Meetings & Events

The West Plains Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly membership breakfast on Thursday, July 11, from 7 to 8:30 a.m., at Eastern Washington University's Tawanka Hall, in Cheney. Virginia Hinch, of EWU, will discuss business and higher education partnerships. To register and for information, call 747-8480, or email [email protected].

Connect Northwest will hold an Executive Connect breakfast on Thursday, July 11, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Club in the Georgia Room, 1002 W. Riverside. Jerry Dicker, president of Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties, will speak. The cost is $30. To register, go to bit.ly/11WmhMw.

Marketing Associates of Spokane will hold its July meeting on Thursday, July 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Rich Hadley, president and CEO of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will be the featured speaker. The cost is $20 for members and $30 for others and includes lunch. To register by Monday, July 8, go to maspokane.org.

The Inland Northwest chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold its July chapter meeting on Thursday, July 11, at 5 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The topic will be what employers need to know pre-employment. The cost is $34 for members and $49 for others before noon Tuesday, July 9, and $39 for members and $54 for others thereafter. To register, email [email protected] or call 731-3309.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane: The Great Outdoors on Friday, July 12, at 7 a.m., at Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. The cost is $25 for members and $55 for others until July 10, and $30 for members and $55 for others thereafter. For information and to register, go to greaterspokane.org.

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 Med Star hangar. Larry Krauter, CEO of the Spokane International Airport, will speak. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for others. To register, go to spokanevalleychamber.org.


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: Basic Video: Scripting and Shooting, Monday, July 8, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Internet Basics, Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, and 30, from 4 to 5 p.m., Google Cloud, Wednesday, July 10, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Growing your Business with Facebook, Thursday, July 11, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Video: Editing, Monday, July 15, from 4 to 6 p.m.; Online Job Searching, Thursday, July 18, from 4 to 5 p.m.; 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 www.tincan.org.

SCORE will offer the following training workshops: How to Start a New Business, Wednesday, July 10, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; How to Write a Business Plan, Wednesday, July 17, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Small Business Marketing and Sales, Wednesday, July 24, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and Social Media for Small Business 301, Wednesday, July 24, from 1 to 3 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.

Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Introduction to Government Contracting workshop on Thursday, July 11, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For information, go to greaterspokane.org or call 321-3651.

The Washington State Small Business Development Center and the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries will hold a free workshop on Wednesday, July 17, from 9 a.m. to noon at 901 N. Monroe, Ste. 100. For information go to http://1.usa.gov/14TDuvr.

The Washington State Small Business Development Center will hold a Ready, Set Export! introductory workshop on Tuesday, 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.

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 Center Place, 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.