We created THE ART OF ACTIVE NETWORKING to help you do better and to make better, genuine ACTIVE connections, And people from all careers, well employed to unemployed attend. Check out our site at http://www.TheArtofActiveNetworking.com. At THE BOX SF, we give artists, musicians and foodies a unique new home in which to collaborate and build their art as well as their following. At The Box SF you will taste and sip something fantastic, see and hear some wonderful things and you will experience a …

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 19 cities across the country.  Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels a …

Our goal is to disrupt and change the typical way of networking, by creating a unique social environment for entrepreneurial-minded people from diverse industries, allowing them to connect with each other. Our events allow for building and fostering new connections, utilizing your distinctness and similarities as tools to create social capital and opportunities for you and people like you. Connecting People. Connecting Opportunities.

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Seva is a Mindful Business Networking Group composed of entrepreneurs and small business owners who come together to network their businesses based on the principals of service, sustainability and mindfulness and to support others members who wish to do the same. We meet the first and third Wednesday of each month at The Grove on Mission and 3rd st. at 9-10:30am. Hope to see you there! If you have any questions feel free to email me at info@suzannekatanic.com and check out or website www.sevacbn …

This group is for those wanting to get involved in the local social media, SEO, marketing, and social networking community in the San Francisco bay area. Our events consist of either speakers, break away sessions, trainings, panels, or networking parties. We reach out to leading companies and institutions for speakers, sponsorship, and the latest information emerging from the field of social media, search engine optimization, app discovery, and analytics.

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and, in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions in Silicon Valley.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, …

We invite you to meet vibrant, ambitious and fun 20- and 30-somethings at events in San Francisco or San Francisco Bay Area ranging from casual hang-outs at bars to professional business networking events. We provide a place to meet new people and make connections while having fun! Explore San Francisco, check out restaurants and bars, network with other young professionals and more! Join the group to get on our mailing list and be invited to our next event. Our members include new people to San …

Want to meet fun and inspiring do-gooders? Join Go Inspire Go, a San Francisco based non-profit on an inspiring photo walk. The idea of the meet up is to take inspiring photos and share them with Go Inspire Go community’s social networks. Meet and network with new folks and future friends. Then use Instagram (Facebook and Twitter) while chatting and meandering with likeminded people to snap photos and inspiring moments and things. You can take photos of anything that is inspiring to you during t …

Raise Your Glass! Happy Hour Networking for Women Entrepreneurs For every women who believes that we are stronger together rather than apart. Who believes in tribal wisdom and the sharing of great stories. Who loves a great glass of wine (or two). Who believes that every woman has a right to find their inner warrior. Capture Power. Capture Love. Capture Wisdom. The Power is within You. This is for the woman in you. The woman who knows she has so much to offer the world. For the woman wh …

Creating a successful business starts with creating a successful mindset and treating yourself like a VIP client. Come and learn powerful tools to become magnetic to your ideal client and network with heart centered women entrepreneurs. The motto of this group is "We Thrive Together." This is a place where you can be yourself and get support for your heart centered business mission and create business friendships that will create prosperity for all!

This community is for women/women business owners to come together; share information and resources; build relationships; network; and collaborate. It's a genuine opportunity to support each other in growing and maintaining successful lives and effective businesses. Hello Gems, We are women/business women genuinely building community.  We’re bringing the online community offline and supporting each other in creating profitable, sustainable businesses and fabulous personal lives. Promoting & Cele …

These are not your typical software engineering events.  BASE is focused on emerging technologies and creating events around topics that have never been attempted.  Events may be around such topics as Big Data, Machine Learning, Robotics, Nanotechnology, 3D Printing, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer History, Computer Vision, Augmented Reality (AR), and using software to create art. BASE creates events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all walks …

San Francisco Young International Women THE OFFICIAL meetup group Did you also follow your husband or boyfriend to Silicon Valley? Or maybe you moved here alone and work/study in San Francisco or the Bay Area? This is a meet up for young (25-40) international women who moved to the US for their husband's or their own work, studies/research and are looking for likeminded friends. You are interested in meeting others in a similar situation and would like to become part of a nice and friendly netwo …

