Thursday
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.
ABWA Punahele Chapter business and dinner meeting: Guest speaker: Candace Pang, clinical director of the Salvation Army Family Treatment Service. Vocational speaker: Carol Markham-Pukini. 5:30- 8 p.m. at Zippy’s Makiki Restaurant, 1222 S. King St. Cost: $15. Make checks out to ABWA Punahele Chapter. Call Yvonne Lau at 479-5952.
Exchange Club meeting: Rick Fried, attorney and chairman of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, will discuss the agency’s role and its plans for the future. Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Oahu Country Club. Cost: $25. Visit dexhon.com.
Saturday
District 49 Toastmasters: The division table topics and international speech contests will be held in the Central Pacific Bank training room, 225 Queen St., fourth floor. Public welcome. Free. Visit district49.org.
>> Division D: Registration 9:30 a.m., contest 10 a.m.
>> Division A: Registration 12:30 p.m., contest 1 p.m.
APRIL 16
iaap-Leading Administrative Professionals: Speaker is Aaron K. Mersberg, strategy consultant for Kamehameha Schools. 8 a.m. to noon at Leeward Community College, Arts & Music Building, Room AM 209, 96-045 Ala Ike St., Pearl City. Cost: $15. RSVP by emailing: georgette.ane@gmail.com.
APRIL 20
Liliuokalani Toastmasters Club — Open House: Learn about leadership and communication skills, how to organize event-planning and meeting facilitation and find out 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.
APRIL 22
Trademark Basics — What Every Business Should Know NOW, Not Later: Presented by Craig Morris, a managing attorney for Trademark Outreach, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 10 a.m. to noon at Foreign Trade Zone No. 9, Room 202. Free. RSVP by visiting hisbdc.org or calling 945-1430.
APRIL 29
A Whole New World — The Yin and Yang of Technology: The Hawaii Business Education Association will hold its annual spring elections, installation and awards conference from 7:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Leeward Community College, Room GT-105. Email Peggy at peggy@hawaii.edu.