This workgroup is for people new to iOS development to create a culture of shared learning. All skill levels welcome. We will be learning from a book and a free online Stanford course. Learning and collaboration is done online and at your own pace. We will have online meetings, weekly updates on progress and online forums for discussion. If you're already developing apps for iOS, you're welcome to join. This would be a great opportunity for you to support other budding developers and consolidate …

SERLINGPA MEDITATION CENTER- Cambridge- offers a variety of classes, retreats, and Pujas (chanted prayers), which are open to everyone in the community. Whether you simply want to learn how to calm your mind and discover your own inner peace, or are looking to begin an in-depth Buddhist study program, Serlingpa offers many practical options for people of all backgrounds. We offer ongoing meditation classes in New Bedford; Jamaica Plain; Cambridge; Cape Cod; Fall River; Providence, RI; Portland …

The BOSTON MARKETING LEARNING GROUP (BMLG) is a NON-PROFIT organization for business people and marketing professionals to help learn the many different aspects of marketing. The Boston Marketing Learning Group (BMLG) will provide FREE MARKETING WORKSHOPS on a monthly/bi-monthly basis. The ONLINE MARKETING topics that will be covered include: Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Email Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Blogging, Social Networking, Social Media Marketing …

Mandarin Chinese conversation practice group, for all levels. The group is open and self-led. When we run out of vocabulary, we chat about China in English :) Welcome native speakers who would like to meet conversation partners, or lead activities. Housekeeping: Here are some guidelines to keep the group functioning smoothly, information on the site easy to find, and keep emails to a minimum. Thanks in advance for reading these and complying! Meetups: Members are welcome to suggest events and en …

Looking to practice your English conversation and listening skills, while meeting other international students within the Boston, Malden, Everett, or Medford areas? Then this group is for you. Formed by an ESL teacher at a top school in the city, we will meet at quaint cafes in Central Square, share a delicious meal at a local bistro in Malden, or even take cooking classes and learn how to cook easy-to-make American meals. There's nothing greater than good conversation and delicious food shared …

Welcome to the Boston Traders Meetup! If you are a trader or interested in learning about trading the markets, you are welcome to join us. You may be interested in teaching your trading system or learning another member's trading system. Active trading (day, swing or position) and managed accounts are all active topics for discussion.

The Boston Data Mining meetup focuses on making data mining accessible to everyone. It aims to be inclusive to all regardless if you are a beginner or expert in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, or any of the analytics (business, predictive, etc). Our talks will focus on the practical side of data mining and analytics by showing attendees how to perform data modeling in a non-programming environment. To achieve that goal we employ RapidMiner; an open source data mining platfor …

This is a group for teachers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and learners looking to explore, discuss and share the ways technology is changing education, whether in academia, K-12 education, higher education, or the private sector. We meet monthly to make new connections and hear from those who are transforming teaching and learning. If you have an idea for an upcoming meetup theme or activity, let us know!

Join us to learn about Oracle Big Data/NoSQL and related technologies, including use cases, new features and exciting networking with other professionals.

Are you tired of reading: "Bilingual Spanish speaker needed", "Spanish Speakers A+", "Spanish Speakers to the front line" or “Basic Spanish will help” when applying for jobs??? Are you at a job where a basic knowledge of Spanish will make your work easier? Do you have Spanish speaking customers and have difficulty understanding them? Do you have Spanish speaking employees and aren’t sure if they understand you when you address them? Spanish speakers make up the fastest growing segment of the …

This group is for anyone interested in passing the NBCOT exam A custom made study session going over strengths and weakness of content area and various approaches that work best to your personal learning style in passing the NBCOT exam

The goal of this meetup is present informative lectures, hands-on tutorials, networking events, etc, towards helping the local community further it's understanding and proficiency regarding Predictive Analytics.  Our group has three main focal points:  business applications, advanced mathematics, and computer science; with topics covering Recommeder Systems, Machine Learning, Google Analytics, Data Visualization, Social Media / Text Analytics, and related topics.  Predictive Analytics are levera …

We are a group of Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people who meet every week to chat in ASL. This group is open to ANYONE with an interest in American Sign Language and Deaf culture, from beginning ASL students to those who are fluent. We especially encourage people to come to our group who want to HAVE FUN while socializing with all sorts of different people! This is not a study group! It's a great group for practicing having real conversations in ASL. We welcome ANYONE with an interest in A …

Our monthly events are not your typical software engineering events and will cover a wide range of software programming related topics, techniques, frameworks, and technologies from local companies and educational institutions.  Events will either consist of speakers, panels, or training sessions.  The focus is placed on emerging technologies alongside current technologies and techniques. We will provide information on application development, software engineering, HTML5, Hadoop, Python, Eclipse …

Community Boating, Inc. (CBI) is the nation's oldest public sailing center - incorporated in 1946. Located on the Charles River behind the Hatch Shell, members can sail, windsurf, and kayak right in the heart of Boston between the Longfellow and Harvard Bridges. The mission of CBI is the advancement of sailing for all by minimizing economic and physical obstacles to sailing. In addition, CBI enhances the greater Boston community by using sailing as a vehicle to empower its members to develop ind …

