Welcome NYC Event Professionals! This is an group geared towards event/meeting professionals and suppliers in the wide world of event planning... private, public, corporate, non-profit, college/university, you name it! I have adopted the name 'SKETCH' as it pertains to our planning prerogative... to map out, to outline, to draft... Hence going forward you will simply say that you're "here for the SKETCH event" :) We are a resource, a place to network with others, to gain information and keep …

This group is created for event planners and event professionals. Let's network and share industry experiences and insights.

Peer group for energy entrepreneurs to share ideas, experiences, and plans: look for best solution to energy crisis, solution could be within Pickens' Plan, Al Gore, or our own, The presentations will be done in monthly meetings

We plan to have regular social gatherings, so you can make friends, enjoy uninhibited feminist conversation, and most importantly casually discover issues you share as women in NYC and the ways that we might solve them. We hope these purely social gatherings will foster camaraderie, wild brainstorming, and inspire subsequent events and actions. NOW has always been a grassroots organization that relies heavily on its almost completely autonomous local offices. Those offices, like NOW-NYC, are off …

Improve your meetup organizer performance!: This is a great group for those who care about their groups, want to learn more about organizing them, share tips, network with other organizers and make friends And we help keep each other stay almost sane! We are here to help you!: The best way to get help with any problems you might have running your group is to come to our events and ask! - You don´t have to deal with things alone. Other orgs will know the answer to your questions. Additionally, th …

The Palyul International Mandala group is created by a practitioner of Palyul NYC who wants to share the up and coming events in NYC and in other states of the US. Palyul International is a worldwide Tibetan Buddhism organization, it is also one of the four main Tibetan Buddhism lineage, if you wish to learn more about the Palyul International, please go visit: www.palyul.org In New York City, Palyul also has weekly practice and meditation open for the public for free. For more information, pl …

Warning: If you become a member of this group you might have more fun than you can possibly handle We are a chill group that plans outdoor adventures like hiking, camping, skiing and other fun physical activities. We're also a social group, a way to make new friends and meet new people while enjoying common interests. We also plan other events like weekend houses, kayaking, rock scrambling and backpacking. We take the time to actually look around and enjoy all the beauty nature has to offer, n …

In a town best known as the birthplace of baseball, Frank Sinatra and GREAT pizza, I've found that the one thing missing is a networking group created by and for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are looking to establish strong connections by bonding in a very collegial, relaxed atmosphere. Our group will meet once a month, to discuss challenges planning, launching, and growing successful ventures in these challenging times.

Nonprofit workshops that provide step-by-step guidance to properly start up and operate an IRS tax exempt nonprofit organization. Each workshop will start with a 30 minute summary of the previous "Nonprofit Introduction Workshop" and will cover daily tasks, mission statements, steps to proper business start up, legal & accounting, business development, credit repair, insurance and cash management. We will then start 2 hour "do it yourself" step-by-step instructionals on business development, fun …

Manhattan Business Network is NY's best new business networking forum. We're Manhattan's longest standing chapter of BNI, the world's largest and most successful business networking group. Our members include senior representatives in business and commercial insurance, payroll services, commercial real estate, marketing, PR, graphic design, accounting and architectural/design services. We also have personal services pros including financial planners, caterers, residential real estate and mortga …

Going through a divorce can be a time of great upheaval in which emotions and uncertainty take center stage. It is also a time when it's easy to get overwhelmed with all the important financial decisions that need to be made. What should we do about the house? What are my options for health insurance? Will I have enough after the divorce to pay my bills? Should each of us just keep our 401(k) or other retirement plans? Does it make sense to trade pension rights for the house? Will I have enough …

Following up on what has been variously described as an amazing, touching and overall fantastic weekend, the idea to do this on an annual basis evolved. With that being said, welcome to the Women of Power - Goddess Retreat online forum. Here we will be able to share ideas, stay connected and plan for next year's event that has been tentatively scheduled for the 2nd weekend of August 2011. This is all due to the wonderful generosity and beauty of our host extrodinaire, divafantastic, Angela. P …

ABOUT THE NY CITY MOVIE WATCHERS & MUCH MORE MEETUP GROUP Join our group to meet other local movie fans! Get together to plan movie outings and discuss hot movies of the month. We will go to local movie theaters to watch movies, and head to local restaurant, bars and coffee houses afterwards to meet, mingle and discuss. We are a fun and exciting group of people that love movies. We discuss the films we watch over drinks or a nice meal.  We love to meet and socialize with new and old friends. You …

Gogobot is harnessing the power of the social web to revolutionize travel. This group is to bring travel lovers together from the NYC area. Gogobot is the best way to travel in the know and Time Magazine's Top 50 Sites to Watch of the Year! Browse destinations and plan your next trip by tapping into friends’ insider tips. What users love about Gogobot: PLAN and MAP your next trip easily! View and edit your plan anytime on the go or on www.gogobot.com. GET INSPIRED! Browse over 60,000 destinatio …

Promoting your business and/or services online is a challenge we're all facing. This meetup group will therefore be dedicated to knowledge sharing, networking and support. If you're a business owner, social entrepreneur, a professional visual artist, or a student that needs to promote your resume or portfolio, than we'd love for you to join-in to learn and discuss how-to: Plan, Design, Optimize & Market your Professional Online Presence. Topic List: • How to build and optimize your Small-Busi …

