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By Richard Craver | Journal Reporter

Published: November 23, 2009

Meetings

■ The networking referral groups of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce will meet at the following times this week. For more information, call Lisa Folger at 728-9245 or e-mail to lfolger@winstonsalem.com.

Triad Synergy: 7:45 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Goodwill Industries, 2701 University Parkway.

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.

■ The Take Action Now business conference will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Piedmont Club, 19th floor of the BB&T Financial Center, 200 W. Second St., Winston-Salem. There will be four motivational speakers in attendance. For more information, call Mary Mora at 775-9622 or e-mail to maryg@mgmspeakersbureau.com.

■ The eWomen Network will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at Starmount Forest Country Club, One Sam Snead Drive in Greensboro. The guest speaker is Lori Dvorak. The cost is $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers and $55 for all late registrants. For more information, call 466-1879, or e-mail to ellenvickers@ewomennetwork.com.

■ An employment workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at First Presbyterian Church, Greene Street, in Greensboro. The workshop is being led by Corliss McGinty. The event is free, but a canned-goods contribution to Urban Ministry is suggested. Space is limited to 100 participants. For more information, e-mail Corliss@HRmomma.com.

■ The Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce hosts two networking leads groups monthly.

B2B meets from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays at the Coffee Beanery in Clemmons. For more information, call John Byrd at 946-0333.

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.

Piedmont Sales Seekers meets from 8 to 9 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 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 Mayberry's Restaurant on Country Club Road in Winston-Salem. Call Linda McDermott at 724-5113.

■ 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. For more information, call Erin Winters at 207-4276.

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

■ 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 $7.50. For more information, call Sheilah Carroll at 714-7726, ext. 205, or go to www.lewisville-clemmons.com.

■ 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

■ 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.

■ 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.

■ 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 support staffers working in the legal field. For membership and meeting information, call Amy Slusher at 747-2609, or send e-mail to aslusher@wcrs.com.

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

Classes

■ The Small Business Center of Forsyth Technical Community College is offering the following courses during the week of Nov. 30. For more information, call 761-1002 or 631-1167.

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

Computer Basics II: Mondays through Thursdays from Nov. 30 through Dec. 10; 1 to 4 p.m. Fee: $68.

Desktop publishing: Mondays through Thursdays from Nov. 30 through Dec. 10; 9 a.m. to noon. Fee: $68.

If you have an announcement for this column, send it to the Winston-Salem Journal, P.O. Box 3159, Winston-Salem, NC 27102. Please include a spokesman's name and telephone number. Announcements must reach Richard Craver by noon on the Wednesday before publication.

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