Metro Business Calendar for Nov. 2

MONDAY, NOV. 2

Greater Richmond Chamber offers "Starting a Business 101," 11:30 a.m., Hanover Department of Economic Development, 9097 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville. Cost: $20. Details: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or

"Retirement Planning and 401(k) Rollover Options," Merrill Lynch and William Kavanagh, noon, Eighth and Main Building, sixth floor. Registration: William Kavanagh, (804) 343-4226.

Richmond Adobe User Group, panel discussion, 6 p.m., Artworks, 320 Hull St. Details: http://www.raug.org or e-mail

Greater Richmond Chamber offers "Starting a Business 101," 11:30 a.m., Henrico Economic Development Authority, 4300 E. Parham Road. Cost: $20. Details: Jackie Carter, (804) 783-9314 or .

Linsco/Private Ledger offers "Does Your Current Life Insurance Have Long-Term Care? Now It Can," 2 p.m., 10010 Three Chopt Road. Details: Timothy Scanlon or Steven Hamant, (804) 270-0703.

"Retiring, Changing Employers or Lost Job -- Your 401(k): What are Your Options?" workshop led by Chris White of Virginia Asset Management, 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., 130 Wylderose Drive in Midlothian. Details: (804) 327-0468.

The Mechanicsville/Hanover lunch meeting of the Richmond Women's Network meets at 11:30 a.m., Ginger Red Asian Bistro, 7500 Jackson Arch Drive. Details/reservations: Nancy Boyer, (804) 752-5925 or .

Richmond First Club meets at noon, Colony Club, 10 E. Franklin St. Former state Del. Terrie Suit ponders the "Election Results, the Day After." Optional lunch at noon; program is open and free to the public at 12:30. Registration: Pat Ryan, (804) 545-6656, or e-mail

Verizon Communications and VCU School of Business, speaker series, 2:30 p.m., Snead Hall, 301 W. Main St., Room B1115. Robert W. Woltz Jr., president of Verizon Virginia, will discuss "Driving Successful Marketing Campaigns in Changing Times: Confronting Regulation, Deregulation and Public Policies." A reception will precede the talk at 2 p.m. in the Snead Hall Atrium. Details: (804) 828-1618.

The Richmond Chapter of RMA is sponsoring a "Regulator Panel" at SunTrust Bank, fourth-floor auditorium, 919 E. Main St. Registration is at 3:30 p.m., with the panel beginning at 4. This will conclude with a Q&A. Cost is $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Registration: http://www.rmahq.org/RMA/Chapters/Richmond/Events or Ivy Carter, (804) 697-8226 or .

New Visions, New Ventures offers the "ABT's (Accounting, Bookkeeping and Taxation) for Small Business" workshop, 6:30 p.m., 701 E. Franklin St., B1 conference room. Presenter: Celia Broadus with Accounting Strategies to Solutions. Registration: http://www.nvnv.org or (804) 643-1081.

Brenda L. Skidmore, president of the SunTrust Foundation, will speak at 7 p.m. in Longwood University's Hiner Auditorium as an executive-in-residence speaker. Details: (434) 395-2045.

Greater Richmond Chamber hosts "inVision Richmond," 7:15 a.m., Willow Oaks Country Club, 6228 Forest Hill Ave. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Registration: Chris Bennett, (804) 783-9330 or http://www.grcc.com.

VCU Center for Corporate Education and others present the marketing seminar "Leveraging Your Social Media Networks," 8 a.m. Details/cost/location: Karen Brown Davis, (804) 828-3165. To register, visit http://www.business.vcu.edu/corporate-education.

IABC/Richmond meets at Owens & Minor, 9120 Lockwood Blvd., Mechanicsville. Networking begins at 11:45 a.m., and the luncheon program starts at 12:15 p.m., featuring Jimmy Barrett of WRVA Radio. Cost: $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Registration: Mary Ann Delano, (804) 360-0936 or .

Capital Region Workforce Network at Goodwill Industries hosts NAPA Auto Parts for an information session, 2 p.m., 6301 Midlothian Turnpike. Details: (804) 675-9910.

Retail Merchants Association hosts its 20th annual Valor Awards breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St. Speaker: John Hager, former lieutenant governor of Virginia. Cost: $35 per person, table of 10 (with sign), $425. Reservations:

Professionals Referral Organization, Women's Innsbrook Network (PRO WIN) Team, 8 a.m., Liberty Mutual, 301 Concourse Blvd., Suite 200, Glen Allen. Details: Ashley Stefanko, or (804) 527-3902, ext. 51605.

The Virginia Society of Association Executives meets at Sheraton Richmond South, 9901 Midlothian Turnpike. "Rightsizing & Maximizing Your Membership Marketing" will be presented by Scott Oser and Kevin Whorton with Scott Oser Associates at 8:30 a.m. A reception will follow at 11 a.m. with a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. Cost: $35 for members for the seminar and free for lunch if registered by noon Wednesday or $45 for the seminar and $12 for lunch if registered after noon; $70 for the seminar for nonmembers and $30 for lunch if registered by noon Wednesday or $80 for the seminar and $35 for lunch if registered after noon. Registrations onsite are slightly higher. Registration/details: (804) 747-4971 or http://www.vsae.org (Click Events).