Tuesday

St. Vincent College Small Business Development Center, workshop, 6 p.m., St. Vincent College. Topic: "The First Step: Small Business Start-Up." Call 724-537-4572.

Council on Realizing Excellence in Management, presentation, 4 p.m., Forbes Road Career & Technology Center, Monroeville. Topic: "Working Smarter: How Attention Management in Changing the White Collar Workplace." Speaker: Andy Norman, founder, Knosis. Call Brien Palmer at 724-733-5007.

Wednesday

Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce, Women's Interest Network, program, 11:30 a.m., Wyndham Pittsburgh Airport, 777 Aten Road, Coraopolis. Theme: "Boosting your Financial and Physical Energy Levels in 2004." Speaker: Yvonne Campos, president/owner, Campos Market Research Inc. Call 412-264-6270.

Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, meeting, noon, Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Speaker: Will Clower. Call Leslie Fisher at 412-471-6210.

PAPEN -- Westmoreland chapter meeting, 5:30 p.m., Careerlink, Westmoreland County Community College campus, 300 E. Hillis St., Youngwood. Topic: "Initiatives of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development." Speaker: Bill Flanagan, cheif communications officer. Visit the Web site www.papen.us.

CareerLink, job seeker workshop, 1:30 p.m., 425 Sixth Ave., 21st floor. Topic: "Finding Employment with a Criminal Record." Call 412-552-7048 or e-mail workshops@pghcareerlink.org.

Thursday

Pittsburgh Service and Support Professionals, meeting, 4:30 p.m., Best Western Hotel, Green Tree. Speaker: Dave Keener, chief security officer, Vigilant Minds. Call Dee Diano-Kerns at 412-731-8313 by Monday.

Executive Women of Westmoreland, meeting, 6 p.m., St. Joseph Center, Greensburg. Topic: "Travel Near and Far." Call Karen at 724-539-5816.

Project Management Institute, program, 5:15 p.m., Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, 337 Fourth Ave., Downtown. Topic: "Agile Software Methods and the PMBOK." Speaker: Alan S. Koch. Call 412-261-4300.

CareerLink, job seeker workshop, 11 a.m., 425 Sixth Ave., 21st floor. Topic: "Pension Rollover and Insurance Knowledgebase." Call 412-552-7048 or e-mail workshops@pghcareerlink.org.

Friday

Pittsburgh Society of Association Executives, program, 8 a.m., Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Place, Uptown. Topic: "KAIZEN -- Your Roadmap to Operational Effectiveness." Presenters Sandy Dillner and Beck Fadik, business process specialists, SAE International. Call Gwen Davis 724-733-4751.

CareerLink, job seeker workshop, 11 a.m., 425 Sixth Ave., 21st floor. Topic: "Linking with Support Services." Call 412-552-7048 or e-mail workshops@pghcareerlink.org.