This Meetup is for anyone seeking a job who is willing to receive and give support to others who are on the same mission. Join us for networking, sharing resources, and exchanging job hunting advice. Bring your resume and business cards if you have them and also bring any job leads or resources that you can share with us. It is free to join this meetup and please attend!

Yes, we are career movers and shakers, and layoff busters. In any economy, we know how to adapt. We will be PRO-Active and not RE-active. We will put ourselves in the driver seat. --this is our pledge. Hop on board. Have you been recently laid-off? Are you fearing a layoff? Do you want a new career or to open a business? Does your resume and cover letter need revamping? Do you need a new direction or way to make a living? Have you ever wanted to start a business but did not now how to go about i …

Meet other local dumpster divers to discuss techniques for hunting and retrieving garbage gems and re-purposing them back into useful items. One block's trash is another man's treasure. Outside of some of the traditional activities, we may also meetup for beach cleaning events and things of that nature.

A South Bay Area group for live Puzzle Hunts and book-based Armchair Treasure Hunting. I'm hoping to organize and schedule some activities beginning this coming Spring, so stay tuned!

We will participate in regular business and social networking events in collaboration with other meetup groups.  These events are great opportunities to meet and connect with entrepreneurs, financiers, technologists, tech executives, Internet consultants, and other movers and shakers in Silicon Valley. This meetup is geared towards small business owners, self-employed professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs who want to maximize ROI for their advertising dollars. This is where small business ow …

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, …

We're a group of working and stay at home moms who enjoy play time with our kids as well as having a social mom connection.  Our group welcomes all types of families and caters to both the stay at home mom with weekday events and those of us with more of a weekend availability.  Our events are family friendly and dads are ALWAYS welcomed! To give you a sense of what are group does we typically have a mixture of Park play dates Baby in home playdates (under 1yr crowd) Toddler playdates Craft ev …

Scout Masters is about developing and recognizing new skills & experiences, from the useful to the unusual. We're modeled after the Boy / Girl Scouts, providing merit badges for each new skill you master. Scout Master goals: 1. Help each other develop new skills ("you know, like nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills..." *) 2. Reward creation, learning, & discovery with merit badges 3. Enjoy maximum fun! No experience with boy or girl scouts required:  You just need an …

This group is for people who want to be involved in their food chain from source to ready to eat. The purpose is to rekindle and learn the art of food from hunting, fishing, foraging, and growing to preparation, storage and consumption with a locavore focus. Each meet-up will involve one or more steps led by an expert. One goal is to have some of these experts join to share their skill or craft; if you know someone who can contribute, please ask them to join. The only costs should involve hard c …

We're two girls who love all things decomposed and who also like to get our drink on. So we decided to combine the two! We host zombie themed pub crawls and events all throughout the year not just during October! So if you love zombies then look no further. We've got plenty of zombie love to go around! Join our horde!!!

Are you looking for a job? Are you looking to hire someone? Do you know someone who’s hiring? Are you currently unemployed? Are you working at a job, but want a new one? Are you looking to network with new people? Great. Join our group to help you advance in your search. We can share our areas of expertise. Let’s put our heads together and come up with resources on how to help each other find (or create) jobs. We are open to sharing advice. We can share our best ways to save time in our pursuit …

If you've ever wanted to have a great day of fun hunting down treasures, finding funny moments to photograph or video and then sharing them with a group of friends and new friends, come along on our monthly Bay Area Scavenger Hunts! We will meet in Redwood City early on a Saturday morning, and finish up in the mid-afternoon at a local restaurant where we will judge the winners while we eat, drink and be merry!  No skills required, just a passion for fun and adventure, and a willingness to not ta …

This is the meetup page for Super Nerd Night, SF redditors, Drunk Spelling Bee, SF Scavenger Hunts, SF Startup List. All with the idea that making friends should be easy and totally not scary. We've had thousands of meetups and people have make friends, found jobs, homes and even love. This group is open to everyone who can live with the simple idea that being kind to each other is awesome. Facebook for SF redditors: http://www.facebook.com/groups/205326729493152/ Facebook for Super Nerd Night:  …

Are you stuck on a problem that needs solving? Maybe you need completely unbiased minds, brains from varied backgrounds to pump new life into finding a solution. You're not alone - we've all been there. I've started and run several successful Web and tech businesses. I alone never solved all the problems my businesses faced or came up with every great idea that advanced the businesses. What I did know was how to lead brainstorming sessions which led to the solutions we needed and were searching …

Hunting for other LGBTQIPA geeks in the East Bay and Bay Area. Maybe you're into video games, board games, cult movies, geeky TV or video. Maybe all of the above! I'm new in town and looking to find more people who would enjoy this kind of stuff. :)

We are a newly formed and diverse group of people who are interested in the spirit world and all that defines it. We try to be realistic in our investigations and don't believe that every noise, movement, or temperature change is paranormal. There is usually a logical explanation for most of these things. It is really exciting when they can't be disproved.

