The Bay Area Nature Journal Club is a diverse community of artists and naturalists, of all levels, who meet together to connect to nature through art. Through free monthly field trips, hands on technique workshops, and community events we explore the Bay Area, developing our artistic and naturalist skills and deepening our love of nature. The club and its activities are a program of the National Wildlife Federation of California. We welcome the diverse communities of the region. The program is i …

Shuffle Marketing. A unique event where small businesses can connect with professionals with marketing experience to have their marketing questions answered in a relaxed, interactive way. We've taken our inspiration by combining the principles behind scrums and speed-dating sessions to create quite literally the 'speed-dating' of marketing consultation or 'Shuffle' marketing. Who is it for? Small businesses, start-ups, charities, entrepreneurs, and community projects seeking marketing advice, an …

We love our community! We invite our friends and neighbors from local schools, community groups and organizations to take part in the San Francisco Microsoft Store. Our team members are ecstatic to help you shine by hosting complimentary events at our in-store theater, with a 103" touchscreen. Come check out cutting-edge technology alongside our experts. Our store becomes an interactive-hands-on technology classroom, where you will learn by doing. From popular products, like Windows 8, to propri …

Welcome! Are you a social entrepreneur, technologist or maybe just interested in meeting awesome people? Then this group is for you! In this meetup group, we host regular group discussions focused on exploring what it means to run a nonprofit business today and in the future, as well as the challenges this community faces. Our goal is to explore what technology can and should mean for the nonprofit industry, while actively collaborating on new solutions for age-old problems. Understanding the tr …

Job search coaching by skilled volunteers who are hiring managers and career coaches, helping you with ideas and advice for your job search strategies, offered for free, delivered in a group setting in the conference room of the SF Chamber of Commerce, but customized to each job seekers challenges and job goals. Wed. evening 6:30 to 8:30 at 235 Montgomery st ,12 th floor.

Women Owned Networking National 100 (WONN), founded in June 2011 by members of an NFL family, is a business organization and social club "with heart" established for the purpose of bringing together 100 accomplished women executives and business owners. Now, other NFL wives have gotten involved to ensure the success of women executives across the country through WONN (Women Owned Networking National), and WONMillion! We are bringing together 100 Smart, Successful, Business Savvy Women with HEART …

The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services. The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system. These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work to …

Join Global me and participate in our meet-ups each month to help our Bay Area community and be a good global citizen. Get involved, help your community, and change our world! Our activities are open to everyone, of all ages. Global Me is a project of URI, a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world. Visit www.uri.org.

(i-SEE-You) iCu (i-see-you) is an new fun networking mixer! We are a new Networking club here in the bay, connecting fashionistas, entrepreneurs, creatives, and artists! We host monthly events to connect our creatives to mix and mingle! All of our events are different and hold a new exciting theme! Come mix, meet, and mingle! You never know who you may meet! Why just party, when you can party with a purpose? Our purpose is to bring like-minded people together with great energy in the same room. …

The purpose of this group is to help people get the tools they need to improve their lives and shed some of their anxieties and sadness. We work as a team to overcome negative emotions, difficulties, inabilities, communication and relationship problems. Our approach is completely drug free.  We have the purpose of empowering people to help themselves and others. Our ideal member is interested in learning new things and willing to try them out to see how they work in real life.  If you are lookin …

The adult Asperger self help revolution is on! We meet to share experiences, support each other, find resources, interact in a safe environment, network with fellow Aspies, and take responsibility for our growth. One aim of this group is to connect people who are in the early stages of their AS realization journeys with those who have known they had AS for much of their lives. We have a lot to learn from each other about how to thrive in wider society as well as how to live in less conventional …

Have some free time on your hands? Want to help out in the spirit of giving or just to get some added karma points? Want to meet new people and/or make new friends? Want to be part of something bigger than your local curling club? If you said yes to any of those questions, you should come check us out. San Francisco Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. Our goal is to address our communities’ physical and social needs while promoting international und …

Kirtan is an ancient participatory music experience. Kirtan can carry us effortlessly to a place of stillness. One of the oldest sacred music traditions of the world, the kirtan call-and-response chanting genre comes to us from India. Using ancient Sanskrit mantras, the kirtan calls upon sacred energies which serve to quiet the mind, remove obstacles, and bring us back to the center of our being. By repeating simple mantras over and over, the kirtan is an easy way for people to experience some f …

Fiction writers and poets from the Bay area give an hour or so of their time once or twice a month to help others in dire need. We work with local charities and volunteer organizations, and in exchange, WHO provides time and resources to discuss creative writing, poetry, novel writing, and getting published in today's market. We also arrange social meets, group readings, meetings with agents and professionals, and brainstorm novel ways to raise money for charity. We also intend to publish a BEST …

