Are you a Hootsuite lover? Has Hootsuite changed the game on your social media experience? OR....... Have you heard of Hootsuite but have no idea how it works or why it matters to your social media use? No matter what your experience is....... We are going to PARTY at great locations in Austin while I show you how to leverage Hootsuite to grow your social media influence, your blog, or your business! There will be super awesome Hootsuite giveaways including cool swag and, for some really lucky …

The Austin Quantified Self Meetup is inspired by the Bay Area Quantified Self Meetup and the Quantified Self blog. It is a regular show-and-tell for people who are tracking data about their body and conducting their own personal investigations and research into their bodies, minds, and selves.  Anything is game -- from personal genetics to ways to digitize and track information; from how to self-diagnose to how to self-experiment with data and statistics. More specific topics include: self-expe …

This is a fun and energetic group of like minded paper artists. We meet once a month to stamp and learn new techniques, have great food and share ideas. I'm the founder of the Understand Blue blog and the Understand Blue Paper Arts Television Show, and the Community Manager of www.splitcoaststampers.com - the largest papercrafting community on the web. We also welcome suggestions for crafty meetings - want to learn a specific technique from an expert? Want to swap craft supplies with other craft …

Tech Hustlers is dedicated to empowering startup founders and co-founders by sharing each others stories of success and failure. We bring the startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. Connect with us today and come build relationships of substance in person and get a private invite to our Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/groups/techhustlers/

Make the most out of creating, promoting & rocking out your personal brand. Discover and uncover your inner rock star at our social media marketing events! This meetup is hosted and sponsored by Rock Star Media, LLC, who provides green, wind powered website and blog hosting, Wordpress websites and training, social media marketing services, and new media branding strategy for entrepreneurs, independent professionals and small businesses. If you or your business is a social media or blogging …

Had enough of junk science, pseudo-science, superstitions, astrologers, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Yearning to engage with other rational people? Want to learn to be more rational in areas of your life that are important to you and your family? Meet up with other local skeptics, science promoters, scientists, rationalists, and critical thinkers for some refreshing and sane conversation, and to work toward making a difference in a community often overly informed by irrational in …

This group began as Divine Design members getting together for the summer break, and has expanded to include friends of friends and any moms out there who are interested in meeting up and having playdates with Christian moms! If you're new to this group, visit the Divine Design blog for more info: http://divinedesignhouston.org . Welcome! :)

WordCamp Houston in August 2010 was all kinds of awesome. Who knew that there so many people passionate about WordPress in Houston? Who knew they were so cool? Who knew many of them wanted to hang out together on a regular basis? This is why the Houston WordPress Meetup Group was created. It is for you to meet with other people who are into WordPress, want to learn more about it, and want to share more of what they already know. This group is open to all levels. Want a WordPress blog but don't …

Meet with other GLBT, (and GLBT friendly) people who are HIV positive, or who have been affected by the disease. Gather to offer support and companionship. Friends and family are welcome! We hope to become a great social outlet for positive people to meetup and have fun. Future activities and venues are in the works. As always, members suggestions are encouraged and appreciated. There is no need to be or feel alone. You are only doing yourself harm by isolation. Reach out and make some friends w …

Seminars on Web 2.5 technologies and its marketing.  Services such as Twitter, Mobile, Virtual Reality, Video, Web Apps, Collaboration services, and more.   And some traditional ones too, Facebook, Linkedin, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), blogging. If you're a speaker, we welcome you.   WebAndNet has a very special niche in strategic marketing and outsource all other services; we welcome other web specialists and will ensure your speaking engagement goes well. Look forward to meeting you! …

Do you love to read? Are you 20, 30 or 40 something? Do you love to get together and socialize with your girlfriends over a glass of wine and discuss everything you LOVED or HATED about a book? Are you able to attend a book club regularly? Would you enjoy coming up with ideas to make a book club fun and interesting with things like Holiday events and book swaps? Can you find the room for a great group of girlfriends in your life? If the above paragraph describes you, this book club might be what …

Professional Writers of Austin (PWA) is a free, members-only networking group for professional and aspiring writers. Our Mission Develop a supportive and informative community for Austin’s writers, editors, and interactive content creators. Goals Provide opportunities for Austin’s discrete journalistic, literary, and new media content-creating community to meet, share resources and job tips, improve career skills, and form lifelong bonds with like-minded people. Members We represent individuals …

