Today

“How Maine Companies Are Using Leadership to Prepare for the Future,” presented by American Society for Training and Development, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Guest speakers include industry, nonprofit and leadership consultants. Register at www.maineastd.org. The cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. 

Small Business High Speed Growth Tour, offered by Portland SCORE and American Express, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Holiday Inn By the Bay, Spring Street, Portland. Free and open to anyone who owns a small business. Preregistration is required. Visit www.scoremaine.com or call 772-1147, weekday mornings. 

TechMaine Java User Group, 6 p.m., Android development with Mike DesJardins at Tilson Technology Management, 245 Commercial St., second floor, Portland. Free and open to the public. Register at www.techmaine.com/mainejug. 

Wednesday

Liability and Indoor Air Quality, 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., seminar presented by the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council and held at the Augusta Civic Center. The council’s annual business meeting will begin at 8:15 a.m. For details visit www.maineindoorair.org or call Christine Crocker at 626-8115. 

Free workshop for Smartphone users, 5 to 7 p.m., at U.S. Cellular, 494 Congress St., Portland. The session will cover all the functions and features of Android-powered devices, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones. Attendees do not have to be U.S. Cellular customers. 

Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. at Nonantum Resort. Admission is $5 for Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Chamber members and $10 for all others. To register or for more details, call 985-3244, ext. 123. 

Thursday

Local Internet Marketing and Mobile Marketing Techniques, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., presented by First Page Online Marketing at the Hampton Inn, 140 Commercial St., Bath. To register visit FirstPageOnlineMarketing.net or call 729-4238. The cost is $20, including a continental breakfast. 

“Commercializing Resources of the Sea,” starts at 7:30 a.m. with networking, exhibits, continental breakfast and registration. A presentation with representatives from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences begins at 8 a.m. Portland Country Club, 11 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Register at http://e2tech.org/. 

“Is Your Resume Doing its Job?” presented by Kim Anania, noon to 1 p.m., part of the free Wisdom at Work series. Rines Auditorium in the Portland Public Library, Monument Square, Portland. 

“Eradicating and Preventing Bed Bugs,” 4 to 7 p.m., free forum and training for health officers, landlords, builiding managers and hospitality, health and social service providers. Legal, municipal, prevention and mitigation experts will be on hand. The forum will be held at York County Community College, 112 College Drive, Wells. To register, call Pam Cole of HomeHealth Visiting Nurses at 284-4566. 

Linda Buckmaster will make a presentation of her spending-plan budgeting concept at 6:30 p.m. at Camden Public Library. The program is held in conjunction with her talk on Friday in the “Take Control of Your Money” series. 

Friday

“Social Media in Highly Regulated Industries,” 7:30 to 10 a.m., panel discussion of policies, privacy and legal concerns; part of the Social Media Breakfast Maine series at Eastland Park Hotel, Portland. Register at www.socialmediabreakfastmaine.com/upcoming. 

“Smart Grid: Consumer and Utility Perspectives,” the Haskell/IEEE Conference, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, Orono. For details, go to http://www.eece.maine.edu/ conference/ or call 581-2243. 

“Take Control of Your Money,” noon, first in series of monthly brown bag lunch programs at Camden Public Library. Linda Buckmaster will discuss building a budget. 

Weekend

Be Well, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, highlighting fitness, health and wellness with many events, activities and providers at various locations throughout Freeport and at the L.L. Bean Discovery Park. For more information, visit wwwfreeportusa.com.

 

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