Coming Events

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• The pros and cons of various marketplaces for local arts and crafts — Internet, retail, consignment, wholesale — will be one of the focuses of an extended course offering — "Business and Marketing for All Artists and Crafts People" — offered by the Minority Business Development Center of Honolulu. Heavy demand for the original session, planned Saturday, has led to the scheduling of a second class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 8, in the Health Care Business Incubator on the 25th floor of Harbor Court. Fee: $65; box lunch included. Other topics will include pricing of products, mechanizing techniques, taxes, legal and copyright basics. Information: Vicky Duenas, 521-6221.

• Paul Brewbaker, senior vice president and chief economist for Bank of Hawaii, will speak on HAWAI'I'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK at the luncheon meeting of the local chapter of the American Society of Women Accountants, scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 28. The reservations deadline for the event at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza, is Wednesday. Fee; guests welcome. R.S.V.P.: Susan Song, 527-4234.

• State economist Pearl Imada Iboshi will join experts on commercial and industrial real estate markets in a panel discussion of the "2003 Annual market Outlook," sponsored by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. The breakfast forum is scheduled from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at The Pacific Club. Joining Iboshi will be Xavier Schied, senior vice president, Lehman Brothers, Global Commercial Real Estate Finance Group; and Joseph Haas, managing director, CB Richard Ellis Hawai'i Inc. Fee; guests welcome. R.S.V.P. by Tuesday: Barbie Rosario, 845-4994.

TUESDAY

• Ways to get information offered on the Internet and the city's interactive Web sites will be discussed at a meeting of the local chapter of The Appraisal Institute: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Speakers will be Jon Hodge, of the city Department of Planning and Permitting, and Randy Hiraki, of the city Real Property Assessment Division. There will be demonstrations and discussions on how to use the city's Geographic Information System — including zoning, land use and aerial photographs; the city's automated permit system that allows applicants to track progress; and using the Internet and public Intranet computers in the Real Property Assessment Division to gather information. Fee; guests welcome. Information: Barbie, 845-4994.

• Gary Kawamura, a disability insurance specialist with Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, will speak to the INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS at the Hawai'i chapter's meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Small Business Administration's ground-floor conference room at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza, on Hotel and Nu'uanu streets. The chapter also will elect officers at the meeting. Reservations: Ross Kawano, 540-3917.

• Time magazine political writer HUGH SIDEY will join Edward Jones financial experts in a free, interactive satellite broadcast discussion of the 1993 outlook for the nation, economy and financial markets, at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow in Suite 1080 of the Pacific Tower at 1001 Bishop St. (R.S.V.P.: 533-4980) and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at 320 Ward Ave.iSuite 206 (R.S.V.P.: 596-0076).

• The MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF HONOLULU will offer free weekly orientation sessions to minority business owners and prospective entrepreneurs. The sessions, scheduled 9 to 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday in the center's offices in Suite 2506 of the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St., will offer advice on business startup, marketing plans, loans, employee handbooks and access to capital. Free. Reservations: 521-6221.

• A free COMPUTER BOOT CAMP is offered 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to all small-business owners interested in using computer technology to improve and expand business operations and management. The program is sponsored by the Small Business Resource Center, in partnership with the Small Business Administration, the city Office of Economic Development, Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network, Hawai'i Women's Business Center, and SCORE. The program is open to all clients of the center who have attended a center orientation, offered 9 a.m. Tuesdays or 2 p.m. Thursdays at 1041-A Nu'uanu Ave. Attendees will have access to training videos and resource materials. Workshops and free counseling are also offered. Appointments: 522-8130.

WEDNESDAY

• The innovative advertising and marketing campaign that buoyed 2002 sales of the BMW Mini Cooper, an automotive throwback to the 1950s, will be described during an upcoming meeting of the HAWAI'I ADVERTISING FEDERATION from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hawai'i Prince Hotel's Mauna Kea Room. The speaker will be Laura Bowles, managing supervisor of Crispin, Porter & Bogusky Advertising in Florida. Fee. R.S.V.P. required: (fax) 532-0560. Information: 532-0555.

THURSDAY

• A two-hour workshop on "WAYS TO MARKET YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS FOR LESS THAN $100" is scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday in the Kilauea Neighborhood Center on Kaua'i. The two-hour workshop, explaining how to make use of the press, e-mail and marketing, is sponsored by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network, Kaua'i Center. The presentation will be by Debra Jason, Web marketing consultant and principal of The Write Direction. Fee. Advance registration required by Wednesday: Clara Oligo, (808) 246-1748.

• 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.

• "FINANCING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS," a seminar sponsored by the Hawai'i Small Business Development center Network, will be offered 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Information: 522-8131.