Business Calendar

Meetings

■ The Triad Association of Health Underwriters will have its September meeting at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at Starmount Forest Country Club, 1 Sam Snead Drive in Greensboro. The presenter will be Jeanie Schepisi, the regional director for the N.C. Insurance Department. She will specifically discuss changes in the Medicare Advantage marketplace. For more information, call Carol Pennington at 785-1948 or 785-5243 or e-mail carol@penningtonassociates.biz.

■ eWomen Network will have its accelerated-networking luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Speedway Club, 5555 Concord Parkway in Concord. The guest speaker will be Sheila Stewart, the chief executive of Empower Marketing. The cost is $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers and $55 for all late registrations beginning Monday. For more information or to register, call 775-9622 or e-mail mary gmora@eWomenNetwork.com

■ Affordable Housing Expo will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Miller Park Recreation Center in Winston-Salem. Free. For more information, visit www.wsrar.com

■ Professional Women of Winston-Salem will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Piedmont Club, 200 W. Second St., 19th floor. The guest speaker will be Wanda Starke, a news anchor of local TV station WXII. A buffet lunch will be provided. The cost is $15. Reservations are required by Friday. For more information or to register, visit www.pwws.org.

■ The BB&T program on capitalism, markets and morality at UNC Greensboro will hear a lecture by Dr. Tim Monroe, the health director of the Forsyth County Public Health Department, at 4 p.m. Sept. 11. Monroe will discuss "Health Care as Eminent Domain: The Myth of a Market Solution." The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be in Room 160 of the Bryan School of Business and Economics.

■ The Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will have its annual State of the Community luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Grand Pavilion ballroom at the Embassy Suites, 460 N. Cherry St.

■ A Business Before Hours meeting by the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will be from 8 to 9 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Hewitt Business Center, 1001 S. Marshall St., in Winston-Salem. For more information, contact Kathy Judkins at 728-9256 or kjudkins@winstonsalem.com.

■ The Tar Heel chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will have a daylong seminar at Elon University on Sept. 12 that will focus on how to handle public-relations crisis from a communications standpoint. The cost is $99 for PRSA members, $149 for non-PRSA members and $49 for PRSSA students. For more information, or to register, visit www.prsatarheel.org.

■ The Piedmont Real Estate Council will offer a presentation on governmental affairs at noon Sept. 12 at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor, BB&T Financial Center, 200 W. Second St. The speaker will be Marlene Sanford, the president of the Triad Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition. The cost is $14 at the door. For more information, call 724-7077.

■ There will be a women's entrepreneur conference Sept. 13 at Elliott University Center at UNC Greensboro. The conference will be conducted by the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship, Commission on the Status of Women and the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. There will be workshops for women, and for 30 high-school students. The cost of the workshops for adults is $25 and $15 for the high-school girls. For more information, or to register, visit www.nussbaumcfe.com

■ The Piedmont Small Business Roundtable will offer a presentation by Ginger Gallagher, the president of MediaFit, at noon Sept. 18 at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor, BB&T Financial Center, 200 W. Second St. The cost is $14 at the door. For more information, call 724-7077.

■ Apple Rock Displays will have a free marketing innovations meeting from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at its office at 7602 Business Park Drive in Greensboro. The keynote presenter will be Robyn Waters, a noted author and former vice president of trend, design and product development for Target. For more information, call 800-478-2324 or visit www.eventmarketinginnovation.com

■ The N.C. Revenue Department will have free tax seminars for small businesses at several community colleges in Northwest North Carolina -- Forsyth Technical Community College, noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 24; Wilkes Community College, 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 7; Davidson County Community College, 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 9; Wilkes Community College, Ashe County satellite campus, 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 29; Wilkes Community College, Alleghany County satellite campus, 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 29; and Surry Community College, 2 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6. For more information, or to register, contact the community college or go to www.sbcn.nc.gov.

■ The referral groups for the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will meet at the following times. For more information, call Lynne Borden at 728-9224 or send e-mail to lborden@winstonsalem.com.

Triad Synergy: 7:45 to 9 a.m. Tuesday at Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, 601 W. Fourth St.

Lions: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Holiday Inn Express, 6320 Amp Drive, Clemmons.

Sharks: 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Golden Corral Steak House, 180 Hanes Mall Circle.

■ The Movers & Shakers chapter of BNI, a business-networking group, meets from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursdays at Golden Corral, Hanes Mall Circle. Call Bill Dreshfield at 996-6243 or visit www.bnimovers.com

■ The Triad Business Connection, a business-networking group, meets at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Mayberry's Restaurant on Country Club Road in Winston-Salem. Call Linda McDermott at 724-5113.

