AUG. 12 Inventor’s Forum -- the Orange...

AUG. 12

Inventor’s Forum -- the Orange County-based, all-volunteer,

nonprofit inventors’ support group -- will present a seminar on

“Virtual Prototyping and Three-Dimensional Design by Computer.”

Speakers include Michael Wawryznowski and Victor Rossi. Registration

and networking begin at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. event at Orange

Coast College, Science Lecture Hall 101, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Cost is $5 for members and $15 for non-members. Information:

(714) 540-2491 or www.inventorsforum.org.

AUG. 13

A “Loan-Signing Agent Seminar” will be held at Orange Coast

College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Business Education Room 103, 2701

Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Participants will learn the role of a

loan-signing agent as well as signing procedures. Registration is

$154. Information: (714) 432-5880.

A class that introduces stock analysis techniques is being offered

by Orange Coast College. An experienced portfolio manager will

explain how to measure profit and loss as well as the concepts of

risk and reward to help investors gain control over their portfolios.

The class will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Business Education

Room 103, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Registration is $79.

Information: (714) 432-5880 or www.occtickets.com.

A workshop on “Real Estate Strategies” for investors who want to

build personal wealth and achieve financial freedom will be offered

by Orange Coast College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Business Education

Room 104, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Registration is $69 per

person and $99 for couples. Information: (714) 432-5880.

ONGOING

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

international group for business referrals and networking, meets at

noon 12 p.m. Thursdays at the Newport Beach Yacht Club. Information:

(800) 767-7337 or 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 meet as

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.

“Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement” workshops will

be held Thursdays Feb. 10 through March 3 and Tuesdays Feb. 15

through March 8. Both sessions will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Thursday seminars will meet in the Orange Coast College Counseling

and Admissions building, room 110, and the Tuesday seminars will meet

in the Administration Building, room 108, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Registration is $69. Information: (714) 432-5880.

A Math Confidence workshops will be offered by Orange Coast

College Wednesdays through March 2. The workshop will be presented by

counselor and math instructor Patty Van Noble, and participants will

have the opportunity to work through math fears. The event will meet

from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in room 106 of OCC’s Counseling and Admissions

building, 2701 Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa. It is free to the public.

Networkers Luncheon Meetings will be held Wednesdays in March from

11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Country Club, 1701 Golf Course Dr., Costa Mesa. The cost is $14. Information: (714) 885-9090.

The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce hosts networking luncheon

meetings Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Costa Mesa

Country Club. The cost is $14. The club is at 1701 Golf Course Drive,

Costa Mesa. Information: (714) 885-9090.

The Costa Mesa Communicators Toastmasters Club meets from noon to

1 p.m. Wednesdays at the Orange County Department of Education, 200

Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. Meetings are open to anyone who wants to

improve his or her public speaking skills. Information: (714)

444-8783.

The Newport Beach Distinguished Toastmasters Club 1300 meets from

7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Sgt. Pepperoni’s Pizza Store, SE Bristol,

Newport Beach. Call (949) 646-1274.

The Mesa Messengers Toastmasters Club 691 in Costa Mesa meets at 7

p.m. Tuesdays at Mesa Verde United Methodist Church, 1701 W. Baker

St., Costa Mesa. Call (714) 540-4446.