Meetings & Events



Northwest Woman magazine will hold its free Spokane and North Idaho Power Woman Monthly Networking Event on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Spokane Events & Catering, 10512 E. Sprague. For information, email [email protected].



Spokane Regional MarCom Association will hold its December meeting on Friday, Dec. 7, from 7 to 9 a.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. John Bryant and Mark Irvin, of No-Li Brewhouse will speak about branding your business. The cost is $20 for members, $30 for others, $5 for student members, $15 for other students, and includes breakfast. To register, go to spokanemarcom.org.



Leadership Spokane will hold its Alumni Holiday Networking Party on Monday, Dec. 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Glover Mansion, 321 W. Eighth. The cost is $15 for alumni association members and $30 for others. For information, email [email protected], or call 321-3645.



The Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 pm., at SNAP's administration building, 3102 W. Fort George Wright Drive. RSVP by Dec. 10 to [email protected], or call Cindy at 325-3235.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane on Friday, Dec. 14, at 7 a.m., at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. The discussion will be about the possible creation of a port district in Spokane County. The cost is $25 for members until Dec. 12, $30 thereafter, and $55 for others. For information, call 624-1393. GSI's BizStreet program and Numerica Credit Union will hold Connect with Your New Chief of Police, Frank G. Straub Jr., on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 8 to 9 a.m., at 801 W. Riverside. The event is free for members and $20 for others. To register and for information, call 321-3632 or email [email protected].



National Association of Women in Construction Spokane Chapter 143 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].



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, Thursday, Dec. 6, from 10 to 11 a.m.; Google Cloud, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Growing Your Business with Websites, from 6 to 7 p.m.; Facebook Basics, Friday, Dec. 7, from 11a.m. to noon, and Monday, Dec. 17, from 1 to 2 p.m.; Online Job Searching, Monday, Dec. 10, from 2 to 3 p.m.; Growing Your Business with Twitter, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Video, Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 3 to 6 p.m.; Photoshop 102, from 4 to 5 p.m.; and Growing Your Business with Pinterest, Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 3 p.m. Workshops will be held at 1317 W. Second. For information and to register, go to tincan.org.



ActionCOACH Spokane will hold an AdRICH Workshop on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The cost is $75 per business team of three. ActionCOACH also will hold a Power of Positive Doing! workshop on Thursday, Dec. 20, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $200 with a referral, $500 for others, and includes meals for the day. Both events will be held at Center Place, 2426 N. Discovery Place. For information and to register, go to www.actioncoachspokane.com or call 455-5053.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a Teaching the Teachers—Engineering/Hydrogeology/Water Workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the Spokane County Regional Water Reclamation Facility, 1004 N. Freya. The workshop is free for teachers. For information, email [email protected]. GSI and the Eastern Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Introduction to Government Contracting seminar on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 8 to 11 a.m., at 801 W. Riverside. GSI and PTAC also will hold a free Building a Capabilities Statement workshop on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at 801 W. Riverside. For information, call 624-1393 or go to greaterspokane.org.



The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries will hold free 90-minute workshops, Rules About the Stay at Work Program, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., at 901 N. Monroe. To register and for information, go to stayatwork.lni.wa.gov or call 866-406-2482.



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 $57 until Dec. 20, $77 until Jan. 4, and $97 thereafter. For information call 326-9222.



Community Colleges of Spokane's workforce, corporate, and continuing education department will hold a 40-hour class called Nondestructive Testing—Ultrasonic Testing Level 1, Monday through Friday, Jan. 14-18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the college's Air Washington Office, Building 1, 1810 N. Greene. Larry Culbertson, who is an American Society for Nondestructive Testing level III testing professional, will teach the course. The cost is $1,250. For information call 533-8483.



Conventions & Shows



Third Annual Inland Northwest Nonprofit Conference

Feb. 7, The Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln, ae-consulting.net.