Metro Business calendar for Feb. 20

"Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard" by Anedra Bourne, tourism coordinator for the city of Richmond, for the Open University of The Shepherd's Center of Richmond, 12:30 p.m., St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway. Details: (804) 355-7282 or www.TSCOR.org.

Chesterfield Business Council Networking Breakfast, 7:15 to 9 a.m., Johnston-Willis Medical Center cafeteria, 1401 Johnston-Willis Drive. Speaker_ James J.L. Stegmaier, county administrator. Topic_  "Annual County Update." Advanced registration will close at noon the day prior to the event.  Walk-ins will be accommodated based upon availability. Register online at www.grcc.com or call (804) 783-9368.

Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate ninth annual Real Estate Market Review, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., 6631 W. Broad St. Panel review of five sectors: Residential: Bill White, president, Joyner Fine Properties; Industrial: Matt Braun, industrial real estate specialist, Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer; Retail: Jeff Doxey, president, Eagle Commercial Realty; Office: Jane DuFrane, director of leasing at Highwoods Properties; and Investment: J. Scott Adams, president-Mid South Region, CB Richard Ellis. Moderator: Gregory J. Gilligan, business editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Cost: $50. Registration: www.gracre.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.

Richmond Apartment Owners Association Think Tank, noon, Piccadilly Café, 8004 W. Broad St. Bring your checkout sheets and share your checkout process. Details: www.richmondapartmentowners.com or Barbara Shocket, (804) 358-7649.

RichTech Women in Technology forum, 4 to 6 p.m., Dominion Innsbrook Auditorium, 5000 Dominion Blvd. Speaker: Ting Xu, Evergreen. Topic: "Techie to CEO; Evergreen Lessons on Entrepreneurial Leadership." Registration: www.richtech.com/WITForum, and click on the event link.

AITP, Richmond Chapter networking and program, 5:15 for networking and 6 to 7 p.m. for program, Hilton Garden Inn, 4050 Cox Road. Topic_ "Information Technology Career Outlook for Richmond and Central Virginia — Opportunities, Challenges and New Directions for Job Seekers in 2012 and Beyond." Details/registration: aitprich.org. 

Old Dominion Chapter, IAAP, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m., Henrico County Training Center, 7701 E. Parham Road. Speaker: Dale Moore, documentalist/trainer, Richmond Public Schools. Topic: "2010 Microsoft Office Tips & Tricks." RSVP by Feb. 17: Gale Barney, (804) 501-4398, bar27@co.henrico.va.us or www.iaap-olddominion.org/forms.htm.

International Facility Management Association, Richmond Chapter meets at 5:30 p.m., Quality Technology Services, 6000 Technology Blvd., for networking, chapter business, a presentation by David Robey, vice president of Facilities for QTS, and a tour of the large data center. Cost: $10 for members; $25 for nonmembers. RSVP to Barbe Shaffer at ifmarichva@gmail.com.

New Kent Chamber of Commerce business meeting, 6:30 p.m., New Kent Visitors Center, 7324 Vineyards Parkway, New Kent. Speakers: Doug and Polly White of Whitestone Partners. They will discuss the changing role of the principal as a business grows from micro to small and from small to midsize. RSVP: marketing@newkentchamber.org. Details: www.newkentchamber.org.

Greater Richmond Chamber offers an "Elevator Speech," 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Chesterfield Department of Economic Development, 9401 Courthouse Road. Speaker: Rick Wildes, Rick Wildes and Co. Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers. Online registration will close at noon Tuesday. Register online at www.grcc.com or call (804) 783-9368.

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

Helping Young Professionals Engage: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Rockett's Landing, 211 Rocketts Way, with Tom Epperson of Luck Stone in a workshop entitled "Values Based Leadership." Cost: $15 for members and nonmembers in advance; $20 for members and nonmembers at the door. Register online at www.grcc.com or call (804) 783-9368.

VCU Libraries, 7 p.m., Richmond Salons, VCU Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave. Speaker: Tom Burrell, advertising executive and founder of Burrell Communications Group, the nation's largest African-American-owned marketing firm. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Registration: www.library.vcu.edu/bhm/events.html or Gregory Kimbrell, (804) 828-0593.

Hanover Business Council Networking Breakfast, 7:15 to 9 a.m., Randolph Macon College, Estes Dining Hall, 306 Henry St., Ashland. Speaker: Alexis Thompson, Economic Development coordinator, Town of Ashland. Cost: $12 for members and nonmembers; $17 for members and nonmembers at the door. Register online at www.grcc.com or call the Reservation Line, (804) 783-9368.

Virginia Gift Planning Council program at 11 a.m. and luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 401 W. Franklin St. Program: "Nuts and Bolts: What to Consider Internally." Luncheon topic: "Communicating Externally: the Board, Donors and the Public."   Cost: $45 for members; $50 for nonmembers. Register at www.vagiftplanning.org.

Greater Richmond Chamber offers "Social Media for Franchises," 7:30 to 9 a.m., Westwood Club, 6200 West Club Lane. Speakers: Daulton West Jr., president of ASocialMediaChampion4U.com, and Rick Curry, The Coach and Wheeler Dealer at "Addison Clark Online." Cost: $20 for members and nonmembers (includes breakfast). Register online at www.grcc.com or call (804) 783-9314.

Deborah Jackson

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