Coming Events
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• Strategies for business survival and resumption following a disaster such as the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be the focus of a speech by a records management expert from New York. Seminar runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 15 at the C'est Si Bon Ballroom, Pagoda. Fee. RSVP by May 6: Bernie Boltz, 848-7776.
• "STRANGLEHOLD: Do Labor Unions Do More harm Than Good in Society?" will be the topic at a Libertarian Party discussion at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Straub Hospital, Doctors' Dining Room. Information: 537-3078.
• Hawaiian community leaders Charles Scott Ho'olulu May and Herb Kawainui Kane will be honored at the NATIVE HAWAIIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S 26th annual 'O'o Awards banquet, 6 p.m. Friday at the Hyatt Regency ballroom. Fee. Reservations: Jennifer, 483-4444.
TUESDAY
• Small-business tapping into the overseas market will be the topic of a four-hour workshop "On the Road to Export Success," from 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Small fee. Registration: 522-8136.
• A free, three-part "WOMEN AND INVESTING" series sponsored by Salomon Smith Barney, noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays, begins this week, in the firm's offices at 1099 Alakea St., Suite 2300. RSVP: 543-0383.
WEDNESDAY
• Free seminar on "BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL FOUNDATION WITH BONDS," 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Edward Jones branch at 320 Ward Ave., Suite 206. RSVP: 596-0076. The seminar repeats at noon Thursday, at Windward City Shopping Center, Flamingo Restaurant. Information: 247-2072.
• Three seminars sponsored by the HAWAI'I SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER NETWORK: "Starting a Business in Hawai'i," 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A, fee (reservations: 522-8131, #221); "Hiring Employees,"8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, at Kapi'olani Community College's Kopiko Building, #127, fee (reservations: 734-9211); "Bookkeeping for Those Who Don't Wanna," 8:30 a.m. to noon, Friday, at Leeward Community College, fee (reservations, 455-0477).
THURSDAY
• The HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, a networking opportunity for small-business owners and professionals, meets 12:01 to 1:15 p.m. Thursdays at Sansei Seafood Restaurant, Restaurant Row. Call: Tracy Nakashima, 525-6028.
• American Business Women's Association, Punahele Chapter, dinner meeting, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wisteria restaurant. Fee; pre-paid reservations required: Carol, 735-2342.
• "Build a Winning Team, Part 1: 'The Fish Story,'" a customer-service seminar by Retail Merchants of Hawai'i, 8 to 10 a.m. May 8 in Ward Warehouse's Kaka'ako Room. Presenter: Sarah Kalicki-Nakamura, of SKN & Associates. Fee. RSVP by Thursday: 592-4200.
SATURDAY
• "Secrets To Success," a training workshop for the prospective, or existing, small-business entrepreneur, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at the Hawai'i Women's Business Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Small fee. Registration: 522-8136.
