Meetings & Events
The Idaho Small Business Development Center will hold a workshop titled Bidding for Profit on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and another workshop titled Financial Planning, on Friday, Feb. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at 525 W. Clearwater Loop, in Post Falls. The cost of each is $29. To register, visit www.idahosbdc.org, or call (208) 769-3333.



GetListed.org Inc., of Portland, Ore., will host an online-marketing seminar titled Local University on Friday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Northern Quest Resort and Casino, 100 N. Hayford Road, in Airway Heights. The cost is $149, or $119 when using the discount code launchpadinw. To register, visit www.getlisted.org/spokane. For more information, call Ed Reese at 624-5580.



Associated Industries will hold a 10-part course on improving employee morale titled Interactive Leadership beginning on Friday, Feb. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and continuing on Friday mornings through April 29, at 1206 N. Lincoln, in Spokane. The cost is $950 for members, $850 for two or more members from the same organization, or $1,300 for others. For more information, contact Bill Sweigert at 326-6885 or bsweigert@aiin.net.



Launchpad Inland Northwest will hold an introduction to the organization, Intro to Launchpad INW 101, on Tuesday, March 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at 120 N. Stevens downtown. To register, visit www.launchpadinw.com.



The Spokane office of the U.S. Small Business Administration will hold a free workshop titled SBA Business Loan Briefing on Thursday, March 3, from noon to 1 p.m., at 801 W. Riverside, fourth floor, downtown. To register, contact Patricia Jordan at 353-2879, or Patricia.Jordan@sba.gov.



BizStreet, the small business program of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will hold a workshop titled Branding is a Verb on Tuesday, March 8, from 8 to 11 a.m., at 801 W. Riverside downtown. Greg Birchell, of the advertising firm BHW1, of Spokane, will speak. The cost is $30 for members, and $50 for others. To register, visit www.greaterspokane.org. For more information, call 321-3619.



The corporate training firm Inquix LLC, of Vancouver, Wash., will hold a seminar titled The Ownership Spirit and Mind the Age Gap from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and another seminar titled The Secrets of Employee Engagement, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, on Tuesday, March 8, at The Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post downtown. Dr. Dennis Deaton, of Quma Learning Systems Inc., of Mesa, Ariz., will speak. The cost is $399 for the full-day seminar and $199 for the morning seminar. To register, visit www.inquix.com or call 1-877-749-6793.



The Washington Small Business Development Center will hold a seminar titled Marketing in the Real World of Small Business on Thursday, March 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., in Spokane. Barry Bauchwitz, a retired marketing and sales executive, will speak. The cost is $89, or $99 after March 3. To register, visit www.wsbdc.org, or call Cindy Doyl at 358-7890.

Conventions & Shows
Home and Yard Show

Feb. 24-27

Spokane County Fair & Expo Center

Expected Attendance: 18,000



National Junior College Wrestling Championships

Feb. 24-26

Spokane Convention Center

Expected Attendance: 500



Washington State Judo Championships

Feb. 26

Spokane Convention Center

Expected Attendance: 440