Daily Business News Calendar for Feb. 8

By: Times-Dispatch Staff | Times-Dispatch
Published: February 08, 2012

LOCAL EVENTS

Business Networking International, 7:30 a.m., Long & Foster, 9321 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite E. Details/RSVP: Rae Nunnally, (804) 839-5014.

Business Networking International — The Ultimate Chapter, 7:30 a.m., Stonehenge Golf & Country Club, 1000 Farnham Drive. Details/RSVP: Alison Eckis, (804) 484-0622.

Cornerstone Business Builders, West End Chapter Christian business networking, 8 to 9 a.m., 8527 Mayland Drive, Suite 105. Details: Julie Atkins, (804) 356-7473 or julie@layton-insurance.com.

Greater Richmond Chamber offers "LinkedIn," 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Chesterfield Department of Economic Development, 9401 Courthouse Road. Learn how to utilize the LinkedIn social networking tool to network and market your business online. Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers. Register online at www.GRCC.com or call Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314.

The West End lunch meeting of the Richmond Women's Network meets at 11:30 a.m., Capital Ale House, 4024-A Cox Road. Details/reservations: Sylvia Wright, (804) 672-6007 or email syhwright@comcast.net.

Business Networking International, 11:30 a.m., Capital Ale House, 13831 Village Place Drive. Details: David Abel, (804) 639-0609.

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.

Toastmasters - Power Lunch Expressions Club meeting, noon to 1 p.m., AECOM Innsbrook Office, 4840 Cox Road. Bring your lunch and learn with a friendly network of professionals to improve your public speaking, communication and leadership skills. Details: John Goldhamer, (804) 307-9437, JohnGoldhamer@aol.com or Gay Rudis, (804) 741-4147, gorudis@verizon.net.

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 Blanton Garrett & Van Horn. 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.