Retail Roundtable: Dec. 18, 7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m.; Chapel-Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, 104 S. Estes Dr., Chapel Hill; contact Shawn Slome at 919-929-8944 or shawn@twigliving.com to register.

Chamber U: Intellectual Property Considerations: Dec. 19, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.; Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Board Room, 300 West Morgan St., Suite 1400, Durham; register online at http://bit.ly/Zio6at.

Business Counseling by SCORE: Dec. 19, 9 a.m.-noon; Cameron Village Regional Library, 1930 Clark Ave., Raleigh; cost: free. By appointment only; call 919-856-4739 to schedule an appointment; appointment times are 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Business Counseling by SCORE: Dec. 20, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; West Regional Library, 4000 Louis Stephens Drive, Cary. By appointment only; call 919-856-4739 to schedule an appointment.

Christmas Open House: Dec. 20, noon-1:30 p.m.; Clayton Chamber of Commerce; 301 East Main St., Clayton; cost: free and open to chamber members; contact: Jim Godfrey at jim@claytonchamber.com.

Raleigh Internet Marketing Meetup: Sex, Lies & SEO or Working with Google to Get Top Ranking Now: Dec. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Brier Creek Swim and Tennis Pavilion, 10601 Arnold Palmer Dr., Raleigh; RSVP at http://bit.ly/QO4reR.

Wake County Women Business Owners Network Holiday Social: Dec. 21, 11:30 a.m.; The Roper Group office, 242 West Millbrook Road, Raleigh; RSVP online at http://bit.ly/VR4hT8.

Passionate Pioneers of Carolina First Unofficial Meetup: Dec. 27, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.; Bahama Breeze, 3309 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh; RSVP online at http://bit.ly/SSy1hO.

ABCs of Starting a Business: Jan. 3, 6:45 p.m.-9 p.m.; Wake Tech North Campus, 6600 Louisburg Road, room D310, Raleigh; cost: free, no preregistration required.