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Guest Article by Ryan Lewis, Flagline Strategy & Opportunity Knocks Board Member In today’s fast-paced and fiercely competitive business landscape, the pursuit of increased company value has become paramount. As someone that has sold their business and been involved with several transactions, I am here to share insightful strategies that

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Developing Good Business and Management SkillsHiring and Developing the Best PeopleLearning from Others: Successes and FailuresOpportunity Knocks NewsSmall Business

In today’s highly competitive business landscape, partnering with the right businesses and organizations can play a significant role in the success of any entity. The right strategic partner can provide access to new and potential customers, increase revenue streams, boost business capabilities, and help build relationships and credibility within the

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About this Event It’s often the easiest thing to stop all marketing during a crisis and economic downturn, but the advertising you do today will change how people feel about your brand or business for years to come. Register here

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About this Event Bring your notebook and lunch and be prepared for a deep dive into self-discovery to find your passion and purpose. If you’re looking to start /change or take your career to the next level, start a new business/change it up, or to simply want to identify your

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Central Oregon television broadcast marketing leader, Michele O’Hara takes the helm at Opportunity Knocks. Bend, Ore. (August 19, 2019) Opportunity Knocks (OK), the premier leadership and organizational development group in Central Oregon, announced today that they have hired broadcast media marketing leader, Michele O’Hara, formally of Zolo Media & Central

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Greetings OK Community and friends! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!  Thank you for all you do to create a healthy, happy Central Oregon community! We have a lot of exciting events and opportunities on the horizon to share with you – including our next happy hour and annual event,

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Greetings OK Community and friends! We hope this finds you very well, happy and enjoying spring. Thanks to all of you who made it out to our March Happy Hour at Spoken Moto. Click the image to see more photos 🙂 June Happy Hour Are you curious about Opportunity Knocks?

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Happy Birthday Opportunity Knocks! Thank you all for a fun celebration of OK’s 20th Birthday at Rockin’ Dave’s Backstage Lounge last week! (Click the image here to view more party pics). Many thanks to Dave for hosting and preparing amazing appetizers, to Marisa Chappell Hossick for taking photos, and to our

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Greetings OK Community and friends! We hope this finds you very well, happy and enjoying an amazing summer. Here’s the stellar Opportunity Knocks Board of Directors at our last meeting – having fun, planning OK’s continuing growth, and celebrating our role as a vital resource for Central Oregon’s entrepreneurs, business

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Greetings OK Community!  Did you know April was National Volunteer Month? We wrapped up the month in fine form at a lunch with our facilitators last week. OK facilitators are some of the most brilliant and generous volunteers around! Thanks to all of them, we are able to offer valuable

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Greetings OK Community We hope you’re having a great spring so far full of learning and adventure! Save the date for Principles of Leadership with Dr. Rod Ray May 20th at the OSU Graduate Research Center from 9am to 1pm. This half-day course, presented by OK and OSU-Cascades, will be

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Greetings OK Community! Thank you all for a fantastic annual event. It was so much fun to celebrate the OK community together. This organization is full of brilliant minds and hearts! Meg Chun was a great MC, and Coby Horton of U.S. Bank and Jeremy Groh of Combined Communications had

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Opportunity Knocks Annual Celebration Event Greetings OK Community! Do you have your tickets for the Annual Celebration yet? The evening will include drinks, appetizers, the premiere screening of the new OK promotional video and a small silent auction to support our new scholarship program! If you’re interested in rubbing elbows

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Thank you for the gift of your participation in Opportunity Knocks. We wish you and yours a holiday season full of fun, rejuvenation, connection and love! Join us January 7 for Cocktails and Colleagues What: A fun hour of socializing with your OK community When: First Thursdays monthly from 4

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Happy fall, Dear OK Members! Many thanks to all of you who completed the members survey last month. Your feedback is invaluable as we continue to seek ways to refine the OK member experience. Please contact us any time with suggestions, concerns or input! We are honored that you choose OK as

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I am happy to announce that OK has received the ultimate donation from 18 talented business people from around Deschutes County. No, I’m not talking about the “ultimate donation” being a pile of cash; rather I’m referring to the commitment those 18 talented people have made to help OK as

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“All good things must come to an end”, we’re told, and once more that adage is proven as Susie Stevens moves on from her OK duties to the next phase of her life. Susie is leaving a solid imprint of enthusiasm, passion and caring upon OK’s culture, a legacy that those of

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Susie Stevens is moving on from her position as Opportunity Knock’s Facilitator Relations Director on September 1.  We’d like to thank her for her many years of service to the organization. Susie was a member of one of the first OK teams; she then became a facilitator; and she served as

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At Opportunity Knocks, we all are firm believers that entrepreneurs and strong organizations are the basis for healthy communities. We are thrilled that you and your business are a part of the Opportunity Knocks community! Your contribution to your teammates is what makes Opportunity Knocks and the Central Oregon business community

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Dear Opportunity Knocks Facilitators, Thank you all for the very warm welcome to Opportunity Knocks! For those of you I haven’t met in person yet, I’m happy to introduce myself as OK’s new Executive Director. I’m thrilled to be a part of such an incredible organization. I’ve currently visited four of

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