• SEPT. 6: Charleston School of Law lecture series. Noon. Topic: The Supreme Court and professionalism. Speakers: S.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Costa Pleicones. Information: 329-1000. • SEPT. 6: Charleston Business Network. At the Sunflower Café at 2366 Ashley River Road. Meetings held the first and third Tuesday. Information: Doug Holladay, 571-5044, ext. 18. • SEPT. 6: Riverview chapter of BNI meeting. 12:30-2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Riverview. Meetings held every Tuesday. Information: Dr. Danville, 766-1969. • SEPT. 7: S.C. Women’s Business Network meeting. Noon-1:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Airport-Convention Center in North Charleston. Topic: Insurance and the Small Business Owner. Speaker: James H. Suddeth Jr. Cost: $13 for members; $18 for non-members; includes lunch. Information: Joy Hunt, 863-8444. • SEPT. 7: Low Country Senior Network meeting. 8-9:45 a.m. at Franke at Seaside/Chapel, Mount Pleasant. Speaker: Ernest Beck, Franke Home. • SEPT. 8: South Carolina World Trade Center China Breakfast Mini-Series. 7-9 a.m. at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Topic: Doing business with China: “Force to be reckoned with.” Speaker: Jo Douglas, controller, Quoizel Lighting. Cost: $16 for members; $20 for non-members; includes breakfast buffet. Information & RSVP: Rebecca Marriott, 577-4080. • SEPT. 8: American Marketing Association meeting. Noon-1:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn in Mount Pleasant. Topic: Working through the marketing perception gap. Speaker: Mary Eule, Strategic Marketing Advisors. Cost: $10 for members; $18 for non-members; $15 for students; includes lunch. Information: Laura Angermeier, 725-4634. • SEPT. 8: GCCCA meeting. 8-10:15 a.m. at Trident Technical College, Building 910, Room 122. Topic: Adult Learning Styles: Visual, auditory, and kinesic. Speaker: David Lusk, program manager and instructor for the Train the Trainer Program, Trident Technical College. Cost: Free to members; $10 for non-members. Information & RSVP: http://greatercharlestoncallcenteralliance.org . • SEPT. 8-9: S.C. World Trade Center World Trade Institute class. Participants in the two-day seminar are introduced to world trade as well as importing and exporting. Information: Anthony Russo, 577-4080 or arusso@scwtc.org. • SEPT. 12: Charleston Contractors Association meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Charleston Riverview Hotel on Lockwood Boulevard. Speaker: George Fennan, Nexsen & Pruett PA. Topic: What contractors need to know about immigration law. Cost: $25 RSVP; $30 at the door; dinner included. Information & RSVP: Linda, 552-0150, ext. 202. • SEPT. 12-13: A Dialogue on Workforce Housing in South Carolina conference. At the Hibernian Hall on Meeting Street. Topics: The Ten Principles for Quality Growth, the status of workforce housing in Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach and the challenges and barriers to developing workforce housing. Speakers: John L. Knott Jr., ULI South Carolina State Chair, Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., Dave Sebok, Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Authority, Tracy Doran, The Humanities Foundation, Patrick Sullivan, Hilton Head Island Senior Planner, John McIlwain, Senior Resident Fellow on Housing. Information: Jenny Wiedower, 303-4095. • SEPT. 13: What do I need to know about the 2005/2006 Medicare changes? 9 a.m. at Trident Community Center Classroom. For service providers of 65+ population only. Topic: Information on the new Medicare prescription drug coverage, new preventative services and more. Speaker: a Medicare beneficiary education representative. Information: Fronde Merchant, 824-5156. • SEPT. 13: Charleston Women in International Trade. 11:45 a.m. at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 5991 Rivers Ave. in North Charleston. Topic: What the SBA is and does. Speaker: Nuby Fowler, regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Cost: $20 for members, $25 for non-members. Information: 577-8184. • SEPT. 13: Riverview chapter of BNI meeting. 