Coming Events

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BEST BET

• The Hawai'i Visitors & Convention Bureau is inviting all tourism industry businesses, organizations and individuals who help to preserve and perpetuate Island culture to enter the 12th Annual Keep It Hawai'i Program. Entrants may select a category and submit a statement. The entry deadline is Jan. 31. Call or consult the Web site for an entry form. 539-5720, www.gohawaii.com/keepithawaii

TUESDAY

• Computer Boot Camp, helping small business owners use technology to improve operations and management, 3-4 p.m. every Tuesday, Hawai'i Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A; fee $25, $20 in advance; available to old and new clients, new clients must attend an orientation session 9 a.m. Tuesdays or 2 p.m. Thursdays. 522-8131, ext. 221.

UPCOMING

• Edward Jones is hosting a number of events:

• Build Your Finance Future Today: Personal Finance Education, 10 a.m. Jan. 11, Keolu Shopping Center, Enchanted Lake, Kailua; retirement goals, considering one's taxes, following time-tested strategies and allocating and protecting one's assets; free; seating limited; call Sandra Cirie for reservations. 263-4784.

• The Road to Long-Term Care, seminar on ways to pay for long-term care, strategies to help protect assets against cost of care and the advantages of long-term care insurance, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 8, 98-1247 Kaahumanu St., Suite 108A, 'Aiea; free; call Shane Shimatsu. 487-1800.

• Deferred Compensation, seminar explaining options available to investors, 6 p.m. Jan. 9, 98-1247 Ka'ahumanu St., Suite 108A, 'Aiea; free; call Shane Shimatsu for reservations. 487-1800.

• Pension and IRA update for CPAs and attorneys, 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 9, 1360 S. Beretania St., Suite 304; call Rhodora Pagay for reservations. 543-6034.

• Basic Investing Class about CDs, government bonds, tax-free bonds, mutual funds, tax-deferred annuities, IRA's, stocks and more, 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays, Jan. 4-18 or 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 8-22, Medical Arts Building, 1010 S. King St., Suite 603A; free; call Cindi John for reservations. 591-8757.

• Unacceptable Behavior and Other Tough Employee Performance Problems, intensive workshop providing coaching, criticism and discipline skills for managers and supervisors, Jan. 16 and 17; $395 fee; enroll by phone or online. (800) 258-7246, www.natsem.com

• Fifth annual Chinatech 2003 conference, focusing on recent development evolving from network communications, information technology and converging Internet markets, also Chinese regulatory policies, business laws, sales and marketing and joint ventures and technology trade, Jan. 18 and 19, The Royal Hawaiian hotel; group rates available. Web site: chinatech.org, e-mail: info@chinatech.org.

• Starting a Business in Hawai'i, seminar about entrepreneurship and the steps to success, 9:30 a.m.-noon Jan. 9, Hawai'i Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A; fee $25, $20 in advance. 522-8131, ext. 221.

• Micro Enterprise training class series about how to start a business, business loans, taxes and marketing, 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 7-9, Honolulu Community Action Program Wai'anae District Office, 85-5555 Farrington Highway; free to low-income individuals; call Annette or Robert. 521-4531.

• Hawaii's Transition To the New Global Economy, talk by Constance Lau, president and chief executive officer of American Savings Bank, 11:30 a.m. Jan. 23, Hawaii Prince Hotel,Mauna Kea Ballroom, Waikiki; sponsored by Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners; $31 fee, members $26, table of 10 $280; after Jan. 17, $36, members $31, lunch included; send registration Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners, P.O. Box 4723, Honolulu, HI 96812; call Roberta Cullen for information. 537-2356.

• Financing Your Small Business seminar, 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 23, Hawaii Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A; fee $25, $20 in advance. 522-8131, ext. 221.

• Business and Marketing for all Artists and Crafts People, course on pricing products, retailing and merchandising techniques and skills, tax, legal and copyright basics and more, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 25; $65 fee includes box lunch, workbook, refreshments and certificate of completion; location to be announced; call Vicky Duenas for information or to register. 521-6221 or e-mail: vicky@mbdchonolulu.com.

• PTC 2003/Global Broadband-Global Challenges, Pacific Telecommunications Council annual event, Jan. 19-23, Hilton Hawaiian Village; call for registration information. 941-3789 or e-mail: ptc2003@ptc.org.

Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance. Fax: 525-6763. Mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. E-mail: business@honoluluadvertiser.com.