from across thecountry.  In addition to featuring over 450 exhibitor booths, the event offersindustry-relevant education sessions with information and interesting speakersto encourage a broad-based attendance by food processor company personnel.
 
More information and registration: 
http://www.nwfpa.org/
 
 
 
NW AG Show andSeminars
January 26-28 2010
 
 
The NW Ag Show is the second largest agricultural show onthe West Coast, second only to the Tulare Farm Show.  It attracts over 200exhibitors from the Northwest, across the country, and around the world.  The show is produced by the NorthwestHorticultural Congress, which is a partnership between the Oregon HorticulturalSociety, the Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Northwest Nut GrowersAssociation.  The NW Ag Show is held in conjunction with annual MEETINGS &SEMINARS by all three of the Northwest Horticultural Congress groups.  
 
More information and registration:  http://www.nwagshow.com/ 
 
 
Have events related to an Oregon Business Planinitiative or an Oregon industry cluster? Send them to Jeremy Rogers.
 
Since 2002 the OregonBusiness Plan has provided the strategic framework for Oregon'sbusiness and elected leaders, working together, to strengthen Oregon'seconomy.
 
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