> Ventura SCORE will present the free seminar “Improve your website design and add videos and extra punch” from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Ventura Community Foundation Non-Profit Center, 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd., Camarillo. Click here to RSVP.
> CSU Channel Island will launch its Martin V. Smith Fall Speaker Series with a presentation by Sara Miller McCune of Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy and Blaise Simque of SAGE Publications at noon Friday, Sept. 11 at Malibu Hall. Future programs include:
- Dean Evans of LotLinx at noon Friday, Oct. 2.
- Kristen Decas, CEO and Port Director of the Port of Hueneme at noon Friday, Oct. 9.
The events are free of charge and include a free lunch. Click here to RSVP.
> The EDC-VC and EDD will present an “Employee or Independent Contractor Tax Seminar” from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Ventura EDD Tax Office, 4820 McGrath St., Suite 200, Ventura.
Participants will receive information on:
- Common misconceptions about independent contractors
- Ways to combat payroll tax fraud
- How to distinguish between employees and independent contractors
- Statutory and exempt employment
- Resources to help classify workers
There is no charge for the seminar. Click here to make reservation or call 866-745-6083 for more information.
CERF director Bill Watkins. Courtesy photo.
> The 2015 Ventura County Economic Forecast will be presented at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6 at the Padre Serra Center, 5205 Upland Road, Camarillo.
Presented by the Cal Lutheran Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF), speakers include CERF director Bill Watkins and economist Matthew Fienup.
Tickets are $65 and include lunch. RSVP to Ashley Freas at freas@CalLutheran.edu.