Meetings & Events

The National Association of Women in Construction will hold its membership meeting on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 5:30 p.m., at Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors, 4935 E. Trent. The topic will be health and fitness for working women, presented by Dan Brossoit of Oz Fitness. The cost is $20. RSVP to ardy@moserheat.com.

Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business connections breakfast on Friday, Jan. 18, at 6:30 a.m. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for others. The Chamber also will hold its 10th Annual Gem of the Valley Gala awards event on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 6 to 11 p.m. The cost is $55. Both events will be held at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. For information, go to spokanevallychamber.org.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a free Business After Hours on Location networking event on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Oxford Suites, 115 W. North River Drive. The event is free for members and $10 for others. GSI also will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane on Friday, Feb. 8, from 7 to 9 a.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane Mayor David Condon will give his State of the City Address. The cost is $25 for members until Feb. 6, $30 thereafter, and $55 for others. For information about these events, go to greaterspokane.org or call 624-1393.

Go Red for Women will hold a luncheon to benefit the American Heart Association on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The cost is $125. To register, go to spokanegoredluncheon.org, or call 536-1500.

Visit Spokane will hold its Vendor Showcase Speed Date event on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m., at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. The event is free for Visit Spokane members. RSVP to Brooklyn Branson at bbranson@visitspokane.com or call 742-9382.

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: Internet Basics, Thursdays, Jan. 17, 24, and 31, from 10 to 11 a.m.; Photoshop 102, Thursday, Jan. 17, from noon to 1 p.m.; Basic Video: Editing, Monday, Jan. 21, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Intro to Office, Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 1 to 2 p.m., and Growing Your Business with Facebook, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Intro to Game Design, Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Etsy, Thursday, Jan. 24, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Facebook Basics, Friday, Jan. 25, from 10 to 11 a.m.; Basic Video: Exporting & Uploading, Monday, Jan. 28, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Blogging Basics, Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 2 p.m., and Growing Your Business with Twitter, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Growing Your Business with Shopping Carts, Thursday, Jan. 31, from 4 to 5 p.m. Workshops will be held at 1317 W. Second. For information and to register, go to www.tincan .org.

Anthony Carollo, president of Stewart Title, in Spokane will hold Lunch & Learn LinkedIn, on Thursday, Jan. 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m., at 606 W. Third. The cost is $10. RSVP to 321-3939.

The Northwest Autism Center and the Washington Autism Alliance will hold an Insurance & Autism: Maximizing Benefits workshop on Friday, Jan. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Riverpoint Campus, 400 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Eleanor Hamburger, attorney with Sirianni Youtz Meier & Spoonemore, in Seattle, will discuss the requirements to ensure therapies are covered. The cost is $25 for families, $50 for professionals, and $10 for students. For information and to register, call 328-1582.

Toastmasters District Nine will hold a series of free leadership workshops on Monday, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28, from 6:15 to 7:30 a.m., at Perkins Restaurant, 12 E. Olive; Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Sisters of Poor Clares Monastery, 4419 W. Hawthorne; and Thursday, Jan. 31, from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., at the Paulsen Building, 421 W. Riverside, room 805. For information, email Kathy Hansen at kathy@quintcareers.com.

Northwest Farm Credit Services will hold an Advanced Agricultural Business Management Seminar Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 22 and 23, at Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. The seminar is open to owners and managers of agricultural businesses in the process of expansion, diversification, or transition. Dick Wittman, a private consultant and manager of a large-scale dry-land crop, range cattle, and timber operation in North Idaho, will lead the seminar. The cost is $425 and includes meals. To register, go to northwestfcs.com/resources or call 866-552-9193.

SCORE will hold a Small Business Marketing and Sales workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; a Small Business Financial Recordkeeping workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m.; and a How to Use Social Media for Your Business workshop, on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The workshops will be held at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. The events are $40 pre-registered, $50 at the door, and $15 for an additional person from the same company. To register and for more information, call SCORE at 353-2821 or go to www.ScoreSpokane.org.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a Teaching the Teachers%u2014Banking and Financial Services Workshop on Thursday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Spokane Teachers Credit Union headquarters, 1620 N. Signal Drive, in Liberty Lake. GSI also will hold a Teaching the Teachers%u2014Advanced Manufacturing Workshop on Tuesday, Feb 5, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Proto Technologies, 22808 E. Appleway, in Liberty Lake. The workshops are free for teachers. For information, email mlindsay@greaterspokane.org. GSI and the Eastern Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Introduction to GovCon & HUBZone Certification Process workshop on Friday, Jan. 25, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For information, email greaterspokane.org, or call 321-3641.

Leadership Spokane will hold a free informational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 12:30 p.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For information, email lfinney@leadershipspokane.org.
Dale Carnegie Training will hold Dale Carnegie Course: Skill for Success every Monday for eight weeks beginning Jan. 28, from 5 to 8:30 p.m., at CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point, 2428 N. Discovery Place. The cost is $1,895. To register and for information, email Jill Pittmann at jill.pittmann@dalecarnegie.com, or call 218-2056.

Spokane Regional MarCom Association will hold a What are you Broadcasting? development workshop on Friday, Feb. 1, from 7 to 11 a.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Shawne Duperon will teach marketing skills and interviewing techniques. The cost for the full workshop is $50 for members, $65 for others, $20 for student members, $40 for other students, and includes breakfast. To register, go to www.spokanemarcom.org.

Associated Industries, of Spokane, will hold an Interactive Leadership: Coaching Skills for Supervisors and Managers series Fridays from Feb. 8 to April 12, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 1206 N. Lincoln. The cost is $950 for members, $850 for two or more from your company, and $1,300 for others. To register or for more information, call 326-6885 or email cmerrill@aiin.net.

Gonzaga University will hold an informational meeting about its MBA program on Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Jepson Center, 502 E. Boone. Gonzaga also will hold a free Aram Lecture on Business Ethics on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Gonzaga%u2019s Cataldo Hall, in the Globe Room, at 502 E. Boone. Brian K. Steverson, Gonzaga University%u2019s John L. Aram Professor of Business Ethics, will present Business Ethics Education as Transformative: The Jesuit Tradition. For information and to RSVP, go to gonzaga.edu/infomtg.

Conventions & Shows

Third Annual Inland Northwest Non-profit Conference
Feb. 7, The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln, ae-consulting.net