Week ahead

WEDNESDAY

Business Plan: A Roadmap to Success – SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business is presenting this workshop on developing a business plan, 8:30 a.m. to noon at BIZstreet, 801 W. Riverside, #240. The cost is $35 in advance or $45 at the door. Call (509) 459-4118 to register.

Sales Tax Workshop – The Washington State Department of Revenue is hosting this workshop for business owners on the new Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement that requires coding local sales tax to the destination of the shipped product rather than their origin, 2-4 p.m. at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. Call (800) 647-7706 to register.

Inland Northwest Business Alliance – The group’s monthly luncheon with guest speaker Fred Swink, publisher of Stonewall News Northwest, 11:30 a.m. at the Steam Plant Grill, 159 S. Lincoln. The cost is $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Call (509) 455-3699 to register.

Washington Society of CPAs Spokane Chapter – The group is presenting this seminar on surfing the Internet safely, noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Spokane Club, 1002 W. Riverside. The cost is $25. Call (509) 242-0874 to register.

Leads Seminar – The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau is presenting this workshop on convention services, group tours and leisure leads, 3-5 p.m. at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. Call (509) 742-9382 for more information.

Inland Northwest Business Travel Association – The group hosts Kevin Roundhill from Boeing speaking on the next generation of air travel, 11:30 a.m. at the Doubletree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. Call (509) 456-7600 ext. 634 to register.

THURSDAY

National Association of Women Business Owners – The meeting will feature Coralie Myers of Wheatland Bank speaking on “How to Avoid Having Month at the End of the Money,” 5:30 p.m. at the Hotel Lusso, 1 N. Post. The cost is $24 in advance or $30 at the door. Call (509) 891-1999 to register.

Creating Satisfied Customers – Marketing Associates of Spokane hosts guest speaker Don Yates, principle consultant and managing partner at DA Yates and Associates, 11:30 a.m. at the Steam Plant Grill, 159 S. Lincoln. The cost is $20 for members or $30 for nonmembers. Call (509) 343-6963 to register.

Gonzaga University Dean’s Business Forum – Stein Kruse, president and chief executive officer for Holland America Line, will discuss life in the multibillion-dollar cruise line industry 7-8:30 a.m. in the Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium. The event is open to the public and costs $12.50 per person, which includes a continental breakfast. For reservations, please call (509) 323-5991.

FRIDAY

Employer Information Seminar – Eastern Washington Center of Occupational Health and Education is presenting this seminar on vocational services, noon-1:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S. Cowley Room 200. Call (509) 456-3222 to register.

CONVENTIONS Washington State Housing Finance Commission Housing Conference, today-Tuesday, Spokane Convention Center, 700 attendees.

American Christian Writers Conference, Friday-Saturday, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 60 attendees.