I will coach you and two other bloggers about WordPress in 90-minute workshops held at Blenz on Broadway at Heather in Vancouver. 1st Tuesday: Getting Started; 2nd Tuesday: Plugins and Widgets; 3rd Tuesday: Search Engine Optimization: 4th Tuesday: Social Media and Feeds.

If you're an internet marketer (or want to be one), come join us for discussions about building a web business, social media, affiliate marketing, & more! A great opportunity to network with like minded people and learn from experts in their field.

We get together to read books and discuss political issues. We focus on Canadian law & history, Austrian economics (Menger, Mises) and how to achieve personal freedom. The Blog The Libertarian Book Club blog is updated on a regular basis. The blog will give you an idea of the topics we discuss as well as the books we read. Topics Drug legalisation Non-interventionism Money, banking and Austrian economics Freedom of speech Gun rights Civil disobedience Books For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbar …

Welcome to The Social Media Challenge with Jonathan Christian - Where we do our best to answer one simple question: How does Social Media work for business? If you‘re in business you‘ve been told you "have" to be on Facebook…you‘ve "got" to be on Twitter…or at least on LinkedIn – not to mention YouTube, Google +, Pinterest, Digg, and on it goes.... And, if you‘re like most of the business people we work with, you may not even "want" to be on any of these sites. You don‘t want to hear that someo …

Ecoutearth is a combination of mindfulness, ecopsychology, and expressive arts. Mindfulness is a practice of bringing our awareness into the present moment. When we add ecopsychology to mindfulness it becomes a practice of noticing our own experience as well as the experience of the environment around us. When we add expressive arts it brings in a new way of relating by studying and becoming present through experiential action. Ecoutearth (ecoute = listen / earth) is about spending time in natur …

Meet other Vancouver users of WordPress, the Web's best dynamic content management system. Whether you're an absolute beginner learning the ropes or a power user blogging daily, you are welcome to come out to exchange ideas, network with each other, and have a good time.

We are a fun, friendly group open to parents with babies and young children, primarily age 0-5 who live in or around the Tri-Cities area (Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam). We host a variety of events such as book club, dinner and a movie, potlucks, bowling night, coffee and yoga, mommy & baby coffees and play dates. We also post community activities and special events on our calendar to keep members informed about what programs are available. Use our message board to get or give advice, …

Our Mission Embrace Health Our Vision To build a community of health professionals from both Eastern & Western backgrounds, who through monthly networking events, including educational seminars, can build a referral network whose main interest is better patient outcomes. Who Should Join? Anyone interested in improving their own or their patients' health. What can I expect at your MeetUp? Our meetups are a work in progress and we continually strive to improve them. However, currently an evenin …

Affiliate Summit is bringing together affiliate marketers in Vancouver, Canada who are regular attendees of Affiliate Summit events. If you are interested in affiliate marketing, business strategy, blogging or social media, this is a great group for you to join. Come meet some performance marketers!

The number of ExpressionEngine users is growing rapidly, and Vancouver has been a leading community of EE development for several years. The purpose of this group is to share knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for Expression Engine. I'd suggest the format might include some informal 'show n tell' presentations where members can demonstrate how they have used ExpressionEngine to meet their needs. Anyone who develops websites using ExpressionEngine should definitely join this group. Those curious ab …

Looking for new reading ideas? Have favorites to share? The Guildford Book Chat is a drop-in book club that gives you a chance to share the books you are passionate about. You will also have the chance to get new reading ideas from other book lovers. Open to all ages and genres, bring what you are reading or a book you have loved and join us for coffee, treats and a casual chat. Second Tuesday of every month, 7-8pm at the Guildford Branch of Surrey Libraries. 15105 - 105th Avenue Surrey, BC Chec …

This group is for everyone who is interested in the Klingon language, as portrayed in Star Trek movies and television episodes. It is totally non-profit, with no membership fees and free personal instruction. We just want to learn and practice tlhIngan Hol. Every meeting has a theme and things to practise and role-playing so you will pick it up very quickly. We don't encourage sitting back and observing, You WILL be speaking it from day one in a supportive, positive, and FUN atmosphere! Our mee …

This is a hands on, step by step, online marketing workshop for Moms who want to establish their business online. From Keyword research, analyze target marketing, Wordpress website set up, SEO, SEM, Analytics, Social media, blogging, and more... We are here to grow your business. We give you exactly what you need to grow your business online. If you are a mom who ( no offense, you need to be a mom ) 1 ) has a business or want to start one 2 ) likes to learn about internet marketing 3 ) wants to …

We are a group that meets to discuss rationality: how to believe true things, and how to accomplish your goals. We have lively discussions and skill-shares on a variety of topics relating to rationality. Our mailing list:  https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/vancouver-rationalists Awesome rationality blogs: http://lesswrong.com http://overcomingbias.com

Video is the future, replacing website text, blogs, corporate meetings, and even emails! This group is for entrepreneurs and executives who want to make web video work for them. Overcome the fear, get the know how, create the content and network with similar people going through the same thing!

