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 New York City and San Francisco: w …

JFE (Jews For Entrepreneurship) Network is the leading and largest organization and platform for connecting entrepreneurs and investors, and accelerating innovation in the Jewish community. We launched in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in November 2009. Right now we are bringing the Silicon Valley spirit of entrepreneurship to New York City and other U.S. locations. Over the past 3 years we have hosted numerous pitch events, seminars, speaker panels, and networking mixers. We have witnessed nu …

The best 49ers group in the country. I started this group 4 years ago becasue I was tired of searching all over the city for a place to watch the 49ers game with sound. I found a bar near my apartment and met 4 other 49er fans randomly. That was the start of this group. This is our 4th year being organized and we have grown exponetially over the years. We have a solid bar to watch the games at. It is Finnerty's on 2nd ave between 13th and 14th. You can see the 49er flag waving prouding outside o …

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 …

Founded in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Habit Design™ (@habitdesign) is the largest national cooperative for sharing best practices in developing sustainable daily habits via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Sociology, etc. Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit mastery beyond 100 days". Over 1000 members have joined representing 400+ companies, univer …

Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites work fast to get better user experience, lower abandonment rates and more money. @nywebperf LinkedIn group [+] see our sponsors More Web Performance groups around the world: San Francisco & Silicon Valley Web Performance Group Boston Web Performance Group LA Web Speed London Web Performance Group Web Performance User Group Vienna - Web Performance Group Atlanta We …

Lean Content is about maximizing impact with minimal resources through content. See videos and presentations of our San Francisco Meetup here. The concept of “lean content” is an evolution of content development and content marketing strategies. Lean Content focuses on developing value-adding, modern web media around a central thematic element as defined by a content strategy. What is produced can be translated across media types (ex. A blog can turn into an infographic, into a podcast) and dist …

These are not your typical software engineering events. Our events cover topics related to software engineering along with business but aim to change the perspective of those who attend.  Our focus is on emerging technologies such as Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, 3D printing, Machine Learning, MapReduce, Semantic Web technologies, alongside more traditional topics like Ruby on Rails, HTML5, PHP, node.js, and Python. We reach out to the entire New York metropolitan …

Make your next trip MEANINGFUL! Attend Meetups and happy hours, learn how to travel responsibly and make a difference. Meet fun, involved, interesting people. Share with us YOUR story about the meaningful things YOU already do! With 20 years of experience spanning 75 countries, we offer enriching responsible, meaningful trips and adventure & volunteer travel to the world's most exciting international destinations. In addition to offering the best in sights, culture, nature and activity - each tr …

What is "The Art of Active Networking" and why do we do it? There was a recent article suggesting this staggering statistic: “Given the opportunity, over 70 percent of ALL people are not happy with their job, career or with what they are doing…and given the opportunity would change it!” Seems like a whole lot of people who do not love what they do when they wake up in the morning. With so many people unhappy, searching for jobs, shifting jobs, building their business, practice or consultancy a …

The Thalesians are a group of dedicated professionals with an interest in finance, economics, mathematics, physics and computer science, not necessarily in that order.  We are currently based in London, New York and San Francisco. Please visit our home page: The Thalesians - http://www.thalesians.com/

Designers + Geeks is a popular monthly event that brings together designers, developers, artists, and geeks of all types. Born in San Francisco, we're extending to New York to continue the fun.

FASHION + TECHNY is FASHION+TECHSF's east coast chapter. Fashion+TechNY’s mission is to provide an open dialogue that serves as a forum on how to develop innovative solutions to become better business entrepreneurs. This workshop was developed as a platform to discuss the business of fashion and arts through the utilization of current business models and technologies. As a thriving epicenter of independent talents, ‘FASHION+TECHNY” features local entrepreneurs, fashion designers, students, blogg …

Sailthru's Smart Series consists of monthly thought leadership events hosted in various cities including New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The goal is to offer a wide variety of topics resulting in unique and relevant discussions centered around smart business at each event. We will be bringing together creative minds and leaders in various industries to discuss new ideas and establish connections. Topics, hosts and audiences will vary, but the idea is simple: smart people discussing sma …

In a city like this, there are so many people around, one might think that it would hard to be lonely. But in fact, it can make the loneliness worst. This group is for people who have no one to call on the phone and tell them how their day went. No one to go out to dinner with or to the movies or actually anywhere. This group offers the comfort to know that you are not alone, and there will be someone at the other end of the line to receive your call and to talk with and to laugh with. Everythin …

This group is for people who value and enjoy deeper discussions with amazing people and who are also willing to rise to the occasion by joining us to help make these discussion opportunities an ongoing reality. The purpose of this Meetup group is to build community through philosophy video chat sessions using Google Hangout. This Meetup group is also designed to bring together members in the Philosophy Dinners network of Meetup groups of which there are approximately 1300 members. Click here fo …

We will be joining the NYC 49ERS' LEGION OF FANS and I will be closing this Meetup. Please join at: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-49ERS-LEGION-OF-FANS/ See you there!

Travel 2.0 meetup discusses web and mobile travel innovations and technology. The best Travel Meetup in New York, and now in San Francisco bay area, talks about travel in the web 2.0 and mobile context: online travel, social travel, travel innovations, travel technology, travel planning, mobile apps, travel mobile tech. More broadly, anyone interested in web technology, mobile app for travel, social commerce, social media, startup, innovation, entrepreneurship, and online marketing could benefit …

NYCAdPub brings together the different parts and pieces of the NYC display/mobile advertising community. Whether you're on the buy side, sell side or the tech that's making the magic happen in the middle, NYCAdPub is a place where you can network, build relationships and keep up with the always changing landscape of the digital ad world. MeetUp formats will vary. We’ll either have pure networking gatherings, mini-sessions on group sourced topics, or we’ll select a topic and bring in a local exp …

Members of W. A. Nyland’s Chardavogne Group will hold a series of meetings in Manhattan soon. Discussion will focus on how the ideas of Gurdjieff relate to an individual’s spiritual development in today’s complex and turbulent world. Mr. Nyland was a serious student and teacher of Gurdjieff’s ideas for over 50 years, andtoday his group continues, providing a vital source for the study and practice of work on oneself. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! For the time and place of these meetings call the Chardavo …

Flurry TechHub is a free-to-attend event that brings together high-caliber developers, founders, entrepreneurs and investors in the technology community.  Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will likely meet on a monthly basis. Our primary objective is to educate the market and help expand and inspire the developer base in creating and monetizing mobile applications.Flurry TechHub Meetups are held across the world’s top tech centers including San Francisco, …

UX/UI, HTML5, CSS3, Design and Development. We cover it all, and bring you the voices of the web industry. CASCADE SF, San Francisco's chapter, has been a smashing success. We are now bringing the knowledge to NYC.