Coming Events
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• What price, if any, Hawai'i and local companies pay for falling under the largest FBI jurisdiction in the country — and one of three FBI field offices with responsibility for overseas and extraterritorial investigations — will be explored at an upcoming luncheon meeting.
Speaking to the meeting of the HAWAII SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS will be Charles L. Goodwin, special agent-in-charge with the Honolulu District Office of the FBI. The local office responds to transnational crimes in 47 foreign countries in Asia and the Pacific.
The meeting is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. (sign-in) to 1:30 p.m. May 20 in the Mauna Kea Ballroom of the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki. Reduced early-registration by Friday. Guests welcome. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.
• Fortune 500 consultant and well-known negotiator JIM THOMAS will speak to meetings of Association of Fundraising Professionals chapters in Honolulu and on Maui.
Thomas has served as a consultant to U.S. presidents, in the Intermediate Nuclear Forces negotiations and with what is now the World Trade Organization. He is also scheduled to speak to a Honolulu meeting of the International Association of Business Communicators:
• Association of Fundraising Professionals: Honolulu chapter: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Central Business Club, 220 S. King St., 22nd Floor; and Maui chapter: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 17 at the Sandalwood Golf Course restaurant, 2500 Honoapi'ilani Highway. (Information, price, reservations: Alan Tang, 550-0043).
• International Association of Business Communicators, Hawai'i chapter: 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. (Information: Suzanne Lee, 525-0815.)
TUESDAY
• The FIRST HAWAIIAN ISLAND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE will be tomorrow through Saturday at the Japanese Cultural Center. Included will be national speakers on technology, tenancy and office operations; local and national vendor presentations; workshops on such subjects as record-keeping, organization, the Internet, and legislative and legal issues. Nonmembers of the National Association of Residential Property Managers, O'ahu chapter, are welcome. Fee. Information: www.narpmhawaii.org.
• 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. Tuesdays in the center's offices at Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St., Suite 2506, offer advice on business startups, marketing plans, loans, employee handbooks and access to capital. Free. Reservations: 521-6221.
• A filmed, satellite-broadcast retirement-planning presentation, "WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT GROWING OLDER," featuring NBC "Today Show" weatherman Willard Scott, will be shown tomorrow at several Edward Jones financial firm locations: 2:30 p.m. at the Manoa Marketplace (information: 988-9225); 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. at 320 Ward Ave., Suite 206 (information: 596-0076); 10:30 a.m. at 1001 Bishop St., Suite 1080 (information: 533-4980); and 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. at 1360 S. Beretania St., Suite 304 (information: 543-6034).
• A free "COMPUTER BOOT CAMP" is offered 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays 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 other agencies. The program is open to center clients who attend a center orientation, offered 9 a.m. Tuesdays and 2 p.m. Thursdays at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Appointments: 522-8130.
WEDNESDAY
• The Hawaii Tourism Authority and its marketing partners are holding a public meeting to present an update on Hawai'i's 2004 ANNUAL TOURISM MARKETING PLAN. The meeting is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Hawai'i Convention Center's third-floor Emalani Theatre. Among the participants will be Rex Johnson, authority president and chief executive officer; authority marketing director Frank Haas; and John Monahan, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.
• Wednesday is the reservations deadline for the 19th annual MILITARY RECOGNITION LUNCHEON, sponsored by The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. The event is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. (registration) to 1:15 p.m. May 19 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Hawai'i Ballroom. Speakers will include Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona and Lt. Gen. James Campbell, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific. Information: 545-4300, Ext. 391
THURSDAY
• The challenges of "aging-in-place" in Hawai'i condos, co-ops and apartments will be discussed at a public seminar, sponsored by the nonprofit Community Associations Institute, Hawai'i chapter. The discussion, "AGING IN PLACE, AGING WITH GRACE — The Next Frontier," will be from 11:30 a.m. (registration) to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hale Koa Hotel, Waikiki Ballroom. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Information: 488-1133, or www.caihawaii.org.
• ALA MOANA TOASTMASTERS no-host luncheon meetings, with opportunities to improve public and impromptu speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays, The Wisteria restaurant. Guests welcome. 226-7686.
• The HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, a networking organization for small-business owners and professionals, meets 12:01 to 1:15 p.m. Thursdays at Sansei Seafood Restaurant, Restaurant Row. Information: Tracy Nakashima, 525-6028.
SATURDAY
• A basic investment seminar — including discussion of the stock market, individual retirement accounts and long-term care expenses — will be offered by FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday or May 18 in the Ala Moana Macy's third floor special-events room. Reservations: 955-8887
UPCOMING
• Research — and other tricks and tips — major public relations campaigns employ to make good communications campaigns great will be the focus of a luncheon program of the local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. "IS RESEARCH AN ESSENTIAL PR TOOL?" is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. (registration) May 19 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel's Hilo Room. Speaker will be Hersh Singer, chairman of SMS Research. Reservations by noon May 17: prsa@hawaii.rr.com. Fee; non-members and students fees available. Information: Gale Mejia, 956-4303.
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. By mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. By e-mail: business@honoluluadvertiser.com.
