Meetings & Events

Greater Spokane Incorporated's BizStreet program and Numerica Credit Union will hold Nonprofit Organizations = Good Business on Tuesday, June 11, from 7:45 to 9:30 a.m., at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. The cost is $20 for members and $35 for others. GSI will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane-Agribusiness: Food for Thought on Friday, June 14, at 7 a.m., at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. The cost is $25 for members and $55 for others until June 12, and $30 for members and $55 for others thereafter. For information and to register for these events, go to greaterspokane.org.

The Inland Northwest chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold its June chapter meeting on Thursday, June 13, at 5 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $34 for members and $49 for others before noon Tuesday, June 11, and $39 for members and $54 for others thereafter. To register, email reservations@nawbonw.org or call 731-3309.

Leadership Spokane will hold its graduation and community leadership day on June 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, 4000 W. Randolph. Robert Bartlett, a visiting assistant professor in African studies at Eastern Washington University, will be the keynote speaker. The event is free. RSVP to 321-3639.

American Advertising Federation Spokane will hold Fixing Broken Creative Processes on Tuesday, June 18, from noon to 1 p.m. at Global Credit Union, 1520 W. Third. Devin Liddell, principal brand strategist with Teague, a global design consultancy in Seattle, will present the program. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for others. For more information, call 328-5855 or email saf@spokaneadfed.com.

The Northwest Inland Empire chapter of the Association for Operations Management will hold its 2013 Member Night and Chapter Business Meeting, Wednesday, June19, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Conley's Place, 12622 E. Sprague. To register or for information, call 747-3344, email dale@newcaelus.com, or go to www.apics-nwie.org.

The Public Relation Society of America's Greater Spokane Chapter will hold Cultivating Credibility: Managing Trust to Survive and Thrive on Thursday, June 20, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. The cost is $35 for members, $45 for others, free for member students, and $5 for students. For information and to register by June 19, go to prsaspokane.org.

The Spokane chapter of the Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance will hold its general meeting on Thursday, June 20, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The topics will be officer installation, casino controls, and cash management. The cost is $25 and includes dinner. To register, email reservations@aswa4.org.

The National Association of Women in Construction will hold its June membership meeting on Thursday, June 20, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at Grant Park, 1015 S. Arthur, in the Perry District, for a walking tour of that neighborhood. The cost is $20 for dinner. RSVP to ardy@moserheat.com.

The Washington Policy Center, an independent think tank that promotes sound public policy based on free-market solutions, will hold its Annual Eastern Washington Health Care Lunch, Wednesday, June 26, from noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. The speakers will be Avik Roy, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, writer for Forbes, and former health care policy adviser to Mitt Romney; Dr. Karen Summar, health care adviser to the U.S. House of Representatives Majority Conference; and Washington state Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, R-Wenatchee, and state Senate Health Care Committee member. The cost is $35 for members and $40 for others. To register, go to bit.ly/10TL7gJ. For information, contact Chris Cargill at ccargill@washingtonpolicy.org.

Workshops & Seminars

Tincan, the nonprofit organization that uses information technology and interactive media for education and community development, will offer the following free technology training workshops: Online Job Searching, Friday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to noon; Basic Video: Editing, Monday, June 10, from 4 to 6 p.m.; Photoshop 101, Tuesday, June 11, from 10 to 11 a.m.; Etsy, Tuesday, June 11, from 4 to 5 p.m., and Friday, June 27, from 2 to 3 p.m.; Growing your Business with Twitter, Wednesday, June 12, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Pinterest, Thursday, June 13, from 10 to 11 a.m., Internet Basics, from 11 a.m. to noon, and Game Design: Getting Started, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Video: Exporting and Uploading, Monday, June 17, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Windows 7, Tuesday, June 18, from 11 a.m. to noon, and Tuesday, June 25, from 1 to 2 p.m.; Growing your Business with Online Photos, Tuesday, June 18, from 3 to 4 p.m.; Growing your Business with Facebook, Wednesday, June 19, from 4 to 5 p.m.; and Painting with Gimp, Monday, June 24, from 1 to 2 p.m. Workshops will be held at 1317 W. Second. For information and to register, go to www.tincan .org.

Project Management Institute's Inland Northwest chapter will hold its Spokane Professional Development Day 2013, on Tuesday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Northern Quest Resort and Casino, 100 N. Hayford, in Airway Heights. Rick Brenner, of Chaco Canyon Consulting, of Cambridge, Mass., will present The Race to the South Pole: Ten Lessons for Project Managers. The cost is $175 for members and $225 for others and includes breakfast and lunch. Register by May 31 at pmiinw.org/pdd. For information, email pdd@pmiinw.org.

Unleashed Online Media will hold Moving Minds with Online Video Advertising on Tuesday, June 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. The cost is $25 and includes lunch. To register, go to unleashed-online.com or email felicia@unleashed-online.com.

SCORE will offer the following training workshops: How to Write a Business Plan, Wednesday, June 12, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Franchises and Business Ownership, on Tuesday, June 18, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.; Small Business Marketing and Sales, Wednesday, June19, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Social Media for Small Business 201, Wednesday, June 19, from 1 to 2 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. The Franchises and Business Ownership workshop is free, and the cost for each of the others is $40 pre-registered, $50 at the door, and $15 for an additional person from the same company. To register and for information, call SCORE at 353-2821 or go to ScoreSpokane.org.

The Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will offer an NxLevel Entrepreneur Course beginning on Wednesday, June. 12. The 13-week program will be on Wednesdays, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Valley Chamber Business Center, at 1421 N. Meadowwood Lane, in Liberty Lake. The cost is $425 and includes all books and resource materials. For information, call 924-4994.

Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Introduction to Government Contracting workshop on Thursday, June 13, from 8 to 11 a.m., and a free Building a Capabilities Statement workshop that day from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For information, go to greaterspokane.org or call 321-3651.

The American Society for Training and Development's Inland Northwest chapter will hold a follow-up roundtable to The Oz Principle-The Taking Personal Accountability Track workshop held May 14. The discussion will be held on Wednesday, June 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. The event is free for attendees of the previous event, $10 for members, and $25 for others. For information, go to astdinw.org/events.