Meetings & Events

The Gonzaga University School of Business will host a free You Don't Have To Start a Company To Be An Entrepreneur reception and lecture today, Sept. 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Jepson Center's Wolff Auditorium, 502 E. Boone. William Powar, a former Visa entrepreneur and current angel investor, will speak. For more information, call 313-7048.


Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a Business After Hours event today, Sept. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River, near downtown. The event is free for members and $10 for others. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/afterhours22 or email [email protected].


The 18th annual Affordable Housing Conference will be Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 26-28, at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Keynote speakers will include Judith Bell, president, PolicyLink; Michael Pyatok, principal, Pyatok Architects Inc.; Arun Raha, executive director, Economic & Revenue Forecast Council; Robyn Stone, executive director, LeadingAge Center for Applied Research; and John Zogby, chairman of the board and chief insights officer, Zogby International. To register or for more information, call 1-800-767-4663, ext. 773, email [email protected], or go to www.wshfc.org/conf.


LaunchPad Inland Northwest will host a panel discussion titled "What Are The Resources Needed By Local Nonprofits?" on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the LaunchPad Training and Coworking Center, 120 W. Stevens. The event is free for members and $10 for others. For more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/nonprofitpanel11.


The Association for Operations Management will hold a no-host professional development breakfast Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Conley's Place Restaurant, 12622 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley. Kent Bradley, of Kaizen Institute USA, will speak. For more information, call 747-3344 or email [email protected].


LaunchPad Inland Northwest will hold a strategic relationship forum Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Jason Swain, of Jason Swain & Associates LLC, in Liberty Lake, will speak. The cost is $40. To register or for more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/strategicforum11.


Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Institute for a Competitive Workforce will hold a community conversation on STEM education Thursday, Sept. 29, from 7:30 a.m. to noon, at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $25. For more information, email [email protected].


ONE Spokane church will host a Dave Ramsey EntreLeadership One Day live simulcast Friday, Sept. 30, from 6:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 15601 E. 24th. The cost is $39. To register or for more information, call 927-2870 or go to http://tinyurl.com/ramseysimul11.


Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a BIZStreet: High Performance Leadership program Friday, Sept. 30, from 8 to 11 a.m. at 801 W. Riverside, Ste. 100. Bret Romney and Bryan Shaw, of Ascend Strategies, in Clancy, Mont., will speak. The cost is $30 for members and $50 for others. To register or for more information, go to http://tinyurl.com/BIZStreet11.


Providence Health Care and Eastern Washington University are jointly sponsoring a free presentation titled A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care on Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 West Spokane Falls. T.R. Reid, correspondent and reporter for The Washington Post, NPR, and PBS, will speak. For more information, go to www.ewu.edu.


Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold the Catalyst Awards, part of the University District Month Kickoff event, Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 4 p.m. at the Riverpoint Campus South Facility, 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. The cost is $10 for students and $26 for others. After Sept. 30, the cost is $15 for students and $30 for others. To register or for more information, email [email protected].



Workshops & Seminars


Griffiths, Dreher & Evans PS will hold a business valuation workshop today, Sept. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. The cost is $50. To register, go to www.grifco.com. For more information, email [email protected].


Candidate Coaching and Prescreening will hold a job seeker seminar Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Global View Capital Building, 12309 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Ste. 1. Diana Carpenter, of Candidate Coaching and Prescreening, will speak. The cost is $20. To register or for more information, call 768-1139 or email [email protected].


Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a Building a Capabilities Statement workshop Friday, Sept. 30, from 9 to 11 a.m., at 801 W. Riverside, Ste. 100. Bring samples of current capability statements or marketing materials for discussion. To register or for more information, call 321-3619, email [email protected], or go to http://tinyurl.com/buildingworkshop11.


Washington Small Business Development Center, Export Readiness Centers, and International Trade Alliance will host a New to Export seminar Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 5-7, at Innovate Washington, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd, Ste. 432. The seminar will be from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and 8 to 10 a.m. on Friday. The event is free for small and medium-sized businesses. To register or for more information, go to wsbdc.org/training-calendar.


Washington Nonprofits will hold a free launch celebration Thursday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Spokane Masonic Center, 1108 W. Riverside. Melora Hiller, a trainer with Washington Nonprofits, will speak. To register or for more information, go to washingtonnonprofits.org.