Business calendar

Meetings

The networking referral groups of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will meet at the following times this week. For more information, call Rodessa Mitchell at 728-9222 or e-mail to mitchell@winstonsalem.com

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

Lions: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday; Golden Corral steakhouse, 180 Hanes Mall Circle

The Piedmont Triad N.C chapter of USGBC will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Volvo Trucks, 7900 National Service Road in Greensboro. The topic will be on decorative hardwood plywood. For more information, go to http://februaryevent.eventbrite.com

The Business Roundtable will meet at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18 at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor of the BB&T Corp. financial center at 200 W. Second St. The topic will be on "Impact of the wine industry on the N.C. economy," with the guest speaker Steve Shepherd of Raylen Vineyards. The event is open to the public and the cost is $20. For more information, call 724-7077.

The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and Forsyth Tech Small Business Center is offering a small-business seminar titled "How smart women beat stress" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the chamber office, 601 W. Fourth St. For more information, go to www.winstonsalem.com and click on the calendar.

The Leadership Forum will meet at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 24 at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor of the BB&T Corp. financial center at 200 W. Second St. The topic will be on "Sharpen your professional etiquette," with the guest speaker Sandy Martin, a certified business trainer with the American Business Etiquette Trainers Associaiton. The event is open to the public and the cost is $20. For more information, call 724-7077.

The Finance and Economic Roundtable will meet at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 25 at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor of the BB&T Corp. financial center at 200 W. Second St. The topic will be on "The ABCs of IRAs." The event is open to the public and the cost is $20. For more information, call 724-7077.

The Winston-Salem Engineer's Club meets on the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Lone Star Steakhouse restaurant on Hanes Mall Blvd. For more information, call Dick Cooper at 766-7894.

The Triad Business Connection, a business-networking group, meets at 7:30 am. Tuesdays at Billy Bob's Silver Diner, 1650 Hanes Mall Blvd. in Winston-Salem. Call Linda McDermott at 724-5113.

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 Exchange, a business-networking group, meets at 8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Piedmont Club, 19th floor of the BB&T Financial Center, 200 W. Second St, Winston-Salem. Call Erin Winters at 207-4276.

Triad Job Search Network of Greensboro/High Point meets from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays at Covenant United Methodist Church, 1526 Skeet Club Road, High Point. A $3 donation is requested. For more information, call 333-1677 or visit http://tjsn.net/

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 W. Fourth St. For more information, call Pat Tomlinson at 758-5850.

The Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce holds a monthly membership meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month. The meeting is held at the Broyhill Office Suites, 3540 Clemmons Road in Clemmons. The cost is $8. For more information, call Suzanne Marshall at 970-5100 or go to www.lewisville-clemmons.com.

The Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking leads group monthly. Morning Brew meets from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesdays at Clemmons Village II in Clemmons. For more information, call Cindy Reymeyer at 778-8548.

The Triad Dynamic Business Group meets from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at the Dean Biomedical building, room 307. For more information, call Dan Straka at 722-6304.

The Triad Job Search Network, a volunteer organization, meets weekly from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesdays at Maple Springs United Methodist Church, 2569 Reynolda Road in Winston-Salem. For more information, call 972-8888 or e-mail to donw13@roadrunner.com.

Empire Toastmasters meets on the first Wednesday each month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Reynolds American Plaza building, room 8B, 401 N. Main St.; and the third Wednesday each month from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Reynolds American Bowman Gray Technical Center, 950 Reynolds Blvd. For more information, call Chad Lelong at 804-400-8529 or e-mail to chaffraixlelong@hotmail.com or visit www.empire.freetoasthost.com

The Travelers Protective Association meets on the first Thursday at Hill's Lexington Barbecue restaurant, 4005 N. Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem.

Professionals in Transition, a job-search support group, meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Red Cross building at 690 Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem and at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at West Market Street United Methodist Church, 203 W. Market St. in Greensboro. The meetings are free. For more information, go to www.jobsearching.org or call 757-1099.

Profesional Sales Seekers meets at 8:15 a.m. Fridays at the BBB office in the GMAC building in downtown Winston-Salem. For more information, call Wendi Cartner at 759-0268, ext. 105.

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 send e-mail to aslusher@wcrs.com.

The Wooden Group meets weekly at 10 a.m. Saturday for its "Get Hired" workshops at its office in the Broyhill Office Suites on Clemmons Road in Clemmons. The free workshops are aimed at people ages 18 and older. Seating is limited. Reservations can be made at 793-8040 or by e-mailing randy@woodengroup.com. For more information, go to www.woodengroup.com/blog.

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