Come on, admit it: you’ve always loved puzzles, word searches, rebuses, acrostics, crosswords, sudokus, trivia quizzes … Well, it’s time to put your expertise to work, solving my fiendish collection of puzzle-based clues ... after the lights go down. :) Every two weeks or so, we'll gather in a lively Bay Area neighborhood (hunt master's choice) from 7-9 pm and solve clues, collect objects, discover cool public art and historic signage) visit dive bars, and compete for silly, nominal prizes. Brin …

This is intended for like minded individuals who prefers direct property investment in bay area and specifically allows in-depth screening of members for partnership 'fit'. I started this group because most of the groups out there in meetup Real Estate are selling informercial, sell you a loan, sell you their consulting services, use your money to make money for themselves without skin in the game, or just general topics in name of 'education' where I can get those information from web faster. D …

Looking for family or children-focused activities and learning opportunities? This meetup is for families with small children. Most of our meetups are held at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos, California. Our events are open to everyone and include several exciting events and activities throughout the year such as a popular Easter Egg Hunt, Pumpkin Party, Summer Adventure Club, Christmas Birthday Party for Jesus, weekly Sunday School, singing activities, crafts, cooking, and lots of other f …

A group dedicated to exploring the unknown. This includes the paranormal, ghost hunting, urban legends, UE or urban exploration, wilderness exploration, etc. Working past fear and remaining curious about what lurks in the night is at our core. We have established investigators/hunters who will continue to and are actively conducting exciting, result yielding investigations. If you are new to the paranormal, we welcome you to explore with us and be part of the team. Or, if you are experienced, we …

Calling All Cosplayers! Let's get together between conventions - we can hang out, talk about our costumes, sew together, make props together, teach each other, and meet new people! This group will mostly be for cosplay-related outings: sewing circles, prop days, fabric hunting trips, and things like that. Maybe we can even have lectures from local awesome costumers? After all, there's always something new to learn!

Housemates (Flatmates, Roommates, Sharing) Craigslist might suck when you try to find a room. It might also suck when you try to rent a room. Are you in one of these two categories? Then you're in the right place. We will meet for 2-3 hours. So, we'll chill out and meet potential housemates, roommates, or flatmates. If you've your posting on Craigslist, bring a couple of printouts with you. Feel free to post your events in this group. Subscribe to our Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/g …

This is a group for anyone interested in scuba diving, free diving, snorkeling, spear fishing, abalone diving, scuba lessons, scuba vacations...All skill levels are welcome. My friends and I started this group because we love to dive, explore, hunt, and travel to scuba destinations. Looking forward to diving with other divers from the bay area and the world.

Join us for fun activities centered on meeting new friends, exploring, having great urban and rural adventures! We will have events all over the bay area! Some of the events we will host in 2013: Hiking, Treasure Hunts, Marin Tourist Club parties, Mountain Play, Academy of Sciences and De Young Parties, Pub Quizzes, Horse Races, Bowling, Ice Skating, Shakespeare in the Park, Outdoor Movies, Fillmore Jazz Festival, and lots more! We will focus on events which allow people to interact easily and g …

Ever thought about all the eco-waste that parties accumulate with plastic and other unfriendly materials? How about building a solar powered boat with your friends that you could share on the beautiful Bay? Would you play a scavenger hunt for recycle-able materials by only using public transport? Have you wanted to get a bunch of friends together to co-volunteer for a cause simultaneously? What if you could get rewarded for being the incredible eco-conscious and community-enthused person that yo …

We create and participate in immersive live experiences in physical environments. If you’re interested in this growing craft that blends fiction and reality with a mix of games, high-tech and low-tech, tours, puzzle hunts, and participatory theater, join us! We feature monthly speakers who have created amazing experiences, and host a fun happy hour for mingling and chatting before and after the talks and QA.

This is a group for anyone interested in getting together to do all things R/C: racing, flying, off roading, upgrading, crashing, and repairing. I'm located in San Rafael and have started the hunt for suitable places for R/C adventures. If you know of a place, please share with the group! I will be updating this page shortly with a time and a place for our first gathering.

We are a Christian Meetup Group of all ages that is located in the Bay Area. The hosts are part of Tree of Life Church in Oakland, but the group is open to anyone who is interested in cultivating authentic community and empowering relationships in their life in the context of a lot of really fun activities! This group is for Christians (or those interested in Christianity) who are at all phases in their journey with God. We will be having regular outdoor activities and social gatherings in a fun …