We meet weekly to explore Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a powerful set of tools and attitudes you can use to run your own brain and life! Most of our programs are: * basic NLP skills, techniques, concepts tailored to participants curious about NLP that may not have taken any NLP classes * less than $20 * you will take home a skill, technique, or new perspective that you can begin applying to your life right away * taught by NLP Practitioners, Master Practitioners, and NLP trainers * …

DIVORCECARE, a support group for people who are separated or divorced, will be offering a 13-week session on Wednesdays, from 6:30-8:00 PM at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3501 Red River. A 30 to 35 minute video covering divorce recovery topics is followed by group discussion. For more information about the group topics, go to www.divorcecare.org. To register, call the church office at 472-8301. The group can be joined at any time. DIVORCECARE FOR KIDS, offered at the same time, provides a 13-wee …

Super Social Sports was founded with the simple idea of combining fun activities with social networking for Austin's active young professionals. Our top priorities are to give you places to play your favorite sports (and try new ones), places to meet up with old and new friends after the game, and an online tool for managing your teams and new friends.New to town? Austin SSSports is a great way to meet new people and make new friends. You can sign up as an individual (free agent) and we will pla …

WELCOME! We are a photography group dedicated to learning the fine points of artistic figure & glamour nude photography and lighting techniques, and perfecting our skill. We do this by taking lots of pictures & practicing at workshops. This group welcomes: accomplished professionals, first timers, & all those in between. If you are serious about photography, regardless of your skill level, and want to improve your skill at working with nude models, this group is probably for you. We take photogr …

Central Texas offers a great diversity in wild edible plants and food sources that are right in front of us! Foraging wild foods and plants is a lost art that many want to re-connect with.  Medicinal and edible plants grow in abundance in many areas of Texas, regardless of the climate -- its just knowing where to look and what to forage for. Foraging food is an ancient skill - one could say the oldest. Yet not many people today know how to do it. A small number of people have kept this vital ski …

No matter if you are an Amateur or a thirty year professional photographer, we all share a passion to create photographs. So lets get together and share this passion. The intent of this group is have photographers of all skill levels to get together, socialize, share our interest, learn from each other and just get out and have fun taking photographs. We want this group be very active by having multiple photo shoots each month. So if you like to take photos please join us. It doesn't matter if …

To promote basic homesteading skills and techniques for those interested in buying land or developing a homestead for family or groups. If you are interested in learning about Homesteading, Urban Survival, Wilderness Survival and classes covering all the skills needed to survive in a primitive setting all the way to surviving in a city. School for Urban Homesteading and Urban Survival Skills. Gloria and I are preppers, plain and simple. Between us we have 60+ years of preparing for any emergency …

I’m a Woman and I OM. I’m a woman who practices Orgasmic Meditation. For 15 minutes a man gently strokes my clitoris, he stays fully clothed the whole time, and afterward, we go our separate ways.  There’s no cost, no expectations and no further obligation of any kind. It’s that simple. And you can have it too. Across the US and around the globe, men and women are learning and practicing Orgasmic Meditation because, in a world with outdated and unsatisfying options, it’s a simple and easy way t …

This is a brand new group designed to improve your dating skills and teach you the secrets of attraction. You will master everything there is to know about meeting women, building instant attraction, creating deep comfort and building everlasting relationships with beautiful women. I am a dating coach and lead instructor for both The Attractive Man 1-on-1 Dating Coach company and Seduction Coaching, and will be teaching the majority of the events. I have also written a few books, have taught doz …

At the Expedition School, our goal is to encourage, educate and expand the horizons of our clients and students. Our philosophy is simple... A soul that is eager to explore and learn should be nurtured with adventure and education. We hope to have you join us on our next expedition. Our Philosophy Our goal is to broaden the horizons of our students and participants in the context of their learning environment with hands-on education. The Expedition School utilizes nature as its classroom. This …

This is the official MeetUp group for the Austin chapter of the American Marketing Association. You do NOT need to be an AMA member to join this MeetUp group! We welcome anyone with an interest in marketing located in Central Texas. The Austin AMA represents the very best in marketing talent. With more than 275 professional members, plus more than 100 student marketers from three area universities, Austin AMA is one of the premier professional associations in Central Texas. Our Vision: The Austi …

This group is for all ages (kids must have an adult attend with them) and all skill levels. Anyone who has an interest in origami is welcome to share your skills and learn new models. If you have your own supplies, bring them along, but of course, we always have plenty of paper to share. There are no membership dues or fees.  Everyone is welcome to attend at no charge.  But it sure would be nice if those of you who are able would make a donation! If you can, please consider donating $1 - $2 per …

Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 are now released into the wild! It's still the early days of this radical new era for Microsoft and the perfect time to for Austin developers to jump in get started developing for the new platforms. We're a community of developers and entusiasts joining together to help each other getting apps off the ground and in the store. We have a monthly meetup, weekly events like hackathons, code cafes. Our group is supported by Microsoft, Nokia, Evernote and more. All skill …

