The Memphis Technology Council hosts a speed meeting from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in the Tower Room at Clark Tower, 5100 Poplar Ave. Cost is $15 for Memphis Technology Council or Memphis Regional Chamber members; $25 for non-members. Contact Beverly Davis at 543-3547 or visit www.memphischamber.com.

The Memphis Bar Association presents a 35th anniversary reception for Memphis Area Legal Services from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Cadre Building, 149 Monroe St. For more information, call 527-3573 or visit www.memphisbar.org.

The Tennessee Department of Revenue hosts its free bimonthly new business workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Renaissance Business Center, located at 555 Beale St. For more information, call 213-1400.

Our Children-Our Future offers a training session for elementary, middle and high school math and reading tutors from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Teaching and Learning Academy, 2485 Union Ave. A training session for elementary school math and reading tutors runs from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the academy. For more information or to enroll in a session, call 416-5732.

Rhodes College hosts economist and international relations specialist Dr. Todd Sandler at 7 p.m. Thursday in Room 501 of the Paul Barret Jr. Library on Rhodes' campus, 2000 North Parkway. Sandler presents a session titled "Terrorism: A Game-Theoretic Approach." For more information, call 452-0683.