Business
TUES. 2/22
Financing Your Business (SCORE) Costa Mesa 9 a.m.-Noon $20/$25 (714) 550-7369 Create an Effective Marketing Plan (Huntington Beach Small Business Assistance Center) Huntington Beach 6-8 p.m. $10 (714) 536-8888 RSVP Business Plan Making Your Business Work (Anaheim Small Business Assistance Center) Anaheim 6-9 p.m. $20 (714) 765-4133 The Truth About Your 403(b)/Tax Sheltered Annuity (Edward Jones) Huntington Beach 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free (714) 377-9790 10 Ways to Improve Your Color (Advertising Production Association of Orange County) Costa Mesa 6-8:30 p.m. $15/$20 (949) 252-7939 Business Week (Cal State Fullerton) Fullerton 8:30 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Free (714) 278-2414 Is Alzheimer’s Our Reward for Living Longer? (UC Irvine/Irvine Health Foundation) Irvine 7:30 p.m. Free (949) 824-4275 RSVP Total Quality Management (Cal State Fullerton) Garden Grove 7-10 p.m. $90 (714) 278-2611 RSVP Toastmasters Water Meeters meeting Irvine 7:10-8 a.m. Free (949) 453-5712
WED. 2/23
Japan’s Business and Political Climate (Japan America Society) Costa Mesa 6-8:30 p.m. $39/$49 (213) 627-6217 Ext.202 What are America’s Leading Money Managers Doing in Today’s Volatile Markets? (Salomon Smith Barney) Irvine 5:30-7 p.m. Free (949) 955-7447 RSVP Business Week (Cal State Fullerton) Fullerton 9 a.m. Free (714) 278-2414 Low-Cost Advertising for Home and Small Businesses (Home and Small Business Alliance) Irvine 8:30-10 a.m. $6 (949) 786-0030 Exploring a Career in Sales (UC Irvine Extension) Irvine 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15/$25 (949) 824-5414 How and Why to Incorporate (Payne & Fears LLP) Irvine Noon-1:30 p.m. Free (949) 851-1100 Ext.324 The Networkers (Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce) Costa Mesa 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. $12 (714) 885-9093 Toastmasters Club #602 meeting Orange 7-8:30 a.m. Free (714) 997-3010
THURS. 2/24
Valuations in the New Economy (Orange County Public Company Forum) Costa Mesa 7:30-10 a.m. $45/$60 (714) 668-6538 Raising Money (Tech Coast Venture Network) Costa Mesa 6-9 p.m. $25/$45 (714) 505-6493 Characteristics of Effective Leadership (UC Irvine Graduate School of Management) Irvine 5:30 p.m. Free (949) 824-2728 RSVP How to Buy and Sell Apartments (Cal State Companies) Irvine 1-3 p.m. Free (800) 955-3135 Ext.3 Business Week (Cal State Fullerton) 11a.m.-2p.m. Free Fullerton (714) 278-2414 Hispanic Business Consultants seminar Santa Ana 6:30-9 p.m. $25 (800) 642-1422 Newport Jaycees Mixer Costa Mesa 6:30 p.m. $5 (714) 382-2546 Santa Ana Republican Assembly meeting Santa Ana 7 p.m. Free (714) 621-3671 RSVP Cold-Calling on the Phone and in Person (Sandler Sales Institute) Santa Ana 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $89 (949) 450-1425 Network Lunch (British American Business Council) Irvine 11:30 a.m. $15/$25 (714) 545-2222 Ali Lassen’s Leads Club meeting Laguna Niguel 7-8:30 a.m. Free (949) 583-2022 Club 100 Toastmasters meeting Tustin 7-8:30 a.m. Free (714) 971-2421 Ext.134 The Articulates Toastmasters meeting Irvine 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free (714) 536-0241
FRI. 2/25
How to Market Yourself by Networking (Susann Linn) Irvine 9 a.m.-1:15 p.m. (949) 786-1320 RSVP
SAT. 2/26
The Business Lawyer in the New Millennium (State Bar Business Law Section/Western State University College of Law) Fullerton 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $45/$100 (415) 536-2570 High-Tech Etiquette (Victoria Seitz) Costa Mesa 7 p.m. Free (714) 432-7854 You and Your 401(k) Rollover Workshop (Salomon Smith Barney) Irvine 9:30-10:45 a.m. Free (949) 955-7562 RSVP Investing Fundamentals workshop (Edward Jones) Huntington Beach 10 a.m.-Noon $30 (714) 377-9790 How to Start a Business (Hispanic Business Consultants) Santa Ana 10 a.m.-1 p.m. $20 (800) 642-1422
MON. 2/28
Afraid of Public Speaking Here’s the Answer (Toastmasters) Costa Mesa 7 p.m. $20 (949) 586-7096 How to Get a Job in 45 Days (Woman’s World) Santa Ana 6:30-8 p.m. Free (714) 836-5072 RSVP
Fundraisers, Other Events
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 7:45 p.m. $26/$45 (714) 708-5555 All My Sons (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 8 p.m. $28/$47 (714) 708-5555
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 7:45 p.m. $26/$45 (714) 708-5555 We’re Blonde and Pretty What Happened to You? (Second Stage Theater) Santa Ana 8 p.m. $5/$10 (310) 990-9811
Wide Open (House of Photographic Art) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment Free San Juan Capistrano (949) 496-5127 We’re Blonde and Pretty What Happened to You? (Second Stage Theater) Santa Ana 8 p.m. $5/$10 (310) 990-9811 All My Sons (South Coast Repertory) Costa Mesa 8 p.m. $28/$47 (714) 708-5555
Monopoly Gala fundraiser (Juvenile Diabetes Foundation) Newport Beach 6p.m. $150 (949) 553-0363 MS Casino Auction fundraiser (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) Costa Mesa 7 p.m. $55/$70 (949) 752-1680 Golden West College Gala fundraiser Huntington Beach 5:30 p.m. $75 (714) 895-8316 Wide Open exhibit (House of Photographic Art) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment San Juan Capistrano (949) 496-5127 We’re Blonde and Pretty What Happened to You? (Second Stage Theater) Santa Ana 8 p.m. $5/$10 (310) 990-9811 Chinese Family Festival (Bowers Museum of Cultural Art) Santa Ana 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $4/$8 (714) 567-3600
SUN. 2/27
Chinese Family Festival (Bowers Museum of Cultural Art) Santa Ana 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $4/$8 (714) 567-3600 Spirit Run 2000 fundraiser (Lucy and Leigh Steinberg) Newport Beach 7:30 a.m. (949) 640-5350 Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony (Irvine Valley College) Irvine 7:30 p.m. $5/$7 (949) 854-4646
Submit listings to Calendar, Orange County Business Journal, 2600 Michelson Dr. Suite 170, Irvine CA 92612, or fax to (949) 833-8751, or e-mail to cain@ocbj.com at least two weeks before the event. Include the following: Event name, host organization, location, time, cost, phone number and contact name. Typically, for-profit events costing more than $100 per day will not be listed.