What our organization wants are members who are passionate, success driven, respectful, loyal, active and dedicated aspiring models, actors, photographers, make up artists and all stylists in the art of modeling photography ( fashion, commercial, print, kids to preteens, beauty & glamour, athletic, sports, petite, portraiture and more... ). The purpose of this group is to learn, help, share, to develop our skills and provide more opportunities... Beginners, amateurs, novices, enthusiasts, semi-p …

We love our natural hair, and as professionals, challenge the notion that our tresses can make or break our career. We create a life that we want doing work that we love by combining skills, practice, and the right mindset. Austin Professionals With Natural Hair connects laser-focused, value-laden career and business development resources to professional women who believe in investing in themselves in order to grow. From corporate to non-profit, freelance to startup, we are all pro, all natura …

This is a meetup focused on herbalism and plant medicine.  We learn these subjects through herbology classes, events, scenarios and exercises that are all based on practical, herbal medicine in the field, at home, in a post-disaster setting, in wilderness or urban settings. Additionally, we teach standard Wilderness First Aid Certification. Herbal Medics is working on becoming a 501(c)(3) organization in 2012.  The main organizer and instructor is Sam Coffman, who is a former U.S. Special Force …

The Texas Atlatl Association (TAA) formed on July 17th, 2010 at the Duval Ranch in Falcon Heights, Texas near Falcon State Park. What began as correspondence between the Austin Texas Lithic Arts & Technology League (ATLATL) and South Texas Atlatl back in 2008, eventually culminated into an organization that will reintroduce the art of the atlatl in the state. One of our main goals as TAA is to provide venues for people to exchange ideas about the atlatl and other primitive skills, experimental a …

An active community of those who support and work toward Expanded Awareness, Higher Truth, Unity Consciousness, Self-Discovery, Personal Development, Spiritual Growth, Healing, Sustainability, Vitality, Abundance and Empowerment while living a life of Purpose to encourage Right Action toward Higher Self, Humanity and the Environment. Join us to learn how to shine your bright light even brighter to help rid the world of darkness and negativity and inspire others to live with more love, peace, joy …

This group is for anyone wanting to move their bodies in ways that are creative as well as healing. All skill levels are welcome. I created this group to introduce others to the mind/body connection and the safe container that a dance experience can provide.

Studies have found that pair programming produces cleaner code, facilitates learning and improves productivity. Pairs often find that seemingly "impossible" problems become easy or even quick, or at least possible to solve when they work together. Let's get together for pair programming in Ruby and Rails. Whether you've never written a line of code or you're the most experienced Rubyist out there, you have something to teach and something to learn. No egos, no intimidation. Come out and experien …

This is a group for anyone interested in improving their freestyle flow and/or rap skills. Freestyle flow is all about rhythm and poetry. This can be anything from rap battling, ciphering, chanting, singing... so long as you're making it up on the fly or improvising in some way! Memorized stuff is ok too to help you get started but the focus is on the in-the-moment creative creation that comes from freestyle. Come teach and learn. It's a lot of fun and your skills will skyrocket when you have ot …

We need Central Texas volunteers in a lot of different areas with a lot of different skills and interests. Here's just some of what we have to offer you. Do You Want To Meet People, Use Your Skills, Plan Events? Relay For Life Event Planning Volunteers. Ever participated in a Relay For Life? It’s a combination county fair and slumber party where teams work together to raise funds, honor survivors, and remember those who’ve been lost to cancer. It’s also our signature event and a big reason why w …

Austin Haymakers are good food entrepreneurs looking to make a positive difference in what and how our community eats. We'll meet to support likeminded entrepreneurs and businesses and share stories of challenges and successes. Learn more about us at www.haymakersonline.com

Footvolley is a very popular sport in Brazil but relatively an unknown in US. It requires excellent soccer skills and ball handling which makes the sport very challenging. I am creating this group to see if there are half a dozen people in Austin who are interested in meet ups to play at Zilker Park once or twice a week. We are looking for people who already have excellent ball handling skills in the air. Even with that, it will take a little while to get a rhythm going but if there is a will th …

This group is for artists working in painting - oil and acrylic (watercolor welcome). We will meet to share ideas, constructively critique one another's works, and to paint! We'll scout locations to organize plein air sessions, cityscape and landscape, and organize studio sessions for still life. I believe that you make the most progress as an artist when you share the creative experience with other skilled artists. See ya soon!

Formerly known as The Austin Hadoop User Group (http://austinhug.blogspot.com), this is an Austin area Hadoop user group focused on helping Hadoop users share experiences, problems and solutions, as well as learn new skills for building solutions at scale that leverage the broader Hadoop and NoSQL Ecosystem.

As a startup, entrepreneur, or small business, you can get so busy running your business that you forget to learn the skills you need to be successful. In our consulting practice we see a lot of companies with the same issues, and spend a lot of our time helping them to resolve them. So we prepared this small business education series to help you learn some of the biggest pitfalls and challenges of being an entrepreneur, and how to avoid them to become more successful more quickly. These are int …

Ember ATX is a group for people of all skill levels to come together, learn, and help one another build ambitious web applications.