The University of the Commons offers university-level classes in San Francisco, free of charge, for all who wish to attend. We encourage new faculty, students, and the community to participate by taking a class, proposing a class you can teach, or attending a meeting of the collective. For additional information, see UOTC.org. The commons: What we share. Creations of nature and culture that belong to all of us equally. Who are we? The University of the Commons is a collective of teachers, artist …

BAASICS (Bay Area Art & Science Interdisciplinary Collaborative Sessions) is a series of San Francisco-based evening programs that bring together working artists, scientists, and other creative individuals to present engaging, multi-media programs that explore a given theme. In the United States, the contemporary fine arts and sciences are generally set apart from popular discourse, and despite much talk of commonality between artists and scientists, there is little substantive dialogue between …

Toastmasters International (TI) is a nonprofit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Through its thousands of member clubs, Toastmasters International offers a program of communication and leadership projects designed to help people learn the arts of speaking, listening, and thinking. We meet at the Hult International Business School every Thursday. Come join us to practice you …

This is a free, open group for those who are interested in working together to make things happen! This group is a Mastermind group based on the concept described in Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich.  It's a group of likeminded people who meet frequently and work together to achieve our goals.   You should join this mastermind group if you: Are an entrepreneur, artist, or freelancer, or otherwise are doing something cool in this world that is self-directed Have a definite, concrete g …

The Drug Users Union is an international organization dedicated to the development of leadership and civic engagement/activism in drug using communities worldwide. The so-called War on Drugs has caused far more harm than it has prevented--not only to drug users, but indeed, to society as a whole. The stigma created by WoD propaganda serves only to demonize drug users, transforming us into one of the most unfairly scapegoated communities in the world. When we internalize this manufactured stigma, …

Social Media Marketing, Monitoring and Engagement, San Francisco will bring together leading marketing experts, brands, agencies and journalists for educational and network events in San Francisco. This group is for: PR & Communications Managers Marketing Strategists & Directors Social Media Experts Bloggers & Journalists. Here is a video of our of out events.

SF ART FORUM {MEDIA+TECH} San Francisco Art Forum {MEDIA+TECH} is an open resource for SF Bay Area visual artists. Connect with innovative art professionals, art enthusiasts and possible buyers. We promote local and national artists' body of work through our social media channels and industry connections. We provide educational resources and host social media+tech events with art & visuals emphasis in the San Francisco Bay Area. Services include: educational tools (arts & tech), crowd funding r …

For anyone associated with elementary and primary school education. Whether you teach, help, tutor, studying to teach or other. Lets get together for coffee. I suggest a first meetup at Crossroads in South Beach (SOMA). Nice area. Good transport options. Time and date to be arranged once we have a few people interested.

Are you ready to speak before groups with confidence? Are you seeking a place to grow your leadership skills? Is English your second language and you would like to be more confident when speaking? We are a friendly group of professionals who support each other in building our public speaking and leadership skills under the Toastmasters umbrella. We meet weekly. Members take turns giving speeches, providing feedback on member's speeches, leading the meetings and practicing impromptu speaking. Ou …

We're a group of sex workers, clients, taxpayers, freedom lovers, and people from all walks of life working together to stop the immoral, wasteful, and futile practice of arresting and prosecuting consensual sexual acts. Thank you to everyone who helped work to pass Proposition K on the November 2008 ballot here in San Francisco to decriminalize prostitution! While we were unsuccessful this time, we did receive over 41% of the vote, and served notice once again that our movement is not going awa …

This group was created to assist bay area locals in learning more from each other. We facilitate small in person classes everyday for groups of 10-20 on all sorts of awesome subjects like  film, photography, graphic design,  cooking, business and technology subjects like programming. We will be holding classes, as well as professional networking mixers in the south bay, and soma Citizen Space locations. What is Citizen Space? We take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creati …

San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation (sf.citi) is a 501(c)6 organization created to leverage the power of the technology community around civic action in San Francisco. sf.citi supports innovative policies and works collaboratively with government to find new solutions to historic problems facing San Francisco, and consolidate a voice in promotion of tech sector interests and growth. We actively engage our membership’s employees to focus on substantive issues, and to d …

A lot of good work is being done from within the Bay Area to address global development issues. This Group serves as a space where those involved in and dedicated to this work can commune, share and socialize.

The mission of Passive House California is to educate the public about the Passive House building performance standard to help create healthy, comfortable, durable, energy- and resource-efficient buildings and communities.

We Are Change is a citizens based grassroots peace and social justice movement working to reveal the truth behind the events of September 11th, as well as the lies of the government and corporate elite who remain suspect in this crime. In addition, we are here to aid the sick and dying first responders through fundraising and social outreach programs in order to promote awareness of those who suffer from physical, emotional, and psychological traumas they received in the aftermath of 9-11. We …

Mixed Roots Meetups are casual social gatherings that are local and global depending on the location individuals decide to meet which can include colleges campuses, local restaurants, private homes and/or any other public venue where people collectively come together as a united group. The goal of a Mixed Roots Meetup is to allow individuals from all different backgrounds who have been touched by adoption, who have a mixed roots experience, and/or for those who just want to support the cause to …

This is a group for anyone interested in traditional asian arts and culture. We are offering free educational workshops, and doing volunteer work in the community. The organization seeks to assist the American public to better understand and appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Asia. Its ultimate goal is to improve the lives of the public through arts and cross-cultural understanding.

For those of us who didn't go into academics in the humanities but wonder what it's like to teach a class, this Meetup is a chance to explore that road untraveled. Here's the idea: every month (or week?), one member makes up a syllabus for a class -- you know, like the ones we got in college, with the title of the course, a brief description, a reading list, an outline of the course's structure, maybe even the titles of individual lectures, etc. Print it out, make copies, distribute it at the me …

The purpose of the SF Chapter of the Passive House Alliance is to Share information and provide continuing Passive House (Passivhaus) technical education amongst Bay Area and SF Passive House Consultants and interested professionals; Support the adoption of the Passive House standard in the United States both publicly and municipally through high quality research, education and implementation; Serve as a resource for building owners, developers and building professionals investigating the use o …

What are the problems that every game developer has? At this point they've almost become a cliche: Acquisition, Retention and Monetization. Every game developer from the solo indie to the mammoth public company needs more players, to keep those players, and to monetize those players. There are literally hundreds of companies that are founded to help developers address these challenges in one way or another. So why is it still so hard? I believe it's an education problem, and I've founded this gr …

This is a group created to bring together local (and not so local) forensic scientists in all forensic disciplines and aficionados of forensic science and crime scene/incident investigation. Let's get together and socialize, talk about interesting (closed) cases and approaches to forensic investigations. Sharing our knowledge will make us better professionals and the members of the public better educated to consider evidence and testimony.