We are singles who love to write. Some of us are published authors; others are new to writing. We meet once per month to discuss our writing projects, learn and mingle. Join us: You might find that your writing muse is your soul mate.

Building on the success of Presentation Excellence Group, Possibilities is a group to help people identify and move forward with personal, creative, and career goals.  Meet or re-connect with other writers, artists and professionals and explore your strengths, values, and goals through fun and interactive writing and speaking activities.  Share your dreams and aspirations in a supportive environment, and gain tips and strategies for overcoming obstacles like fear, avoidance, and writers block.  …

We believe that organizations must see social media communications as an integrated part of all major business functions. Jumping into this space without laying the groundwork is like giving your kid the keys to your car without a driving lesson or a curfew, and then wondering why things went bad. This monthly social media lunch is focused on helping senior executives and team leaders tackle the challenge of socializing their company, and maximizing return on effort in your social media communi …

Vancouver Counselling Psychology Reading Club is an enlightening, safe, professional, and fun place for experienced and novice counsellors and psychotherapists in Vancouver. At the Counselling Psychology Book Club, we are researching new titles from authors writing about counselling and psychotherapy theories as well as practices. We hope that the books we read will offer a fresh perspective on the way we think, live, and practice. Being a competent counselling and psychotherapy practitioner tak …

A place for entrepreneurs sales managers, leaders and Sales Professionals to connect and share best practices. Network and discuss sales techniques, strategies, and build your network with other professionals etc. Hosted by Shane Gibson author of Closing Bigger the Field Guide to Closing Bigger Deals and Stephen Jagger founder of Ubertor and President of Reachd. Each month we have a guest speaker. Future events will include well known sales, business and personal development authors, comedi …

This meetup focuses on Theravada Buddhism which comes from Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Theravada (pronounced “terraVAHduh”), the “Doctrine of the Elders,” is the only survivor among the early schools of Buddhism, and is generally regarded as the oldest, most orthodox, and most conservative form of Buddhism. It is relatively uninfluenced by other indigenous belief systems. It is believed to have survived intact from the 500 Elders, who followed in the tradition of the monks of the first Buddhi …

This group is for all of us who have a desire to write but never seem to find the time to do it regularly. It is open to all levels and is for those who would like to do more writing on a set date & time each week. It doesn't matter what type of writing you are doing, or if you have never written before.  Just arrive with a notebook and pen (or laptop) and write. We usually begin by chatting for a number of minutes and getting to know each other though talking is not required. After a while most …

This group is designed for entrepreneurs who recognize the importance of professional and personal excellence to secure their success. They also recognize that reading books and attending seminars alone are simply not enough. They are ready for ACTION!!! If you are highly motivated, committed and serious about getting to the next level, then Walk the Talk Meet Up is for you. The focus will be on providing you with a wide variety of practical skills you can use right away to build your business, …

What's that? You've never heard of BookCrossing? Get ready to have your mind blown! An free, online community of book lovers, BookCrossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com/home) is a website that lets you track your books' travels, be they across town or around the globe. Don't let that book gather dust on your shelf, SET IT FREE! This isn't your grandmother's bookclub. There are no rules, no limitations, just a passion for the written word. We gather at least twice a month (and for occasional s …

Everyone has a strong and unique voice. Everyone is born with a creative genius waiting to be unleashed.  Everyone has a right to create, express, and share. Most importantly, a writer is a person who writes. Creative Souls provides a sacred space for writers of all levels to ignite and explore their inner creativity. You do not need to be a professional writer to join the Creative Soul group. In each creative writing workshop, you will get the opportunity to enjoy: -A comfortable and quiet plac …

The goal of this Meetup is to share ideas and help each other become better traders. If you have a trading idea that you would like to present, please send me an email with your presentation at least a couple of weeks before the Meetup that you would like to present at. All levels of traders are welcome, and as many successful traders may testify, there's always something that can be learned from sharing and teaching, too. Just be mindful that trading is a commitment and isn't for those who ar …

The Kabbalah Studio Assoc. is a friendly environment for all seekers of spirituality who want to experience the Wisdom of Kabbalah. Kabbalah is not a religion! It is the ancient Wisdom of the Hebrews introduced to the world by Abraham the Patriarch, for the benefit of all nations. The Kabbalah Studio offers a simple and easy path to understand the deep messages of the Spiritual Guides of all nations. Kabbalah is a Hebrew word, it means to Receive or if we go another level deeper, it means to rea …

To find out about the benefits of becoming an AES member, click here: http://www.aes.org/join/ The Audio Engineering Society — now in its sixth decade — is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists, academics and other authorities has grown dramatically throughout the world, boosting the stature of the society and that of its members. The AES serves its members, the audio industry and the public by stimulating and fa …

The goal of this Meetup is to share ideas and help each other become better traders. If you have a trading idea that you would like to present, please send me an email with your presentation at least a couple of weeks before the Meetup that you would like to present at. All levels of traders are welcome, and as many successful traders may testify, there's always something that can be learned from sharing and teaching, too. Just be mindful that trading is a commitment and isn't for those who ar …

