Do you "Sharpen Your Saw Regularly?" How good are you at putting "First Things First?" In school, you learned how to read, write, and speak -- but did you ever learn to listen? Are you struggling with doing things right and think there's also something to be gained from doing the right things? How reactive are we when we know that proactivity gets better results? How responsible (able to respond) are we in situations that really hit our hot buttons? We will address these things and many mo …

What is the Shadow? The shadow contains all the parts of ourselves that we try to hide, deny or suppress. It is the keeper of all the aspects of ourselves that we dislike and the qualities that we judge as unacceptable. The shadow wears many faces: angry, critical, fearful, lazy, controlling, selfish, weak, pathetic… These are the faces we don ’t want to show the world and the faces we don ’t want to show ourselves. Most of us expend huge amounts of energy trying to get rid of or control these …

Traditionally, businesses have leveraged print coupons, newspaper ads, and direct mail to advertise their products and services. 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. How effective are these advertising and marketing channels for small businesses today? We will explore modern, …

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 …

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 …

Many decades ago family therapy burst onto the mental health scene thanks to leaders in the field such as Dr. Salvador Minuchin and other greats, too many to name here. I was trained in this modality behind the one-way mirror and, over the last 20 years, have trained and supervised others in providing this amazing treatment option to kids and their families. As our evidence has grown, indicating the effectiveness of working with youth within the context of their families, more clinicians have be …

Sick of setting goals but not meeting them? .. of having aspirations and desires but not the balls or perseverance to reach them without giving up or getting distracted? .. of desiring closeness but sabotaging it or pushing away? "Self Sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen." GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY You will open to more ease and aliveness through: - learning to recognize self sabotaging forces/ voices/ behaviors - gaining tools to manage th …

Norcal Self Defense is a group open to all who wish to share, learn and practice simple, realistic, practical techniques and mind set for the purpose of self defense and personal safety. Anyone who wishes to join us is welcome. All ages and levels of fitness can participate. No prior martial arts training is needed. All of us have the right to feel safe and to avoid harm from anyone who seeks to control or injure us. Anyone who would like to join us to practice and share is most welcome. I began …

How will a Toastmasters club benefit you? Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. Whether you are a professional, student, stay-at-home parent or retiree, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining great communication skills. By learning to effectively formulate and express your ideas, you open an entirely new world of possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident when giving prese …

So who are we and why should you come to one of our workshops? By combining the art and science of communication, Social Fluency has developed a fun, skills-based curriculum that is built on peer-reviewed research in cognitive behavioral psychology, neuroscience and other cutting-edge disciplines. Our effectiveness has been proven by both scientific studies and real world results. Our unique and fun teaching techniques, along with our highly skilled instructors blend interesting content and inte …

We are a Community trying to change ourselves, trying to achieve self-evolution through Meditation, who support each other in the process. We meet as a group, twice a week, at various locations. Our method is a simple and effective way to integrate meditation into your daily routine. The method is not a belief system but offers you direct experience which you can assess for yourself. It is a remodeled system of Raja Yoga (Yoga of the Mind) which calms the mind and brings it to a centered state, …

The course in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a great way to cultivate a sense of spaciousness and ease in everyday life. Classes are approximately 2-1/2 hours long and are held in the evening once a week. Each class consists of guided meditations, gentle movement exercises, lecture, and group discussion. The course includes an all-day session on a Saturday. Between classes, students will enhance their participation through working with meditation CDs, and homework assignments. Free introd …

Updated: April 16, 2013 About us Welcome trail runners! News Schedule in 2013 Our regular weekly morning group trail runs take place on: Tuesdays 6 AM, Thursdays 6 AM, and easy Sundays 10 AM in Berkeley. Other runs take place in Oakland and other areas of the East Bay. New members of all paces are invited to drop-in and attend meets for a free trial month. Our group is small and limited in size to keep our meets from becoming impersonal, and to maintain an active roster of members. This is …

Are you a Fun Loving? Outgoing? Adventurous Gal? in your 20's -and- 30's? . . . and RESIDE IN San Francisco! Do you need more Awesome Girlfriends in your life? Well, you've come to the right place! This meet-up group is pretty simple. We'll meet, hang out, have drinks, go hiking, movies, festivals, and other FUN events. Let's have a great time while making memorable and lasting friendships! Our members carry genuine interest in each other! Please FOLLOW our Meet-up RULES: 1). BE Drama-Free 2). …

This group is for young adults who seek Realization and an effective meditation method for achieving it. It is for those who want to understand the meaning of existence and to realize their full potential. This can be effectively achieved by Natural Path,also known as Pranahuti Aided Meditation (PAM), a new system of rajayoga for Self Realization. About the Workshop:The Pranahuti Aided Meditation practice teaches a way of living and supporting methods for a modern person to grow his/her indivi …

