Metro Business calendar for Feb. 6

International Coach Federation Greater Richmond Chapter hosts a networking social to kick off International Coaching Week, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Café Caturra, 5811 Grove Ave. Registration/details: www.icfgr.com.

Richmond Adobe User Group meeting, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 804 Richmond, 1657 W. Broad St. Agenda: "Overview of Adobe Photoshop Brushes," by Sean Cooke, master Adobe instructor for Techead. Details: www.raug.org.

Career-Prospectors, www.career-prospectors.com, a job-search networking group, meets every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m., Three Chopt Presbyterian Church, 9315 Three Chopt Road. Details: Charlie Wood, (804) 360-0335.

Virginia Association of Fundraising Executives, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center. Gail Perry will share her internationally popular Fired Up Fundraising system of seven steps to ignite your organization's passion for fundraising. Cost: $50 for members; $75 for first nonmember guest; $65 for additional nonmember guest. Registration: www.vafre.org.

Nonprofit Learning Point offers "Grantwriting I," Tuesday and Feb. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nonprofit Learning Point, 7501 Boulders View Drive. Registration: www.nonprofitlearningpoint.org.

International Coach Federation Greater Richmond Chapter, 5:30 to 7 p.m., The Workbox, 506 Libbie Ave., for a coaching book review to discuss the book "Drive" by Daniel Pink and learn about human motivation.  Registration/details: www.icfgr.com.

The Torch Club of Richmond, 5:30 to 8 p.m., St. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 30 Malvern Ave. Speaker: Bill Slaughter. Topic: "History of RF&P Railroad." Cost: $25 for the dinner before the lecture. Details: Miller W. Schuyler Jr., Millerschuy1@comcast.net or HP Singh, (804) 264-7180.

Richmond SHRM speaker series, "Legal Issues Impacting HR," 7:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., The Place at Innsbrook, 4036 Cox Road. Speakers: Phillip Wilson, president and general counsel of the Labor Relations Institute; Bruce Clark, U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division; David Harless and Nicole Vanderslice, Christian & Barton. Cost: $75 for affiliate chapter members before Wednesday and $150 after; $150 for nonmembers before Wednesday and $200 after. Registration: www.richmondshrm.org.

Business Owners Institute offers a "Business Leaders Lunch Workshop," 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Richmond Country Club, 12950 Patterson Ave. Speaker: Jim Roman. Topic: "Creative Ways to Bring in Business." Cost: $13 and includes lunch. Pay at the door, or register at www.boiva.com.

Richmond First Club meeting, noon, Willow Oaks Country Club, 6228 Forest Hill Ave. Speakers: John Adams, CEO of the Martin Agency, and Tom Shields, director of the Center for Leadership in Education at the University of Richmond. Topic: "Leadership Focus." Details/registration: www.richmondfirstclub.org.

St. Michael Catholic Church Job Assistance Ministry and the International Coach Federation Greater Richmond Chapter sponsor a workshop, "Coaching Yourself Through Change for Job Seekers," noon to 1 p.m., 4491 Springfield Road. Job seekers who are ready to embrace self-coaching concepts and receive coaching tools to help with job transition. Details: www.saint-mikes.org/pastoral_care.php?pid=31.

Greater Richmond Chamber offers "Financial Options for Starting a Business," 6 to 8 p.m., New York Life Insurance Co., 4435 Waterfront Drive. Instructors: Kelly A. Decker, financial services professional and Jim Van Horn Jr., principal at Carrell and Blanton Law Practice. Cost: $10 per person. Register online at www.grcc.com or call Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314.

Better Housing Coalition's Center for Neighborhood Revitalization Renovation Lending workshop, 6 to 8 p.m., Westover Hills Public Library, 1408 Westover Hills Blvd. RSVP: David Herring, (804) 644-0546, ext. 37, or d.herring@betterhousingcoalition.org.

Virginia Credit Union offers "First-Time Homebuyers" seminar, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., 7500 Boulder View Drive in the Boulders Office Park. To register, visit www.vacu.org/Learn/Seminars.aspx or call (804) 323-6800.

Virginia Business Leadership Network will host "Website Accessibility and ADA Compliance Under the New Regulations," 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Altria headquarters, 6601 W. Broad St. Registration deadline is Tuesday. Details: www.vabln.org or info@vabln.org.

International Coach Federation Greater Richmond Chapter hosts "Coaching for the Curious," 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Virginia Tech Richmond Center, 2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300. Stop in to learn about coaching, experience coaching, receive information on how to become a coach, and to acquire coaching tips. Bring a brown bag lunch and participate in informal discussions. Registration/details: www.icfgr.com.

Richmond chapter of SCORE presents "Get Your Business Off the Ground," 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 2250 John Rolfe Parkway, 10 business professionals give you expert advice on everything from entity formation to business planning, marketing, website development, insurance, financial reporting, and raising capital. Cost: $79. Registration: (804) 771-2400, ext. 131 or www.RichmondSCORE.org.

Leadership Metro Richmond hosts "The Art & Science of Collaboration," 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Richmond Times-Dispatch, Atlee Station, 8460 Times Dispatch Blvd., Mechanicsville, featuring Tom Wolff, national consultant and author of "The Power of Collaborative Solutions." Cost: $60. Registration: www.LMRonline.org. Details: (804) 343-1500.

International Coach Federation Greater Richmond Chapter presents a luncheon and panel discussion, "The Impact of Coaching," 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Westwood Club, 6200 West Club Lane. Five local company leaders speak about their coaching experiences, the benefits of coaching, and the future of coaching. Cost: $25 for members and guest. To register, go to www.icfgr.org.  Details: (804) 241-7901.

Deborah Jackson

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