Meetings & Events
Inland Northwest Multimedia Users Group will hold its Annual Brainstorm, on Thursday, Aug. 20, at the Sirti Building, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.inmug.org/index_trad.cfm.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a meeting, titled Home Based-Business Connection: Regroup, Recharge, Return, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside, from 8-9:30 a.m. For information, call Tate White at 321-3641.

Workshops & Seminars
Greater Spokane Incorporated will present a workshop, titled Finding Your Way to the GSA, to help suppliers navigate CSA procurement procedures, on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Online registration is at www.greaterspokane.org.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a workshop for the building industry on the GSA Public Buildings Service, on Friday, Aug. 28, at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside, from 9:00 to noon. Online registration is at www.greaterspokane.org.



Washington State University's Small Business Development Center will hold a Real World Small Business Marketing Seminar on Thursday, Aug. 20, and again on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Sirti Building, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $99. Register online at www.wsbdc.org/training-calendar or call Cindy Doyl at 358-7890.



Inland Northwest Health Services, of Spokane, will hold an Adult Heartsaver CPR training course on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and again on Friday, Aug. 28, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S. Cowley, at 7:45 a.m. The cost is $35. For information, call 232-8138.



National Seminars Training Group, of Shawnee Mission, Kan., will present a workshop, titled Assertiveness Skills for Managers and Supervisors, on Aug. 28, at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $199. For information call 1-800-258-7246.

Conventions & Shows
Spokane Falls Northwest Indian Encampment & Pow Wow 2009

Aug. 28-29

Riverfront Park

Expected Attendance: 15,000



Pig Out in the Park 2009

Sept. 2-7

Riverfront Park

Expected Attendance: 50,000