Silicon Valley English-Vietnamese Toastmasters is a fun and friendly group. Improve your Vietnamese and English language skills, your ability to speak in front of a group, and meet new friends. Guests are always welcome. To learn more, visit a meeting.

Silicon Valley Business Group is a referral organization made up of business owners and service professionals in Campbell and surrounding South Bay area whose partners provide products and services to homeowners, consumers, small businesses and corporations. Combining regular meetups and online resources our members work to get to know and actively refer one another. Each member in our community represents a different profession, but frequently sells to collectively common market. As a result of …

Silicon Valley Japanese-English Toastmasters (SVJETS) is a bilingual public speaking club for Japanese and English. Whether you need to improve your presentation skills for work, or are just looking to brush up your conversation, SVJETS is the best place for both Japanese and English speaking people! Our meetings feature interesting speeches, good jokes, and table topics Q&A sessions that challenges people to answer on the spot. Guests are welcome to participate in the table topics sessions, …

The Silicon Valley Chapter of ASAP is a dynamic chapter of the Global Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals that focuses on addressing the alliance-related needs of individuals and companies in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. We offer our members a wide variety of targeted programs and skills workshops, current information on industry best practices, case studies to support professional development, and education to help grow your business and professional s …

Do you want to give back to your community while making new friends? Silicon Valley Volunteers is an organization that combines both aspirations. The organization is designed to help young people in their 20's and 30's find opportunities to volunteer in their local community while meeting others with similar interests. Silicon Valley Volunteers focuses on providing opportunities that fit into the busy schedules of young people. Many opportunities listed on the site are in the evenings or weekend …

We are the local group for ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics). Our mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Our purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques. We meet roughly every month, usually on the third Thursday. Our local group has been me …

The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley connects companies and individuals involved in the region's Communications Technology industry with one another for business development, collaboration, and education. Our professional network, tools, framework, and meetings bring together the local telecom industry's critical mass of businesses, research, ideas, capital, and human expertise – the Council is a hub for telecom professionals.

Welcome to our Leadership Group - Coaching By Amelia and Steve. This is created for like-minded people who want gather, swap stories, discuss motivational and life techniques in a mastermind group setting. About Amelia: Seasoned executive with diversified background in all aspects of high-technology business development in the U.S. and Asian markets: integrated corporate and marketing communications, new product launch, public relations, cross-cultural communications training, life coaching, and …

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

Are you an entreprenuer looking to connect with like-minded people to learn and take your business to the next level? Are you tired of your job that gets you nowhere? Do you want to prepare your job exit to become a Business Champion for yourself. Do you want to be your own boss and take charge of your own financial future? If your answers are yes, read on… Every Entrepreneur has one thing in common – everyone was a beginner at one time. Many of them have gone on to achieve success beyond their …

Introduction to PMI Silicon Valley Chapter, Inc. The Silicon Valley Chapter is a regional component of PMI and a resource for all aspects of project management leadership and information in California's Silicon Valley (southern end of San Francisco Bay). The chapter’s 2,000 plus members enjoy over 180 yearly local activities supported by an all volunteer staff. In addition, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification has been achieved by over 50% of its members. The Chapter’s mission i …

Expose your child to a second language with Madres Latinas of Silicon Valley playgroup. Join us for park play dates and field trips to encourage the development of Spanish as a first or second language. Main purpose is to encourage parents to practice their Spanish alongside their children. Participe con nuestro groupo Madres Latinas of Silicon Valley para utilizar su Español y desarollar el Español de sus niños. Vamos a jugar en parques locales y hacer actividades para desarollar y apoyar la id …

The SVCFL is the Silicon Valley's advocate for individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. We are an action-oriented group committed to promoting and defending truly American principles by networking all with conservative and libertarian-leaning ideals in the San Jose/South Bay area in order to instigate real "change" in the right direction. We work to promote Constitutional government and Constitution-supporting elected off …

This group is a networking group for all the people who are interested in the business relationships between American and Romanian companies.

