Posted on: Monday, May 22, 2006
Coming events
Advertiser Staff
BEST BETS
Attorney Ellen Godbey Carson, who represented Japanese-Americans in the U.S. Supreme Court case over civil rights violations during World War II internment, will speak to the upcoming monthly luncheon meeting of the PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S NETWORK. The program, "Legal Strategies for Busy Professionals," is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. (registration) to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hale Koa Hotel. Godbey Carson, of the law firm of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, will outline how to develop contract terms and business practices that will minimize hassles, risks and financial problems. She is a past president of the Hawai'i State Bar Association and was named Outstanding Woman Lawyer of the Year by Hawai'i Women Lawyers. Fee; guests welcome. Information: www.pwn hawaii.org. Reservations: 533-4800.
The High Technology Development Corp. will host a course, "Chinese for the Tech Entrepreneur," noon -1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting this week, through June 29. The course will focus on the basics of Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture. Haidan Wang and Song Jiang of the University of Hawai'i and JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of Management Science) will provide lessons on self-introduction, exchanging contact information, time and date expressions, greetings and farewells, commonly used sentences, culture and more. The location is the Manoa Innovation Center, 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 100, presentation room. $70. Registration by today: 539-3794.
TOMORROW
Pride, greed, envy, anger, lust, gluttony and sloth — "The Seven Deadly Sins of Sales" — will be the focus of a meeting tomorrow of the local chapter of SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL. The speaker will be Barry Rosen, president and co-founder of The Pursuit Group, a national marketing and sales consulting firm devoted to helping business-to-business organizations avoid unproductive behavior in sales. The dinner meeting is scheduled from 5:30 (registration) to 8:30 p.m. at The Kahala Hotel & Resort. Fee; tickets available at door. Registration by today: www.smehonolulu.com.
The Small Business Technology Institute will hold a "boot camp" training session for small businesses tomorrow at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. The one-day training event, presented by institute and sponsored by Intel Corp., features five technology-immersion seminars and a simulation. The $20 registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and training materials. Registration/information: (408) 494-0212, ext. 106, or www .sbtechnologyinstitute.org/bootcamp /register.php.
THURSDAY
Kamehameha Schools' redevelopment plans in two of Hawai'i's wahi pana, or legendary places, will be outlined in a speech Thursday by Susan Todani, Kamehameha's director of development and planning. She speaks to the breakfast meeting of the local chapter of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES, scheduled from 7:30 a.m. (registration) to 9 a.m. at The Pacific Club. In the speech, "Honoring Legendary Places: Ka Ho'ohanohano O Na Wahi Pana," Todani will outline the estate's plans for Windward Mall (in Kane'ohe/He'eia, historically a productive Windward O'ahu "bread basket" and cooperative farm region), and Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center (in Helumoa, home to ali'i and a legendary 10,000-tree coconut grove, once reserved for royalty). Fee; non-members welcome; tickets at the door. Reservations by tomorrow: Barbie Rosario, 845-4994.
"Dual-use companies" — those that tap into the almost $400 million of federal research and development "free venture capital" to develop new technology, then are free to commercialize the intellectual property once they fulfill their contractual requirements — will be the focus of a speech Thursday to the HAWAII VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION. The luncheon meeting is scheduled 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at The Plaza Club, Pioneer Plaza. Speaking will be Ian Kitajima, marketing director at Oceanit, a diversified science and engineering company. Kitajima has a background in starting and growing successful companies. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Reservations by Wednesday: 262-7329.
How to constructively work through change — identifying and recognizing the six stages of change, and successfully moving through them — will be the focus of a speech Thursday by Seattle-based Alison D. Zecha, an executive leadership and team coach. She speaks to a class, "The Cycle of Change," scheduled 9 a.m.-noon at the Hawai'i Women's Business Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Information/registration: 526-0724.
Submit "Coming Events" notices at least two weeks in advance: Business Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; fax 525-6763; or dbutts@honoluluadvertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
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