Posted on: Monday, October 31, 2005
Coming events
Advertiser Staff
BEST BETS
Plans to transform 36 1/2 acres of state-owned waterfront land in the The Kaka'ako Waterfront Project into a "live, work, learn, visit and play" urban village community will be the focus of a joint presentation Nov. 10 by the HAWAI'I SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS. Speaking will be Michael G. Wright, A&B Properties senior vice president, acquisitions and investments, who leads the company's efforts on the project; and Francis S. Oda, chairman and CEO, Group 70 International, chief architectural consultant. The luncheon meeting is 11:30 a.m. (sign-in) to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Hawai'i Prince Hotel Waikiki, Haleakala/Kilauea rooms. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations by Friday. Call: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356; or www.HSCP.org.
Melissa Pavlicek, of the Western States Petroleum Association, and service station owner Barney Robinson will offer their thoughts on the new state gas cap law in a speech tomorrow to the Rotary Club of Honolulu. The luncheon meeting is scheduled noon to 1 p.m.. at Monarch Room of The Royal Hawaiian hotel. Fee. Call: Jamie Leong, 922-5526.
TODAY
Today is the registration deadline for the Nov. 8 conference sponsored by the Hawai'i Community Foundation. The conference, "BREAKING BOARDOM BOARD LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2005, is scheduled 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Coral Ballroom. Expert speakers will address what board members need to know about the latest federal and state tax requirements, fundraising, and staff relationships. Fee; limited to three board members per organization. Registration: www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org or 626-6755
WEDNESDAY
New members and interested guests are invited to a general membership meeting Wednesday of the HONOLULU JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE at 6:30 p.m. at the Philippine Consulate, Nu'uanu. Information: 349-1679 or www.filipinojaycees.org.
THURSDAY
The November dinner meeting of the AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, Punahele Chapter, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. (networking) Thursday at Buffet 100 restaurant, Ward Warehouse. Guest speaker: Jan Yap, of Punahou School, Home Economics Department; vocational speaker, Gail Tamaribuchi. Fee. Information: Haunani Abdul, 780-6828 (3-8 p.m.).
FRIDAY
The heads of two Hawai'i institutions will share insights on using intercompany communications to bolster corporate success, at a Friday conference sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS. Dee Jay Mailer, CEO of The Kamehameha Schools, and Janice Head, president of Kaiser Permanente Hawai'i, will share how they use communications at multiple interdepartmental levels to help internal and external constituencies. Also planned are sessions presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, Society of Human Resource Management, the American Marketing Association, and the Hawai'i Advertising Federation and Ad2. The gathering, "Megacomm: Integrated Business Communications," is scheduled 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Marriott Waikkiki Beach Resort. Reservations by today. Information: Alan Tang, 550-0043 (No. 25) or www.iabchawaii.com.
UPCOMING
"WEDNESDAYS IN WAIKIKI," a professional business networking event will be staged 4:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays (beginning Nov. 9, through the end of the year), at Zanzabar Nightclub at the Waikiki Trade Center. The event, featuring food and beverages and silent auction, is sponsored by Hawai'i Industry Professionals, an organization of "up-and-coming" Hawai'i business leaders, and co-produced by IMF Visions. Fee. Information: Alan Wolensky, 778-4531.
Accessing the latest Census figures and other federal statistics by computer will be the focus of a pair of 3-hour, hands-on workshops offered Nov. 8 by the U.S. Census Bureau and the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. "LEARNING ABOUT HAWAI'I'S ECONOMY From the 2002 Economic Census," will present recent trends and uses of the 2002 economic census figures for use by the business community to make informed decisions based on economic growth, development trends and demographic shifts reflected in the census figures. The workshops will feature Census Bureau information specialist Jerry Wong. They are scheduled 9 a.m.-noon (8:30 a.m. registration) and 1-4 p.m. (12:30 p.m. registration), Nov. 8, at the Keoni Ana Building (formerly Capitol Centre), 1177 Alakea St. Recommended: some computer and census data knowledge. Registration: 586-2466.
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 dbutts@honoluluadvertiser .com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
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