Meet with other local people who suffer from shyness or social anxiety. Offer support and understanding and share your story with others. Learn and practice the skills it takes to over come your challenges not just with society but all so yourself. Have fun with nonjudgementel people in a relax setting. Our meet ups are to help people make friends, practice social skills, and have fun while doing both.

We are a group of Jersey City Moms with children ranging from newborn to the age of 6. Some of us stay at home, while others work full or part time. We live in all areas of Jersey City, with most of our members and events occurring in the downtown area. We like to get together for play dates and outings of all types, moms-only events, book clubs, family events and anything else that we find interesting. We are an *active* group and expect all of our members to be active participants. While we do …

Whether you are just starting out in the world of business or are working on business number one-hundred, the New York Entrepreneurs & Funding Network's goal is to help you get clients, potential partners and investors. You are here because you know this is the best time to start your own business.  Established in 2013, New York Entrepreneurs & Funding Network is an organization serving the startup/small business community of the greater New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania area. New York Ent …

NYC PICKUP SOCCER-“Say Goodbye To League Fees” OUR PROMISE: We will provide high quality Soccer tournaments, NYC PICKUP Soccer games, and yearly NYC World Cup; without the high cost!!! Making a difference: We donate the proceeds from the winning teams to charity, and make yearly donations to schools. (NYC Pickup Soccer, make these donations.) It is possible to give without charging hundreds of dollars for a few kick of the ball. We will use futbol as a symbol of hope and integration, by hostin …

Let us gather together to illuminate the path to POSOG. This group is for employees of Meetup HQ only.

Hey moms & dads of New Jersey! Meet other parents who want to make friends for their young children and themselves.  Moms & Dads with children under the age of 5 comprise most of our members, including many new & expecting moms.  Most of our meetups take place both weekdays & weekends. Some of the communities in which we meet in and around are Weehawken, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fort Lee, Englewood, Paramus, Fair Lawn, Westwood, Tenafly, Secaucus, and Rutherford. We have between 8-12 events a …

We are a friendly, intermediate to advanced group. What you will find here is a really good run, with some skilled and friendly players. We are an advanced or intermediate group (some high school or college level play is expected). Our games are all year round (yes, even in the snow). We keep fees low and charge only $4.00/per game as we are are committed to providing NYC soccer players with a reliable, organized, affordable, NYC Parks Department permitted, convenient place to play the beautiful …

We're the only running group that always runs together as a group. What's the point of joining a running group if you end up running alone? We'll run together to warm up, and then we do running drills together as a group to become better runners. Get Revved Up! New Year New You! Right now is when people gain the most weight and get out of shape. The Tough Get Going! Stay Motivated Or You'll Gain 10 Pounds Of Fat! The New York City Runners Group keeps you motivated to run and to ke …

A group for those using or interested in Apache Hadoop, related projects, and big data in general.

Twice recognized by the New York Times, SALSA NEW YORK dance company brings spice to NYC by offering classes and social mixers to New Yorkers in practicing Salsa, Bachata, Shines, Lady's Styling, Body movement !    Please click the calendar, you will see the level and location of the class.

We are a Co-Ed pick up soccer group / league that play soccer for FUN! Our games are outdoors and we play our hometown Long Island City (1 Stop / 3 min from Grand Central), Brooklyn & Manhattan. Beginners, intermediate, & advanced players are all invited to come play. Why play with us: Each session consists of THREE, 25-30 minute games with a break after each game. Teammates are highly supportive & everyone gets involved in play. Play is at a good level, but not too competitive. No rough play …

Because we are smart enough to know how to have fun through unique events! So what are people saying about the New York Brainiacs? "Wow, that event looks AMAZING!", "Oh my, I have never heard of that kind of event before!", "Where do you come up with these ideas, they are incredible" We get together for fun and unique events including lectures, educational events, nature and historical walks, visiting museums, art galleries, cooking classes, festivals, wine tastings, music, social mixers, hi …

HIKING HIKING HIKING!!! HIKING HIKING HIKING!!! HIKING HIKING HIKING!!! NYC Hiking Group NYC Hiking Club Free hiking group Catskill Hiking Calling all New York / Hudson Valley outdoor / WE ARE THE MOST ACTIVE GROUP IN THE COUNTRY! HIKING enthusiasts!!! The purpose of this group is to bring people together. People who like being outside, hiking, backpacking, camping, kayaking, cycling, mountaineering, rock / ice climbing, caving, etc. I am open to most all outdoor activities. This is an extreme …

Gainfully Unemployed is a group of people who lost their jobs but not their lives. This group consists of people who proactively enrich their lives with knowledge, experiences, action, and just plain fun.  Learn more about us here:  http://vimeo.com/39087073 Gainfully Unemployeds seek jobs, company, events and resources. In this group, we share ideas about resumes, interview tips, employment opportunities and free to low cost activities around the city. Since we all live productive lives there i …

The Dashing Whippets Running Team is a New York based running team that is founded on, and driven by, the diversity of our team members. With team members from all over the city, the country and the world, and with greatly different running goals, we find unity in recognizing and appreciating each others differences and our mutual enjoyment of running and participating in the New York running community and beyond. Our goal is to help each other become the best runners that we can and to fulfill …

An opportunity for Product Managers, Strategists,etc., to come together to meet, interact, and network. The ideal environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a peer to peer basis.

