Coming business events

Name of event: Job Descriptions & Interviews that Work

Date and time: July 16, July 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, Room #2, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park

Cost: $89

Web site: http://www.shoreline.edu/ce/Summer%202008/Business.html

Event phone: 206-533-6700

Description: What kind of hiring process are you using now? Could it work better for you? Learn a step-by-step approach that takes you from job descriptions through interviews with a process that works to achieve your goals for your business. In this workshop style class, you'll discover the most effective ways to describe a position and then ask interview questions that give you solid information to use in hiring.

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Name of event: Real Market Insights: Get the true story on our local real estate market

Date and time: July 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: 1700 Westlake Ave N., Suite 600, Seattle

Cost: Free

Web site: http://www.justrealseattle.com/custom4.shtml

Event phone: 206-240-0467

Description: Is now a good time to buy? What do I need to qualify for a loan? What's the state of our real estate market? Get the answers to these questions and more. Join Kate Beck from First Horizon Home Loans and Brad Davis from ERA Real Estate for a casual informational meeting about the Seattle area real estate market as well as insights about our markets' foreseeable future.

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Name of event: Kaplan Test Prep Business School Seminar

Date and time: July 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: Seattle Public Library — Downtown Branch

Cost: Free

Web site: http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central&branchID=1

Event phone: 1-800-KAPTEST

Description: To help those who have considered attending business school increase their knowledge about the competitive admissions process and prepare to overcome the testing and application hurdles ahead, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions will hold a free Business School Insider Seminar. Benefit from inside tips on admissions, strategies on test taking, and an informative discussion on careers. We will provide an overview of important business school trends and their implications. For more information and to register, visit kaptest.com/insider.

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Name of event: Basic Bookkeeping with QuickBooks

Date and time: July 17, July 24, July 31, Aug. 7, Aug. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Place: Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, Room #4, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park

Cost: $175

Web site: http://www.shoreline.edu/ce/Summer%202008/Accounting_Finance_and_Investment.html

Event phone: 206-533-6700

Description: This course is designed for the small-business owner who has limited or no experience with bookkeeping. We'll stay light on theory and heavy on practical applications for business or personal budgets. Topics include the purpose and benefit of keeping good records, financial statements, revenue and expenses, payables and receivables, taxes and budgets. No previous experience with QuickBooks required. Learning materials presented in class.

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Name of event: Seattle Small Business Meetup Networking Night

Date and time: July 17, 6:30 p.m.

Place: Wallingford

Cost: Free

Web site: http://smallbiz.meetup.com/278/

Description: Join the Seattle Small Business Meetup for a casual networking event in the Wallingford/Fremont area.

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Name of event: WTIA: Take Me Out To the Beer Garden/Tech Summer Celebration

Date and time: July 17, 5-8 p.m.

Place: Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant, 1201 First Ave. S.

Cost: WTIA member single: $25, Nonmember single: $30

Web site: http://www.washingtontechnology.org/pages/events/events_events_wsaevent.asp?id=0807SUMMER

Event phone: 206-448-3033

Description: Let's celebrate summer in a casual, networking setting.

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Name of event: Bellevue Chamber / July Business Lunch

Date and time: July 17, 12-1:30 p.m.

Place: Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Cost: $35 members, $45 nonmembers

Web site: www.bellevuechamber.org

Event phone: 425-213-1205

Description: The keynote speaker is gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi.

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Name of event: Creating & Delivering Product Demos

Date and time: July 17, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Place: Regus Office Center, 1420 Fifth Ave., 22nd floor, Seattle

Cost: $795.

Web site: http://www.zigzagmarketing.com/demos.asp

Event phone: 866-797-3647

Description: Most product demos "tell" about product features instead of "selling" the value of those features. Attend this one-day workshop and receive the Zigzag Marketing demo framework, templates and tools for delivering sales demos both face to face and over the Web. Register at http://www.zigzagmarketing.com/register_demos.asp

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Name of event: Seattle SHRM Chapter Meeting and Breakfast

Date and time: July 17, 7:30-9 a.m.

Place: Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave., Seattle

Cost: Seattle SHRM member $30, nonmember $40, student $15 (price includes breakfast)

Web site: http://www.shrm-seattle.com

Description: John Thomas Wood, chief learning officer for Town & Country Markets, will discuss "The True Nature of Personal Power and its Relationship to Leadership in an Organization" at this meeting of the Seattle Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

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Name of event: Connect with Kristen: Transforming Coffee into Connection, Contribution, and Cashflow

Date and time: July 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Place: 415 W. Mercer St., Suite 101, Seattle

Cost: $297

Web site: http://www.connectwithkristen.com

Event phone: 206-624-6018

Description: We'll explore ways we can all expand the connections in our lives, deepen the contribution we make to others, and increase our cash flow while doing it. This in-person training is designed to empower your professional success and grow your business.