Drawing membership from across the San Francisco Bay Area, the Professional Women’s Network (PWN) is a vibrant and supportive community of women in business as employees, entrepreneurs, licensed professionals and small business owners. If you're seeking inspiration, friendly networking, and skills development, join us for lunch on the first Friday's of every month. Our meetings are more than just a meal! Visit PWN online at www.pwnetwork.com and at www.facebook.com/pwnetworksf.com

(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. …

SF A/X: The RIDE stands for San Francisco Active Xplorers of The RIDE. The RIDE is SNOWBOARDING in the Winter and Mountain Biking in the Spring and Summer with some seasonal overlap. SF A/X RIDE events will take place in the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe as well as other areas. SF A/X is linked with two other Meet Up sites: (1) Sactown A/X and (2) Davis A/X. In the Winter, THIS group has the advantage of NETWORKING you with over 400 other very Active SNOWBOARDERS whose home mountains are in TAHOE... …

Identity, social networking and personalized [our] data and how it is used is one of the core issues of our time. We are taking the ideals associated with the Identity Commons, the Identity Gang, Internet Identity Workshop, and bringing them local. Speakers, events, and workshops with the leading minds in Silicon Valley. We want to keep the conversation and community growing. Topic areas will include: Personalized clouds Identity theft Identity management Social networks Privacy in a world wher …

Greetings everyone! My name is Esther Hwang.  I am a SF resident, law school grad, and professional pin up model (www.esther.com). But my long time passion has been bringing together a group of interesting and energetic people to mingle and enjoy this beautiful city we call home. I am the founder of this meetup based on people of ALL DESCENT who would like to get more involved with the San Francisco Asian American community. Recently, I changed the direction of this meetup from solely a partying …

Are you Looking for more friends and dates?? Do you want to meet more people fast? New to Town and wondering how to make new friends quickly? If you are, This is how!! Speed Friending Events are for you!! Come see what everyone is talking about. Speed Friending Events is a fast new, super fun, and very low pressure way to make lasting friendships around town. Our events are the quickest, safest, most effective low-pressure way to meet new people in town. This is the ONLY place in San Francis …

Professional networking for health providers and allied services. *Meet and become familiar with diverse health professionals and their practices. *Discuss & critique marketing and business development tools ranging from new media, to traditional media, to in-person opportunities. *Assist in developing public education opportunities for members. *Discuss practice management and networking in an integrative health setting *Explore developments in electronic medical records, HIPAA, and legal …

Have you been to a business networking event where conversation was stilted? Or where your conversation partner seemed to be trying to assess if you might be a potential client, rather than being interested in who you really are? Have you learned an elevator pitch technique that sounded great, but felt forced when it actually came out of your mouth? Do you feel uncomfortable when networking, or even dread attending events?When we seek to grow our businesses, find new positions, and make new cont …

iDate2011 (Internet Dating and Dating Industry Business Convention) investigates the Internet Dating and Social Networking business. It serves as the industry's largest convention. Our next convention is on June 22-24, 2011 at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, USA. Topics discussed include: dating software, matchmaking software, partnerships, payments, business strategy, wireless, advertisement methods, background checks, legal, venture capital, and new technology.

This group is for anyone currently practicing open innovation in companies, startups, the social/non-profit sector or local government (any any other industry I may have omitted!). This group is also intended or for people who are interested in the topic and want to learn more. Our first meetup will be a discussion on what exactly we mean by 'open innovation'! Future meetups will include topics such as crowdsourcing, design thinking & innovation, and innovation through social networks.

Join us for casual networking events to bring Bay Area attorneys out from behind their desks, computers and smart phones! We'll socialize, make friends and business connections for possible referrals. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GROUP IS ONLY OPEN TO ATTORNEYS.

Bay Area Entrepreneurs, Business & Service Professionals, Sales Executives are invited to join the network. By building powerful partnerships with like minded professionals we can grow our businesses together. Through our networking events you will meet potential business partners, advisers, mentors and friends and generate referrals and other contacts to build on your success. See you at our next event.

The Social Discovery Meetup Group is for business professionals involved with social discovery, social networking, social media for both web and mobile technologies.

This group was created to assist bay area locals in learning more from each other. We facilitate small in person classes everyday for groups of 10-20 on all sorts of awesome subjects like  film, photography, graphic design,  cooking, business and technology subjects like programming. We will be holding classes, as well as professional networking mixers in the south bay, and soma Citizen Space locations. What is Citizen Space? We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creati …