Business Calendar

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

Meetings

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

Stars: 7:45 to 9 a.m. Wednesday; Billy Bob's Silver Diner, 1650 Hanes Mall Blvd.

Sharks: 7:45 to 9 a.m. Thursday; Golden Corral steakhouse, 180 Hanes Mall Circle

• Professional Engineers of N.C., Northwest chapter will meet at noon Monday in the Taylor Recreation Center in Winston-Salem. The guest speaker will be Hoy Bohanon with WorkingBuildings, who will talk about "Using the Retro-Commissioning Process for Energy Savings. The cost is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. For more information, go to www.wss.shrm.org.

• The Society for Human Resource Management, Winston-Salem chapter, will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Windsor Room of the Joel Coliseum. The guest speaker will be Ron Wilder, the founder and president of Aligned Action Inc. on the subject of "Showing up strategically: The Critical Skill for Human Resources Business Partners." Parking is free for the event. The cost is $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. For more information, call Reggie Robertson at 765-7503 or e-mail to reggier@appengr.com.

• The Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Pinebrook Country Club, 5475 Germanton Road. A presentation will be made on grant writing. The meeting is open to the public, but reservations are required for dinner. For more information, call Randon Pender at 575-2006.

• The Piedmont Real Estate Council will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the BB&T Financial Center, 200 W. Second St., 19th floor. The guest speaker is Simpson "Skip" Brown Jr., the president of the Triad region for First Community Bank, who will speak on the state of banking in North Carolina. For more information, call Kolby Kucyk at 478-2305 or 919-395-8468 or e-mail to kkucyk@whartongladden.com

• UNC Greensboro is holding a conference called "Aging is good business: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs" from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 14 in the Cone ballroom of the Elliott University Center on campus. For more information, go to www.uncg.edu/gro.

• 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 Boulevard. 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.

• Professional 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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