The Center City Development Corp. meets at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Center City Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St. Call 575-0540.

The Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South meets in conjunction with the Small Business Chamber at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Contact Samantha Jernigan at 409-0619 or sj@midsouth.rr.com.

The Memphis Bar Association presents "Tell it to the Judges" from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday in the MBA conference room of the SunTrust Bank Building, One Commerce Square. Call 527-3573 or visit www.memphisbar.org to register.

The Memphis Advertising Federation meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., is the guest speaker. Call 725-6231.

The Tennessee Arts Commission hosts its quarterly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Memphis Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. Contact Dennis Adkins at (615) 532-2779 for details.

Business Tennessee magazine is accepting nominations for its second annual Best Employers in Tennessee competition. Nominations will be accepted through Nov. 4. Companies in two categories will be honored: medium-size companies with 25-199 employees and large-size companies with more than 200 employees. Interested participants can sign up online at www.bestemployerstn.com.