Oct Oct. 5 The Memphis Area Radio Stations Association will sponsor a seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ridgeway Inn featuring Norm Goldsmith, president of Radio Marketing Concepts Inc. For more information, call 678-3176. Oct. 6 The National Association of Federal Employees, Chapter 78, will meet at the Main Library, 1850 Peabody Ave. For more information, call 774-4019. Oct. 7 The Public Relations Society of America will meet at 11:45 a.m. at the University of Memphis Fogelman Executive Center. The speaker will be Kathleen Larey Lewton, senior vice president of Chicago-based Porter Novelli, whose topic will be "Shaping Public Opinion: Lessons for all PR Professionals." The cost is $25 for non-members. For reservations, call Randa Kahn at 276-3532. Mensa will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Unicorn restaurant, 6524 Quince. The speaker will be Marlin McKelvey, whose topic will be the paranormal and alternative health issues. For more information, call Ike Kullman at 358-8128. Oct. 8 The Quality Center will offer an ISO 9000 implementation workshop through Oct. 9 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The cost is $350 per person. For more information, call Loretta Dale or Peggy Griffith at 543-3530. The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. will meet at the Marriott, 1000 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The speaker will be Clark Hood of Survivalink whose topic will be "Cardiac Arrest in the Workplace: Are You Ready?" The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m. The cost is $25 per person. For more information, call Gary Langsdale at 763-5984. Oct. 13 The Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development will meet jointly at 11:30 a.m. at the Marriott, 2625 Thousand Oaks Drive. The speaker will be Judy Bell, vice president of Memphis Area Teachers Credit Union, whose topic will be "Making Work More Meaningful." The cost is $25 for non-members. For reservations, call Eloise McGee at 375-5540. Oct. 14 The American Society for Quality and the Greater Memphis Association for Quality will sponsor a symposium, titled "Focusing on Results for Performance Improvement," from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at State Technical Institute. Registration is $85 for members and $100 for non-members. For more information, call 383-4611. Oct. 15 The Institute of Management Accountants will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Ridgeway Inn. The speaker will be Barbara C. King of the Exchange Club Family Center. Her topic will be the correlation between child abuse and domestic violence. The cost is $20. For reservations, call Ed Bosch at 454-3130. Oct. 20 The Institute of Management Accountants will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Rhodes College. The speakers will be Dan Walker of Thompson Dunavant PLC and Bob Morris of Baker, Donaldson, Bearman and Caldwell. Their topic will be the fundamentals of international business from legal and tax perspectives. The cost is $5 for members and $30 for non-members. For reservations, call Ed Bosch at 454-3130. Oct. 21 The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its Expo 98 through Oct. 22 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center. For more information, call 543-3527. Oct. 22 The Service Corps of Retired Executives will sponsor a seminar on starting and managing a small business from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hilton-East. Speakers include Dr. Ben Doddridge of the Horizon Group, attorney Buddy Bernstein, certified public accountant Mickey Ison, Wayne Rodgers of BankTennessee and certified insurance counselor Tommy Thomas. The cost is $55. For more information, call 544-3588. The Greater Memphis Association for Quality will sponsor a workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sedgwick of Tennessee Inc., 1000 Ridgeway Loop Road. The seminar will introduce a method of self-assessment using the Malcolm Baldrige criteria for performance excellence. The cost is $100. For more information, call 383-4611. Oct. 30 The American Association of Retired Persons will offer its Consumer University from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 4488 Poplar Ave. The program helps consumers learn to protect themselves from fraud and other crimes. The speakers include Tennessee attorney general John Knox Walkup and U.S. attorney Veronica Coleman. The cost is $2. For more information, call Gwen Fitzpatrick at 756-5369.