Meetings & Events

The National Association of Women in Construction will hold its membership meeting on Thursday, Dec. 20, at 5:30 p.m., at Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors, 4935 E. Trent. There will be a white elephant gift exchange. The cost is $20. RSVP to [email protected].

The West Plains Chamber of Commerce will hold its January breakfast on Thursday, Jan. 3, from 7 to 8:30 a.m., at Eastern Washington University's Pence Union Building, at 1136 Elm, in Cheney. The topic will be health and wellness in the workplace. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for others. For information, go to www.westplains.org or call 747-8480.

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold STEM Connections on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 7:30 to 10 a.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $10 until Jan. 3 and $25 thereafter. GSI will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane on Friday, Jan. 11, from 7 to 9 a.m., at the DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. The discussion will be about AIR Spokane and the region's appeal to the aerospace sector. The cost is $25 for members until Jan. 9, $30 thereafter, and $55 for others. For information call 321-3630. GSI's BizStreet program and Numerica Credit Union will hold A Conversation with Tyler Lafferty, co-founder of Seven2, an online marketing agency, on Thursday, Jan. 17, from 7:45 to 9:00 a.m., at 224 W. Main. The cost is $25 for members and $50 for others. For information, call 321-3632 or go to bizstreetspokane.com.

Workshops & Seminars

Greater Spokane Incorporated's BizStreet program and Numerica Credit Union will hold Use Video to Create a Social Enterprise for Your Organization on Tuesday, Jan. 8, from 8 to 11 a.m. Frank Swoboda, president of Corner Booth Media, will teach. The cost is $30 for members and $50 for others. GSI and the Eastern Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Introduction to Government Contracting seminar on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 8 to 11 a.m. Both events will be held at 801 W. Riverside. For information and to register, go to greaterspokane.org.

SCORE will hold a How to Start a New Business workshop, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., a How to Write a Business Plan workshop, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and a Small Business Marketing & Sales workshop, on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at 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.

Executive Women International and the Spokane Association of Realtors will hold an Endless Referrals: The Go-Giver Way workshop on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 7:30 a.m. to noon, at Red Lion Hotel at the Park. Bob Burg, speaker and author, will teach. The cost is $77 until Jan. 4, and $97 thereafter. For information, call 326-9222.