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Name of event: CityClub CEO Series: A Conversation with Paula Rosput Reynolds, Moderated by Mike Fancher

Date and time: July 18

Place: Washington Athletic Club

Cost: $35 CityClub members; $40 guests/co-presenters; $45 general public; $8 coffee only

Web site: www.seattlecityclub.org

Event phone: 206-682-7395

Description: Paula Rosput Reynolds, CEO and president of Safeco, will address these questions: What is her vision for the future of Safeco? Will Safeco continue to give to local organizations? What was her leadership path both professionally and civically? Did she have important mentors along the way? What does Safeco do to promote civic engagement among its employees?

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Name of event: Homebuying Seminar

Date and time: July 18, noon-1 p.m.

Place: 1201 3rd Ave., 27th floor conference room, Seattle

Web site: http://www.goliveloans.com/free-lunch-and-learn-seattle.php

Event phone: 206-508-2922

Description: In this luncheon seminar put on by mortgage company GO Financial Solutions, you'll learn the secrets of building your credit score to the highest level possible, how your credit affects the rates you're offered by lenders, and how to structure your purchase offer to maximize your buying power.

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Name of event: Investing in Real Estate: Fixers2Foreclosures

Date and time: July 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. & July 22, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

Place: University of Washington campus

Cost: $40

Web site: www.exco.org

Event phone: 206-68LEARN

Description: Offered through the ASUW Experimental College. An overview of rentals, fixers, foreclosures and choices few have heard of.

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Name of event: Tracking Customers and Growing Revenue with CRM

Date and time: July 22, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Place: Congruent, 4205 148th Ave. N.E., Suite 100, Bellevue

Cost: Free, but registration is required

Web site: http://www.congruentsoft.com/C6/Test%20Drive%20Microsoft%20CRM/default.aspx

Event phone: 425-460-4944

Description: Join Congruent for a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Test Drive. We will provide lunch and an overview of Microsoft's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software and how it integrates with other Microsoft applications such as Office.

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Name of event: Voice and Communication Classes

Date and time: July 22, 29, 6:15-7:45 p.m.

Place: Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Room 3, Seattle

Cost: $200 for 4 sessions

Web site: www.brain-voice.com

Event phone: 206-216-4650

Description: Anna Bernstein of The Brain-Voice Connection (formerly Speaking Matters) offers these voice and communication skills improvement classes, aimed at helping you project your voice with warmth and power, sound like a leader and expert, and influence clients and prospects with your voice. Class is limited to 12 people. Money-back guarantee.

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Name of event: Bellevue Chamber / Golf Classic Reception & Auction

Date and time: July 22, begins at 5:30 p.m.

Place: The Golf Club at Newcastle

Cost: $20 members, $30 nonmembers

Web site: www.bellevuechamber.org

Event phone: 425-213-1205

Description: This event provides an evening of networking and dining at the 19th hole. Proceeds benefit the Bellevue Chamber Foundation's teacher grant and student scholarship programs.

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Name of event: Correcting Your Credit

Date and time: July 22, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Place: University of Washington campus

Cost: $11

Web site: www.exco.org

Event phone: 206-68LEARN

Description: Your credit report and resulting credit score may be necessary for housing, insurance, employment and transportation. Learn how to read a credit report, how credit reporting databases work, mistakes these databases make, credit reporting law and how credit scoring works. Also learn how to prevent and take action if you are a victim of identity theft.

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Name of event: NW Biodiesel Network Monthly Meeting

Date and time: July 22, 7-9 p.m.

Place: Seattle Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle

Cost: Free

Web site: www.nwbiodiesel.org/

Description: The Other Biofuel: Ethanol. Does corn ethanol deserve all of its bad rap or is it petroleum propaganda? What do biodiesel and ethanol share in common and what sets them apart? If you have ever had to answer questions about ethanol or defend biodiesel because of it, do not miss this meeting. Get your questions answered!

