A group of hands-on engineers in San Francisco who are using Grails & Groovy at their primary gig or full-time employment who are advocating these technologies.  We have featured speakers, discussions about our tech-stack and are promoting Grails and Groovy to others using the JVM - and beyond that. 

Do you speak Spanish but fear that after so long without traveling and practicing you'll lose it? Do you like food, art, and meeting new people? Wouldn't it be nice to learn all those idiomatic expressions you hear from locals when you travel but you'll never find in your Rosetta S. course? If you answered yes to at least one of these question, you stumbled upon the right spot! This is a group to practice, master and expand your knowledge of the Spanish language. Every time you join us you'll re …

This is a hands-on practice group. Our motto is "You do the drills... you get the skills!" No previous experience is necessary. All you need is curiosity, an open mind and a desire to learn. Our focus is on practicing techniques such as hypnotic inductions with many partners so you get competent very quickly. We cover a range of hypnotic phenomena and topics drawing from Classical Hypnosis, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP). Past practice sessions have inc …

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 …

This Mindfulness Based Weight Loss Group is being formed to avail resources to it's members interested in learning about how to effectively implement change for their health and well-being. Members will be offered Free Seminars in health and wellness topics related to healthy lifestyle change, mindfulness, and weight loss. In addition, members will have access to joining the Body Intuition group hosted at Avra Organic Spa in San Francisco and/or working one-on-one with Carley for support of th …

… This program is based on NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) technology and improvisational acting techniques. You’ll learn from a national speaker and trainer the secrets to great public speaking skills. Your participation will help you: Become more comfortable in front small and large groups Learn to trust yourself Speak and think on your feet Increase your presence and charisma Improve by using coaching, training, and one-on-one feedback Build your public speaking skills in a fun and …

… We are a thriving community of innovators, creatives, professionals, startup enthusiasts, techies, programming allstars, and social media ninjas (to name just a few) ranging from total newbies to experts and deacons of wisdom.  Networkrs come together to move away from and re-define conventional "networking" by adapting to technology and taking a hands-on approach to building stronger networks, whatever their reason may be. Networkrs bring with them a vast range in skill, education, and level of …

… The optional live session with models consist of 3 hours of practical hands-on learning and experimentation on exposure, lighting and posing.   ::What should I expect? Lecture - Scott’s lectures will focus on mastering various techniques on lighting and posing. He will demonstrate how he achieves his award winning imagery; how he interacts with clients to maximize their beauty, how to bring out emotion, how to work with difficult clients, how to find amazing light and how to create it with …

This group was created to provide a regular meetup for iPhone developers actively working on projects. The purpose is  to work together to support one another in bringing our ideas to life.  The goals are also to meet people in the San Francisco Bay area who are doing the same type of work (programming and creating apps for the iphone and ipad) and to have fun.  This meeting is for: iPhone Developers of all levels. People who are interested in getting their hands dirty in code. People …