Coming Events

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• HOT TRENDS FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON will be the focus of the next in a series of Next Generation discussions for retail real-estate professionals. Industry marketing professionals participating in the discussion, sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers, will be Kathryn Drury, editor of Ala Moana Magazine; Terri Hansen, marketing consultant, Terri Hansen & Associates Shopping Center Marketing; and Mark S. Ros-

enbaum, assistant professor of marketing, UH-Manoa. The discussion and cocktail networking reception will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Aston Waikiki Hotel, Coconut Club, 21st floor. Information: Anne Murata, 922-0588.

TOMORROW

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

WEDNESDAY

• The basics of voice and data wireless technology, the security of such systems — and how to to build your own wireless network — will be the focus of a free discussion and question-and-answer session Wednesday by Ron Dennis, Wi-Fi editor for Wireless Business and Technology magazine. The discussion, sponsored by the University of Phoenix, is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m., at 828 Fort St., Rooms 101 and 102. Information: 536-2686, ext. 108.

• Nonprofit organizations, public agencies, colleges or universities serving the Native American communities are offered the chance to attend a workshop on obtaining grant funding from the U.S. Administration for Native Americans. The workshop, conducted by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday to Friday at the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel. This year, ANA awarded $20 million to native communities, in amounts from $25,000 to $1 million. Information: 521-5011 or www.anapacific.org.

THURSDAY

• The PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S NETWORK annual trade show, Business with Style, will be held 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Tapa Ballrooms I and II. Included will be about 100 vendor booths, food samplings, an informal fashion show, entertainment and a silent auction (donations being accepted). Fee. Information: 533-4800 or www.pwnhawaii.org.

• The Ulupono Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Pohai Nani Good Samaritan Retirement Community, 45-090 Namoku St., Kane'ohe, second floor. Speaker: Marta Wrobel, "From Warsaw to Honolulu i Opportunities for Women in International Business." Dinner reservations: Marie, 235-8994.

• 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. information: 330-5439.

• THE BREAKFAST CLUB, a networking organization for small-business owners and professionals, 7:30 a.m. Thursdays at Sizzler Restaurant, Pearlridge. Information: 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.

FRIDAY

• HAWAI'I SOCIETY OF ENROLLED AGENTS monthly breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m., Friday, at the Pacific Club. Continuing education credits available. Fee. Information: 735-9004.

SATURDAY

• "SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH," a free seminar to help women understand how to create wealth and secure a financial future, will be offered 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at Edward Jones offices at 1360 S. Beretania St., Suite 304. Reservations: 543-6034.

ª 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 Mac skills — noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays, MacMouse ClubHouse, 627 South St., Kaka'ako. Free; no reservations needed. Information: 921-8294 or info@MacMouse.com.

COMING UP

• Registration for the THIRD ANNUAL ALL-INDUSTRY HAWAII AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE, highlighting industry innovations for farmers, ranchers and others, is now online: www.agconference.org. Agricultural Conference 2004 — Changing Times: Enhancing Your Assets will be held Oct. 21 and 22 in the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom. Fee. 589-2407.

• Three local political commentators will critique the recent state primary election — and speculate on the upcoming general and presidential elections — in a discussion sponsored by the Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners. The luncheon discussion with UH-West O'ahu history professor Dan Boylan, Honolulu Star-Bulletin political writer Richard Borreca and Honolulu Advertiser editorial page editor Jerry Burris, is 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 21, at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Mauna Kea Ballroom. Fee. Call: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.