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Name of event: Achieving Excellence in Companies, Communities and Careers — Aligning Strategy, Planning and Execution

Date and time: July 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Place: Airport Ramada Suites, 16720 International Blvd., Sea Tac

Cost: $75

Web site: www.projectsnw.com

Event phone: 253-854-4979

Description: This one-day workshop will provide powerful, practical and immediate keys to achieving and sustaining excellence and growth in any industry, company or community organization

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Name of event: Test Drive Microsoft Dynamics Accounting Software

Date and time: July 23, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Place: Congruent, 4205 148th Ave. N.E., Suite 100, Bellevue

Cost: Free, but registration is required

Web site: http://www.congruentsoft.com/C10/Test%20Drive%20Microsoft%20Dynamics/default.aspx

Event phone: 425-460-4944

Description: Take this opportunity to see Microsoft Dynamics ERP and get answers to your questions. At this event you'll be seated at an individual personal computer and guided by a certified instructor.

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Name of event: 10 Principles for Retirement Living

Date and time: July 23, 2-3:30 p.m.

Place: Providence Mount St. Vincent Foundation, 4831 35th Ave S.W., West Seattle

Cost: Free

Web site: www.providence.org/themount

Event phone: 206-938-6194

Description: Financial adviser Brian Duffy will speak on planning for retirement.

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Name of event: Take Charge of Your Go-To-Market Skills!

Date and time: July 23, 6-8:30 p.m.

Place: Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 S.E. 24th St., Mercer Island

Web site: www.pmcnw.org

Description: Join the Product Management Consortium, Illuminate Public Relations and local marketing professionals as we "go back to school" and refresh our product launch skills.

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Name of event: National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP) Annual Property Tour

Date and time: July 24, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Place: Begins at Kent Station

Cost: $75 members, and $125 nonmembers

Web site: www.naiopwa.org

Description: Join us on a bus tour through the fast growing Kent Valley and South Sound area, which is evolving and undergoing dramatic change. New economic drivers and development plans are creating more office, retail, and industrial complexes; and highway and rail improvements are better connecting the region.

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Name of event: Live it Up Without Outliving Your Money

Date and time: July 24

Place: Bellevue Courtyard Marriott

Cost: Free

Web site: www.merrimanberkmannext.com

Description: This workshop was created to show you how to build a portfolio that has the potential to increase your retirement wealth and keep risk in check.

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Name of event: Women Business Owners Power Lunch

Date and time: July 24, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Place: Washington Athletic Club

Cost: Members $31, $41 after July 22. Nonmembers $46, $56 after July 22

Web site: www.womenbusinessowners.org

Event phone: 206-575-3232

Description: The topic is "Safety Tips for the Working Woman: This Event Could Save Your Life." Attendees encouraged to bring daughters

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Name of event: Internet Business Workshop

Date and time: July 25, Aug. 13 & Aug. 29, 1-3 p.m.

Place: SCORE, 2401 4th Ave., Suite 450, Seattle

Cost: $25, $20 for each additional attendee

Web site: www.seattlescore.org

Event phone: 206-553-7320

Description: Learn how to use your Web site to promote, operate or grow your business.

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Name of event: How to Write a Single Page Business Plan — That Works

Date and time: July 26, 6-8:30 p.m.

Place: Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, Room #3, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park

Cost: $49

Web site: http://www.shoreline.edu/ce/Summer%202008/Business.html

Event phone: 206-533-6700

Description: The Quick-Plan (single-page business plan) is a tool that can help all of us, whether we are just in the idea stage of business planning or are in business and never took the time for this important exercise. This workshop is designed to help you think, plan, and put down on paper your vision, goals and plan to start or grow your business. It will also take you to the next level in business planning.

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Name of event: Lunch & Learn: How to Get More Customers Now

Date and time: July 28, noon-1:30 p.m.

Place: ActionCOACH Seattle Office

Cost: $199

Web site: www.actioncoachseattle.com

Event phone: 206-352-0600

Description: This workshop will focus on a 10-step process to help you get more customers, including marketing and advertising, number crunching, and profiling your ideal target customer. Lunch & Learn is a monthly hands-on workshop for local business owners, presented by Isabella McPeak of coaching firm ActionCOACH. Lunch will be served.

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Name of event: Bellevue Chamber July Business After Hours

Date and time: July 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Place: LeMay Museum-Club Auto (Kirkland location)

Cost: $12 members, $20 nonmembers

Web site: www.bellevuechamber.org

Event phone: 425-213-1205

Description: Make business connections at this after-work, networking focused event.

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Name of event: Making Money in the Next Great U.S. Stock Market

Date and time: Aug. 6, noon-1 p.m.

Place: U.S. Bank Centre, 1420 5th Ave., 4th floor

Web site: roadshow.smeadcap.com

Event phone: 877-701-2883

Description: Smead Capital Management Chief Investment Officer William Smead will be speaking on the condition of today's investment market, bringing to light another period of history similar to today and showing how quality investments fared coming out of those dire circumstances.

