The Memphis Regional Chamber will hold Chamber Member Orientation today from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the chamber, 22 N. Front St. The event is free and open to the public. R.S.V.P. to Tunga Lee at 543-3571 or tlee@memphischamber.com.

The Small Business Chamber will host its Third Annual Awards Dinner today from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at TPC Southwind, 3325 Club at Southwind. Tickets are $50 per
person and registration is required. Call 259-1093 or visit www.smallbusinesschamber.com for registration or more information.

Rhodes College will present The James R. Ruffin Lecture in the Fine Arts today at 7 p.m. in Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall on campus. Dr. Sarah Blake McHam, professor of Italian renaissance art at Rutgers University, will present "Persuasive Giants: Michelangelo's David, Pliny and the Sculptures in the Piazza della Signoria." The event is free and open to the public. Call 843-3888 for more information.

The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence will hold a "Focus ... Organization ... Productivity" workshop Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, 1900 Union Ave. The event is $65 for Alliance members and $99 for nonmembers. For additional information, contact April DeBerry at 684-6605 or adeberry@npexcellence.org.

Talk Shoppe will meet Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. The topic is "Open Microphone." For more information, contact Jo Garner at 482-0354 or jo.garner@comcast.net.

HealthSpring will continue its Diabetes Mellitus Seminar Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at HealthSpring's Southland Mall location, 1215 Southland Mall. The event is free.

The Memphis Bar Association will hold "Exceeding Client Expectations" Wednesday from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the association's conference room, 80 Monroe Ave., Suite 220. The seminar offers two hours continuing legal education credit.
Call 527-3573 for cost and registration information.

The Memphis Business Xchange will be held Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Carrabba's, 5110 Poplar Ave. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door, including lunch and beverages. The networking event is free and open to the public.

Rhodes College will host former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Hardie Auditorium of Palmer Hall. Gramm will present "The United States and the Global Economic Outlook." Contact professor Dan Cullen at 843-3661 or cullen@rhodes.edu.

Author Joyce Maynard will kick off The University of Memphis' River City Writers Series Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. For more information, call 678-2651.

The Mid-South Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners will present the 2007 Mid-South Fraud Conference Wednesday and Thursday at the Fogelman Executive Conference Center at the University of Memphis, 330 Innovation Drive. The cost for both days is $400. E-mail Allen Innis at samspade0211@comcast.net or call Andy Wilson at 546-8585.

The Memphis Regional Chamber will host its Breakfast Forum Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Memphis Marriott East, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton will present "Memphis: Achieving its Potential." Space is limited. R.S.V.P. to Tunga Lee at 543-3571 or tlee@memphischamber.com.