Week ahead

MONDAY

Pre-Business Workshop – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is offering this class for entrepreneurs that will discuss startup information for new business today from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $35. Call 358-7890.

Senior Retirement Workshop – Secure Solutions offers workshops for those older than 50 to discuss reducing taxes on Social Security, eliminating probate and more today and Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Top of China Buffet, 757 W. Appleway Ave., Coeur d’Alene. Call (208) 691-9983.

Civil Liberties in Wartime: Lessons for the War on Terrorism – Geoffrey Stone presents this lecture in the Barbieri Courtroom in the Gonzaga University School of Law at 7 tonight. He was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and is a professor at the University of Chicago. For more, call Pete Tunis at 280-8150.

AHANA/Eastern Washington University Business Clinic – This workshop will continue the discussion of financial statements today at 6:30 p.m. in the AHANA office, 104 W. Fifth Ave., Suite E270. Call 838-1881.

TUESDAY

Business Communications – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is offering this class on communication basics in the business world today from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $35. Call 358-7890.

Starting and Operating a Construction Business – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is offering this two-part class that will discuss bonding and licensing, legal structures, recordkeeping and more today and April 18 from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $50. Call 358-7890.

Spokane Area Women’s Leadership Conference – This year’s keynote speaker is Winona LaDuke today from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Lair of Spokane Community College, 1810 N. Greene St. The cost is $30 or $10 for students including lunch. For information, visit www.sawlc.org.

WEDNESDAY

Learn to Protect Your Business and Ideas – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is presenting this class that will discuss protecting inventions, products, trade names, designs and publications today from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at CenterPlace at Mirabeau, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley. For more information, call 358-7890.

Digital Photography for Business Use – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is presenting this class that will discuss using a digital camera for products, locations and visual information today and April 19 from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $50. For information, call 358-7890.

Entrepreneurs Forum of the Great Northwest Monthly Workshop – This workshop will discuss go-to-market strategies today from 5-7 p.m. in the fourth-floor boardroom of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. For more information, call Don Yates at 979-2139.

Business Plan: A Roadmap to Success – SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business presents how to create a business plan today from 8 a.m.-noon at the Business Information Center, 801 W. Riverside #240. The cost is $35 if registered or $45 at the door. For information, call BizStreet at 353-2800.

THURSDAY

Green Building for Residential Construction and Remodeling: The Why, What and How of Green Building – The Institute for Extended Learning is presenting this class that will discuss Leadership for Energy and Environment Design, U.S. Green Building standards, Green Globes and more today from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at CenterPlace at Mirabeau, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley. The cost is $49. For information, call 533-4700; for registration call 279-6000.

The Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau Inland Northwest Tourism Awards Nominations – Nominations for these awards are due today for the best and brightest in the tourism industry. Applications are available at www.visitspokane.com. For more information, call 624-1341.

FRIDAY

Donor-Based Fundraising – Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center is offering this class that will discuss the skills, plans and approaches that enable fundraisers to ask for money today from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $50. For information, call 358-7890.

CONVENTIONS

WWDB Spring Leadership – Through today, citywide event. 7,700 delegates

Washington School Personnel Association Annual Education Career Fair – Sunday through Wednesday at the Spokane Convention Center and the Red Lion Hotel at the Park. 500 delegates.