EIO is an international, collaborative organization developed by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.  Our aim is to flip the 96% failure rate of startup businesses upside-down on its head by providing emerging and established entrepreneurs with the know-how, training and development in a community of like-minded, high-performing peers. Free For Guests - Our Meetups are every Thursday! At ING Direct 466 Howe Street Vancouver from 7-9 PM.  Learn practical business take-aways while networking with ot …

Fair Trade Vancouver is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase awareness, availability, and sales of Fair Trade products in Metro Vancouver. By purchasing goods with the Fair Trade Certified logo, you support equality and contribute to empowering hardworking individuals and their families to build sustainable futures. Check our website: www.fairtradevancouver.ca

Run to End Poverty (R2EP) is a Canada-wide team of compassionate runners taking strides to end extreme poverty in Africa. With every dollar raised and kilometre logged, our runners are helping to connect the skills and ambition of our African Partners to real opportunity. http://runtoendpoverty.ca/

Effective communication is the key to success and happiness ... at home, work and play. Evergreen 973 Toastmasters Club is over 60 years old. We continue a fine tradition as a not-for-profit organization that helps those who wish to improve their public speaking skills. We also teach leadership and meeting management. Evergreen is people helping people in a safe, gentle atmosphere of practice and fun. Guests can drop by for free. When you become a Member of Evergreen 973, you automatically becom …

The Rotary Club of Vancouver is a leading service organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people in our community and around the world. Our membership includes business professionals from young entrepreneurs to seasoned enterprise-level business owners who enjoy the fellowship of working together on shared goals. Our club was established in 1913 and we will celebrate our centennial in 2013 with numerous special events and opportunities for community members and organisations to get invo …

Visit Declarations Toastmasters and see how our community club can help you enhance your self-confidence and build the speaking and leadership skills needed to achieve your goals. At our meeting, you will see how our warm, supportive atmosphere and self-directed programs enable our members to achieve their communications and leadership goals. You will also see how our collaborative approach and progressive programs enable our members to reach a level of excellence in speaking skills that is far …

Meditation has been proven to extend your life, create more happiness, increase inner peace, lower stress levels, increase mental clarity, reverse aging and resolve long-standing emotional problems, including fear, anxiety, depression, anger, and substance abuse! Meditation is being used as a cure for specific health related problems including ADD, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression. With nothing but bad news everywhere you turn (the economy, financial crisis, health scares), people are smoth …

This is a Slam-Banging, Sweat-Pouring, Aggression-Releasing, Sick-to-death-of-the-Spa-scene, for the repressed kick-boxer inside of us all. I developed this system before the fame of TaeBo and ran it for several years in the while attending university. It combines safe, proper kick-boxing movements to music, so you learn fast, while having fun. It works. I used the training to win a title bout (at age 40). I use Pilates and other core exercises in the cool down to minimize muscle soreness. When …

Speak up and speak out with Douglas Toastmasters! Come learn how to speak with confidence! Come learn how to listen attentively and to think critically! Come learn how to motivate others! Come learn how to be a dynamic leader! Come learn these skills and much much more in a fun and relaxed environment! At Douglas Toastmasters, members get a chance to develop their communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills by filling out various meeting roles, delivering prepared speeches, practicing im …

Welcome to the Headliners Toastmasters club. Our members include professional communicators, writers, marketers, fundraisers, PR specialists, agency owners, entrepreneurs, and more. Despite our diverse backgrounds, we share a common goal – to become more polished public speakers. We guarantee you’ll learn a lot. Everyone is welcome. Including you! We welcome anyone who wants to round out his or her professional toolkit and have a great time doing it! So drop in and check us out. You might even l …

Young, free, and single? This is your perfect chance to… Shine Your Inner Beauty! Shine Your Inner Light for Canada! Break the rotten portrayal of women found in today's media and society! This nation can be transformed when individuals undergo a positive transformation within themselves~! *The most beautiful person is someone who glows from the inside out.* ProModel is a non-profit, non-commercial, international organization based on Christian values, and our aim is to help young women develo …

Group 1: Singles Ready to Mingle Do you want to find a hunnie, by practicing saying something funny? Do you want to know you can talk good, when your dream of meeting someone good, comes true? Do you want to have some fun in the sun with your hun, or do you see someone cute, look in the other direction and run? Can you tolerate my dorky rhymes? Can you resist the urge to correct my incorrigibly, deliberately bad grammar? Can you giggle at my picture of the boy being chased by a chicken (great m …

Telespeakers Toastmasters Club is a registered club with Toastmasters International. We meet Friday mornings from 7:30-9am at "The Boot" (the Telus building) at Kingsway and Boundary in Burnaby. Our club is open to all people - you don't need to be an employee of Telus to join us!

