The Seattle French Conversation Group offers opportunities to speak the French language in a warm and welcoming environment. Join us for great conversation in French in Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, Ballard, Greenwood, Ravenna and other places around Seattle. Beginners through advanced level French speakers are all welcome! Many of our members are native French speakers and all of them are looking forward to meeting others who enjoy French language and culture. In addition to French conversation, we …

"Common SENSE is instinct. Enough of it is genius." George Bernard Shaw The goal of the Solopreneur Education Network of Seattle and the Eastside (SENSE) is to reduce the learning curve that so many of us face when working alone. It doesn’t matter if you work from home, run your own business, make extra income online or off, are in a Network Marketing company, or just have an idea to break you out of the 9-5 routine. All who are interested in sharing their business knowledge are welcome! Our t …

We are a non-profit organization consisting of Greater Seattle area songwriters and musicians who meet regularly for songwriting and recording workshops, performance showcases, marketing/business advice, general networking, and more! We range in experience from those just trying their hand at songwriting to seasoned professionals. If you are looking for collaboration, promotion, live performances, increasing your skills, or just meeting other friendly local talent, come see what we have to offer …

Seattle Bluegrass Meetup is Seattle-area bluegrass musicians getting together to pick, have fun, learn new tunes and hone skills. The most important person at the jam is never the bassist, guitarist, violin, mandolin or banjo player...it's the newest person there. We want everybody to feel welcome so they come back, bring their friends and most of all are inspired to play and learn. All levels welcome and encouraged. Bluegrass/Mountain instruments include (loosely): Guitar Bass Mandolin (or vari …

Partner dancing is one of the funnest, most creative, interactive and social activities there is -- the perfect catalyst for meeting people, connecting, and forming wonderful relationships both on and off the dance floor! The aim of this Meetup Group is to help create and support a vibrant social dance community in the Greater Seattle area and on the Eastside (Mercer Island, Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, etc), and in so doing, to meet other like-minded dance afficionados, to further develop your …

We discuss business challenges and success stories in a fun, safe and supportive environment.

Practice and advice giving technical presentations. Each month, one member gives a technical presentation to the group, which then discusses the presentation, offering comments and critiques. Finally, the presenter gets to ask and respond to questions. The meetings are hosted at Startpad in Seattle. http://startpad.org/about-us We hope you will join us to improve your presentation skills, help others, and discuss technology.

Work on your social and dating skills with us. Our meetups include hands-on presentations from world-reknowned dating coaches. At the tailend we have optional field trip outings, in which we go out to public venues, meet people, interact and get useful real-time feedback that helps us all improve our social skills -- especially with women. We have members who are as old as the most senior of senior citizens, but you must be at least 18 years old to join. We also have some female members. This gr …

Creative Hearts “Healing Arts Center” & Nanny Training School located in the majestic Orion's Cutt spiritual community with our primary location nestled in the heart of Seattle in Capitol Hill. Upstairs 219 Broadway East Suite 33, Seattle WA, 98102 We have a saying around here.... Don't just live.. Thrive! Come Join in on our daily adult morning Yoga, Qigong, meditations or our sign your child ages-5-12 up for our weekly child "Movement, Meditation, and Compassion" meditation group on Saturday …

This group is open to knitters of all levels, though we try to put an emphasis on learning new skills and helping new knitters get started. If you are True Newbie looking for the support to get past that first row (or to remember how to cast-on), this is definitely the group for you! If you are an experienced knitter just looking for fellow yarn-aholics and maybe inspiration to try something new, you have found the right group. Not new to knitting, but new to Seattle? You will definitely find fr …

A monthly meeting of WordPress users and devs. We welcome every proficiency level. Our purpose is to offer support and share information, best practices, techniques, tools and resources. Our members are bloggers, new users, graphic designers with basic HTML and CSS skills, developers new to WordPress, and experienced WordPress developers. Some of our members organized the first WordCamp Seattle in Sept. 2009.

Do you play a hand drum? Have you ever wanted to liven up a public park to your rhythm? If so - this group is for you! The mission of this group is simple: Get together and go nuts playing ... Hand drummers of any type and skill level are all welcome (Djembe, Doumbek, Dhol ... bring it on !!!). Please read the following..... http://synthrick.tripod.com/id31.html

P assion for mountains E nthusiasm for 5000 ft A dventurous scrambling K omradery for camping S nacks to share "PEAKS" guides this group to have fun, be safe and become friends. We enjoy gourmet potlucks, and anywhere in the outdoors, be it in the mountains, on the water or in the air. We mostly hike and snowshoe, scramble and ski, occasionally sail and kayak, fly, and perhaps travel together to exotic adventurous places around the world. Please remember, our organizers are not guides. We a …

Hello and welcome to Bachelors of Seattle, where men like you come to gain the knowledge and skills that allow them to achieve success with women, and other parts of life. For those that want to have choice with the kind of women they date, to be able to charm a girl in any situation, or create healthy and long lasting relationships, then this is the place for you. This group will help you accomplish those goals in many key ways... COMMUNITY: First and foremost this a community of like minded …

