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Business Calendar: 04/21/08-04/25/08
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday
Pittsburgh/Allegheny County CareerLink, 2 p.m., 22nd floor, 425 Sixth Ave., Downtown. Workshop: "Resumes/Cover Letter 1: Creating Your Draft." Call 412-552-7048 or visit www.careerlinkpittsburgh.com.

Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania, 5:30 p.m., Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, Two Gateway Center, 8th floor, Downtown. Roundtable discussion: "The 9 Commandments of Ethics -- Exploring the Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators -- Standard II: Impartiality and Standard III: Conflicts of Interest." Presenters are Robert Creo and Michael McDowell. Call 412-367-7710.

Tuesday
"Disability Matters with Joyce Bender," 2 p.m., log on to www.voiceamerica.com. Topic: "Employment of People with Disabilities in the Federal Government. Speaker: John Benison, manager, equal employment opportunity consulting group, Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Civil Rights.

Student Transportation of America Ltd., 10 a.m., PA Careerlink's Allegheny West Center, Robinson Plaza Two, Route 60 and Park Manor Drive, Suite 410, Robinson. Job fair. Call 412-809-3500 or visit www. careerlinkpittsburgh.com.

KnowledgePoint Academy and Enlightened Leadership, 8:30 a.m., Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry. Program: "Keys to a High Performance Organization." Call 724-741-1036 or visit www.therla.com.

California University of Pennsylvania's Government Agency Coordination Office, 9 a.m., Radisson Hotel, Monroeville. Seminar: "Doing Business with the United States Navy. Call Kate Glodek at 412-237-6098 or visit www.cup.edu.

Wednesday
Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m., Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown. Meeting. Speaker: Jared Cohen, president, Carnegie Mellon University. Call Terry Dougan at 412-471-6210.

Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, 7:15 a.m., Eat'n Park, Robinson. Meeting. Speaker: Charmaine Rose, Laurel Line Service Inc. and Jeff Berlingeri, Humana Inc. Call 412-364-6446, ext. 121.

Downtown Business Connection, 7:30 a.m., Rivers Club, Oxford Centre, Downtown. Meeting. Call Ed Heal at 412-322-6676.

Business Referral Network of Pittsburgh -- South Hills Chapter, 7:30 a.m., Max and Erma's, 1910 Cochran Road. Networking. Call Sue at 412-388-1250 or visit www.getgreatreferrals.com.

Professional Referral Exchange -- Cranberry Chapter, 7:15 a.m., North Park Deck House, 20810 Route 19, Cranberry. Meeting. For information about this and other events, call 412-761-8583, or visit www.prorefx.com.

Thursday
American Marketing Association -- Pittsburgh Chapter, 8 a.m., Mellon Client Service Center, 500 Ross St., Visitor's Center, second floor, room 214. New member breakfast orientation. Visit www.amapittsburgh.org.

International Association of Business Communicators -- Pittsburgh Chapter, 11:30 a.m., Engineers' Society of Western PA, 337 Fourth Ave., Downtown. Program: "Pittsburgh 250." Visit www.iabcpittsburgh.com.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Downtown & Business, 12:15 p.m., 612 Smithfield St., Downtown. Program: "Making the Right Retirement Plan Decisions at Retirement." Speaker: J. Vicotr Conrad, Pinnacle Financial Strategies. Call 412-281-7141.

Gateway Toastmasters, noon, Three Gateway Center, 3rd floor, Downtown. Meeting. Call Steve Frein at 412-553-5539.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Squirrel Hill, 10:15 a.m., 5801 Forbes Ave., Namm Business Center, Squirrel Hill. Program: "Discover Cost-Saving Measures for your Shipping and Mailing Needs." Speaker: Nancy Cheskey, small business specialist, U.S. Post Office. Call 412-422-9650 or visit www. carnegielibrary.org.

Friday
Insurance Club of Pittsburgh, 7:30 a.m., Downtown Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel. Program: "Pittsburgh I Day." Speaker: Stephen A. Zappala Jr., district attorney, Allegheny County. Call 412-489-5626.

Duquesne University Small Business Development Center, U.S. Commercial Service and Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, 8 a.m., Rockwell Hall, Room 707, 600 Forbes Ave. International Roundtable Breakfast: "Is your Web site Ready for International Marketing?" Call 412-396-6223 or visit www.duq.edu.

University of Pittsburgh Small Development Business Center, 7:30 a.m., Mervis Hall, Oakland. Program: "The Second Step: Business Planning Workshop." Call 412-648-1542.

Saturday
SCORE, 8:30 a.m., DeVry University, 210 Sixth Ave., Downtown. Workshop: "Small Business Basics." Call 412-395-6560, ext. 130 or 131.


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First published on April 21, 2008 at 12:00 am