Feb 20
Two-day conference: Drive 2013 — data, reporting, information and visualization exchange for nonprofit IT/data people seeking to bring new ideas and more efficiency to their organizations. 8 a.m.-4:10 p.m. Feb. 20-21. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle. $275. Call Machiko Gaston at (206) 616-6748, email
drive@uw.edu or see
bit.ly/RSBcby.
Feb 21
Economic forecast dinner. Keynote speaker is John Mitchell, principal at M & H Economic Consultants. 5:30-9 p.m. St. Joseph’s Center, 215 N. 15th St., Mount Vernon. $70. Email
kristi@skagit.org or register online at
skagit.org.
Feb 21
Lunch: 2013 Puget Sound-area economic forecast, presented by Dick Conway, principal of Dick Conway & Associates. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Residence Inn, Bellevue. $35-$45. Call (425) 646-4727 or register online at
www.electricleague.net.
Feb 27
Breakfast: 18 years of global finance in the world’s premier cities, presented by Kenneth Willman, chief legal officer at Russell Investments. 7:30-9:30 a.m. Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Pier 66, Seattle. $25-$30. Call (800) 339-3312 or register online at
www.pugetsound.edu/psbb.
Feb 28
Lunch: How business leaders retire — creating leadership for a lifetime, presented by Kaycee Krysty, president emerita of Laird Norton. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Harbor Club, 17th Floor, 801 Second Ave., Seattle. $45-$65. Call (206) 575-3232 or register online at
www.womenbusinessowners.org.
Feb 28
Lunch seminar: A practical look at negotiating credit agreements. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Stoel Rives, 600 University St., Suite 3600, Seattle. Free. Call Gwyn Ganjeau at (206) 386-7645, email
gmganjeau@stoel.com or register online at
bit.ly/XaqNIY.
Mar 8
Seminar: Aggressive defense in Washington. 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Washington State Convention Center. $295-$495. Call (800) 574-4852, email
info@theseminargroup.net or register online at
www.theseminargroup.net.