Events and seminars

› Downtown Council Coffee with the Council

from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at AIM Center, 472 W. M.L. King Blvd. Join the Downtown Council in a discussion focusing on key issues facing the Downtown footprint.

› North Chattanooga Council meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at The INCubator, 100 Cherokee Blvd. $10.

› midTown Council meeting from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Family Justice Center, 5705 Uptain Road. $10.

› Career Crunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, and Friday Nov. 10, at Tennessee National Guard Armory, 1801 Holtzclaw Ave. Career Crunch is a two-day career fair for eighth graders. Local professionals from more than 80 companies tell students about the educational requirements for in-demand jobs to encourage them to make good choices while still in school. To volunteer contact Cathy Humble at 423-763-4321.

› Excel at Excel: Beginner’s Excel Training from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at The Chattery, 302 W. 6th St., Suite 3G. Attend this session to learn about setting print parameters, formatting spreadsheets, sorting information, filtering information, splitting and combing cells, simple formulas, PivotTables, and other features of Microsoft Excel.

› Southside Council meeting from 12 to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Green|Spaces, 63 E. Main

St. $12.

› East Brainerd Council Coffee from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at Morning Point, 7620 Shallowford Road.

› Excel at Excel: Intermediate Excel Training

from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at The Chattery, 302 W. Sixth St., Suite 3G. Attend this session to learn about formatting spreadsheets, PivotTables, Vlookups, splitting cells, creating drop down lists, forecasting and other advanced features of Microsoft Excel.

› LCAA Lunch & Learn

from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at the Chamber Board Room, 811 Broad St. Julie Baumgardner, president of First Things First, will discuss “Modeling a Work Life Balance in Leadership.”