The Silicon Valley Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is an organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Silicon Valley Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is comprised of many subject matter experts from a wide variety disciplines, united in our objectives: Promote a common level of understanding between the consumers …

This group is for "balanced", go-getter, outgoing, happy women in the Silicon Valley (you can be single, married, with kids or without) who enjoy food, wine/cocktails, volunteer events, music, cooking, new adventures....who have almost everything life has to offer, but are looking to create new, lasting friendships, and try new things. As we get older and take on new roles such as wife, mother, professional, etc., it becomes increasingly difficult to meet, make and keep new girlfriends, especial …

West Valley College is offering programs and events around promoting small businesses and entrepreneurship.  Programs include classes designed to help first time entrepreneurs start new businesses, advanced courses to help existing businesses grow and succeed, and networking events to help small business owners develop connections and relationships to foster success. The courses are taught by seasoned entrepreneurs, Silicon Valley startup veterans, and specialists in a variety of areas including …

Are you a Seattleite who recently moved to Silicon Valley? If so, then this group is for you. My boyfriend and I recently moved here for work and weather, but there are several great things that we miss about Seattle – the small-town feel, the amazing restaurants, the charming neighborhoods, the coffee shops and the sports teams just to name a few. So, we decided to start this group as a way to feed the Seattleite within. Activities might include meeting up at sports bars to catch a game (Seahaw …

There are few periods in film history that were more influential and more fun that the Italian Spaghetti Westerns made between 1964 and the mid 1970s. You will find more action or gun play anywhere. Not even a Shakespearian tragedy could pile up bodies like the Italians would. From Sergio Leone to Sergio Corbucci to Enzo Barboni; from Clint Eastwood to Lee Van Cleef to Klaus Kinski and hundreds of Italian unknown actors; these movies are endless fun. Once a month Gun Slingers get together to sha …

We’re connecting Silicon Valley Administrators who want to develop and nurture more “Business Friends.” Our structured approach to meeting people makes this a productive, meaningful and enjoyable way to develop a network of administrators in many of the local companies. We also feature "Preferred Vendors" as a way to bring together businesses and the corporate "gatekeepers." We alternate meeting in the south bay and on the peninsula. We hope you'll join us because we want to meet you.

I'm a naturopathic doctor in Sunnyvale and many people I meet are curious about the basics of good health. I try to "walk my talk" and invite you to me for a walk and a chance to ask questions about natural health from a naturopathic primary care doctor, and we'll get some exercise too!  Feel free to contact me via this meetup page or my website: www.drjenniferpotter.com About the Doc Dr. Jennifer Potter, ND earned her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine at Southwest College of Naturopathic Med …

Internet marketing encompasses a broad, diverse set of processes: search, content networks, email marketing, affiliate networks, video ads, social media, viral marketing, and more. Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We meet regularly to discuss how to utilize these tools to …

This group is a place for independent game developers who live in the Silicon Valley (near San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Los Altos) to discuss design trends, platforms, tools, testing and sales techniques, the media, the IRS, lawyers, cloning, pirates, advertising, publishers, stupid mistakes we've made, and anything else that is relevant to an indie developer who wants to successfully make it in the games industry. There are DOZENS of game development events and groups with very speci …

Meet, socialize, talk with other locals who are considered taller than average. Receive information about Tall Clubs International and the local club, Tall Club of Silicon Valley (TCSV). TCSV is a social club for men 6'2" and taller and women 5'10" and taller. We gather several times during the month for a variety of social activities. Come and check out our "tall family" and join the fun.

"The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us." - Harry Callahan, American Photographer 1912-1999 What Harry Callahan said about film photography holds true in todays digital world. Learning to use your digital camera and truly understanding the digital process will free you to concentrate on creating your vision. This meet up is dedicated to resources that will help you become a better photographer. I originally conceived this group as a way to create a sense of community for students …

This is a group to bring investors and business start-ups together in order to provide valuable information and experience in starting and growing a business in Silicon Valley. I started this meeting because I see the benefit of hearing from people who have been successful and can help others by their knowledge and expertise.

This group is for Silicon Valley professionals in the health, legal, education, or technology fields. It provides education on important financial topics such as college funding strategies, self-directed IRAs, retirement planning, tax strategies, trusts, portfolio optimization, and alternative investing approaches available to qualified investors. Presenters will be experts in their respective fields. All information will be educational - no sales pitches will be permitted.

Plan to host 2 volunteer tree planting event per year. We will have full support from the City of Cupertino Tree department. For each event. They will provide Designated planting spots. Trees. Hand tools (spades, axes). Staff to deliver the trees Staff to give planting instructions and onsite support. You will love the time outdoors, burn fat, and have the great feeling of planting a tree.