Meetings & Events



The Inland Northwest chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold its September chapter meeting on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The topic will be Discovering Your Strengths. The cost is $39 for members and $54 for others. To register, email reservations@nawbonw.org or call 731-3309.



Connect Northwest will hold its 2013 Investment Capital Forum on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the Grand Pennington Ballroom at the Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. The cost is $75. For information and to register, go to connectnw.org.



Marketing Associates of Spokane will hold a Healthcare Development Panel on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $20 for members and $30 for others. To register by Monday, Sept. 16, go to maspokane.org.



The National Association of Women in Construction will hold its September membership meeting on Monday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m., at E.J.'s Garden Bistro in Brown's Addition, 1928 W. Pacific. The cost is $20 for dinner. RSVP to ardy@moserheat.com.



Acute Care Education and Washington State University College of Nursing will hold its 15th Annual Thelma L. Cleveland Visiting Scholar Event, National Health Policy: Impact, Opportunities and Challenges on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 5 p.m., at the Davenport Hotel in the Marie Antoinette Ballroom, 10 S. Post. Dr. Deborah Trautman, executive director for the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation, will give a presentation examining the impacts, opportunities, and challenges facing the nation's health care providers as a result of implementing national health policy changes through the Affordable Care Act. The cost is $60 per person and $420 per table of eight. For information, go to nursing.wsu.edu. RSVP at wsunursing2013.eventbrite.com.



The Spokane chapter of the Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance will hold its September general meeting on Thursday, Sept.19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $25 and includes dinner. To register, email reservations@aswa4.org.



Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections breakfast on Friday, Sept. 20, at 7 a.m., at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. Grant Forsyth, chief economist at Avista Corp., will present the Mid-Year Economic Update. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for others. To register, go to spokanevalleychamber.org.



The U.S. Chamber, Operation Spokane Heroes, and several community supporters will hold a free Hiring Our Heroes Career Fair at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana, on Friday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an employment workshop from 9 to 10 a.m. The job fair is for all veterans, active military, guard/reservists, and their families. For information and to register, go to hiringourheroes.org.



A group of independent trainers will hold an Inland Northwest Training Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at CenterPlace Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery, in Spokane Valley. The fair will offer samples of local business trainers and seminars. The cost is $10. For information and to register, go to inwtrainingfair.com.



Greater Spokane Incorporated's BizStreet program and Numerica Credit Union will hold BizStreet: Defining & Targeting Your Audience on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m. at 801 W. Riverside. Sara Desautel and Emily Easley, both of Desautel Hege Communications, will speak. The cost is $20 for members and $35 for others. To register, go to greaterspokane.org.



Spokane Area Workforce Development Council will hold a Pathways to Apprenticeship event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spokane Ironworkers Local 14, 16610 E. Euclid, in Spokane Valley. The cost is $50. To register, go to http://conta.cc/15UD0Gg.



Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance will hold a Legislative Aerospace Roundtable on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 11:30 a.m., at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. The event will educate members and the aerospace community about the Legislature's progress with issues important to the aerospace industry and will feature legislators from Eastern Washington. The cost is $50 for members and $75 for others and includes lunch. For information, email contact@pnaa.net or call 425-885-0290.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold Business After Hours on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Liberty Lake Portal, 23403 E. Mission. The event is free for members and $10 for others. To register, go to greaterspokane.org.



Workshops & Seminars



The Washington State Small Business Development Center will hold a Ready, Set, Export! seminar on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 17 and 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the WSBDC Export Readiness Center, 1235 N. Post. The cost is $99. The WSBDC also will hold a free Career Alternatives in Franchise Ownership workshop on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Small Business Development Center, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Ste. 201. Register at wsbdc.org/training-calendar, and for information email cdoyl@wsu.edu or call 358-7890.



The Spokane City/County Historic Preservation Office will hold an Up to Code: Using Building and Energy Codes to Solve Code Challenges in Historic Buildings workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. Architect Marilyn Kaplan of Preservation Architecture, of Albany, N.Y., will present the workshop. The cost is $25 and includes lunch. For information and to register, go to aiaspokane.org/events.



SCORE will offer the following training workshops: Small Business Marketing and Sales on Wednesday, Sept. 18, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and Social Media for Small Business 101, from 1 to 3 p.m.; and Quickbooks Financial Management, Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. The cost for each of the workshops is $40 pre-registered, $50 at the door, and $15 for an additional person from the same company. To register and for information, call SCORE at 353-2821 or go to ScoreSpokane.org.



Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest will hold OSHA 10-Construction Training Course on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19 and 20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $150 for members and $175 for others. Associated Industries also will hold an Affirmative Action Compliance-New Challenges workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The cost is $85 for members and $140 for others. A.I. also will hold a Case Law Update workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $100 for members and $150 for others. The workshops will be held at Associated Industries, 1206 N. Lincoln. To register or for information, call 326-6885 or go to aiin.com.



ActionCOACH Spokane will hold a GrowthCLUB workshop on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Center Place, 2426 N. Discovery Place. The cost is $500 for the first person and $100 for each additional team member. For information and to register, go to www.actioncoachspokane.com or call 455-5053.



Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Woman Owned Small Business Certification workshop on Friday, Sept. 27, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For information, go to greaterspokane.org or call 321-3651.