■ The Winston-Salem chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 5:45 p.m. on the 13th floor of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, One West Fourth St. For more information, call Patricia Shelton at 480-2101.

■ The Legal Support Staff of Winston-Salem meets monthly on the eighth floor of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, One West Fourth St. Membership is open to all staff working in support of the legal field. For membership and meeting information, call Amy Slusher at 747-2609 or e-mail to aslusher@wcrs.com

Courses

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses the week of Sept. 1. To schedule an appointment for a free business consultation, call 631-1167.

At the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building at 601 W. Fourth St.:

Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Everything you ever wanted to know about starting a business. Fee: $5.

Mondays and Wednesdays Wednesday through Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to noon: Computer basics. Fee: $58.

Tuesdays and Thursdays from Thursday through Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to noon: Computer basics II. Fee: $58.

At the West campus, 1300 Bolton St.:

Tuesdays through Oct. 14, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Access 2007. Fee: $58.

Tuesdays through Oct. 14, 6 to 9 p.m.: Desktop publishing. Fee: $58.

Wednesdays Oct. 15, 6 to 9 p.m.: Computer Basics. Fee: $58.

Wednesdays through Oct. 15, 6 to 9 p.m.: Internet. Fee: $58.

Thursdays through Oct. 16, 6 to 9 p.m.: Word 2007. Fee: $58.

Thursdays through Oct. 16, 6 to 9 p.m.: Computer Basics II. Fee: $58.

Thursdays through Oct. 16, 6 to 9 p.m.: Excel 2007. Fee: $58.

Fridays through Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to noon: Excel 2007. Fee: $58.

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses the week of Sept. 8. To schedule an appointment for a free business consultation, call 631-1167.

At the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building at 601 W. Fourth St.:

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon: Word 2007. Fee: $58.

Monday through Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Excel 2007. Fee: $58.

Monday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Grantwriting 101, Fee: $5

Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Developing a small-business marketing plan that works: Fee: $5.

Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m.: Selling items on eBay. Fee: $5.

At the West campus, 1300 Bolton St.:

Mondays from Sept. 8 through Oct. 27, 6 to 9 p.m.: Computer basics: Fee $58.

Mondays from Sept. 8 through Oct. 27, 6 to 9 p.m.: Computer Basics II: Fee $58,

Mondays from Sept. 8 through Oct. 27, 6 to 9 p.m.: Dreamweaver CS3: Fee $58,

Thursdays from Sept. 11 through Oct. 30, 6 to 9 p.m.: Quickbooks 2006: Fee $58,

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses the week of Sept. 15. To schedule an appointment for a free consultation, call 631-1167.

At the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building at 601 W. Fourth St.:

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon: Access 2007. Fee: $58.

Monday through Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.: PowerPoint 2007. Fee: $58.

Monday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Grantwriting 102, Fee: $5

Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Keeping small-business records and paying your taxes: Fee: $5.

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses the week of Sept. 22. To schedule an appointment for a free business consultation, call 631-1167.

At the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building at 601 W. Fourth St.:

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon: Computer basics II. Fee: $58.

Monday through Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Excel 2007 Intermediate. Fee: $58.

Monday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Grant writing 103, Fee: $5

Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.: How to write a convincing business plan: Fee: $5.

Wednesday, noon to 2 p.m.: Tax implications for starting a business. Fee: $10.

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses the week of Sept. 29. To schedule an appointment for a free business consultation, call 631-1167.

At the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building at 601 W. Fourth St.:

Mondays through Thursdays from Sept. 29 through Oct. 9, 1 to 4 p.m.: Web Page Design. Fee: $58.

Tuesday, 1 to 4 p.m.: Searching for a loan for a start-up or business expansion: Fee: $5.

Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m.: Beyond the basics of selling on eBay. Fee: $5.

Training

■ The Piedmont Triad chapter of Project Management Institute is offering an examination certification preparation on five consecutive Saturdays from Sept. 13 through Oct. 11 at the Elon University School of Law, 201 N. Greene St. in Greensboro.

The classes will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4:30 p.m. A total of 10 3.5-hour classes are required. The classes are open to PMI members in good standing, with nonmembers admitted on a case-by-case basis. The class size is limited to 20 participants. The fee is $600 for PMI members and $700 for non-PMI members, which includes the cost of a textbook. For more information, visit www.pmi.org.

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