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First Monday Networking Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at First Street Chop House, 1296 First St. in Sarasota. $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Register online at sarasotachamber.com.

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Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors’ Network Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Serendipity Tennis Club, 3600 Torrey Pines Blvd. in Sarasota. $12. To register, call 349-3800.

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Successful Women Aligning Together (S.W.A.T.), 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at Theresa’s Restaurant, 608 Tamiami Trail in Bradenton. $10, pay upon arrival. To register, contact [email protected] or call 405-4316.

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TechFast Breakfast: Back to Business, 7:30-9 a.m. at Suncoast Polytechnical High School, 4650 Beneva Road in Sarasota. $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Register online at sarasotachamber.com.

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Financial Forum @ the Ranch, 9-10 a.m. at the Serving Spoon, 8215 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. in Lakewood Ranch. For more information, contact [email protected].

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Biz941, Sarasota Magazine and USF’s Institute for Public Policy and Leadership Reinvention series, “Global Connections: Thinking Outside the State,” 4-5:30 p.m. in USF’s Selby Auditorium, 8350 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Free and open to the public. To RSVP, Sarasota.usf.edu/reinvent or call 359-4602.

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Business and Education Partnership Awards Breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m. at Freedom Village Retirement Community, 6406 21st Ave. W. in Bradenton. To register, contact [email protected] or call 748-4842.

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Manatee Young Professionals MYPower Networking Luncheon, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at 7650 Legacy Blvd. in Lakewood Ranch. $12 members, $17 nonmembers. To register, contact [email protected] or call 748-3411.

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Conexiones Latinas, 6-8 p.m. at ComCenters, 9040 Town Center Parkway in Lakewood Ranch. Members free, $20 nonmembers. To register, visit latinchamber.org.

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Manatee Business Partners in Education Night with the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-10 p.m. at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. $20. For more information contact [email protected] or call 748-4842.