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[March 08, 2006]

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, business calendar column

(Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)

Mar. 6--TODAY

--Anchorage Chamber of Commerce meets at noon at the Egan Center. A telecommunications industry update titled "Emerging Technologies" will be given by Clay Dover, Alaska DigiTel general manager. R.S.V.P. to 272-2401 or www.anchoragechamber.org in the Calendar of Events section.


TUESDAY

--A U.S. Commercial Services online seminar, "Logistics Services in China: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges," runs 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. Register at www.buyusa.gov/westlosangeles/logistics.html. Contact: Terri Batch, 1-310-882-1750 or terri.batch@mail.doc.gov.

WEDNESDAY

--"Power Tools for Women in Business: 10 Ways to Succeed in Life and Work" runs 6 to 8 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Anchorage. Author Aliza Sherman will speak on ways people can better balance their work and personal lives. Contact Mary or Ladonna with the American Society of Training and Development, 277-1440, www.astdalaska.org.

SATURDAY

--A free City-Wide Career and Job Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at UAA Student Union, 3211 Providence Drive. More than 70 employers, programs and educational booths are scheduled to showcase careers and job opportunities. Parking and admission are free. For more information call UAA at 786-1215 or visit www.uaa.alaska.edu/campuslife.

--The Small Business Development Center's free Alaska Biz Fair 2006 runs from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the BP Energy Center. Steve Abercrombie, Business Resource Services, Seattle, presents "Beyond Survival: Seven Steps to Fiscal Fitness" at 11:45 a.m. Other seminars include importing and exporting, marketing and health insurance. For details: www.aksbdc.org or 274-7232.

THIS WEEK

--CompuCom offers Microsoft Applications: Access Intermediate and Advanced; PowerPoint, intermediate; Publisher; Word, intermediate; Project, introduction and intermediate; and Adobe PhotoShop, introduction. For details: 762-9151, www.compucom.com.

--Network Business Systems offers Microsoft 2364: What's New in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for Existing Visual Studio .NET Developers; Windows XP; Word 2003; and Excel 2003. For details: 272-2888 or 1-800-516-5164, www.nbsys.com.

--NANA Training Systems offers North Slope Training Cooperative, Thinking Driver, a 30-hour course on OSHA standards, and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. For details: 565-3300, www.nana-nts.com.

TODAY

--Mary Kirchhoff gives a free talk on "Green Chemistry and Sustainability" -- a science-based, profitable approach to pollution prevention by designing products and processes to use or make fewer hazardous substances -- from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Wilda Marston Theatre, Loussac Library, 3600 Denali St. Kirchhoff is education director for the American Chemical Society in Washington D.C., and was a fellow in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's green chemistry program. For details: www.acs-alaska.org; Brad Olson, bolson@analyticagroup.com, 360-9110.

TUESDAY

--A U.S. Commercial Services online seminar, "Logistics Services in China: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges," runs from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Speakers are Eric Wolff, American Embassy commercial officer in Beijing, and Jeff Bernstein, managing director for Emerge Logistics (Shanghai) Co. and American Chamber of Commerce chairman, Shanghai. They are to give an overview of China's logistics service industry and examples of opportunities and challenges for U.S. companies. Cost: $35. Register at www.buyusa.gov/westlosangeles/logistics.html. Contact: Terri Batch, 1-310-882-1750 or terri.batch@mail.doc.gov.

WEDNESDAY

--"Providence Career Night" runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Providence Alaska Medical Center, 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage. The free event aims to give high school and college students thinking about a career in health care an overview of available occupations in the health care industry. For details: 261-2976, www.providence.org/alaska.

--National Association of Women in Construction holds a "Celebrate Constructive Women" awards dinner with a talk on "The Role of Women in Business" at 5:30 p.m. at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel, 4800 Spenard Road. Cost: $45. R.S.V.P. to 267-5272, 344-1562 fax, mistycri@wilderconstruction.com.

--"Power Tools for Women in Business: 10 Ways to Succeed in Life and Work" runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 200 E. Northern Lights Blvd. Author Aliza Sherman is to speak on ways people can better balance their work and personal lives. No charge. Contact: Mary or Ladonna with the American Society of Training and Development, 277-1440, www.astdalaska.org.

THURSDAY

--"Owning Real Estate Right: It's How You Own It That Makes a Difference" runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Alaska Educational Institute, 3000 C St. R.S.V.P. to 1st Alaska Mortgage, 646-2809.

SATURDAY

--The Alaska Biz Fair 2006 runs 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the BP Energy Center, south of the BP building, 900 E. Benson Blvd. Steve Abercrombie of Business Resource Services in Seattle will give a keynote address from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. titled "Beyond Survival: Seven Steps to Fiscal Fitness." Several other seminars include importing and exporting, marketing and health insurance. The day's events are free; a 4 p.m. seminar, "Break-even: Your Path to Greater Profits," by Abercrombie on using a profit and loss statement to guide strategy, is $70. Sponsors: the Alaska Small Business Development Center and Northrim Bank. For details: www.aksbdc.org or 274-7232.

--A free City-Wide Career and Job Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at UAA Student Union, 3211 Providence Drive. More than 70 employers, programs and educational booths are scheduled to showcase careers and job opportunities. Parking and admission are free. For more information call UAA at 786-1215 or visit www.uaa.alaska.edu/campuslife.

NEXT WEEK

--A free energy-efficiency training for hospitals, medical office buildings, and dental offices statewide runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. March 15 in Room 307 of the UAA/APU library. Instructor Sharon Levin of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program is to demonstrate how to use the EPA's free online energy performance rating tool, Portfolio Manager. The conference can be accessed remotely via the Internet. Sponsors: Green Star, UAA, Providence Alaska Medical Center and Energy Star. Contact: Jean Marie Guzzetti, jeanmarie@greenstarinc.org, 278-7869.

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