12:30-2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Riverview. Meetings held every Tuesday. Information: Dr. Danville, 766-1969. • SEPT. 14: Charleston School of Law lecture series. 5 p.m. Topic: Professionalism between the criminal defense attorney and the prosecutor. Speakers: Federal Public Defender Ann Walsh and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Gordon Baker. Information: 329-1000. • SEPT. 14: Charleston School of Protocol and Etiquette Business Etiquette Series. Topic: What they didn’t teach you in business school. Information: John Crotts, 953-6916. Enrollment: 207-1025. • SEPT. 14: Women@Work meeting. 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel Airport-Convention Center at 5055 International Blvd. Topic: Feeling your way through life. Speaker: David DeNotaris. Information: Suzanne Barr, 532-4816. • SEPT. 14: Doing Business with the Department of Homeland Security. 9:30 a.m.-noon at the Bank of America Building, 5900 Core Drive, Suite 502, North Charleston. Topic: Security issues for small businesses, limiting potential threats and getting started. Cost: $30 at the door. Information: Len Rubinstein, 740-6160 or 740-6180. • SEPT. 15: Association of Information technology Professional meeting, Charleston chapter. 6:15 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel, 7401 Northwoods Blvd. Speaker: Sgt. Bill Capps, city of Charleston Police Dept., computer crime division. Cost: $18 for members; $9 for students; $20 non-members. Information: Michael Painter, 971-5159. • SEPT. 15: Remodeler’s Council luncheon. Noon-1 p.m. at CTHBA Office. Cost: Free for members. Information: 572-1414. • SEPT. 17: Charleston School of Protocol and Etiquette one-day seminar. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at The Woodland Resort and Inn in Summerville. Topic: “Outclass the Competition.” Information & enrollment: 207-1025. • SEPT. 20: Riverview chapter of BNI meeting. 12:30-2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Riverview. Meetings held every Tuesday. Information: Dr. Danville, 766-1969. • SEPT. 20: Custom Builder’s Council meeting. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Sticky Fingers in Mount Pleasant. Speaker: Phillip Ford, CTHBA executive vice president. Cost: Free. Information: 572-1414. • SEPT. 20: Entrepreneurial Woman Series. 6 p.m. at the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Charleston, 9 Liberty St. Topic: Financing growth. Speakers: Linda Byrd, Southcoast Community Bank; Lynda Boals, Southcoast Community Bank; Mary Dickerson, SC Women’s Business Center; and Helen Pratt-Thomas, Wachovia. Cost: $20 for members; $25 for non-members. Information: 763-7333. • SEPT. 20: New Construction Leads meeting. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Sticky Fingers in North Charleston. Open to anyone selling products and/or services used in custom residential home construction. Cost: $10, includes lunch. Information: 577-7652. • SEPT. 20: Berkeley Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative forum. 10- 11:30 a.m. at Home Telephone Co. at 579 Stoney Landing Road in Moncks Corner. Information: 761-8238. • SEPT. 20: Charleston Business Network. At the Sunflower Café at 2366 Ashley River Road. Meetings held each the first and third Tuesday. Information: Doug Holladay, 571-5044, ext. 18. • SEPT. 20-21: Small Business Seminar on starting and running a business. 6:30-8:45 p.m. at the Tate Center for Entrepreneurship, 9 Liberty St., Charleston. Topics: Business Planning; Marketing; Financing, Community Resource and Legal Entities. Cost: $40 in advance; $45 at the door. Information: 727-4778. • SEPT. 21: Sales and Marketing Council breakfast. 8:30-9 a.m. at the Daniels Island Club. Speaker: Rick Willis, The Group LLC. Cost: $12 for members; $15 for non-members. Information: 572-1414. Submit business-related events, classes, seminars and meetings by e-mail to editorial@crbj.com (subject line, “calendar”) or by fax to 849-3122.
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