Meeting Components

Networking, Dinner, Introductions, Presentation, Q&A, Resource Table, Show ‘n’ Sell, Lending Library

Meeting Format

Our dinner meeting is held on the 3rd Thursday of every month.

6:00 pm: Doors open, Networking, browse Library and Show ‘n’ Sell
6:30 pm: Socializing over Potluck Dinner
6:50 pm: Introductions and AHB Business
7:15 pm: Speaker/Presentation, includes discussion and Q&A
8:30 pm: Mingling, cleanup (a participatory activity)
9:00 pm: Meeting ends

Dress is casual. We are informal, but professional.

Dinner

Potluck.

Networking

AHB is a place to meet and mingle with other home business owners or prospective owners. Many long-term relationships, affiliations, new sources, and business have been derived from AHB’s conducive networking atmosphere. Don’t be surprised if you are asked to introduce yourself, as we go ’round the room, with your brief “elevator speech”! (Bring some business cards too, if you like.)

Resource Table

Free handouts, pertinent to home business owners or prospective owners, garnered from various sources.

Show ‘n’ Sell

A trade-show-style tabletop area for AHB members to display and share their goods and/or services.

Cost and RSVP

Currently, we are asking anyone who wishes to attend AHB’s in-person monthly meeting to contribute a food item to our evening potluck. We welcome self-employed folks based in the Portland area to come and experience an AHB meeting in person. Please RSVP to Board Secretary, Eric Norberg, at 503-232-2326 or via email President Nancy Chapin at [email protected].