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 …

Hello everyone welcome ! שלום לכולם, האפשרות לכתוב לכולם בעברית היא הזדמנות מצויינת לתקשר בשפה שכולנו מכירים, בניו יורק נמצאים ישראלים רבים ורבים רוצים להרגיש שייכים.  השיייכות,יכולה לבוא באמצעות מפגשים חברתיים ודרך הכרויות . הקבוצה מתאימה גם לותיקים שנמצאים כאן שנים וגם לאלו שזה עתה הגיעו , זה נחמד לדעת מה כבר יודעים על העיר המופלאה הזאת ומה יש לעיר להציע כי ניו יורק היא העיר הכי מדהימה בעולם כשיש לך חברים והכי בודדה בעולם כשאין. בואו נפעל ביחד להנות ממה שהעיר מציעה בחודשים הקרובים בדעתי לתכנן …

This is a socializing and support Club for W's (Widows and Widowers); but, WE ARE NOT AN INTERNET DATING CLUB. WE MEET TO GIVE EACH OTHER SUPPORT IN MAKING A NEW LIFE AFTER BEING WIDOWED. If you are accepted as a member of this Club, please do NOT treat our meetings as  speed dating opportunities or our membership list as an opportunity to find available partners. this is NOT why people join this club so if you are looking for a dating service please look elsewhere. We ask that you take your tim …

Most leaders desire expansion, growth, improvement in their results both personally and professionally – whether it’s more money, better relationships, personal freedom, lifestyle or a better business. In fact, that’s what everybody wants. Yet, most people fail to realize the desired results, not because of a lack of knowledge but due to a lack of intentional, purposeful actions. If you are a leader looking to make a difference in your results then this group is for you. Together we will help yo …

In this series of hands-on, real-world workshops, Jae & his guests will show you the proven strategies, invaluable tips, and industry secrets in how to plan, execute, and maximize your time and resources in creating a great website for your business or startup. For the past 14 years, Jae has worked for some of the top agencies in the country, for both Fortune 500, small business, and startup companies, and also taught as a full-time professor in graphic and interactive design at a New York Stat …

Please read the FAQs section carefully! A travel idea, for us girls. How was this idea born? Well, my girl friends are either married, tying the knot, or having gorgeous babies. I still dont want to do either of the three. I have been traveling for 12 years, I have visited place such as Vietnam, Turkey, Russia, Panama, Argentina many more... But now i am find myself wanting to travel with girl friends and I thought what better idea then travel with new girls and make amazing friends on the way. …

Welcome to immaculate electronica NY where the music is our only drug! We're here purely for the love of Electronic Dance Music -- We love going to clubs and shows -- We love the music and the dancing...  This includes EDM as a whole, and is not limited to any particular genre.  For a full listing of all categories of EDM we enjoy, please see this link :-) immaculate electronica NY is built around several ideas that make us different from other EDM meetup groups: The music is our only drug. …

Brooklyn Futurist Meetup is designed as an authentic forum to discuss what the world might look like in ten years plus. Like the social and artistic Futurist movement of the past, we explore emerging trends that have the ability to transform our world. Our events take place in Brooklyn where most members work or live. Topics are not Brooklyn-focused. They are open to attendees and speakers from anywhere. Many people are concerned about our society's inability to think and plan more than a handfu …

Male supremacy must end. Oppression and violence is not natural nor inevitable and neither is patriarchy or any other kind of kyriarchy (a neologism meaning a collection of interlocking and intersecting systems of oppression). Radical feminism, in the truest sense of the word 'Radical', is about going to the root of the systems of oppression that we all participate in and perpetuate, creating change from the ground up and making the world a better, equal, non-oppressive place. We believe change …

Brooklyn Young Filmmakers Center is now up to more than making short films since it moved into it's public office in the Trilok Arts Center in Clinton Hill.  We now have access to large spaces we can rent cheaply and are recruiting film professionals as faculty for diverse workshops (including Storyboards, Props, Music to Film, etc.).   BYFC is just 5 minutes walk from the Brooklyn Navy Yard where the Steiner Studios is expanding to a 50 acre media campus..   We are working to create a Careers i …

Manhattan is our paradise garden with ample photographic opportunities. This group is for amateur photographers who would like to improve their skills through practice and sustained self education. Why do some photographs work while some do not? How should we correctly expose a photograph? I am an amateur myself, and do not know all the answers. However, much of the enjoyment of photography is the thinking process that goes on before the shutter is clicked. We will read books, practice and most …

Who is this meetup group for? Will I fit in? If you love to travel and like to experience new and exciting things, this is the meetup group for you. Are you spontaneous and always waiting to the last minute to decide to “getaway”? Are you a planner and like to prepare for a trip a minimum of a year in advance? Do you consider vacation only to be a Rest & Relaxation experience? When you vacation is partying and mingling with singles a necessity? If you answered "yes" to any of the above ques …

OurNextDate.com is a social networking website that introduces Couples with similar interests After years of giving others advice about New York’s best date spots, professional event planner, Cari and her husband launched OurNextDate.com to share their secrets, helping singles and two-somes plan their next date and build a network of friends through unique themed events from Beer Tastings and Culinary Events to Wine Tastings and Walking Tours. OurNextDate.com allows Couples to create personali …