One Heart Zen: Learn & join in Zen Meditation (Zazen) near Union Square. Whether you are a long time practitioner, a recent beginner, or just thinking about it, you are welcome. Weekday mornings, Monday through Friday at 6:50AM for 40 minutes. Wednesday evenings from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM for zazen instruction, zazen, and talks and discussions on Zen and Buddhist practice. I’m John. I’ve been living in this neighborhood for 17 years and sitting zazen for 40 years. A somewhat unorthodox Soto Zen Pri …

For the present, I've closed the group to new members.  We're pretty far into a specific graduate text on differential geometry and it would be impractical for anyone to play catchup at this point.  The group will reopen when we finish this course of study (or if I decide to include more general meetings).  Thanks for your interest and please feel free to contact me. Are you interested in reviewing or rounding out your knowledge of graduate-level mathematics?  The purpose of this group is to und …

This is a group for anyone looking to improve their speaking, listening, reading and writing English in the evenings. We meet once or twice a week to attend lessons with people from all over the world. The teachers are learning to teach English and want as much practice as possible. Lessons include lots of speaking and group and pair work and are lots of fun. In one night you can have up to 3 different teachers, so things are always interesting.

Always wondered what it would be like to row? Wonder no more. All you have to bring your enthusiasm and energy. Gentle Giant Rowing will provide the rest. In 4 weeks, you will be able to call yourself a rower. Lessons are twice a week for 4 weeks, beginning in June. The sessions for Learn to Row (LTR) are June 4 - June 27 July 9 - Aug 2 Aug 6 - Aug 29 You can choose to take classes on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30-7:00am or 6:00 - 7:30 pm. Please do not wear bagging clothing for rowing. You wil …

This is a group for learning more about treating disease and illness - no matter how severe or minor - with food and nutrition. My life has been improved incredibly by making nutritional changes to my diet. As I've learned more and more about nutrition and disease, I've discovered not only how much more there is to learn for me, but also I really wanted to share what I've learned already, and encourage this discussion to happen on a wider basis. And also of course, there are so many resources an …

This group is about getting together to learn and practice Irish Session Tunes, and to listen to Irish Music. I find learning tunes at sessions to be impossible, and while it is enjoyable to learn and play music at home, it would be fun to get together with others to play occasionally. I started this group to see if there are others like me. To start, we are meeting once a month to play tunes at a fairly slow tempo. Because the goal is to learn tunes and to practice playing with others I'm gue …

If you've ever wanted to learn how to take better photos, but you don't want to get bogged down with all the technical stuff, then you're going to love this. This unique meetup group is for you if: You own a camera (or smart phone with a camera) and you'd really like to use it more, but you're not really sure where to start and what to do. Maybe you've taken a photography workshop before or tried picking up one of those thick, boring books, but you quickly got overwhelmed and overloaded with th …

Startup Product, a movement for product excellence through cross-discipline collaboration and holistic product perspective. Startup Product welcomes everyone passionate about product excellence, regardless of title, industry, or stage of growth, to come together to share, learn and talk about what it really takes to produce products that people love and how to build sustainable businesses and revenue streams based on product excellence. Everyone is encouraged to contribute their point of view, w …

*The World Is Our Playground (TWIOP)* Would you like to be part of a meetup community where active, creative, fun and diverse people can get together and build lasting friendship?  Do you love to travel, snowboard, ski, try and learn new things? Want to cross something off your bucket list? If you like to get off the couch, have fun, meet new people and make new friends, go to free wine and craft beer tastings, try different cuisines, explore different parts of the globe and our own backyard the …

If you've ever wanted to confidently speak in front of an audience, and you'd like to sharpen your skills or become more confident at it, then you're going to like this. The purpose of this group is to provide a platform for you to develop your material and practice it in front of a live audience. By doing this, you will become more confident and comfortable when doing any kind of public speaking. You can be at any level of experience, and you're not limited to one type of presentation, as lo …

Fear and anxiety are in the way of doing many things in our life and it isn’t a pleasant experience for anyone. Join us through series of ongoing events and workshops to learn pioneering systems and self-help tools based on Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine that have consistently led many all over the world to true recovery, from fear, anxiety and trauma, not just coping for the rest of one's life. And do it in a way that is fast, safe and lasting, by following universal principles and under …

Meet other CMS professionals, aficianados, and neophytes who want to learn about current and best practices, state of the art, and current quality practices for these CMS and related system used in business, government, and academia for collaboration, website development, eCommerce, and simpler things like family websites, web galleries, and other social networking applications. Come to see demos, profiles, and assessments of the latest systems. Hear independent evaluations of the most popular …

Group description for meet up group Join award-winning photographer Rick Friedman for Boston Photo Meetups and learn how to create with your DSLR! This meet up group is open to all levels of photographers with a passion to learn how to create better images. Come and join in for one of his photo meetups, where we will explore the graphic and unique perspectives of the city. Learn how light and exposure can dramatically enhance your images. Rick leads a number of Location Lighting Workshops in the …