A group to discuss machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, knowledge representation, and artificial intelligence. Meetings will cover research papers and algorithms in the field. We'll also try to occasionally bring in a speaker to talk about their work.

A redditor is a member of www.reddit.com Public Mirror of the events so you don't have to sign up to meetup: http://www.reddit.com/r/nycmeetups/ Just a bunch of geeks and nerds hanging out. We do not care if you are a redditor or not, but it helps. We have meetups every week and other random events organized by other nerds like you! Join our mailing list:  http://groups.google.com/group/reddit-nyc Join the IRC Chat room!: server: chat.freenode.net  room:#/r/nyc This group is not a platform fo …

The mission of this group is exactly what the name implies, we want to provide good company and a positive atmosphere to experience those things that- for whatever reason- you either weren't able to do before or don't get to do often enough. To work toward that, we try to offer a wide variety of things for you to do with us. We try to cater to the interests of as many people as possible. But we are few and you are many, and this means to do what we want as well as possible, we need your help. Fe …

Enjoying the city after work hours. Seeing and doing an unlimited amount of events , Happy Hour, Museums, Plays, Volunteering, Outdoor and Walks through out the most amazing city. We also have weekend volunteer projects, Dining in NYC, Happy Hours, Wine Bars and Weekday and Weekend Events. A new group with an exciting adventure ahead. Evening & Weekends with New York City!

Wanna get out of the house? Wanna meet and make new friends? Wanna try out a new cuisine that you’ve always wanna try? Wanna escape the concrete jungle and go explore a new place that you have never been to? Wanna have some fun? Wanna explore all that life has to offer? Wanna take in a cultural event? Wanna check off items on your Bucket List? If you answer YES, well, then you’re in luck! You’ve come to the right place! Who We Are: We are a group of FUN, FRIENDLY and FEARLESS New Yorkers who are …

Come party and dance yourself into shape. It's the most fun work out possible! Our classes meet six days a week.

Data is all the rage these days, often presented as the next big trend in the evolution of the Web, and the next big opportunity for internet entrepreneurs. This Meetup focuses on the business aspects of the data revolution: startup opportunities, new products, business models, funding trends, emerging players, and ways for existing startups to leverage their data. Technical aspects will also occasionally be discussed, but attendees do not need to have a technical background. While hosted at Blo …

We offer access to FREE advanced movie screenings before the movie release date! FREE tickets to classical concerts at Carnegie Hall/Lincoln Center, FREE celebrity events, Broadway shows, red carpet movie premieres, and even FREE food perks in New York City. This is a great movie / theater group for all ages, singles, couples, family, black, white, hispanic, asian, gay, straight, nerds, models, actors, hippies, bankers, expatriates, socialites, all lifestyles-as long as you are a movie fanatic, …

Do you want to practice a foreign language and have the opportunity for a real language and cultural exchange? We are a group of people that get together to practice and work on languages! Join us at our weekly language exchange meetings to brush up on a foreign language and learn something completely new about another culture! Our members split into smaller practice groups to improve their French, Italian, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and many other languages …

I decided to start this Meetup group because more and more of the business networking events in the city are charging. Business is business, but this is a group for business professionals who want to network without paying. Entrepreneurs, business owners, professionals, freelancers, recent grads, and anyone looking to connect about business should join.

Flyy Girls NYC is a group for women (20s & 30's+) who simply want to get together with other girls to have fun, laugh, and of course...be Flyy. Our goal is for each young woman to join this group and make real honest friendships with others. I want this group to represent a type of sisterhood where we support one another in our lives, dreams and struggles We will enjoy night and day parties, brunches, dinners, museums, shopping adventures, networking, photoshoots, out of town trips, community se …

Do you live, work, play or volunteer in the Harlem area? Maybe curious to find out what social and community activities are taking place uptown? The HarlemGo Meetup Group is dedicated to getting together offline to take in some of the social options available in Greater Harlem (East, Central, West), as well as to participate in the various volunteer opportunities in the community. If you're new in town, new to the city, looking to meet new friends or people, or just curious about the things to d …