The Business Report calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region business community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. Email ssanoski@businessreport.com with information.
Tuesday, Wednesday — The LSU Executive Education’s Louisiana Economic Development Certification Program, Strategic Planning, holds an interactive course allowing participants to work in small teams to help understand the complexity of strategic planning and its challenges. The course will be held at the Business Education Complex on campus. It is open to the public and may also be used as an elective requirement in the Louisiana Economic Development Certification Program. Cost of the course is $450 for LIDEA and LMA members, $500 for all others. Click here for complete details and here for registration.
Thursday — BRSocMe, a social media organization, hosts its monthly meeting, including a discussion with sports reporters Jacques Doucet and Randy Rosetta on the role of social media in sports, at the Louisiana Technology Park, 7117 Florida Blvd., beginning at noon. The event is free for BRSocMe members, $10 for guests. Get more details here.
Saturday — The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southern University will hold a “Nonprofit Startups 101” workshop from 8 to 10 a.m. on the first floor of T.T. Allain Hall on the Baton Rouge campus. The seminar is open to the public; however, early registration is required due to limited class size. The workshop will provide information on how to transform ideas of starting a nonprofit into a viable, operational organization and to simplify the process. Call 922-0998 to register.
Aug. 27-29 The 2012 Louisiana Smart Growth Summit will be held at the Manship Theatre in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. Complete details are available here.
Aug. 28 — A daylong coaching session will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 4720 Constitution Ave., focusing on reliable methods for creating and communicating ideas for more profitable customers, markets, products, services and systems. The free event is sponsored by LSU’s Louisiana Business & Technology Center and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Unit in partnership with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana. More details and online registration are available here.
Aug. 28 — BRAC Small Business Council hosts a seminar on the popular but sometimes misunderstood cloud technology. The seminar will focus on what the cloud is, how you may already be using it without knowing, how you should you be using it, and potential future uses. It takes place at the Louisiana Technology Park, 7117 Florida Blvd., from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $15 for BRAC investors, $20 for all others. Complete details, a list of participating panelists, and registration are available here.
Sept. 6 — Louisiana State Medical Society presents “The Picture of Health: Setting the Scene for Louisiana’s Healthcare” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Hotel, 7000 Bluebonnet Blvd. Complete details are available here.
Sept. 11-12 The LSU AgCenter hosts the 2012 Louisiana Biofuels and Bioprocessing Summit at the Renaissance Hotel, 7000 Bluebonnet Blvd. Two days of seminars will include a wide variety of topics and speakers from LSU, state agencies, local firms, and associations representing local, state and national interests. Admission to the summit costs $125, and early registration is required. Complete details and registration info are available here.
Sept. 12 — Educators and community organizations are invited to attend the 2012 Financial Education Boot Camp being held at the East Baton Rouge Parish School System Professional Development Center, 3000 N. Sherwood Forest Blvd., from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The boot camp is designed to deliver turnkey curriculum and resources to help educators and youth development professionals draft a plan of action to teach money management skills to youth. Registration is $75. Complete details and registration are available here.
Sept. 13 — The annual Louisiana Looking Up event will be held at the LSU Business Education Complex on campus from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Cost is $100, $50 for LSU MBA alumni, and $25 for LSU Flores MBAs. Complete details and online registration are available at here.
Sept. 13 — The Academic Distinction Fund continues its Distinguished Speaker Series with a presentation by Betsy McAllister Groves titled “Children Who See Too Much,” from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4728 Constitution Ave. The event is free. More information and registration are available here.
Sept. 18 — The Baton Rouge Business & Career Solutions Center sponsors a job fair for military veterans and the public from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Crown Plaza Hotel, 4728 Constitution Ave. Participating companies include Bollinger Shipyards, Turner Industries, Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs’ Troops to Teachers, The Shaw Group, JV Industrial Companies, Cox Communications, Federal Express, Cintas Corp., RaceTrac Petroleum and others.
Sept. 19 — The Louisiana Technology Council and LED present the 2012 Governor’s Technology Awards during a luncheon taking place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge, 777 L’Auberge Ave. Tickets are $50 per person or $800 for a table reservation. Details on the event are available here.
