Networking Opportunities

• GIS Day

• Attend a conference

• • Symposium by the Sea

  • Washington GIS Conference

  • NW Utility GIS User Group Meetup

  • Cartography Symposium

  • GIG Tech Session in Washington County

  • North America Cartographic Information Society (NACIS)

  • American Association of Geographers (AAG)

• Participate in a professional organization

• • Oregon and SW Washington URISA Chapter

  • OneURISA

  • Columbia River ASPRS

  • Society for Conservation GIS

Speakers and Lectures

• Women in Tech (PDXWIT)

• Science on Tap

• Science Pub

• USGS Lunchtime Seminars

Technical and Soft Skill Development

• Develop a project based on mutual interests and skills

• Offer your skills & services to a local non-profit

• Learn a new skill via open resources

• Enroll in an Esri MOOC

• Teach or share a skill

• Improve your public speaking and presentation skills

• Start your GISP application

• Research and/or apply to geography/GIS higher education

• Get your drone license

• • Prepare for the FAA’s Remote Pilot Certificate exam (14 CFR Part 107)

  • Take the exam at a local testing center.

More ideas on the back!

Learn About the Industry

• Job shadowing - Invite your mentee to work and vice versa

• Set-up informational interviews

• Volunteer to gain experience

• • National Map Corp

  • GIS Corp

  • Host a mapathon for Missing Maps

Professional Development

• GISDegree.org

• Resume and cover letter review

• Develop, update, or refine your portfolio

• Build a website to showcase your work with Wix or ArcGIS StoryMaps

• Develop a five-year plan

Project Ideas

• Submit an entry to ESRI’s StoryMap competition

• Submit an entry to ESRI’s Map Book

• Submit a poster for GIS in Action

• Build a custom tool

• Offer your skills and services to a local non-profit

Other Ideas (have fun and get to know each other!)

• Go out to lunch

• Go on a hike

• Attend the roller derby

• Attend pub trivia

• Take a walking tour

• Try a new food cart pod

Have an idea that’s not on this list? Let us know!

We can use ORURISA resources and network to help make your idea a reality!