Narwhal Law and Business Strategy is announcing 3 upcoming events. Our Learning with A Porpoise seminar series is designed to inspire, educate, and engage individuals passionate about nonprofit work, local business, leadership, and community impact.

1/14: Build the Ship Right: A 2026 Blueprint for New and Growing Businesses

1/28: Get Your Sh!t Together: Clarity, Accountability, and Growth in Business

2/18: Stay on the Good Side of the DOJ: What Nonprofits Need to Know

More coming soon! Read descriptions and register on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/narwhal-law-and-business-strategy-86998676433

About Narwhal:  We provide accessible, relationship-driven legal and strategic guidance to nonprofits, businesses, and community initiatives. https://www.narwhallawandbusinessstrategy.com/

Many of our Vets struggle, many of them with PTSD. Vetsrest has found a way to help them help others with therapeutic farm gardening. Please support Vetsrest in supporting our Vets https://vetrest.org/our-work/

If you livein Portland or own a business here, please act now.  Your voice is needed.

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Narwhal Law and Business Strategy is announcing 4 upcoming events. Our Learning with A Porpoise seminar series is designed to inspire, educate, and engage individuals passionate about nonprofit work, local business, leadership, and community impact.

7/30 - Your Small Team Deserves Benefits (Even if it's Just You)

8/6 - Who the Hell is Robert and What Are His Rules? (Robert’s Rules of Order for Nonprofit Board Meetings)

8/13 - Outsmarting AI Threats and Protecting Your Digital Self

8/20 - Leading Boldly Through Uncertainty: Decision Making Under Pressure

Register via Eventbrite to join us via Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/narwhal-law-and-business-strategy-86998676433


About Narwhal:  We provide accessible, relationship-driven legal and strategic guidance to nonprofits, businesses, and community initiatives. https://www.narwhallawandbusinessstrategy.com/

Today's youth are tomorrow's leaders. There are spots still available for youth from age 14 to 21 to attend for FREE the OAME 2025 Youth Entrepreneurship Conference “Building Tomorrow’s Leaders” this Thursday, July 31, 2025 7:30am – 4pm at the University of Oregon Portland Library and Learning Center

2800 NE Liberty St Portland, OR 97211

OAME’s Youth Entrepreneurship Conference provides training to youth between 14 and 21 years old. The Conference offers:

Intensive training – Learn the ins and outs of business from experienced coaches and mentors.

Business practices and discussion

Hands-on workshops – Master the skills you need to launch and manage your dream venture.

Basics of personal and business financing

Basics of marketing and sales

Fun and engaging activities – Games, contests, and prizes to keep things exciting!

Register here https://oame.org/youth-registration/

Sponsor here https://oame.org/partnership-registration/

Our future is bright when our youth are prepared to lead. Please forward this to anyone involved with youth in Oregon and SW Washington.

Portland City Council, please reconsider your police budget and law and order for all who work, live and visit here.

The Oregonian Editorial Board, your citizens and your business community sincerely ask your help on this timely, urgent and important reconsideration.

https://www-oregonlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025/06/editorial-a-19-million-budget-shift-that-portland-cant-afford.html?outputType=amp

I’m your Director from East Portland Chamber of Commerce Ron Schmidt 503-539-6817 Ron@ThePlanningGroup.ORG You can check all calendar events at EastPortlandChamberofCommerce.com. Let’s build together! 

INCREDIBLE!  You can get a FREE $150 OAME Luncheon Gala Ticket just by volunteering a little time in helping OAME run the Trade Show and Luncheon.

Other Benefits you will receive:

Meet hundreds if not thousands of others from a position of service and reason for meeting

Be appreciated by a powerful organization and its leadership.

Have the inside knowledge of a great trade show and what’s going on.

Receive a $150 ticket to attend the gala lunch and awards presentation of all the movers and shakers.  The keynote speaker happens to be the Oregon Secretary of State, the honorable Tobias Read!

First Come, First Serve, reach out to me to save a spot to serve or for more info!  Ron@ThePlanningGroup.Org

Save The Date

As a proud supporter of local small businesses, Chamber of Commerce members have access to special partner discounts every time they shop in Staples® stores, perfect for refreshing your marketing materials and restocking your workspace.

Why give just a Valentine's Card when you can give each other the ultimate love letter? (you know you two have been talking about getting your wills done, right?)

This Friday at 3PM Pacific we will be holding a Will Webinar you and your beloved can attend. Reach out to your HR department, your voluntary benefits broker or me for the Webinar Registration Link and the LegalShield Will Questionnaire that will help members putting your free custom will together.

Happy Valentine's! Your beloved will be amazed and moved that you thought to get this done.

#LastLoveLetter #ValentinesThatCounts theplanninggroup.org/will

While the Corporate Transparency Act judicial ping pong ball is now on the side of enforcement, it makes sense to just get it done. The key issues is who must do it and when do changes need to be filed. Here's the summaries from FinCen itself (note they are not updated on the most recent court decisions) https://www.fincen.gov/.../BOI_Small_Compliance_Guide.v1... The biggest exemptions are for non profits and for companies who have over 20 FT employees AND $5M domestic revenues. Our attorneys nationwide are available to our members at no cost www.BizPowerX2.com Attend our February 19 EPCC meeting to learn more from our Oregon SOS Small Business Omsbudsman Trevor Leahy on the subject.