What Topics? Java & JEE, Design & DDD, OpenSource.NET, Ajax & RIA, Cloud&Grid, SOA What kind of events? We organise free evening events, which we call In-the-Brain Sessions, through these sessions we hope to give you the opportunity to have a peek in the brain of Technology creators and industry thinkers, shakers and movers! We host various User Group meetings, enabling the community to meet up in our fully equiped premises and share skills and ideas, for example, the London JAVAWUG and .NET Use …

London Songwriters is a non-profit group dedicated to the joy of songwriting and the development of the craft. Membership is free and open to songwriters / composers / lyricists - of all levels of musical skill, style, and songwriting experience - within reach of the capital. We usually meet on a Sunday afternoon once a month in Central London to collaborate, network, share our songs, exchange critical feedback, and make new like-minded friends. There is a nominal charge to cover costs, such as …

FULL DISCLOSURE: Night School is a space for individuals seeking to live a greater level of fulfilment in their lifestyle and experience, through the development of a greater relationship with themselves, the world and of course, their lovers. This place is an opportunity to explore working avenues and techniques to create a greater level of happiness in your life. The main focus of this group, is heterosexual relationships plain and simple. This means, relationships with sexual partners but als …

ProductCamp is a great opportunity to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Brand/Product Management, Marketing, and Development processes in London! At ProductCamp, everyone participates: by presenting, leading discussions, helping with logistics, securing sponsorships, or volunteering. Everyone interested in improving their ability to conceive, build, manage, and market brands or products is welcome. Everyone brings different experiences and leveraging that colle …

Being dyslexic can mean both challenges and opportunities when establishing and maintaining a successful career. In a study conducted by Professor Logan from Cass Business School it was "found that dyslexic people display better skills in oral communication and problem-solving. They are also likely to be better at managing staff, having developed delegation skills in order to cope with their conditions." (http://bit.ly/mU4HAC) It is also noted "People with dyslexia start their own businesses so …

If you’re looking for an informal meet-up to talk about user-centred research, you’ve come to the right place. At The Research Thing you’ll be able to meet others who share your interest to exchange tips, tricks and horror stories. Your evening will be jam-packed with everything from the tools and techniques for bringing users into design, to analysis, deliverables and presentation skills. You can look forward to workshops, activities and talks by those who want to share their experiences. There …

Bonjour à tous ! This group is ideal for anybody wishing to practice and improve their French with a trained teacher in a friendly atmosphere. I am a French native speaker working in publishing in London, with a PhD in French literature from "La Sorbonne" in Paris. I am a fun, reliable and warm person and have many years experience of teaching/interacting with people of all ages and all levels eager to improve their French. I know how difficult it is to practice a foreign language and that is wh …

Future Manufacturing is for anyone interested in applying new technologies to making physical products. By bringing together people with artisanal, digital manufacturing and creative design skills, the group exists to support collaboration between designers, makers, coders and traditional crafts(wo)men. Crowd funding, cheap technology, and open source/networked collaboration have revolutionised digital creativity and created a whole ecosystem of start-ups and digital cottage industries. Now 3D- …

The new Speedy Spanish intercambio event is now open for sign ups! Speedy Spanish is a language exchange event that uses a speed dating format to allow you to practise and improve your Spanish language skills with native speakers in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. If you have ever been speed dating you will know that the conversations can get a bit repetitive. You say and listen to the same things over and over. If you have ever tried to practise Spanish outside the classroom you will know that …

We have introduced a membership fee. It' s a one-off payment of £10 only. Event promoters, language, music, dance and fitness teachers don't need to pay any membership fee. They only need to suggest meetups for our groups. The same membership fee covers: The Fitness Club Donatello Club Walking London Let's jam The Salsa Club Do you want to improve your language skills and have fun at the same time? We want and need active members only. Please do not join our group if you do not intend to be an …

Hello This social event's Meetup is designed to improve your conversation skills in French. The goal is to talk in French going out in a pub, meeting people and make new friends. Socialising is very important, it makes you able to exchange your language skills, share common interests for French culture, the country itself and of course the French language by always speaking or at least trying to speak French and improving it. basic beginners, intermediate, upper intermediate or event almost flue …

The Idea behind Project Startup is to create a Startup and in the process learn about starting and running a company through the sharing and exchange of skills. Just as with the London Skills Exchange, we aim to bring together talented people who can mutually benefit from each other's experience. The Project: The Startup is iToucan Help, based on iToucan Talk (Pronounced "I too can talk") a free Android Phone and tablet app which helps Autistic Children and others with communication difficulties …

