Posted on: Monday, September 5, 2005
Coming events
Advertiser Staff
BEST BETS
Michael Ruley, chief executive officer of Hawaiian Telcom, will outline the company's transition away from Verizon Hawaii to become a stand-alone telecommunications provider of land line, wireless, long distance, directory and other services at the Sept. 15 meeting of the HAWAI'I SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS. He speaks on "Premier Telecommunications for Hawai'i" at the luncheon, scheduled from 11:30 a.m. (sign-in) to 1:30 p.m. in the Mauna Kea Ballroom of the Hawai'i Prince Hotel Waikiki. Fee; reduced registration by Friday. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356. Registration: www .HSCP.org.
"TURNING YOUR PASSION INTO PROFIT" will be the topic of the first in a series of free entrepreneurial-education events sponsored by IBI Global Inc. The speaker will be David Bernard Rose, chief executive officer of Taro Dream Inc., a North Kohala, Big Island, manufacturer of a line of poi pudding blends, which will be available in natural food stores statewide this fall. Rose is billed as an expert in entrepreneurial challenges, corporate structuring, planning, capital formation and marketing. He is a faculty member with IBI Global, an international entrepreneurial training and networking organization. The discussion is scheduled 5:30-8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Manoa Innovation Center, 2800 Woodlawn Drive.
The organization also sponsors a series of Mastermind (entrepreneurial) Networking Luncheons, noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays downtown. Information/location: Kehau Kali, 342-0375.
THURSDAY
The AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, I Mua Chapter, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Reservations/location: 948-2552.
UPCOMING
State Rep. Glenn Wakai will speak on "THE POWER OF NETWORKING" to the Sept. 14 brown-bag luncheon meeting of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Hawai'i chapter. The meeting is scheduled 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of Island Insurance Co., 1022 Bethel St. Free for members; fee for nonmembers. Reservations: Chel Mateo, 441-2000.
Hawai'i Women's Business Center is offering a seven-week workshop, "COMPUTERIZED BOOKKEEPING 101," for the small-business owner interested in using QuickBooks computerized bookkeeping software. The sessions run 6-8 p.m. Sept. 12 through Oct. 24 at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Registration: 526-1001.
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 525-6763; or dbutts@honoluluad vertiser.com. (For e-mailed releases, please include information in the body of the message, not in an attachment.)
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