The goal of this Meetup is to share ideas and help each other become better traders. If you have a trading idea that you would like to present, please send me an email with your presentation at least a couple of weeks before the Meetup that you would like to present at. All levels of traders are welcome, and as many successful traders may testify, there's always something that can be learned from sharing and teaching, too. Just be mindful that trading is a commitment and isn't for those who ar …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Empower by Design is a Meetup group for women in business. It's about creating a community that helps brings fresh perspectives, lively discussion and empowering ideas to your business challenges. Facilitated by DeAnn, a graphic designer and digital marketer, and Kristi, an internet strategist and business systems developer, both these women bring a wealth of professional experience and insights to help you simplify the overwhelming amount of technical, marketing, web and branding information ou …

This is a Vancouver Urban Sketchers group going based on urbansketchers.org which is an international nonprofit organization to bring urban sketchers from all over the world together in real life and online. Please note: All levels of experience (yes, that includes none!) are welcome. No judgment, no criticism. We only give positive feedback, tips and encouragement. Every drawing is unique. This is not a class, but we can learn from one another. The concept for this group is simple: We get tog …

New to Vancouver? Or just want to discuss great books with like minded friends? This group was started because there's nothing better than sharing a great book. Come to laugh, have fun and exchange stories over a glass or two! From the humble beginnings of a few avid readers meeting once a month in London in 2008, The Girly Book Club network now extends around the world and would be delighted to welcome you, wherever you are! Join us in Denver, Colorado Join us in Wellington, New Zealand Join us …

The goal of this Meetup is to share ideas and help each other become better traders. If you have a trading idea that you would like to present, please send me an email with your presentation at least a couple of weeks before the Meetup that you would like to present at. All levels of traders are welcome, and as many successful traders may testify, there's always something that can be learned from sharing and teaching, too. Just be mindful that trading is a commitment and isn't for those who ar …

Vancouver, BC Tantra ~ Tantric Arts of Love Tantric Arts of Love is an Authentic Tantric Sexual Education Center offering Professional Tantric Instruction, Tantric Events, Personal Coaching, and Seminars. We offer high-quality, authentic Tantric sexual and non-sexual practices, to improve physical health, intimate relationships, and personal enrichment. Our Tantric teachings come from a 2,600 year old lineage, and are the most authentic, powerful, and ancient Tantric sexual and NON-sexual tea …

We are s a group for anybody who is or wants to be a Wordpress user without the need for code programming or sophisticated graphic design. It is a group of Wordpress users, not developers and what we want is very simple – we want to be able to put up attention grabbing, traffic sucking sites using Wordpress without going deep into PHP, function calls, loops, API's, codexes and associated craziness. We believe that Wordpress' real strength is in the ability to create an incredible website withou …

If you are a small business owner who wants to get the most out of their WordPress-powered website without getting into all the techie details then this group is for you. We're a friendly group of small business owners who use WordPress  to create simple website designs that help you attract more customers and convey your message to your online users and customers. Join us and connect with solopreneurs and small business owners. What we'll talk about: Setting Up Your WordPress site Integrating …

Empower by Design is a MeetUp group for women in business. It's about creating a community that helps brings fresh perspectives, lively discussion and empowering ideas to your business challenges through brainstorming and knowledgeable speakers. Facilitated by DeAnn, a graphic designer and digital marketer, and Kristi, an internet strategist and business systems developer, both these women bring a wealth of professional experience and insights to help you simplify the overwhelming amount of tec …

Outside the Box is a forum for industrial and interior designers, artisans, furniture makers, manufacturers, builders, architects and anyone interested in or involved in the wood products industry (broadly defined) to meet, share ideas, and identify gaps in the market and possibilities for new product development and innovation. Our goal is to let users and makers of products interact and explore opportunities in a casual, relaxed atmosphere that encourages creative ideas and fosters new partner …

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Meet other Vancouver users of Joomla, the Web's grate dynamic content management system (CMS). Whether you're an absolute beginner learning the ropes or a power user blogging daily, or making professional web sites with Joomla, you are welcome to come out to exchange ideas, network with each other, and have a good time. We will try to learn from each other and have few training sessions on any Joomla topic included: Templates, Modules, Components, Development, Structure and lot more. VanJoomla. …