The Group: We meet several times a month in a central London location (pub, park, coffee shop) to practice speaking French and English in a relaxed atmosphere, and also to meet people and make new friends. We request for those wishing to join to already be fluent or advanced in either English or French.  (It is important that all members share the "knowledge" of the language they are fluent or advanced in to create a fair exchange for everyone.) We expect members to have at the very least a pre …

Do you want to improve your English and meet new people? English Language Exchange is for people who want to improve their with English native speakers  and meet other people who want to do the same. Native English Speaker? This group is a great opportunity to meet interesting people from all over the world and enjoy a cultural exchange! All nationalities are welcome, and your English level is not important - you will not be alone! English Language Exchange meetups aim to improve your listenin …

The Love Hub is the perfect place for singles who'd like to: meet other spiritual singles more consciously learn more about dating, attraction and relationship experience more confidence, success and fun around dating gain communication skills relax and have fun with others through our fun bonding games learn how to ask someone for a date and to say no to a date compassionately learn to overcome the fear of dating design their own relationship vision Through connection exercises we offer our m …

(Goal) Do you want to improve your French? (Immersion) Have you considered an immersion program or somehow you haven't quite had the chance to spend the time and money for a few weeks in France? (Social) Do you want to make friends while you learn French? This group has been created to give you the full immersive experience. All our meetups are entirely in French and we have a team of native speakers and language teachers. (Drink) We organise pub and bar meetups and chat entirely in French. (Out …

Do you have an idea for a new Book, Movie or Product but lack the fund to get the idea off the ground?.. How about turning your idea into a Kickstarter Project? Kickstarter is a great way for people with ideas for a real life product such as a Book, Movie, Computer Game, Consumer Product, etc to get to market. You create a web page that tells people what your idea is, tell them how much money you need to make the idea become reality and they pledge money to help make it happen. If the pledge rea …

Sundays are boring ... Well not anymore .. if you're Young, Free & Single .. Then come out to play in London The idea is simple - set a time and place to get together in central London every Sunday for drinks, perhaps Sunday Lunch and meet and chat with like minded and friendly people. Our group is aimed at people that are friendly, and love good conversation. If you're new to London and looking to meet new people, or even brush up on your English Language Conversation Skills then this is the gr …

iStartup is here to help you accelerate your startup, whatever stage you are at by sharing the expertise, experience & resources of all of our members. We want to build a strong community which helps each other and as well as great networking opportunities, over time we plan to cover all the knowledge & skills you will need to help turn your startup ideas into reality. Our networking events & workshops have inspirational speakers who are either practising experts or experienced entrepreneurs, a …

(Goal) Do you want to learn/improve your Chinese (Mandarin)? (Immersion) Have you considered an immersion program or somehow you haven't quite had the chance to spend the time and money for a few weeks in China? (Social) Do you want to make friends while you learn Chinese? This group has been created to give you the full immersive experience. All our meetups are in as much Chinese as possible and we have a team of native speakers and language teachers. (Drink) We organise pub and bar meetups and …

Connecting people so that they can collaborate and work together in the future. Providing a place for newer coaches to seek support Exchanging coaching skills and experiences Develop new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching Develop ideas that will support the discipline of coaching Having fun, sharing and collaboration The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, ScrumMasters, anybody with potential to be coaches, good ScrumMasters. Please feel fr …

Let's get together to make a group of friends, exchange language skills (Italian, Spanish, whatever), go to movies, have dinner or simply some drinks... well, the group will become whatever we make it, all together.

About The Communication Development Group We develop and nurture communication skills for better business and relationships. By running practical workshops, we improve your connection and presence with other people. We uncover your full potential as a great communicator, which will enrich all areas of your professional and personal lives. Our unique three-pronged approach delivers creative, psychological, physical and practical communication strategies. Our holistic way of working engages and …

Tomodachi Society is a Thursday weekly social event . This conversational event at a Duke of York (Downstairs Lounge) 8 Dering Street London W1S 1AF pub's function room is for people who speak English or Japanese language as their main language and wish to improve their skills of Japanese or English language, make new friends and learn about the culture. There is no background music playing or tv. Our intention is to offer opportunities for Japanese and English speaking people to improve their …

The Institute of Executives & Business Owners is the quickest way to the right people – the decision makers who purchase your products and services. Executive groups are true referral networks. They are structured so members promote their business and take note of each others’ weekly referral requests. In this fashion, members actively identify profitable prospects for one another. The referral exchange has produced exceptional sales results for over the years. With weekly one-on-one meetings, m …