This group is for professionals interested in developing their organizational skills to improve personal productivity, management ability, and to influence their organization to become more effective. Learn the principles and practice the disciplines of getting things done. Weekly workshop with monthly focus on: Personal productivity - getting things done Team productivity and project management Organizational effectiveness The workshops will integrate different approaches to personal and grou …

This group is for young people who seek Realization and an effective meditation method for achieving it. It is for those who want to understand the meaning of existence and to realize their full potential. This can be effectively achieved by Natural Path,also known as Pranahuti Aided Meditation (PAM), a new system of rajayoga for Self Realization. About the Workshop:The Pranahuti Aided Meditation practice teaches a way of living and supporting methods for a modern person to grow his/her indivi …

Are you Looking for more friends and dates?? Do you want to meet more people fast? New to Town and wondering how to make new friends quickly? If you are, This is how!! Speed Friending Events are for you!! Come see what everyone is talking about. Speed Friending Events is a fast new, super fun, and very low pressure way to make lasting friendships around town. Our events are the quickest, safest, most effective low-pressure way to meet new people in town. This is the ONLY place in San Francis …

Emotional Freedom Technique is a potent and simple self-healing tool. EFT combines various effective eastern and western therapies with the universal healing power of acknowledgement, love, and compassion. This modality rolls them into one while applying a percussive tapping on the meridians (the same system used in acupuncture) to release excess emotional charge from the bodies energetic wiring that has jammed the body's natural ability to rapidly heal and balance itself. EFT unlocks and defuse …

We are a collaboration of improv students and fans who want to explore shortform improvisation. We teach and play improv games that encourage creativity and spontaneity. People of any skill level are welcome including beginners who have never tried improv before. We want to spread the positive effects of improv to the world! Like us on Facebook to stay up-to-date with improv events and information. Further info about our "typical" Sundays: Beginners are absolutely welcome.  The workshop is set …

Visit our homepage here: http://www.ZMSF.Org/ Community/forum homepage: Official TZM:SF Community Forum The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Movement that creates community based activism and awareness through a network of Art/Media Events, Annual Events, Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams and Charity Work. The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption, collapse, homelessness, war, starvation and the like appear to be "Symptoms" born out of an outdated socia …

Calling all animators, illustrators, storyboard artists, directors, writers, producers, editors, VFX artists - it's about time we got together and made films of our own. There's too much talent in San Francisco for us to not all be collaborating together to create awesome animated films, so why not team up and make some? Whether you're a beginner or veteran, young or old, an animator or writer, as long as you want to contribute to making quality animated content, then this club is for you. The …

SF Bay Area 3D Animation and Visual Effects Group is for enthusiasts and practitioners in the computer graphics (CG) visual effects and 3D animation industry. The mission of this group is: To provide an opportunity for networking with other people interested in visual effects and animation. To provide educational opportunities on topics relevant to 3D animation or visual effects. To provide (whenever possible) meetup locations that are close to BART or CalTrain to make commuting easy throughout …

The Coherence Connection is focused on providing an on-going opportunity for community members to learn, grow and achieve more driven by their deep desire to align personal power, potential and purpose for peak performance. This Meetup Community is ideal for solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, career professionals and professionals operating a private practice, and those who are highly interested and invested in becoming more personally effective, productive and successful in achieving their most impor …

Hi! This group is for those creative types interested in expressing their three dimensional dreams into way cool videos using Adobe After Effects. Our primary focus is on creating beautiful worlds in 3D with AE, not so much on compositing and green screens. Not big on war on violence, just projecting our visions of sanity and beauty with a big "wow" factor for those who see our work. We welcome all skill levels to the wonderful world of 3D animation in Adobe After Effects. Come join the laughter …

A group for Stanford Entrepreneurs & Silicon Valley Founders who have a burning desire to grow their Startup & are looking for 1st 100, 1000 & 10,000 customers. Tweets @IgniterSV Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Igniter/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/igniterSV/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4970423 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StanfordIgniter/

This is a forum for individuals, large and small business and non-profits, and legislative bodies to come together to discuss the most pressing internet, mobile, social media privacy issues of our day. I want to bring people to together specifically around the issues of privacy, legislation, and big data and each person's personal data. Social media and mobile privacy affects us all. What we put out there today will effect our future tomorrow: What do we really agree to as far as Terms and Condi …

Grandmaster Latosa has condensed the most effective knowledge from his past instructors: Angel Cabales, Dentoy Revillar, Maximo Sarimiento, Leo Giron, his father Juan Latosa - and combined it with his own unique research and development to create an effective, dynamic, logical, combat system which provides an education in body motion and weapon efficiency.