Coming Events
Advertiser Staff
BEST BETS
• A number of discerning women shoppers, including former first lady Vicky Cayetano, will talk about their shopping favorites, and what they'd like to see in the stores, during Thursday's Hawai'i Spring Program of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
The half-day conference, "Retail Trends: A Whole New Game," from 7:30 to 11:45 a.m. at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, will include industry and legislative updates; shopping statistics and trends; and innovative strategies.
During the discussion set for 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., "Shopping Patterns: Here, There and Nowhere," Cayetano and others will address shopping patterns and concerns of the designer, teenage, "twentysomething," "eclectic boutique" and "baby boomer" consumer.
Fee; tickets at the door; non-members welcome. R.S.V.P. by today: (646) 728-3800; online, www.icsc.org.
• Late reservations are still being accepted for the Hawai'i Visitors & Convention Bureau's 12th annual "KEEP IT HAWAI'I" luncheon recognition program.
The event honors businesses, organizations and individuals for making a major contribution to the preservation and perpetuation of the culture and aloha spirit of Hawai'i. It is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki.
Fee. Call: 539-5720.
• Hotel general managers and staff are invited to an upcoming Hawai'i Hotel Association seminar, "Accommodating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Visitors," 9 to 11:30 a.m. April 16 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa's South Pacific Ballroom.
Topics will include the Americans With Disabilities Act; attention-getting techniques in deaf groups; Telephone Relay Service; and the use of visual alarms and signals in hotels to replace phone buzzers, door knocks and other sounds. The keynote speaker will be Jane Knox, communication access specialist with the Disability and Community Access Board.
Fee; open to nonmembers. Register by tomorrow: 923-0407.
TUESDAY
• The need to reward volunteers will be outlined by two experts in volunteer management at a brown-bag luncheon training session Tuesday sponsored by The Network of Volunteer Leaders. The event will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Kuakini Medical Center, PB5. Speakers will be Pauline Kawamata of Hawaii Nature Center and Judi McClain of Bishop Museum. Free for members; fee for nonmembers.
Call by today: Brian Nagamine, 547-9184.
• The Honolulu Community Action Program will hold two sets of micro-enterprise training classes on how to start a business, including topics such as loans, taxes and marketing:
- This week: 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 85-555 Farrington Highway.
- Next week: 9 a.m. to noon, April 8, 9 and 10, at 1109 Maunakea St., second floor.
The classes are free to low-income individuals.
Call Annette or Robert. 521-4531.
• The MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF HONOLULU offers free weekly orientation sessions to minority business owners and prospective entrepreneurs. The sessions, scheduled 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays in Suite 2506 of the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St., will provide advice on business startup, marketing plans, loans, employee handbooks and access to capital. Free. Reservations: 521-6221.
• A free COMPUTER BOOT CAMP is offered from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to small-business owners interested in using computer technology to improve and expand operations and management.
It 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 attended one of its orientations, 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 offered.
Appointments: 522-8130.
WEDNESDAY
• A free workshop on MORTGAGE REFINANCING, sponsored by The Financial Authority, will be offered 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays on a continuing basis at the offices of Raymond James Financial Services, Suite 6E at 1221 Kapi'olani Blvd. Register: 591-9088.
THURSDAY
• A one-day conference on ways to reduce injury costs in the workplace will be offered Thursday by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. The conference, "REDUCING INJURY COSTS IN YOUR WORKPLACE," will also deal with how to prevent back injury, improve safety through good employer/employee relations, and prepare for Hawai'i Occupational Safety and Health Division inspections. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Marriott Waikiki Beach Resort. Fee. Advance registration: 522-8131, No. 221.
• AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, Punahele Chapter, dinner meeting, 5:30 p.m., Thursday, The Wisteria restaurant. Guest speaker Patricia Borengasser, of Healing Arts Center; will talk on "Healing Touch." Information: Tina Kaneshiro, 668-2502.
• 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.
SATURDAY
• The Waianae Coast Coalition's BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CENTER is offering three small- business entrepreneurship training courses, beginning Saturday. Topics will include business basics, marketing of products or services, business plans and loan proposals, credit histories and financing. The one-day classes are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 7 and April 19, in the coalition's conference room, 85-670 Farrington Highway, Wai'anae. Fee, but free with qualifications. Information: Lynn Worley, 696-1217.
• LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE SEMINAR, sponsored by the Edward Jones financial firm, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Suite 304, 1360 S. Beretania St. R.S.V.P.: 543-6034.
UPCOMING
• Gov. Linda Lingle will be the luncheon speaker at the HAWAII ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION's annual conference April 17 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's South Pacific Rooms. The theme of this year's conference is "A New Regulatory Posture for Hawai'i?" The all-day conference will also include:
• A panel of state department directors, including Ted Liu of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, and Mark Recktenwald of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
• A panel on economic forecasts, including Bank of Hawaii economist Paul Brewbaker and Carl Bonham of the University of Hawai'i, Economic Research Organization.
• An afternoon panel on regulatory issues, featuring professor David Callies of the UH Richardson School of Law and Karl Kim, UH interim vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Information: http://home.hawaii.rr.com/hea. Registration: Myra Brandt, 735-7500.
• "Green Building" — a building trend that emphasizes energy efficiency, improved indoor air quality, environmentally friendly and resource-efficient materials and sensitive site development — will be the focus of a daylong BUILD AND BUY GREEN CONFERENCE AND EXPO planned April 22 at Ala Moana Hotel.
The event is sponsored by the Building Industry Association of Hawai'i and the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
Local and national green building professionals will share their expertise at three seminars, consecutively from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., focusing, respectively, on the technical, economic/marketing or environmental aspects of the building trend.
Registration fee. R.S.V.P. by April 15: Nalani Blane, 847-4666, Ext. 210.
• Subcontractors Association of Hawaii, 13th annual convention, "Has Government Changed?" July 10 to 13, Ihilani Resort and Spa, including updates on acts passed or laws repealed by the 2003 Legislature. Information: 537-5619.
Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance. By fax, 525-6763; e-mail, business@honoluluadvertiser.com; or mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802.
