Posted on: Monday, April 23, 2007
Coming events
Advertiser Staff
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Big Island specialty farmers — and partners of Wailea Agricultural Group, suppliers of hearts of palm, and tropical fruits and flowers — will speak on "Converting Sugar Lands for New Crops in Hamakua," at the luncheon meeting tomorrow of the ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU. The club meets noon-1 p.m. at The Royal Hawaiian hotel's Regency Room. Fee. Call: Mary Saunders, 922-5526.
The city will sponsor an economic summit on revitalizing Kalihi, which will draw a wide range of participants, from the Kalihi Business Association and The Kamehameha Schools to the Filipino Chamber of Commerce and Building Industry Association of Hawaii — as well as residents, businesses, community leaders, private organizations and the city. The keynote speaker will be Mayor Mufi Hannemann, speaking on "The City's Commitment to Revitalizing Kalihi." The event is Thursday from 4-7 p.m. at the Farrington High School auditorium. Public invited. Required registration by today: 237-3678. For more information, e-mail info@kalihisummit.org or visit www.kalihisummit.org.
THURSDAY
A business writing event — "Careers in Business and technical Communication" — will be hosted by the local chapter of the Society for Technical Communication, and the University of Hawai'i English Department: 9-10:30 a.m., Thursday at UH-Manoa, Kuykendall Hall, room 410. Speaking will be James Henry, UH director of composition and rhetoric; Mary Townsley-Ross, Bank of Hawaii assistant vice president for corporate communications; and Jack Molisani, president of ProSpring Technical Staffing. Information: (888) 378-2333, or www.stc-aloha.org.
FRIDAY
The Hawai'i Women's Business Center will host the 20th Annual Statewide SBA Small Business Awards Luncheon to celebrate National Small Business Week and recognize the outstanding small-business owners, exporters, advocates and entrepreneurs statewide. It is scheduled 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Hotel. Before the luncheon will be a "Winner's Circle" business fair, showcasing the small businesses and organizations being honored. The presentations also will honor the Small Business Administration's top lenders and lending officers for 2006, top performing government contractors earning SBA's Award of Excellence and the SBA's Tibbetts Award for Technology and Innovation. Fee. Advance reservations recommended: 526-1001.
SATURDAY
"How to sell on eBay!" — including writing better sales pitches, setting enticing prices, even setting up PayPal accounts — will be among the topics of a workshop sponsored by the Hawai'i Women's Business Center. The training session is scheduled 1-5 p.m. Saturday at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Register: 526-1001.
SUNDAY
Joe Lowery — expert and author on the Adobe Dreamweaver Web-design tool — will conduct a University of Hawai'i Outreach College non-credit workshop on the creative software from 9 a.m.-noon Sunday on the UH-Manoa campus. The workshop is planned in the UH-Manoa Multimedia Lab in room C-104, Sakamaki Hall. Fee. Registration: 956-8400. Information: www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm.
Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance: Business Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; fax to 525-6763; or e-mail ayonan@honoluluadvertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
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