J-Tech allows Jewish tech professionals to connect with the Jewish community and to each other in meaningful ways. You will have the opportunity to network, engage in professional development and make a social impact through your unique skills and resources. J-Tech is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

If you would like to do more modeling, or get started let us help you. Perhaps being a model is what you are doing full time, or is just something that you have always wanted to do. Whatever level you are at, we plan on making your experience easier, and more fun. Each level has its skills and challenges, let us help you to develop the connections and experience to get to what ever level you want as quickly as you can. For the beginner we can help you to find photographers to work with, and prov …

Free Zumba Fitness Classes is a new group that sponsors free Zumba classes around the city. We will have various guest Zumba professionals leading the free events in parks, fitness studios and just about anywhere you want to have one. Come play with us as we Zumba for FREE! PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/freezumba Our concept is simple. We hand pick highly skilled instructors to teach large Free Zumba classes for fun. Our instructors in turn have the exclusive opportunity to …

Effective January 19, 2013, through a meeting of Charter Members, the Seattle Jeep Offroading & Camping Group became the Around the Sound Jeep Club. Our Mission: "Our mission is to provide a fun, comfortable and safe family friendly environment for individuals young and old. We aim to provide a place for Jeep enthusiasts to come together and enjoy camaraderie while out on the trails or around the campfire. We believe in treading lightly and sharing our collective knowledge to promote a sense of …

The Seattle Business Intelligence (BI) Meetup is a professional organization whose purpose is to enrich members through networking, education, and discussion. Professionals of all levels are invited to attend the monthly meetings. Topics range from strategic overviews to deep dives into a particular technology. Incentives for involvement include: Members: Learn more about technology in your current skill set and be exposed to new or unfamiliar tools. Speakers: Hone your presentation skills and …

The Cook-Off Club is a group for those of us to who love to cook and sample other's cooking, and don't mind a little friendly competition. The concept is to host a variety of themed cook-offs that give us a chance to expand our skills and showcase some favorite recipes! You don't need to know how to cook a dish prior to signing up for a cook-off. In fact, every cook-off is a chance to come up with exciting variations on a classic dish! You don't have to participate in the competition to attend a …

NetLit 101 is a Seattle area volunteer program of School Factory, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.  Tech geeks that strive to empower people with basic, safe Internet skills are welcome to join our efforts. If your are a tech geek who wants to help build Internet skills in the Greater Seattle area, come join us! Visit our main web site, www.netlit101.com.

This is a group for two kinds of people: software developers who want to practice in order to get better at interviewing, and software managers who want to practice in order to get better at performing an interview. Here are our goals: Help developers to get better at the SDE/SDET through mock interviewing sessions.  Getting better means becoming more comfortable with the environment, questions at varying levels of difficulty, and marketing one's self. Help managers to get better at the SDE/SDE …

This is a group for anyone interested in developing and improving your Social Skills around internally positive, colorful, warm, happy, open minded, confident people. The group will attend social events to develop/form friendships/business relationship and hopefully strengthen your confidence and social skills. Attitude is a gift- one you give yourself. Attitude is a blessing- one you give yourself. Once you have a positive attitude, you bless yourself and others who come in contact with you for …

BE STRONG. BE HELPFUL. BE PART OF SOMETHING. These classes and workshops are not only about becoming a stronger person and achieving your own goals. These classes and workshops are also about being part of a group, cooperating to achieve a greater goal. Through systematic progression you will safely learn the skills of MovNat. With these skills you can move with others, being strong, confident and helpful! ENHANCE YOUR GAME Proficient runners, swimmers and cyclists look to these classes and work …

Founded in March 2007, this is a local community where Autodesk Revit users can learn from their peers, build technical skills, exchange ideas, resolve challenges, share successes, and elevate their capabilities with the Revit suite of products. View our monthly meeting presentations on YouTube. Our meetings are regularly scheduled monthly at the Seattle Public Library located in downtown Seattle.

This group is for anyone in the tech industry looking for guidance and support in their job search completely free! It will be a personalized service focused on anything from resume writing, interview tips, how to negotiate pay rates with managers and recruiters, and etc. I started this group because finding a new job is always a challenge and I wanted to provide a service that didn't have any strings attached. Bring your resume in hand and we can chat over coffee! I'll be changing the locations …

For video editors looking to improve their skills using Premiere Pro. People curious about switching over to Premiere from Final Cut and Avid greatly encouraged. We will also cover other Adobe software that is related to Premiere such as Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Encore, Prelude, Speedgrade, Muse, Edge Animate, Audition, Lightroom, and Bridge. Want to know how to build a website and embed video without writing code? This is the place. Want to know how to improve your audio without ProT …

In an industry where we so often work alone, this group will serve as a platform for discussing topics, concerns, and questions relevant to American Sign Language interpreting in a collaborative format. In addition to discussion, we will use this group to improve our skills and further our education through practice and exchanging constructive feedback with our peers.