Business calendar
Tuesday: Commerce Department releases new-home sales for July. Read more
Tuesday: Commerce Department releases new-home sales for July. Read more
Today: National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for August. Read more
Labor Department releases second-quarter productivity data. Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for June. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and The Walt Disney Co. report quarterly financial results. Read more
State Department of Education: Tuesday at the Queen Liliuokalani Building, 1390 Miller St., Room 404 Read more
Exchange Club: Speaker Jessica Rich, chief executive officer of Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii, will speak about her group’s efforts to help various programs. Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Oahu Country Club. Cost: $25 for guests. Visit dexhon.com. Read more
Exchange Club: Dr. Kamal Masaki, a professor and chairman of the Department of Geriatric Medicine at UH Medical School, will speak on “Issues in Geriatric Pharmacology.” Noon-1:30 p.m. at Oahu Country Club. Cost: $25 per person. Visit dexhon.com. Read more
Liliuokalani Toastmasters Club — Open House: Learn about leadership and communication skills, how to organize event-planning and meeting facilitation, and ways to craft and structure speeches and presentations. 12:05-1:05 p.m. at Liliuokalani Building, second-floor conference room, 1390 Miller St. Public is invited. Free. RSVP by calling Brian at 255-4625, emailing brian@malanaphy.com or visiting bit.ly/LiliuokalaniOpenHouse. Read more
Hawaii Chinese Tourism Association luncheon: Hawaii Tourism Authority Marketing Vice President Leslie Dance will speak about her plans and goals for 2016 market development. Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki, Captain’s Room. Cost: $40. For more information and to RSVP, contact Albert at 479-0493. Read more
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39th annual Marketer of the Year: The American Marketing Association Hawaii Chapter will hold an awards luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Hawaii Prince Hotel. Celebrate the state’s top marketers of 2015. Cost: $45 students, $70 AMA members, $80 non-AMA members. Email moy39@amahawaii.org. Read more
Hawaii Career Expo 2016: The third annual Career Expo is an opportunity for job seekers to discover new job placements, visit a variety of employers in Hawaii and submit an application for available positions. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Price varies. For more information, visit hawaiicareerexpo.com. Read more
KTM Spring 2016 open house: Experience what it’s like to be in a Toastmasters meeting, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Kapolei Hale conference room C, 1000 Uluohia St., Kapolei. The public is invited, and cake and ice cream will be served. For more information, call Holly at 681-3934 or email joho2@aol.com. Read more
How to Start a Small Business: Speaker is Lori Hiramatsu, Hawaii SBDC senior business adviser. 9 to 11 a.m. at Oahu Center, Manoa Innovation Center, 2800 Woodlawn Ave., Suite 299, Honolulu. Cost: $10. For more information, call 945-1430 or visit hisbdc.org. Read more
Exchange Club: Speaker Lynn Johnson will speak on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, noon to 1:30 p.m. at Oahu Country Club. Cost: $25, lunch. For more information, visit dexhon.com. Read more
ABWA Punahele Chapter business and dinner meeting: 5:30 p.m. fellowship and networking, 6 p.m. dinner, 6:45 p.m. program and 7:15 p.m. business meeting at Zippy’s Makiki Restaurant, 1222 S. King St. Dinner fee: $18; make checks payable to ABWA Punahele Chapter. Call Yvonne at 479-5952. Read more
Finding the Funding: There will be a workshop to help people build a successful small business, 9 to 11 a.m. at FOR‘EWA Pono Office, James Campbell Building, 1001 Kamokila Blvd., Suite 133, Kapolei. Free. Call 541-2990, ext. 211. Read more
Hawaii Pacific University Presidential Lecture Series on Global Leadership and Sustainability: 5:30 p.m. at Aloha Tower Marketplace, Multipurpose Room 3. Inger Andersen, director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, presents “Investing in Nature for Resilient Societies and a Sustainable Future.” Information and RSVP at www.hpu.edu/presidential. Read more
“Role & Responsibility of a Programs Manager for the ADAH”: American Business Woman’s Association Punahele Chapter business and dinner meeting, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Zippy’s Makiki Restaurant, 1222 S. King St. Featuring guest speaker Eleanor “Ellie” Ventula-Honda, programs manager for the American Diabetes Association of Hawaii. Dinner fee $18; make checks payable to ABWA Punahele Chapter. Call Yvonne Lau at 479-5952. Read more
Toastmasters meeting: Hosted by Queen’s Medical Center Club, noon- 1 p.m. at the Queen’s Medical Center, Conference Center Room 202. Meetings are held second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Call Wayne at 956-6314. Read more
Toastmasters Demonstration Meeting — “New Beginnings”: Public invited, noon to 1 p.m. at Davies Pacific Center, New York Life Conference Room, 20th floor. Willie Jones, 1997 Speaker of the Year at the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking, will be speaking on “The Winning Edge.” Call Teri at 265-4732. Read more
Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties’ NATO Branch: Free Career Night seminar at 6 p.m. at Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, Kahala office, Kahala Mall rooftop, 4211 Waialae Ave., Suite 9000. To RSVP call 748-3410. Read more