This group is about the study and practice of the traditional martial arts of Bagua Zhang and Cha Chuan.  We meet and train in the freshness of the outdoors (but it's free) so come prepared. Our martial art deals with the combination of long, mid, and close quarters combat. It is mostly based on strikes, locks, and leading the redirection of forces. All of this is rooted in the agile and stable footwork (walking methods) of Bagua Zhang. These are the unique "trademarks" of our martial art. Ther …

We are a group of young, motivated people, just like you, who desire success. Together we form a fun, supportive global network of progressive, forward thinking young people who help each other develop the tools, experience and contacts needed to succeed – not only in business, but also in life. JCI is a worldwide community of young active citizens ages 18-40 who share the belief that in order to create positive change, we must take collective action to improve ourselves and the world around us. …

Win that job interview? Ignite your career? Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. Our membership is 280,000 strong. These members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 13,500 clubs in 116 countries that make up our global network of meeting locations. Membership in Toastmasters is one of the greatest investments you can make in yourself. At $36 every six months, it is also one of the most cost-effective skill-buil …

`The arc of history is long, but it bends towards JUSTICE,' Martin Luther King Jr. Extraordinary defined as: Very unusual or remarkable. Unusually great. Synonyms uncommon - unusual - singular - remarkable - exceptional. This group is for EXTRAordinary Toastmasters Each of us can aspire and actualize becoming an EXTRAordinary toastmaster. Speaking, leading, acting and achieving at or near your peak potential is truly one of the most beautiful things in the world. We can speak, lead, achieve and …

If you want to talk with native speakers to learn a new language, improve your language skills, or are simply eager to discover new cultures, you have found the right place!. The goal of the Vancouver Newcomers and Immigrants is to connect local people and people who have come to Canada from other countries in order to help them understand each other's culture and languages while developing new friendships. Whether you are someone fond of foreign languages, a student, a recent immigrant, an empl …

http://transmediavancouver.com As part of the international community of transmedia meetups, Transmedia Vancouver is dedicated to growing and nurturing the community of transmedia developers in Vancouver. Through guest speakers, classes, and networking events, we want to bring together people from across the map of content creation—filmmakers, digital producers, game developers, writers, marketers, documentarians, and more. Content and storytelling is a converging field, and we want to help crea …

Speaking with CONFIDENCE Effective communication is essential in today's society. Failing to communicate effectively can have a negative impact on your career and personal growth, as well as your personal and social relationship with other people. This is WHY you want to join Rich-Del Toastmasters club. Take the first step to join the Rich-Del Toastmasters meetup, it is FREE to join the meetup. http://3767.toastmastersclubs.org/ Our club mission is to help people to improve the skills of speaki …

This group is for anyone interested in learning better communication and leadership skills in a friendly, fun-filled meeting format where people can practice public speaking in a safe environment. Open to everyone!

Artists for Conservation Vancouver Meetup Group Do you have an appreciation for art, care about nature or enjoy being part of a bigger cause? Artists for Conservation does and has become the world's leading non-profit artist group supporting the environment. By joining the AFC Meetup Group you will be invited to meet local and international artists, learn about art and conservation, attend special events, and participate in environmental education through art that celebrates our natural herita …

Should it be such a struggle to get results? Have you ever wanted something in your life so bad you could almost taste it and then struggled in frustration until you just gave up? Most people struggle to achieve their goals because their brain has been trained to achieve the results they are currently getting. The fact is we are hard wired to avoid pain and seek pleasure. The problem with this is that we start out at the mercy of our teachers! The cool thing is that we have developed a BRAIN TRA …

Citii Vancouver is an active think tank, but we're also drinking buddies, film buffs, and music lovers. We're a supportive group of friends focused on changing the world and would love for you to join us. Our members have worked with organizations from IBM to the UN, we consult with world leaders, run workshops for citizens, and research, review, and publish the world's best practices to ensure all mankind benefits from the enlightenment our digital age provides. We work hard and this group is t …

Seymour Speakers Toastmasters is Vancouver's ONLY high-energy morning Toastmasters club! We strive in providing: *A friendly, encouraging and enthusiastic atmosphere *Continued education through evaluations and leadership opportunities *Supportive relationships through mentorship Seymour Speakers is a dynamic and exciting downtown Vancouver Toastmasters morning club that prides itself on its sense of humour and energy. You'll find bankers, realtors, marketing executives, life coaches, entreprene …