Meetings & Events



The Spokane chapter of the Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance will hold its general meeting on Thursday, July 18, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $25 and includes dinner. To register, email [email protected].



The National Association of Women in Construction group here will hold its membership meeting on Thursday, July 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Arbor Crest Winery, 4705 N. Fruit Hill, in Spokane Valley. The cost is $20. RSVP to [email protected].



Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections lunch on Friday, July 19, at 11:30 a.m., at Felts Field, 6105 E. Rutter, in the Northwest MedStar hangar. The program is about Northwest MedStar's emergency services. The cost is $30 for members and $40 for others. To register, go to spokanevalleychamber.org.



There will be a free Tribute to Tom Foley on Wednesday, July 24, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901W. Sprague. For information, call Rich Cowan at 981-4719 or Kent Adams at 216-0891.



Northwest Woman magazine will hold its free Spokane and North Idaho Power Woman Monthly Networking Event on Thursday, July 25, from 5 to 8 p.m., at NoLi Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent. For information, email [email protected].



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold Business After Hours and Chamber Night with the Spokane Indians on Thursday, July 25, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with the baseball game immediately following, at Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. The cost is $5 for members and $15 for others and includes a ticket for the game that night. For information and to register, go to greaterspokane.org.



Marketing Associates of Spokane will hold a free summer social on Thursday, July 25, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at GeoEngineers' offices at 523 E. Second. To register by Monday, July 22, go to maspokane.org.



The Spokane MarCom Association will hold its 2013 Summer Social on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 4 p.m., at The Lantern Tavern, 1004 S. Perry. The event is free for members and $5 for others. To RSVP, go to spokanemarcom.org/events.



Workshops & Seminars



Tincan, the nonprofit organization that uses information technology and interactive media for education and community development, will offer the following free technology training workshops: Online Job Searching, Thursday, July 18, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Internet Basics, Tuesdays, July 23 and 30, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Windows 7, Wednesday, July 24, from 4 to 5 p.m.; and Basic Video: Exporting and Uploading, Monday, July 29, from 4 to 5 p.m. Workshops will be held at 1317 W. Second. For information and to register, go to tincan.org.



The Washington State Small Business Development Center will hold a Ready, Set Export! introductory workshop on Thursday, July 18, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the WSBDC Export Readiness Center, 1235 N. Post. The cost is $25. WSBDC also will hold a free Behavioral Interviewing workshop on Tuesday, July 23, from 8 to 11 a.m., at the WSBDC office, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Jack Kaplan, of WorkSource Spokane, will teach. WSBDC also will hold a Financial Management-Break Even and Cash Flow Analysis workshop on Thursday, July 25, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the WSBDC office, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $45. Register at wsbdc.org/training-calendar, and for information email [email protected] or call 358-7890.



SCORE will offer the following training workshops: Small Business Marketing and Sales, Wednesday, July 24, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and Social Media for Small Business 301, that day from 1 to 3 p.m.; Quickbooks Financial Management, Wednesday, July 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and How to Start a New Business, Wednesday, August 7, from 8 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.



The American Society for Training and Development's Inland Northwest chapter will hold a workshop called Creating a Culture: Why is Everyone in Munchkinland so Happy? on Wednesday, July 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. Stacy Blaker Barnes, corporate training manager of Red Lion Hotels Corp, will lead the discussion. The event is free for members and $10 for others. For information, go to astdinw.org/events.



Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest will hold an OSHA 10-General Industry Training Course workshop on Thursday, July 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday, July 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Inland Power & Light Co., 10110 W. Hallett. The cost is $125 for retro members, $150 for members, and $175 for others. To register or for information, call 326-6885 or go to http://conta.cc/1b5zt9X.



Visit Spokane, the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau, will hold a Certified Tourism Ambassador Training class on Wednesday, Aug. 7, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First. The cost is $25. For information, call Gina Mauro Campbell at 744-3340 or email her at [email protected].