The Purpose of the Group "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."  Author Unknown. In short, the purpose of this group is to help you break free from what holds you back (procrastination, perfectionism, self-doubt and fear) so you can achieve your career dreams. The group will provide thought-provoking and interactive workshops designed to help you set and achieve goals in various areas of your life. “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals an …

… PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities.

Hello! I'm a young executive in the Silicon Valley working at a large internet company. This meetup is designed to provide a social forum for young executives (35 and under at medium to large sized corporations) to meet and discuss career development, company politics, networking, and whatever else we decide to talk about. Have you ever been in a meeting where all the discussions are about kids in high school or college, or perhaps been perplexed about when it is o.k. to negotiate a new sev …

This group will meet, periodically, to discuss effective techniques and tools to compete in a competitive job market. Members will have acces to monthly workshops about resume writing, interviewing techniques, and creative job search techniques. This group will benefit from networking and meeting many industry leaders, who will conduct these workshops. This is a safe and fun environment interact with other job seekers. After attending the career development workshops, you may join us for drinks …

To develop a social, educational, employment, and networking forum for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the Bay Area.

Did you know that the average knowledge retention rate six weeks after a typical business seminar is only 10%?! This is not a seminar. This is group coaching and brain storming on YOUR business issues. You will get personalized action plans to immediately implement in your business every week we meet. Other benefits of this meetup are: -Meeting other local Business Owners. -Developing deep relationships with other members that will produce new customers -Get advice and avoid costly mistake …

Greetings web, social, console, mobile game and application developers, game designers and entrepreneurs. You will recognize the Silicon Valley, San Francisco, East Bay IGDA Chapters and other Bay Area Game and application developer group friends here. All are welcome. Join us to grow and present your games and apps and related tools and platforms. Find other game developers for your projects. Get or give advice on design, funding, art, technical architecture, careers for your game or applicatio …

Welcome to a forum created specifically for people employed as Training Managers, Instructional Designers, Learning Architects, or other Job-Related Learning roles. The purpose of the group is to share ideas and opportunities at our meetings and on our message board. Discussion points can include: + content management + working with subject matter experts + creating a learning culture in your organization + getting support from stakeholders + multimodal learning and so much more... !

Franchise Wealth Seekers is a support group with a primary objective: "to discuss the unbiased truth behind how to find the best franchise investments." Discussions revolve around how the industry really works, how best to evaluate industries and franchises, how to get the most effective financing, and how to align yourself for profitable franchise ownership with wealth, satisfaction and freedom as measurable outcomes. Group discussions are led by a former franchisee who successfully left the co …

… Our goal is to advance our members’ professional capabilities and career development opportunities, while connecting with the area marketing community at large. We provide a variety of services and benefits to our members, such as Monthly educational and networking programs Professional development through volunteer and leadership opportunities Published resources to help keep members current on the latest innovations in marketing A robust collegiate program, in concert with leading Bay Area …

  This is a group to connect the alumni of 20 National Institutes of Technology in India. Sridhar Muppalla (1989 - 1993, NIT Warangal) is the founder of our group and is our NIT Brand Ambassador. There are two goals for our group. Primary goal is to foster networking among alumni especially in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have an estimated 6000 NITians in the Bay Area.  Our second goal is simpler: Building the NIT brand. Our group conducts monthly network meets in the Bay Area. The first m …

Are you a professional geek? Working otaku? Nerd-for-hire? This is the place to go to network, hang out, and meet your fellow professionals!

… In addition to Jeffrey Levine, the team consists of Local Internet Marketing Expert, Gina Lujan, President of Webify Lab and the founder of this meetup group and Gene Chamson, an east bay entrepreneur with a passion for the training and development of entrepreneurs. We hope to meet you soon! ****To speak or present at one of our upcoming Meetups or to have a sponsor ad on our page . Please contact our group organizer Jeffrey Levine****** http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Jose-CA/Tamian-Associate …

Environmental design, landscape, and horticulture/agriculture issues will continue to be a growing field! I'm seeking members who want to balance both practice and theory to engage in meaningful projects that either build our skills, or make a profit. I believe this approach is the best way for communities to prosper. A good way to achieve this would be to use environmental design programs, such as Foothill and UC Berkeley as templates. Here are some careers that these programs influence; Arbori …

This is a group for any and everyone who has a goal of breaking into the advertising industry. I'm talking about all aspects from copywriting and art design to web development and digital creativity- any and everything that is going on in advertising today. The purpose of the group is to network with other individuals who are also on the way towards a career in the ad world, swap horror stories, talk about the ads that are grabbing peoples' attention, and even collaborating on each other's portf …