The East Memphis Kiwanis Club will meet today at noon at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. Clark Converse with La Paloma Treatment Center will speak. For more information or reservations, e-mail Mathis Young at mathis.young@bankparagon.com.

The Memphis Rotary Club will meet today at noon at the Memphis Marriott Downtown, 250 N. Main St. George Alvord, chairman and CEO of Lenny’s Franchisor LLC, will speak. Cost is $18 per person. Advance registration is required. Contact Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

The University of Memphis’ Marcus W. Orr Center for Humanities and the Department of Biology will present Molly Caldwell Crosby today at 6 p.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center, 330 Innovation Drive. Crosby will present a lecture titled “The American Plague: Yellow Fever’s Impact on Memphis, History, and its Implications for the Future.” The event is free and open to the public.

Talk Shoppe will present “Using the Seven Persuasions to Increase Your Sales” Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South, 3693 Tyndale Drive. For more information, call Jo Garner at 759-7808.

The Center City Commission Design Review Board will meet Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Center City Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St.

The Mid-South Area Business Travel Association will hold a luncheon Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse, 6245 Poplar Ave. My Harrison, special agent in charge of the Memphis office of the FBI, will discuss safety and security. Cost is $25 for members and $40 for guests. For more information, visit www.msabta.com.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals will hold a luncheon Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Christian Brothers University, 650 East Parkway. Dr. Scott Morris, founder and executive director of the Church Health Center, will speak. Cost is $15 for members and $25 for nonmembers. For more information, call 255-1705 or visit www.afpmemphis.org.

The UrbanArt Commission will select up to four artists to exhibit artwork including paintings, photographs, drawings, prints or 3-D works to be displayed in FedExForum. Deadline is Monday and winners will be notified in mid-September. For project guidelines, visit www.urbanartcommission.org. For more information, contact Elizabeth Alley at 454-0472 or ealley@urbanartcommission.org.