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* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower

Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to lindsay.sandham@latimes.com;

by fax to (714) 966-4667; or by calling (714) 966-4625. Include the

time, date and location of the event, as well as a contact phone

number.

JUNE 7

“Real Estate Appraisal -- A New Career/ A New Business” will be

the topic of a seminar presented by Orange Coast College’s extended

education office. The event will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in

counseling and admissions room 111, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Cost is $59 per person. Information: (714) 432-5880.

JUNE 8

President and CEO of Gateway Inc., Wayne Inouye, will speak from

7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Beckman Center, UC Irvine campus. Cost is $35;

$25 for UC Irvine alumni and $10 for students, faculty and staff.

Information: (949) 824-4061.

JUNE 10

UCI Business School will present a business of sports conference

with Peter Ueberroth, former major league baseball commissioner. The

best and brightest minds in sports will share their insights with

future industry leaders at the inaugural conference, organized by the

Sports Business Club at the Paul Merage School of Business. The

student-run conference, which carries the theme “Show us the Future,”

will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hilton, 3050 Bristol St.,

Costa Mesa. Cost is $125; $60 for students. Information: (949)

429-6686 or https://www.merage.uci.edu/ clubpages/sbc/conference.

A seminar, “How to sell your inventions for cash,” will be

presented by Mike Rounds, author of “Inventing for Money.” The

program is sponsored by Inventors Forum, an Orange County-based, all

volunteer, nonprofit inventors’ support group. Registration begins at

7 p.m. at Orange Coast College, science lecture hall 101, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Cost is $5 for members and $15 for

nonmembers (includes refreshments.) Information: (714)540-2491 or

https://www.inventorsforum.org.

JUNE 11

A workshop for working women on “Professional Presentation for the

Workplace,” featuring makeup artist Samantha Rosen, will be held from

1 to 4 p.m. in business education room 103 at Orange Coast College,

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Cost is $69. Information: (714)

432-5880 or https://www.occtickets.com.

JULY 12

A workshop on “Selling Techniques That Work” will be held from 9

a.m. to noon at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa.

Tickets are $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Information: (714)

550-7369 or https://www.score114.org.

JULY 16

“Be Your Own Boss,” a full-day workshop, will be held from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa.

Tickets: $40 in advance; $50 at the door. Information: (714) 550-7369

or https://www.score114.org.

JULY 19

A workshop on QuickBooks will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at

National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Tickets: $30 in

advance; $40 at the door. Information: (714) 550-7369 or

https://www.score114.org.

JULY 26

A marketing and promotions workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to

noon at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Tickets:

$30 in advance; $40 at the door. Information: (714) 550-7369 or

https://www.score114.org.

ONGOING

The Costa Mesa chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club, an

international group for business referrals and networking, meets at

noon Thursdays at the Newport Beach Yacht Club. Information: (800)

767-7337 or https://www.leadsclubla.com.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts by joining the

Costa Mesa chapter of Leads Club. The Costa Mesa chapter will be a

Thursday lunch group. Information: (800) 767-7337.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts at the Newport

Beach-Irvine chapter of Leads Club on Tuesdays from 8 to 9:15 a.m. at

the Marriot Suites, 500 Bayview Circle, Newport Beach. Information:

(949) 551-8135.