… Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations. This feedback process is a key part of the program’s success. Meeting participants also give impromptu talks on assigned topics, conduct meetings and develop skills related to timekeeping, grammar and parliamentary procedure. Members learn communication skills by working in the Competent Communication manual, a series of 10 self-paced speaking assignments designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking.  

This Toastmaster's group meets at the end of Sansome Street near Fisherman's Wharf. A Toastmasters group is a group organized to help people increase their public speaking and presentation skills

Oakland Center for Spiritual Living presents speakers, workshops, classes and Sunday Celebrations dedicated to individual transformation, spiritual growth and empowerment.  The Journey of Awakening is a joyous adventure!

SAMCAR YPN ( Young Professionals Network) is an expansion of the SAMCAR organization to provide an outlet for young professionals primarily real estate agents and many affilates. Our goal is to help create educational opportunties via luncheon seminars with presentations and mixers to gain better relationships with fellow professionals.

We meet once a month to share lessons learned and give presentations on computer science, programming, design, HCI, complex systems development, compiler optimization, cryptography, computer music, AI... and whatever else the group finds interesting. The common thread is that most of the presenters and audience are programming language polyglots that know at least one dialect of lisp (eg Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, Emacs Lisp, etc) The format is usually "educational lightning talks" (5 minute …

  Hi (updated 2-18-2012), The market is showing signs of an oversold condition and multiple bottoms at a common support area. This is a critical junction which can result in a turn-around from this bull market correction, a breakdown below support, or hanging around this area before moving on. We will discuss this scenario at our June 9th meetup. When we reach 10 active members, all others will be put on a waiting list. Our objective is to have a team to accomplish the following agenda: Con …

        FASHION+TECHSF (formerly FashionMashup) is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disr …

Meet other Silicon Valley Apple iPhone iPad Entrepreneurs, Startups, Developers, IT Managers, iPhone iPad iPod Tuch Developers & fans, investors to discuss how to build and promote iPhone based business. This is an open meetup. You are welcome to participate, or present your iPhone app, ideas, or solutions. We meet every month at Access Growth Usually we have the follow agenda: 1 Food and networking 2 Speakers Presentations. 3 Lightning Demos 4 Announcements We welcome to app demos, speake …

If you've ever had one of those "I've got a great idea for..." moments, this meetup is for you...     Ideakick is a venue for entrepreneurs to present ideas they have for new products and companies.     Our Website:  http://ideakick.org/ Idea Presentations:  http://www.youtube.com/ideakickSF Sign Up:   http://ideakick.org/join Want to Present?:   http://ideakick.org/present Like this idea? Tell us:   http://startedby.com/idea/ideakick   Want some feedback on your idea? Looki …

Welcome to San Francisco I Liq Chuan practice group. The training is intended for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the sounds around you, your breathing, yo …

Network security has made some major advances in the past couple decades, so much so, that is has become incredibly difficult to attack a well secured network perimeter as a means of accessing the data and systems contained therein. So it’s no wonder that malicious users have begun pursuing other avenues and skirting the perimeter defenses all together. From the attacker’s standpoint, breaching a network is all about economics and ROI. It just doesn’t make sense to mount an attack that will c …

SF Scala is a group for Scala programmers who may also be interested in frameworks such as Play and Lift. We meet to discuss best practices and how the technology is being used successfully by organizations. SF Scala covers San Francisco, and events are coordinated with BASE, which covers the peninsula and south bay. We ask speakers to present their talks at both user groups, if they can. If you would like to present a technical talk about Scala, or how Scala is used in your organization, please …

"Code Social", presented by AnythingSocial, FoodCalc and sponsored by HP/Vertica is a series of very in-depth technical and user engagement presentations by some of the top developers in the industry. Topics will range from Ruby on Rails and developing mobile apps to Facebook applications and CoffeeScript.  We will always be providing food and drinks so please come and join us.

DJ's, Producers, Live EDM Performers, welcome to SFDG Presents!  We are building a community that has something for every level of DJ, from the bedroom turntablist to the club-loving pro. If you're new to the game, come on down and meet a great group of people. Feel free to ask any question you want to help get started. We'll show you around the booth and maybe be able to help you decide what platform you might be interested in persuing, be it Vinyl, CDJ or Midi - We have DJ's who play them a …

… We've enjoyed presentations from startups, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts in all sorts of relevant topics. Each meeting usually consists of the following sessions: 1 Presentations. 2 Announcements. 3 Table Topics. Join group at Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1814061 FaceBook  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52204347917

Red Hot means that our minds are heated with excitement and commitment to ourselves and others on this path to knowing the present and understanding what a gift it is to be here. The "Mindfulness' is about being present to "what is", instead of "what is not"...accepting and not judging. I have studied and led groups in somatic and mindfulness for over 15 years in the Bay Area and would love to reconnect with others on this journey. Looking for red hot minds....please email me.. Alison Leigh, MFT …