Week Ahead
Wednesday
Small Business Marketing and Sales – Learn how to identify prospective customers and attract them to your business. A SCORE Spokane workshop. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 801 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 444. For more information or to register, visit www.scorespokane.org. $40/advance; $50/at the door; $15/per additional person from the same company. (509) 353-2821.
Building an Outside the Box Business – Learn how online marketing, relationship building and social networks can help you start a new or improve an existing business. 1-2 p.m., Rosalia Library, 402 S. Whitman Ave., Rosalia, Wash.; and 7-8 p.m., LaCrosse Library, 107 S. Main St., LaCrosse, Wash. Free. (877) 733-3375.
Technology Tips for Business – Learn about computer and software purchasing, website creation and management, business email and using the cloud. Workshops held: Wednesday, 3 p.m., Colfax Library, 102 S. Main St., Colfax, Wash.; 6 p.m., Palouse Library, E. 120 Main St., Palouse, Wash.; Thursday, 2 p.m., St. John Library, 1 E. Front St., St. John, Wash.; 6 p.m., Tekoa Library, S. 139 Crosby St., Tekoa, Wash.; Saturday, noon, Albion Library, 310 F St., Albion, Wash.; 3 p.m., Rosalia Library 402 S. Whitman Ave. Rosalia, Wash. Free. (877) 733-3375.
Thursday
Local Investing Program Luncheon – The Inland Northwest Food Network is holding an informational luncheon about its newly forming Local Investing Program. Noon-1:30 p.m., Bistro on Spruce, 1710 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene. Lunch purchase. (503) 307-4505.
Friday
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber Business Connections – Speaker Jim Frank, of Greenstone Corp., will present “Urbanism and Building a Healthy Community.” 7-9 a.m., Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road. Register at spokanevalley chamber.org or call (509) 924-4994. $25/members; $35/nonmembers until Tuesday.
Conventions
Northwest Premier Promotions Home and Garden Show – Today, Spokane Convention Center, 9,000 attendees.
Sweet Adelines International Annual Spring Region 13 Meeting – Today, Spokane Convention Center, 900 attendees.
Washington State Health Information Management Association Annual Meeting - Today, The Davenport Hotel, 250 attendees.
Washington Future Business Leaders of America Annual State Business Leadership Conference - Tuesday-Thursday, Spokane Convention Center, 2,500 attendees.
World Wide Group Spring Leadership – Wednesday-April 20, Spokane Arena, 8,000 attendees.
National Conference on Undergraduate Research - Wednesday-Saturday, Eastern Washington University, 3,000 attendees.
Spokane District Dental Society Inland Northwest Dental Conference – Wednesday-Saturday, Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 1,022 attendees.
Evergreen Region Volleyball Association Tournament – Thursday-April 19, Spokane Convention Center, 5,000 attendees.
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying Exams – Friday and Saturday, Spokane Convention Center, 115 attendees.