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OCBJ Calendar

• Inside OC With Rick Reiff (KDOC-TV), Sunday 5:30 a.m.; (KOCE-TV/PBS SoCal), Tuesday 1 a.m., Repeats Friday 2:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 5 p.m., Saturday 4:30 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 12:30 a.m., Guests (May 20): Orange County sheriff candidates Don Barnes, David Harrington, Duke Nguyen

• Critical Mass Radio Show hosted by Richard Franzi (OC Talk Radio), Tuesday 4 p.m., Guests (May 22): Dan McQuaid, Business Journal Civic 50 Awards; Brian Montes, Scaleocity Works; Richard Sudek

Monday, May 14

• The Art and Science of Creating a Successful Business Plan (Orange County SBDC), Santa Ana, 6 p.m., $20, (714) 564-5200, ocsbdc.org

Wednesday, May 16

• How to Speak Successfully: Tips on Mastering a Critical Business Skill (Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce), Newport Beach, 11:30 a.m., cost varies, (949) 729-4411, newportbeach.com

Thursday, May 17

• Sell Your Science: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Non-Confidential Pitch Deck (Johnson & Johnson), Irvine, 11 a.m., cost varies, goo.gl/qVNUPr

• Dodd-Frank and Other Regulatory Dinosaurs: What’s Left & What’s to Come? (The Risk Management Association), Newport Beach, 11:30 a.m., $65 for members, $75 for nonmembers, (714) 267-5281, rmaoc.org

Friday, May 18

• Lunch and Learn (UCI Applied Innovation), Irvine, noon, free, goo.gl/o8atTK

Monday, May 21

• Drive New Business With Social Media + Facebook Ads (SCORE Chapter114), Irvine, 10:30 a.m., free, (714) 550-7369,

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• Introduction to Using QuickBooks Desktop (SCORE Chapter114), Orange, 6 p.m., free, (714) 550-7369, orangecounty.score.org

Tuesday, May 22

• OC Tech for Good (OC Tech for Good), Irvine, 4 p.m., free, octechforgood.com

• Leadership Mentoring: Senior Executives Share Their Secrets (WITI Orange County), Irvine, 6 p.m., $20 for members, $40 for nonmembers, (818) 788-9484, goo.gl/aBBFqS

Wednesday, May 23

• ANSYS Innovation Conference – Southern California (ANSYS), Irvine, 9 a.m., free, (844) 462-6797, ansys.com

• Cybersecurity: Defending our Digital Domain (OC Forum), Irvine, 11:30 a.m., $85 for members, $100 for nonmembers, (949) 588-9884, ocforum.org

• 10 Red Flags Fraud is Occurring in Your Business (HMWC CPAs & Business Advisers), Tustin, noon, free, (714) 505-9000, goo.gl/K4u4d8

• Central Orange County NAFE (National Association for Female Executives), Tustin, every third Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., cost varies, (949) 330-0927, nafe.com

• Ellevate OC: Networking for Professional Women (Ellevate Network), Costa Mesa, every third Wednesday, 5:45 p.m., cost varies, (949) 487-0302, goo.gl/aWPr3D

• Professional Women’s Networking (OC Women Business Connectors), Mission Viejo, every Thursday, 9:00 a.m., cost varies, (714) 328-0045, meetup.com/oc-women-business-connectors

• UCI’s First/Last Jazz Combo (UCI Illuminations), Irvine, May 14, noon, free, (949) 824-5112, illuminations.uci.edu

• Shakespeare and Star Trek (UCI Illuminations), Irvine, May 15, 4 p.m., free, (949) 824-5112, goo.gl/pqEZ5n

• OC Night Market (626 Night Market), Costa Mesa, May 18-20, 4 p.m., free, ocnightmarket.com

• Kevin Nealon (Irvine Improv), Irvine, May 18-20, time varies, $25, (949) 854-5455, irvine.improv.com

• UCI Anti-Cancer Challenge (University of California-Irvine), Irvine, May 19, time varies, cost varies, anti-cancerchallenge.org

• 5th Annual Taste of Santa Ana (MainPlace Mall), Santa Ana, May 19, 5 p.m., cost varies, (714) 541-5353, tasteofsantaana.org

• Music of the Golden State (Segerstrom Center for the Arts), Costa Mesa, May 19, 5:30 p.m., cost varies, (714) 556-2787, scfta.org

• Plaza Fit (Segerstrom Center for the Arts), Costa Mesa, May 23, 5:45 p.m., free, (714) 556-2787, scfta.org

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