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Name of event: Business Development Training Orientation

Date and time: Aug. 6, 6-8 p.m.

Place: Washington CASH

Cost: Free

Web site: www.washingtoncash.org

Event phone: 206-352-1945

Description: Attend a two-hour orientation to learn more about Washington CASH and how to use microfinance to start your own business.

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Name of event: IMC PNW August Roundtable Breakfast

Date and time: Aug. 6, 7-9 a.m.

Place: The Bellevue Club, 11200 S.E. 6th St., Bellevue

Cost: $30-35 members; $45 nonmembers

Web site: http://www.imcpacnw.org

Event phone: 206-367-8997

Description: Speaker Eric Fry, a partner with OneAccord, will discuss "The Art of the Question" — Practical Tools and Techniques to Get Better Information in Order to Leverage a Strong Position of Power with Your Clients" at this breakfast meeting of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants.

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Name of event: The Keys to Error-Free Writing

Date and time: Aug. 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Place: Vancouver, Wash.

Cost: $295

Web site: http://syntaxtraining.com/PDF/Keys_081108.pdf

Event phone: 206-782-8410

Description: This workshop, offered by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training, is for employees, managers, and business owners who want to produce error-free documents. Discover tools and techniques to eliminate errors in reports, presentations and e-mail. Get clear explanations, take-away tools, and illustrations of the latest rules of punctuation and usage.

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Name of event: A Discussion of Canada-United States Exchange Rates, the Global Exchange Rate System and Foreign Currency Risk Solutions

Date and time: Aug. 12, doors open at 5 p.m.

Place: South Meeting Place, REI Seattle, 222 Yale Ave. N., Seattle

Cost: $15 for Canada America Society members paid in advance, $20 for nonmembers and at the door. University of Washington faculty/students and HSBC employees are free.

Web site: www.canada-americasociety.org

Event phone: 425-398-9100

Description: The Canada America Society of Washington, the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and HSBC present a discussion led by Professor Debra Glassman, senior lecturer at the University of Washingtons Michael G. Foster School of Business and Thomas Davies of HSBC Global Markets. Glassman will address the economic factors affecting the value of the Canadian and U.S. currencies in the short run and the long run. Davies will address how firms can manage their foreign-exchange rate risk through the use of various banking products and hedging solutions.

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Name of event: Building a Business Plan Workshop

Date and time: Aug. 13, & Sept. 10, 8 a.m. — 4 p.m.

Place: SCORE, 2401 4th Ave., Suite 450, Seattle

Cost: $85; $75 for each additional attendee

Web site: www.seattlescore.org

Event phone: 206 553 7320

Description: A well-written business plan is your blueprint for success.

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Name of event: Who's in Charge Here Anyway?

Date and time: Aug. 14, noon-1:30 p.m.

Place: Tower Building, 1809 Seventh Ave., Seattle

Cost: $69

Web site: www.jurassicparliament.com

Event phone: 206-542-8422

Description: This interactive workshop discusses what to do when leaders are too authoritarian or too wishy-washy. Register by Aug. 12 and box lunch included.

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Name of event: Business Development Training Orientation

Date and time: Aug. 20, 6-8 p.m.

Place: Washington CASH

Cost: Free

Web site: www.washingtoncash.org

Event phone: 206-352-1945

Description: Attend a two-hour orientation to learn more about Washington CASH and how to use microfinance to start your own business

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Name of event: Certified ScrumMaster Training Course

Date and time: Aug. 20-21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Place: Seattle Harbor Club

Cost: $1,200

Web site: http://www.solutionsiq.com/scrum/training_events.html

Event phone: 800-235-4091, ext. 2253

Description: Learn the essentials of working as a ScrumMaster or Scrum team member in this two-day course, which provides everything you need to get started with Scrum and Agile. Delivered by SolutionsIQ Agile thought leaders, this course shares time-tested practices for managing product backlogs, planning your releases and iterations (Sprints) and tracking and reporting progress.

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Name of event: Wealth of an Ordinary Life

Date and time: Aug. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. & Aug. 24, 4-7 p.m.

Place: West Seattle

Cost: $78

Web site: www.exco.org

Event phone: 206-68LEARN

Description: This workshop is designed to help you make a significant shift in your relationship to money. In addition to teaching you the essential tools needed to manage your finances, the comprehensive curriculum will help you explore and understand the emotional elements that build a realistic and sustainable financial plan. Topics covered include the psychology of money, risk management, cash flow, savings, investing, retirement planning and homeownership. If you're in a relationship, both partners are encouraged to attend.

