Marion County, Oregon, is a verdant, vibrant area in the rural pocket between Portland and Salem. Attracting visitors with a handful of big events like the Tulip Festival and Oktoberfest, local leaders were ready to up the area’s game to go from I-5 pass-through to major tourism destination. They had successfully cultivated a shared commitment […]
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When travelers plan a trip to Oregon, their journey begins online. For businesses to attract these potential visitors, it is essential to make a strong first impression from website to social media, with complete information, compelling images, and positive reviews. Recognizing this need, Travel Oregon launched the Digital Marketing Boost Program, aimed at enhancing the
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You know those items on your goal list that you just can’t seem to achieve? Big confession: even this goal-getter has those insurmountable items that get stuck in goal purgatory. The biggest one that keeps getting pushed to next week, then next month, has been: Getting support for myself. Those of you with a service
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This spring, we had the pleasure of partnering with The Street Trust, a multimodal transportation advocacy organization based in the Portland Metro area, to revamp their strategic plan for the post-pandemic world. Sarah Iannarone, the organization’s interim executive director, had collaborated with Pregame in her role as director of First Stop Portland and as a
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Everything, from a granular level, is made of energy. Thus, the common denominator between every interaction we have in our life, all objects, plants, humans, and animals is an exchange of energy. When you eat a fish, for instance, you’re body harvests the energy from the meat, so in essence, you’re consuming everything the fish
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I feel like I am living life with an asterisk at the end of every sentence. When someone asks, “How are you doing?”, I want to respond, “I’m good* (*I was struggling this morning and am concerned about what may happen in a few hours, but right now… I’m good).” We are all living in
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#30Lessons30Years I turned 30 last month. To celebrate, I’m sending you 30 invaluable lessons I’ve learned along the way… 1. There’s No End, Only the Journey (01:00) 2. No One Knows What the F**k They’re Doing (1:45) 3. It Doesn’t Matter if You Have the Right Answer (2:02) 4. Conversations Are Proportional to Quality of
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