Coming Events
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BEST BETS
• U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Robert E. Jones will speak on "CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT" at a brown-bag luncheon meeting Wednesday of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, 11:30 a.m.to 1:30 p.m., Island Insurance Co., 1022 Bethel St., first-floor conference room. Members free; fee for guests. Reservations: Pat Akana, 538-4729.
• "THE CURE FOR FINANCIAL RISK AND UNCERTAINTY" will be the subject of a free financial planning seminar Saturday, sponsored by Financial Management Services, 10-11:30 a.m., Macy's, Ala Moana Center, third-floor "Special Events Room." Reservations required: 955-8887.
• The annual meeting of the FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE, HAWAI'I, will be from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse, second floor. Speaker is Tim O'Hanlon, who is working on a book, "Music for the Dying," on how caregivers can use music to reduce anxiety and create a relaxing environment.
TODAY
• The HAWAI'I KAI TOASTMASTERS CLUB meets 7-8:30 p.m. today at the Japan-American Institute for Management Science, 6660 Hawai'i Kai Drive. Guests welcome. Free. Call: 734-7468.
TOMORROW
• Vance Roley, dean of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa College of Business Administration and the First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Management, will be the luncheon speaker at the ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU meeting, noon-1 p.m., in The Royal Hawaiian hotel Monarch Room. Fee. Contact: Debbie Jenkins, 922-5526.
• "State and Federal Tax Procedure Workshop" — an all-day business development workshop on the "what, when and where" of filing state general excise and use taxes — will be offered by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Registration: 522-8136.
• MICRO ENTERPRISE TRAINING CLASSES, sponsored by the Honolulu Community Action Program, will be offered 6-9 p.m. tomorrow to Thursday; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 18, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 19. Topics include: how to start a business in Hawai'i, business loans, taxes, marketing, basic computer training, understanding your credit, basic Internet training and money matters. Free to those with limited income. For location or information: Erma Abinosa or Robert Kelley, 521-4531.
• A free "COMPUTER BOOT CAMP" is offered 3-4 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.
WEDNESDAY
A Kina'ole chapter of business networking organization, BNI (Business Network International), meets 8-9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Times Coffee Shop, Kane'ohe Bay Shopping Center. Call: Joann, 235-1262.
THURSDAY
• Roadrunner High Speed Online presents the 2005 TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET EXPO, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Ballroom. The event will showcase business and high-tech organizations, and the latest products, services and innovations in the industry. Besides seminars and live presentations, this year's event will also feature a one-day Business and Technology Conference, featuring international, national and local speakers from top technology industries. Included in the expo will be wireless and Internet service providers, hardware, software and Web-based technologies and networking systems. Fees. Information: Patty Low, 947-3101.
• How to more successfully sell on eBay — writing better sales pitches, setting enticing prices and using PayPal — will be among the focuses of an E-Bay Workshop sponsored by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. The training session, led by education specialist Rian Lau, is 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee; higher price at door. Registration: 522-8131.
• An overview of the various graduate degree and certificate programs and international exchange opportunities offered by the University of Hawai'i-Manoa College of Business Administration will be offered 5:30-6 p.m., in Room D204 of the Business Building, University Avenue and Maile Way. Reservations: 956-8226.
• ALA MOANA TOASTMASTERS no-host luncheon meetings, with opportunities to improve public- and impromptu-speaking abilities, noon-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.
SATURDAY
• Estate-planning attorney Jon Thomas Hunter and Douglas D. Wilson, author of "Executor & Trustee Survival Guide," will take part in a workshop sponsored by Eldercare Hawai'i. "Estate Planning and Elder Law: Financing Your Retirement and Long-Term Care," 9 a.m.-noon at Central Union Church, Parish Hall. Donation requested; free for family caregivers. Registration: 988-6300.
• An APPLE MACINTOSH OS X OPERATING SYSTEM LECTURE, demonstration and Q-and-A session for "PC-switchers," new and experienced Mac users, and those who want to sharpen MacIntosh skills, is from noon-2 p.m. Saturdays, MacMouse ClubHouse, 627 South St., Kaka'ako. Free; no reservations. 921-8294 or info@MacMouse.com.
Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance to: Business Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; business@honoluluadvertiser.com; or fax 525-6763. (For e-mailed releases, include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
