Posted on: Monday, November 1, 2004
Coming events
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• Allan R. Landon, successor to Mike O'Neill, former Bank of Hawaii chairman and chief executive officer, will speak on the bank's financial turnaround. Landon was instrumental in developing the bank's 2001-2003 strategic plan and is chief architect of the company's current strategy. He will speak on "Bank of Hawaii's Strategic Planning SUCCEEDS!" during a luncheon meeting of the HAWAII SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Hawaii Prince Hotel-Waikiki, Mauna Kea Ballroom. Fee; higher after Nov. 10. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.
• Chandra Pryor, co-owner of Venus Auto, which bills itself as "The First Auto Repair Shop for Women," will speak on "Powder Puff Mechanics" in a Nov. 10 speech to the AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. The speech to the group's Na Kilohana O Wahine chapter's dinner meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. at the Japanese Cultural Center. Vocational speaker for the meeting will be artist/therapist Bebe Daniels. Fee. Information: Fran, 455-4737.
• HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY TOASTMASTERS CLUB, offering opportunities to improve public and impromptu speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Honolulu Municipal Building, 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. Tuesdays in the center's Executive Center offices, 1088 Bishop St., Suite 2506, 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. 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 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 at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Appointments: 522-8130.
• Robin Brandt will discuss the "Futures of Work and Disabilities: Trends and Emerging Issues" as part of lecturer Vincent Pollard's University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu course on global futures. Brandt is acting director of the Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, a unit of the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine. The free lecture is open to the public and is set at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the college campus, 96-129 Ala 'Ike, Pearl City, Room E-101. A question-and-answer session will follow. 944-6479.
• Author Gail Honda of Global Optima will explain the process of writing and publishing an information-technology book — from creating and submitting the book proposal to writing, editing and marketing. Her presentation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the University of Phoenix, Honolulu campus, 828 Fort St., Rooms 101/102. Free. Information: Steven Schoen, 536-2686, Ext. 108.
• ALA MOANA TOASTMASTERS no-host luncheon meetings, with opportunities to improve public- and impromptu-speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Yum Yum Tree restaurant, Ward Centre. Guests welcome. 330-5439.
• THE BREAKFAST CLUB, a networking organization for small-business owners and professionals, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays at Sizzler Restaurant, Pearlridge. 456-0222. • 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.
• Topics from avoiding financial devastation from long-term care and stock-market losses to doubling savings account earnings are on the agenda at a discussion Saturday sponsored by Financial Management Services. The seminar, "THE CURE FOR FINANCIAL RISK AND UNCERTAINTY," is scheduled 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Macy's, Ala Moana Center, Special Events Room on the third floor. Free. Reservations required: 955-8887. • An 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 is held noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays, MacMouse ClubHouse, 627 South St., Kaka'ako. Free; no reservations. 921-8294 or info@MacMouse.com. • Three of the leading Hawai'i women in the male-dominated construction industry — Audrey Hidano of Hidano Construction, Kathleen Thurston of Thurston Construction, and Catherine Camp of Alexander & Baldwin — will be featured in a discussion series centering on influential women. The discussion, "BUILDING THE FUTURE: WOMEN LEADING THE WAY," sponsored by Bank of Hawaii and presented by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center, is scheduled 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee, higher after today. Information: Allie Nadey, 522-8136.
• How the state Department of Taxation will interpret recent changes to the state's Act 221/215 technology tax-credits bill for investors and qualified high-tech businesses will be outlined Nov. 10 by Tax Director Kurt Kawafuchi. He speaks to a luncheon meeting sponsored by the Hawaii Technology Trade Association, Hawaii Venture Capital Association, High Technology Development Corp. and Enterprise Honolulu. The meeting and briefing will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Fee, nonmembers welcome. Reservations by Friday: 262-7329.
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; fax to 525-6763; or e-mail business@honoluluadvertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment. )
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