Posted on: Monday, July 19, 2004

Coming Events

Advertiser Staff

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• "PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS: THE NEW UH MEDICAL SCHOOL and Hawai'i's Biotech Industry" will be the topic of a speech by the medical school dean, Dr. Edwin Cadman, to an upcoming meeting of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. The new complex, on a 9.1-acre, $150 million campus, is nearing completion in Kaka'ako. The event will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday at The Pacific Club. Fee; nonmembers welcome; tickets at the door. Reservations by tomorrow: Barbie Rosario, 845-4994.

• Enterprise Honolulu's efforts to create high-paying jobs and biotech industry development in Kaka'ako will be the focus of a discussion on Thursday, sponsored by the HAWAII VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION. Participants will include Mike Fitzgerald, Enterprise president and chief executive officer; Alex McGehee, executive vice president; and Michael Fisch, board chairman, president and publisher of The Honolulu Advertiser. The meeting will be at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza, with registration at 11:30 a.m. and the program running to 1:30 p.m. Fee; nonmembers, University of Hawai'i faculty and students are welcome. Reservations required: Gail, 262-7329.

TOMORROW

• "WEEKEND MBA FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS" — a free seminar sponsored by Hawai'i Pacific University on its Master of Business Administration curriculum designed around the schedules of the working professional with some business experience — will be offered at 5:30 p.m. in Room 911 of the HPU Graduate Service Center, 1164 Bishop St. Free. 544-0279.

• HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY TOASTMASTERS CLUB, offering opportunities to improve public- and impromptu-speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m., Honolulu Municipal Building's eighth-floor conference room. Guests welcome. Picture identification required. 527-6797.

• The MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF HONOLULU offers free weekly orientation sessions to minority business owners and prospective entrepreneurs. The sessions, 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the center's offices in Suite 2506 of the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St., offer advice on business startups, 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. weekly to small-business owners who want to use 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 center clients who attend a center orientation, offered 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 2 p.m. Thursdays in Suite A at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Appointments: 522-8130.

WEDNESDAY

• THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, Honolulu chapter, will hold its monthly luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Speaker: Doug Forsell, director of project management, Fidelity National Information Solutions, on "Project Communication Management is the Lighthouse in the Storm of Uncertainty!" Fee; non-members and students welcome. Registration: 433-7093.

• Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i is offering free workshops for faith- and community-based organizations that help O'ahu's homeless. This week's free workshops are a discussion of "ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES," 8:30 a.m. to noon, and "FUND RAISING AND DEVELOPMENT BASICS," 1:30 to 5 p.m., at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Registration required: 522-1858.

• A four-hour course, "HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE BUSINESS PLAN," sponsored by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Small Business Resource Center in Suite A at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave. Fee. Registration: Olive, 522-8136.

THURSDAY

• Douglas D. Wilson, author of "EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE SURVIVAL GUIDE," will discuss the intricacies and potential liabilities of becoming an executor or trustee, in a presentation 7 to 9:30 p.m., sponsored by Eldercare Hawaii. The workshop will also address other questions, including: "Are you opening up your estate for a family feud?" and "Will your power of attorney protect you in event of incapacity — and then, can you be kicked out of your home?" Fee; 7 to 9:30 p.m., Suite A, 2909 Lowrey Ave. 988-6300.

• Emerging trends in women's healthcare, and the new Women's Health Center, scheduled to open in the fall at The Queen's Medical Center, will be discussed in an address to the luncheon meeting of the PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S NETWORK. The meeting, starrting with 11:30 a.m. registration and running to 1:30 p.m. at the Hale Koa Hotel, will feature Lindsey Carry, center director. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations: 533-4800; reservations@pwnhawaii.org; or www.pwnhawaii.org.

• ALA MOANA TOASTMASTERS no-host luncheon meetings, with opportunities to improve public- and impromptu-speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m. weekly, Yum Yum Tree restaurant, Ward Centre. Guests welcome. 330-5439.

• The HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, a networking organization for small-business owners and professionals, meets 12:01 to 1:15 p.m. weekly at Sansei Seafood Restaurant, Restaurant Row. Information: Tracy Nakashima, 525-6028.

FRIDAY

• "HOW TO SHORTEN THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE," a seminar designed for working adults with some college, military or working experience, will be offered by Hawai'i Pacific University at 5:30 p.m. on the llth floor at 1164 Bishop St. Free. 544-0279.

SATURDAY

• APPLE MACINTOSH OS X operating system lecture, demonstration and question-and-answer session — for "PC-switchers," new and experienced Mac users, and those who want to sharpen MacIntosh skills — noon to 2 p.m. weekly, MacMouse ClubHouse, 627 South St., Kaka'ako. Free; no reservations needed. 921-8294; info@MacMouse.com.

UPCOMING

• Bob Dove, chief executive officer and president of HEMIC, Hawai'i's largest primary writer of workers' compensation policies, will discuss workers' compensation issues at the luncheon meeting July 27 of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS, Honolulu chapter. The meeting will be from noon to 1 p.m. July 27 at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations by Wednesday: Susan Roberts, 527-4234.

• "FINANCING LONG-TERM CARE ... IS LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE RIGHT FOR YOU?" a discussion sponsored by Eldercare Hawaii, 7:30 to 9 p.m. July 29. Presenters will be Deborah Jackson, Eldercare Hawaii president, and Calvin Taketa of Beneficial Life Insurance Co. Free; Suite A, 2909 Lowrey Ave. 988-6300.

Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance: Business Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; faxed to 525-6763, or e-mailed to business@honoluluadvertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not as an attachment.)