Based on the lessons of don Juan Matus, this group explores the methods and practices of Toltec/ Native American spirituality. This is a working study group, part open discussion - part workshop. Not a sit down and have someone talk at you or lead you group. This Meetup is for serious practitioners of sorcery – people on the path to knowledge. We will practice together gazing, not-doing, meditation/ breath-work, visualization, dreaming techniques, recapitulation, stopping the world, tracking, pl …

This is a group for people trying to finish a novel. We're going to meet Thursdays 8:30pm at the Lakeline HEB (unless a better venue presents itself).  Each attendee can submit 10 - 15 pages for other members to mark up and review for the following week's meeting. Our goal is to focus on a single work in progress from each member in order to get a better sense of the story and encourage people to move more quickly toward completing their work. We're looking for people who are determined to finis …

The web is a big place with many marketing directions.  Which way is right for my business?   What are the benefits, costs, challenges, and expected ROIs?   Is my marketing path SEO, email, social networking, blog, do-it-yourself, affiliates, mobile,...? How is it some business receive ROIs in excess of 100X, and others lose millions on the web?  We'll examine these issues, so you can determine which path is strategic for you! This group is suitable for those who wish to market successfully us …

"Providing tools for bloggers" A group dedicated to education,resources and training for the blogger in you.

The Bryan/College Station (BCS) WordPress Meetup Group is a group of WordPress enthusiasts. We are developers, professionals, bloggers, and users. We get together a few times a month to share our knowledge and learn more about WordPress from each other. Think WordPress-centered networking. Web: http://www.wpbcstx.com Twitter: @wpbcs Global Hashtag: #wpbcs

Inspired by Chris Guillebeau, The Non-Conformist's Circle is a place for people in Houston who run unconventional businesses or live a life off the the traditional go to school/get a job/retire life path to get together and support each other. Join if you are working for yourself or running intentionally small ventures meant to help you live a life of adventure and excitement. Great for bloggers, developers, adventurers, and anyone who wants to create a life of awesomeness and non-conformity. …

Do you have an opinion about video games? Me too! Come be a part of an up and coming video game review site. Meetups will include: Gaming nights at local stores or a hosted space, Video blogging sessions, "Let's Play" recording sessions, live streaming events and more. Everyone is open to join! Writers, gamers, video editors... anyone creative. Noobs welcome and encouraged!

The Content Marketing Meetup was born from a simple idea: content marketing is the most powerful marketing methodology out there today. Write something that educates people about something they care about, provide them something that is valuable and that they can actually use, and you can attract tons of loyal customers to you and build a brand name as well. Combine that with modern technology, such as social media, email and video, and you’ve got the killer combination. The problem is, current …

This group is for anyone interested in healthcare IT, health tech, mHealth, and healthcare entrepreneurship. We started this group to help people in this space get to know their peers in Austin. We're looking forward to meeting everybody! Check out our blog at http://www.austinhealthtech.com and follow us on twitter @atxhealthtech .

TX/RX Labs is a Inventors Club, Makerspace, and Hackerspace located in Houston, TX. We now have our 501(c)3 federal non-profit status. Members work on a variety of projects, including electronic circuitry, 3-D printing using our Makerbot Cupcake, computer and network design and implementation, and working with various  materials both natural and synthetic. Our Open House is on Fridays at 7. Visit our blog at http://www.txrxlabs.org to keep updated on the latest developments! We occasional class …

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 …

In many ways we are a Doorway. Or more.... If you are seeking a Central Texas community with metaphysical and spiritual interests, check out The Seeker's Round Table! TM  We are the only local group of our kind, a ministry dedicated to building community and learning a variety in the metaphysical fields. About the owner: Director and founder of The Seeker's Round Table, Julia is a professional numerologist, teacher, and 7th generation dowser and student of "The Gift." You can find her at http:// …

This is a group for Austin real estate professionals who want to discuss online marketing strategies, such as SEO, pay-per-click, email marketing, blogging, conversion optimization. Our aim is to discuss current trends in marketing, talk about ways to improve efficiency, and explore possible solutions to common problems in marketing. We meet monthly at the office of Regent Property Group in West Lake Hills.