Meetings & Events

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold Good Morning Greater Spokane-Economic Update on Friday, May 10, at 7 a.m., at the Red Lion at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive. Steve Scranton, chief information officer for Washington Trust Bank, will speak. The cost is $30 for members and $55 for others. GSI and Numerica Credit Union will hold a Small Business Appreciation Reception on Tuesday, May 21, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Glover Mansion, 321 W. Eighth. The event is free for members and $20 for others. GSI also will hold Business After Hours on Thursday, May 23, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Sixth Man Marketing, 542 W. Cataldo. The event is free for members and $10 for others. For information and to register for these events, go to greaterspokane.org.



Unleashed Online Media will hold How to Rock Social Media! on Tuesday, May 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Chris Reilly, founder and CEO of Unleashed Online Media, will discuss how to get the best results from social media. The cost is $25 and includes lunch. To register, go to unleashed-online.com or email felicia@unleashed-online.com.



The National Association of Women in Construction group here will hold its membership meeting on Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m., at Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors, 4935 E. Trent. The topic for discussion will be community development, presented by Patrick Stretch, of Spokane County. The cost is $20. RSVP to ardy@moserheat.com.



The city of Spokane Valley Community Development Department will hold a developers meeting for new online permit tracking on Thursday, May 16, from 8:30 to 11 a.m., at the Spokane Valley City Council chambers, 11707 E. Sprague, Ste. 101. For information, email dpowell@spokanevalley.org or call 720-5305.



The Spokane Home Builders Association will hold a Nothing but Networking event on Thursday, May 16, at 6 p.m., at Apollo Spas, 7808 N. Division. The event is free for members. RSVP by May 13 at shba.com. For information, call 532-4990.



Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold the Chamber Foundation annual meeting on Friday, May 17, at 7 a.m., at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. The cost is $25 for members and $35 for others. To register, go to spokanevallychamber.org.



Third Tuesday Spokane, organized by ActionCOACH Spokane, Washington Trust Bank, and Luigi's Italian Restaurant, will hold a free networking event on Tuesday, May 21, from 5 to 8 p.m., at Luigi's, 245 W. Main. To register, go to http://thirdtuesdayluigis.eventbrite.com.



The city of Spokane Valley Public Works Department will hold an Appleway Trail draft master plan meeting on Wednesday, May 22, from 4 to 6 p.m., at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley. For information, email sworley@spokanevalley.org or call 720-5014.



The Spokane MarCom Association will hold Cocktails & Conversations: How Loyalty Programs Improve Your Bottom Line on Wednesday, May 22, at 5 p.m., at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. The event is free for members and $5 for others. To RSVP, go to spokanemarcom.org/events.

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: Internet Basics, Thursdays, May 9 and May 16, from 11 a.m. to noon; Game Design: Getting Started, Thursday, May 16, from 4 to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, May 21, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Windows 7, Monday, May 13, from 1 to 2 p.m., and Basic Video: Editing, from 4 to 6 p.m.; Online Job Searching, Tuesday, May 14, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Google Cloud, Wednesday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to noon; Growing Your Business with Facebook, Thursday, May 16, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Basic Video: Exporting & Uploading, Monday, May 20, from 4 to 5 p.m.; Painting with Gimp, Thursday, May 22, from 2 to 3 p.m.; Photoshop 101, Thursday, May 23, from 4 to 5 p.m.; and Facebook Basics, Friday, May 24, from 11 a.m. to noon. Workshops will be held at 1317 W. Second. For information and to register, go to www.tincan .org.



The Spokane Estate Planning Council will hold its annual continuing education seminar on Tuesday, May 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at Gonzaga School of Law's Barbieri Court Room, at 721 N. Cincinnati. The cost is $295. Register at spokaneepc.org.



The American Society for Training and Development's Inland Northwest chapter will hold The Oz Principle-The Taking Personal Accountability Track workshop on Thursday, May 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. The cost is $50 for members and $75 for others. For information, go to astdinw.org/events.



SCORE will offer the following training workshops: Small Business Marketing and Sales on Wednesday, May 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and Social Media for Small Business 101, from 1 to 3 p.m.; and Small Business Financial Management on Wednesday, May 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshops will be held at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. The cost for each 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 Spokane office of the Washington State Department of Revenue will hold a free tax workshop for new and small business owners on Wednesday, May 15, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., at 1330 N. Washington, Rock Pointe III, in the third floor conference room A. To register, go to dor.wa.gov or call 327-0200.



Independent Wealth Connections will hold a free educational seminar on Social Security on Wednesday, May 15, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at 2610 N. Pines, in Spokane Valley. To RSVP, call 931-1088 or 1-877-397-7688.



The West Plains Chamber of Commerce will hold a free transportation planning public workshop on Thursday, May 16, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Sunset Elementary School, 12824 W. 12th, in Airway Heights. For information, call 325-6146 or email kweinand@spokanecity.org.



Visit Spokane will hold a Spokane Regional Tourism Ambassador class on Monday, May 20, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the Hampton Inn, 2010 S. Assembly. The cost is $25. For information and to register by May 13, email gmaurocampbell@visitspokane.com or call 744-3340.



Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Washington Procurement Technical Assistance Center will hold a free Woman-Owned Small Business Certification workshop on Friday, May 24, from 9 to 11 a.m. For information, go to greaterspokane.org or call 321-3651.



Project Management Institute 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.

Conferences & Shows

Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold the 2013 Manufacturing Expo: Building Business. Building Careers, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, at the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 404 N. Havana. The expo brings together manufacturers and suppliers from Washington and Idaho. Bill Hickey, president of Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp., in Chicago, and Michael Senske, president and CEO of Pearson Packaging Systems, of Spokane, will be the keynote speakers for the dinner and reception on May 14, from 5 to 8 p.m., at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place, in Spokane Valley The expo is free to attend, and the dinner is $50. For information and to register, go to greaterspokane.org.



The 2013 Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference will be held on Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17, at the Davenport Hotel and Tower, 10 S. Post. The conference theme is "Regional Competitiveness in the Global Economy," and sessions will address a range of regional economic topics. The featured speaker on the 17th is Joel Kotkin, an internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political, and social trends. The cost is $375 for the full conference and $195 for a single day. The cost for students is $85 for the full conference and $45 for a single day. To register and for information, go to pnrec.org.