Are you a modern, inspired woman who is multifaceted and capable of greatness beyond your wildest imagination? If so, Inspired Women San Francisco is a group with which you can grow, gather new understanding and connect with fellow inspired, successful women. Are you: a professional woman in her 30's or 40's? an entrepreneur (in reality or at heart)? living and/or working in the city of San Francisco? a woman who values integrity and excellence? a woman who does what she says she will do? willi …

UpCounsel is a marketplace for legal services. We help individuals and business easily find and hire amazing attorneys. The UpCounsel Attorney Network is a group dedicated to attorneys already in the UpCounsel network and attorneys interested in joining. We welcome invites and walk-ins, so please join us any time. We enforce a strict no "jerk" policy.

Let's meet to talk about, listen to, and get feedback on our own personal design or development projects! Sometimes, as a designer or a developer, especially if you're freelancing alone, it's helpful to be able to tap someone on the shoulder and say, "hey, look at this! what do you think?" If you have a project that fits the topic of the meetup (we'll do one for design, one for development, and any other topics you'd like to present/see), bring it in to show and tell, and get valuable feedback t …

The reason why I started this Meetup: http://www.charlottehan.com/post/43449623357/its-time-to-be-real-women-in-tech In short, this is a place where women can be safe and comfortable to be real "women", in tech. • We started in SF, but we’re (more than) happy to be in other cities in the world • We are women who share the common interest in tech • We co-work, learn, help and share. Most importantly, we have fun! • We also discuss broader “girlie topics”. After all, "technology" is just one part …

This is a group for anyone who has ever had an idea or a EUREKA moment but didn’t know what to do next. Here you will get information about how to move forward with your idea, the steps that are involved, costs, ect. This is a place where you can ask questions and get reliable information.

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

Mobile Reviewers for Apps, abbreviated MR.A  meet up group is to help start ups, mobile app developers to help with their feedback. When you launch new app in the market this group will help find people who can give honest feedback and share their thoughts and download the App and report any issues... I believe this is going to be of huge help for start ups, developers, testers and everyone who would like to share their opinion and help new Apps deliver better from the start up...! All are welco …

Public companies are a vehicle that can be used to help people and the planet. When investing in stocks it is important to consider the end product of the element for which you invest. Stock investors for good in San Francisco will align like minded people who believe that giving back and investing go hand in hand. Giving back to charity is encouraged as well as investing in companies that are striving to help the human condition. Join our group if you want to help show the lighter side of Wall …

We are a diverse group of individuals who meditate together each week following the teachings of John Main O.S.B. While the talks we listen to, and the passages we read at our meetings, are firmly grounded in Christian teachings, all are very welcome and encouraged to meditate with us. There is no cost to attend our groups and no experience or commitment is required. See our local website for more information, and for a list of the various meeting locations in San Francisco and New York City: ww …

Are you a professional in a web-related field? A Tibet supporter? Interested in helping to make change happen? This group is for professionals working in web-related fields who support the Tibetan people's cause and want to help by contributing their ideas, skills and energy in a collaborative, stimulating atmosphere with like-minded people. We would like to form a think-tank of talented people from multiple disciplines to creatively explore how web 2.0, digital video and social media can be us …

Calling All Entrepreneurs and People in Small Business. Are you curious about getting your business to 6 figures and beyond, and with more ease? This will be the premier business networking and educational group in the Bay Area. Our members are entrepreneurs, small business owners, investors, and those starting businesses, who want to network and collaborate with others, and also learn tools to grow their businesses. Your Organizer My name is Dana Garrison and I’m your Organizer; I am an ent …

It takes approximately 1,000 hours of work to become "hirable" as a junior web developer. It is by no means an easy journey, especially as a beginner when you typically stumble alone aimlessly, not knowing what path to take. You're essentially trying to climb a mountain without a map or a guide. This group will be your map and guide to becoming a web developer. Over the next several months we'll help you design your path for learning a Ruby/Rails-based workflow in a project-based environment tha …

What is App School? App School is a local based meetup community dedicated to helping people learn to develop apps. We meet in Downtown San Francisco for a free Getting Started with iOS class. During this class we help beginners get the Xcode environment installed on their machine and show them how an app is made in real time. We also offer free Office Hours with some of the best developers in the bay area. So come in learn something new, get a bug fixed, or just come to meet others. We love to …

The mission of this group is to: Help web developers to easily get into telephony development. Help traditional telephony/voice developers to leverage the APIs offered by telephony in the cloud companies such as Twilio, and 2600hz. Help the open-source communities such as FreeSwitch and Asterisk to further integrate into cloud computing. Help entrepreneurs to integrate voice, SMS, IM and other telephony services into their business model.