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Name of event: Financial Health 101

Date and time: Aug. 30, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Place: Fremont

Cost: $33

Web site: www.exco.org

Event phone: 206-68LEARN

Description: In this class we'll review sound financial practices by examining all the essential building blocks: risk management (including medical insurance), budgeting, short-term savings and investing for the long-term (portfolio management, retirement planning and saving for children's college education). We'll also look at the emotional dynamics underlying our approach to money and strategies to prevent fear or greed from ruining our financial health.

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Name of event: Starting a New Business Workshop

Date and time: Sept. 3, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Place: SCORE, 2401 4th Ave., Suite 450, Seattle

Cost: $85; $75 for each additional attendee

Web site: www.seattlescore.org

Event phone: 206-553-7320

Description: Learn all of the basics of getting a business off the ground, including structure, insurance, accounting and operations.

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Name of event: Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference

Date and time: Sept. 8-10

Place: Vancouver, Wash., Hilton Hotel

Cost: $240

Web site: www.micronbc.org

Event phone: 541-713-1331

Description: This conference, presented by the Oregon Nanoscience andMicrotechnologies Institute and the Washington Technology Center, will focus on "Science, Networking and Commercialization for the Micro- and Nano-enabled Economy." This fifth annual conference has emerged as the premier nanoscience and microtechnologies research and business event in the Pacific Northwest. Join over 300 industry leaders, researchers, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and tech transfer professionals to discuss the issues and opportunities inherent in commercializing small tech innovation. Register at: www.micronbc.org

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Name of event: Agile Program Management with Scrum

Date and time: Sept. 10-11, 2008; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Place: Seattle Harbor Club

Cost: $1,500

Web site: http://www.solutionsiq.com/scrum/training_events.html

Event phone: 800-235-4091, ext. 2253

Description: Are you looking for techniques to grow your successful Agile projects into an Agile program? Do you know what your next steps are on the Agile Maturity Scale? In this two-day course you will learn practices to help you grow your Agile teams into successful Agile programs, enabling you to take on more complex challenges while staying true to the Agile values and practices that you used in the Agile projects.

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Name of event: Fundraising and Grant Writing for Nonprofits

Date and time: Sept. 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Place: Shoreline Community College, Lake Forest Park Towne Centre, Room #3, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park

Cost: $79

Web site: http://www.shoreline.edu/ce/Summer%202008/Non_Profit.html

Event phone: 206-533-6700

Description: Learn the fundamentals of nonprofit fundraising and the role grants play in your overall funding plan. Get information about how the process works, which funding sources are the right ones for you, and how to make your proposal more compelling and competitive.

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Name of event: WWEE 2008 Pierce County benefit breakfast

Date and time: Sept. 17, 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Place: Hotel Murano, Tacoma

Web site: www.WWEE.org

Event phone: 253-590-0647

Description: Washington Women's Employment & Education (WWEE) will host its 2008 Benefit Breakfast to recognize and celebrate the success achieved by WWEE graduates. At this fundraising event, breakfast guests will have the opportunity to hear WWEE graduate speakers share their personal stories of triumph over adversityReservations are required. Email: info@wwee

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Name of event: Project Management class

Date and time: Sept. 22-Dec. 11, 9:30-10:20 a.m., Mon.-Thurs.

Place: Edmonds Community College

Web site: http://mgmt.edcc.edu

Event phone: 425-640-1388

Description: Learn to work in a project team and create plans that identify the project scope, constraints, stakeholders and risks. This class counts toward a Project Management certificate.

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Name of event: Microsoft Project online class

Date and time: Sept. 22-Dec. 11

Place: Online via Edmonds Community College

Web site: http://mgmt.edcc.edu

Event phone: 425-640-1388

Description: Learn to organize, schedule, manage and report projects using Microsoft Project. This class counts toward a Project Management certificate, which may be completed in less than a year.

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Name of event: Technology Convergence: The Integrated Lifestyle

Date and time: Oct. 9, 4-7:30 p.m.

Place: Silverdale Beach Hotel, Silverdale

Web site: http://www.westsoundtechnology.org/summit2008.asp

Event phone: 206-338-6554

Description: Technology convergence involves the synergistic combination of voice (and telephony features), data (and productivity applications) and video onto a single network. Once previously separate, these technologies are now able to share resources and interact with each other creating new efficiencies. Join us at our 7th annual summit as we explore the integration of multimedia, IP, telework and medical technologies — and their impact on both the home and business markets. Registration, information, and sponsorship opportunities at provided URL.