Vancouver Meditation Meetup (VMM) is an education hub formed to help Vancouverites explore different styles of meditation available in Vancouver and to inform members about some visiting teachers and upcoming spiritual events happening in the city. Meditation is not just a static process of sitting but a dynamic process of becoming aware of how we are moving, experiencing and living life. The group is organized by Brian Ruhe, a Theravada Buddhist meditation teacher and author of the recent book …

Join us for various sports, travel, environmental and social activities. Volunteering is required to be a part of our club and attend our activities. Visit our official web site for more details: http://www.VancouverTennisClub.com * Earn and keep a club membership by volunteering. Free lessons, advice, tutorials and help for sports and most of our activities (volunteers and authorized members only). There will be activities scheduled regularly. We play tennis primarily in Vancouver, BC. When th …

This is a group for anyone interested in self-healing, health and wellness, yoga, stress management, relaxation, alternative medicine, and energizing their life. As a family physician, certified medical intuitive, mind body medicine practitioner, author, yoga and meditation teacher, reconnective energy healer, angel therapy practitioner and a MOM…I created this group to meet and help guide others on how to improve their own health and overall well-being. Let’s get together, wake up our own inner …

Plain Language offers tools and techniques that improve materials written for the public and for targeted segments of it. The is a networking group to connect people whose works involves or should involve using plain language.

Women in Words is a group that shares their writing in hopes of receiving helpful advice on how best to improve. We will bring our writing to each meeting, read them to each other and then receive some great advice on how to hone our writing to target our audience. Women in Words welcomes any level of writer who has an interest in improving her writing skills. There will be light refreshments and coffee/tea available.

The 13 Keys to Living the Life You are Meant to Love--spiritually, professionally and personally. Beginning with kindness key # HARMONY, through discussions, mediatations and in-class exercises, you will master aligning your thoughts and actions in harmony with your heart and soul. It's free to attend sessions on the first four keys--Harmony, Gratitude, Love and Integrity. Thereafter, there will be a nominal fee. Facilitated by authors/speakers Joy Ross and Patricia Connor.

All NUKE users and their friends in Vancouver are are invited to join! This informal Meetup group aims to get together regularly to talk shop, network, trade tips and tricks, over drinks. Local and international artists [courtesy of The Foundry] will show off their work, plus you'll get updates on what's new with NUKE, HIERO, MARI, MODO, KATANA, etc Annex Pro [the local authorized dealer for The Foundry software] is proud to sponsor these events, and many others.  We believe in supporting the lo …

This is a Technical Writing for the Vancouver, BC region. If you are interested in technical writing, or in need of a technical writer, this is the group for you! Topics that we regularly discuss include: Job Market - Prospective jobs Technical Writing Technology - Authoring tools, Content Management Systems Resources - Technical Writing Publications, blogs, books, organizations etc.

Artists for Conservation Vancouver Meetup Group Do you have an appreciation for art, care about nature or enjoy being part of a bigger cause? Artists for Conservation does and has become the world's leading non-profit artist group supporting the environment. By joining the AFC Meetup Group you will be invited to meet local and international artists, learn about art and conservation, attend special events, and participate in environmental education through art that celebrates our natural herita …

Our Purpose: Are you a First-Time Buyer or seasoned Real Estate Investor? Come and meet others who've done it before and get to know them face to face. This is a friendly non-pretentious group for First-Time Home Buyers, Real Estate Investors, organized by Investors who long to share techniques and know-how with others entering the exciting field of Real Estate. We are looking to build this group to a larger collective of Professionals and are presently looking for the professionals in all Categ …

This is a Law of attraction group for the LGBT community where we meet each week to discuss different Law of attraction principles based on the teachings of Michael Losier (Best selling author of Law of Attraction) and the teachings of Abraham-Hicks. The group is led by Jamie Smith (Certified Life Coach), but each person will have a chance to share, get supported, learn, share and apply law of attraction. Law of Attraction states that "we get in our lives and in our business that which we place …

Welcome to The Social Media Challenge with Jonathan Christian - Where we do our best to answer one simple question: How does Social Media work for business? If you‘re in business you‘ve been told you "have" to be on Facebook…you‘ve "got" to be on Twitter…or at least on LinkedIn – not to mention YouTube, Google +, Pinterest, Digg, and on it goes.... And, if you‘re like most of the business people we work with, you may not even "want" to be on any of these sites. You don‘t want to hear that someo …

*when you click on "upcoming meetups", "past meetups" or "our calendar" (on the left of this screen) do make sure to scroll down to the bottom of this page if you are not logged into a meetup.com account.* Looking for a constructive way to help the environment? We’re a group of people from all over the Lower Mainland who get together to help Metro Vancouver Parks, municipalities, BC Parks, charities, non-profit organizations, societies, stewardship groups and watershed groups tackle environment …

We’re a small writing group made up of commercial fiction writers working on novels for publication (either traditional or indie.) Our goal is to help each other progress towards publication through constructive critique, sharing of information and experience, and building a strong network. We can only fit a group of 5-6 novelists, each of whom submits a chapter (5000 words or less) each week to the group for feedback, critique, and support. We're structured this way because we think the it's th …