My Transformative Salon Groups have been happening for about 6 years in the SF Bay, New York/Brooklyn, and the Boston Area. They are currently back in the SF Bay. They are best describes as the optimal best of three worlds: Classroom/book club, group counseling, and ideal dinner party. They are less heady and conceptual than classrooms, less emotional and affective than group counseling, and unlike most dinner parties we all stay connected during the entire group rather than splitting off into t …

I was recently inspired by a New York Times article about informal science and technology lectures that are being held in bars and clubs in NYC. Here's my vision: to organize an informal lecture series at local (and supportive) bars/cafes on whatever topics interest intellectually minded folk (Astrophysics? Anthropology? Health and Wellness? You tell me!). The lecture becomes a place to learn, meet other people, have a drink and interesting conversation, or share what you know! At this point, I' …

… Our host club is in Seattle, with chapters in San Francisco, New York, NYC, Chicago.

Do you love cupcakes? They're small, bite-sized and utterly yummy! What's not to like, right? Over the past few years I've enjoyed the cupcake craze started by Sex and the City in New York and Los Angeles. I've visited the original Magnolia and Crumbs bakeries in those fine cities, now I want to explore cupcake yumminess in the Bay Area with other cupcake fans. Every month or so we'll visit a cupcake venue, compare flavors and textures, and share our opinions. I look forward to meeting you over …

We're a free business-networking and community-building group that meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 8:15 for breakfast. We talk about our businesses, pass referrals back and forth and generally laugh our heads off. It has been a fun and lucrative connection for many of us.   GLENVIEW BREAKFAST CLUB ROSTER July 6, 2011 Members Stuart Sweetow   Audio Visual Consultants      510.839.2020              sweetow@avconsultants.com Ron White                   Pre-Paid Legal Services          510.472.3 …

Are you involved in a startup or want to be? Startup Grind was started to help entrepreneurs meet new people face-to-face, and continue to build a lasting relationship with them online after the event. It's a monthly event held in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York City, Ottawa, Seattle, San Francisco and features a range of speakers from founders, to journalists, to investors. More importantly it has the coolest community you've ever seen. Go to http://startupgrind.com for more information.

Founded in San Francisco and now expanding to Silicon Valley and New York, Habit Design TM (@habitdesign) is a national network for sharing best-practices in developing sustainable, consistent daily habits (or "agile self-development") via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Social Psychology, etc.  Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit mastery beyond 100 …

BeMyApp hosts interactive weekend-long events for the app-loving community in San Francisco, Dallas, New York and Europe. The WeekEnds are designed to accelerate collaboration, share knowledge, inspire and connect mobile app makers and idea shakers. BeMyApp WeekEnd is open to developers, designers, tech journalists and bloggers as well as non-techies, idea generators, artists, and everyone who wants to have some hands-on experience with mobile apps. Work in teams and hack apps during a whole wee …