Canisius to host social media business summit

The Canisius College Women’s Business Center, in conjunction with Ruby Marketing Communications, will host its first Social Media Biz Summit from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Fairfield Inn and Suites, 4345 Genesee St., Cheektowaga. A networking party will immediately follow. The Social Media Biz Summit will offer conferences and workshops that provide business professionals with high-level social media strategies to help them navigate and expand their marketing communication activities in the digital world. Space is limited. Contact the WBC at 888-8280, or visit socialmediabizsum mit.com to register or for more information.

Trocaire series on professional development set

Trocaire College will be offering a series of non-credit courses for professional development during the next month through the Workforce Development Department. All three courses in the series will be held at the Russell J. Salvatore School of Hospitality and Business on Transit Road in Lancaster. The three courses are: Public Speaking, Friday, Feb. 10; Conducting Performance Review, Friday, Feb. 17; and Managing Workforce Conflict, Friday, March 2. All classes will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at a cost of $149 per course. To register for the courses, call 827-4310, or email workforcedev@tro caire.edu.

BNI Platinum meeting to feature speaker

Business Networking International Platinum will host its weekly scheduled meeting at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Milos Restaurant, 5877 Main St., Williamsville. The speaker will be Fred Stone of Firehouse Heating and Cooling, with his topic, “The Importance of Having Your A/C Unit and Furnace Inspected.” For further information, contact BNI Platinum President Karen Benz Coen at 648-3230, or visit the BNI website at www.bni.com.