Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

Our group is comprised of singles of all ages who want to network, socialize and possibly meet that someone special. If you want to have fun with a great group of people and possibly try something new, then this is the group for you.

This is a group for anyone interested in getting together with friends and making new friends for dancing and drinking and having fun. Are you looking for a new way to meet friends, meet someone special, or network? This group is for singles who are really interested in meeting new people for friendship or more. Meet other singles all over the area, attend events, movies, happy hours and more in a wide variety of venues. Come on out to Mingle, Network, and Meet Someone Special...

Fashion in Detroit + tech + networking = detroit fashion tech scene. Connect with fashion enthusiasts of detroit, people interested in fashion technology (e-commerce, fashion blogging, fashion events), Fashion in Detroit yearly Runway Show/Event

Millie & Terry of Divine Intervention will nurture the needs of sisterhood to enlarge their capacity for spiritual growth & unique purpose via prayer, WORD of GOD, educational wkshps, entertainment, business & social netwking events 4 the benefit of enlarging the kingdom of GOD.

"New Media' is no longer the future. It's here, and it's time to do away with the luxury of abstract discussions about the industry’s future. Let's get practical. Join Deadline Detroit in a series of panel discussions over breakfast. We'll get into the weeds and explore what makes this "new media" thing tick. The inaugural breakfast asks "What are the business models to make new media work?"

digitalundivided GROW Detroit is a monthly meet up of digital companies founded/co-founded by black women working together to GROW their tech-based companies from Idea to MVP to Growth and then Exit. Sponsored by digitalundivided, a company that builds forward thinking initiatives that change the digital space.

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

Welcome! We are a community passionate about the enjoyment, fun, and personal growth that comes from exploring and experiencing "authentic relating". What is "authentic relating"? - There's no right way (no cookie-cutter mold) that relating is supposed to be. - Being present while intending to let go of "image control" and superficial interactions - Celebrating whatever arises - Allowing ourselves to "mess up" - Intending to cultivate even just 1% more connection, transparency, and aliveness …

Exposing children to fun activities which will enrich them culturally, socially and/or academically. My goal is to create experiences that allow children to flourish in a positive environment. Some of the events will be free. With regard to activities that cost money, we can join together to get a group rate. Ideally I envision everyone collaborating thoughts and resources to bring our children together for exponential growth. I would welcome any assistant organizers.

eCommerce Detroit is a round-table discussion for eCommerce merchants/professionals, branded manufacturers, retailers, and entreprenaurs looking to talk shop. Topics of discussion will be eCommerce platforms, conversion optimization, analytics, fulfillment, SEO, PPC, affiliate programs, comparison shopping, social media and all matters related to online retail. Let the transfer of knowledge begin!

If you are looking to cultivate lasting friendships, better yourself and your community, do something for others, and have a great time in the process, you are at the right place. We are an affiliate of the Masonic Lodge and one of largest fraternal organization in the world. We are dedicated to Charity, Truth and Loving Kindness (read our "About" section) We will be hosting a Meet and Greet open to ladies who are interested in becoming members of the Order of Eastern Star, former Job's Daughter …

This group started off 6 months back as a Women's only group. We've had the chance to meet some fabulous women through this group. We've decided to expand the group by allowing men to join! As this group did start off as a women's only group, there will still be many events that only women can attend. I understand that many of you would have been attracted to the group with the idea of it being ladies only. So, I will keep that in mind and plan a couple events each month for just the ladies. All …

This group is a great way to share resources, report on spay/neuter clinics and simply -be- with others who respect the lives of all cats, alley cats included! Metro Detroit Feral Cat Network would love to meet others who are active in managing Feral Cat colonies and conducting Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) of feral cats. Don't do either of those things but have a love for alley cats? Join and say hello! Interested in fostering cats for a few days after they've been sterilized or want to help care fo …

As a co-founder of a hardware startup, I understand the importance of building networks and trading war stories with other co-founders who are working on startups in the same vein. While we have a lot of similarities to our software brethren, we also have some unique differences/challenges that we can share and learn from to help advance our companies.

Mobile Monday Detroit is a chapter of Mobile Monday Michigan which executes on Mobile Monday International objectives by delivering a balanced approach of business and technical content. We will look to the Michigan business community for this content, as well as beyond our State in order to make certain the Michigan community is made aware of developments taking place outside our area that can aid their business. Mobile Monday is an international organization that works with local, regional, n …

The D-NewTech (DNT) is an organization that provides resources and networking opportunities for the Detroit and SE Michigan startup community. DNT host monthly meetup events that encourages and highlights the entrepreneurship startups in the region. In addition, we collaborate with other organizations to provide meaningful events that will support entrepreneurs. We welcome members from any school, sector, or industry function (e.g. entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, lawyers, marketers, stu …

After leaving the corporate world, I realized how much I missed lunching with co-workers, talking about business and just sharing ideas. This realization prompted me to start this group. The idea is that we'll meet for at different locations around downtown and midtown, talk and enjoy a great meal. If you are a solo entrepreneur or part of a small team or just a foodie and want to meet new folks, share ideas and just all around have good conversation, this group is for you!

Learn how to easily design, build, and maintain a web site for your business, community group, corporation, or family using Drupal, a free and powerful web publishing software package. You can use Drupal to build and maintain a small business web site, a blog, a community discussion forum, a wedding site, and many other types of web sites without any HTML or other programming skills. Got Drupal skills? Come and share with the rest of the group! We meet in different locations between Detroit and …

Welcome to the Detroit Java User Group! The Detroit Java User Group brings together members of the Metro Detroit software development community to share ideas, discuss industry advances and explore the use of Java, JVM based technologies, development methodologies and practices. Our members are a community of like minded individuals seeking first hand, practical exposure to code, best practices, tools and cutting-edge solutions. We meet regularly in the Metro Detroit area to network, attend qu …

Everyone knows Michigan can be a DEAD-ZONE for anything related to PUA. The cold weather keeps many people indoors, a lot of people move away as soon as they get a chance, Detroit although nice for gambling and watching hockey is not always the best place to sarge.  We face specific challenges living in Michigan.  That coupled with the fact that cold approach pick up can be challenging for some when starting out lead many to never reach their goals. This group is open to guys of any age and skil …

Note: Since there are no longer any official activities for the Ron Paul for President campaign, this unaffiliated grassroots meetup is now titled to reflect it's supportive (unaffiliated) roll to promote the vision of Campaign for Liberty.  Please visit www.mic4l.com to join the fight here in Michigan! History In 2008 this was the fifth largest Ron Paul meetup! The focus of this group was rediredted to the non-partisan Campaign for Liberty when Dr.  Paul stopped being a presidential candidate.  …

Our mission is to create a networking organization that will allow individuals to exchange information, collaborate with one another, create joint ventures and establish a resource pool full of skilled people that will present an opportunity for future employment or for profit business ventures.

The Great Lakes Community Leadership Summit 2013 will be based on the CLS in Portland each year. The GL-CLS will bring together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. The event pulls together the leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community. At the heart of Community L …

This group is open to people of different faiths who want to find partners for social action projects in Detroit. Find out more at http://www.detroitinterfaith.org/ (Rabbi Dorit is the one who runs this group. Please contact her with any questions/suggestions/concerns.)