… Enjoy a casual, comfortable and creative environment of like-minded, goal-oriented women to inspire you to new levels of personal and professional development.

This group is committed to addiction prevention and treatment through building awareness, providing advanced professional development training and continuing education.  If you are a psychologist, therapist, counselor, probation officer, or parole agent, this may be the perfect group for you!

Break the Cycle Young Professionals (BTCYP) Leadership Committee is an auxiliary group that raises friends and funds for Break the Cycle. The Leadership Committee plans and promotes social gatherings to acquaint other young professionals with our work through events like Bingo and an annual benefit for Break the Cycle. Time Commitment: Minimum 20 hours annually, including participating in at least two in-person meetings, attending BTCYP events, and planning and promoting one larger event per cal …

YGAP (Young Generation Asian Professionals) is dedicated to enrichment of young professionals through professional development, empowerment through personal growth, and promotion of Asian cultural awareness. We are proud to announce the charitable organization YGAP will be donating it's proceeds toward in 2010... Asians For Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M) [ http://www.asianmarrow.org ] Please join us in our activities this year, and help raise money for a good cause! For those of you who inquired a …

… Emotional Intelligence is about being intelligent with our emotions - recognizing, understanding and managing them in ourselves and others in our personal and professional lives. Emotional intelligence has been described as more important in professional success than IQ. It is vital for leaders in today’s world to be emotionally intelligent to deal with the ever changing challenges of the workplace. Benefits of Emotional Intelligence Include: Understanding Others Leadership Development Improved …

What are you looking for? - Improved Public Speaking - That Promotion - Leadership Skills - No more stage fright - Networking without having to shout Then come check us out! Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere.

COACHES' MINDSHARE Serving the San Fernando, San Gabriel, and Pomona Valleys   This group exists to provide a forum where coaches, mentors, and advisors can connect, grow, and succeed. We are a group of professionals committed to excellence in executive and business coaching, life and career coaching, or professions that include elements of mentoring and advising. These are our values: 1) CONNECT -- Our environment is one of fun and camaraderie. While we take our professionalism very seriousl …

The Rotary Club of Westlake Village is an organization of business and professional persons united with other clubs worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in both our community and our world. And the club is actively seeking new business owners and professional business and community leaders to join the Rotary Club of Westlake Village it towards its mission. There are several benefits to membership in the …

We welcome those who are either already executive coaches or have an interest in becoming one, to join us in conversation, community and learning. Group organizer and CEO of Envision Global Leadership, Jeff Evans.Ph.D. will lead the groups in stimulating conversation to support development of executive coaching skills, discuss emerging trends and create connections for our expanding network. (Envision Global Leadership (EGL) is a premier firm focused on developing leaders with skills to …

Do you want to become a confident, successful public speaker? Perhaps you would like to enhance your communication skills in professional settings. Or you may want to express your views and make a difference in other peoples' lives. Did you know that you can even get paid to speak in public? A Toastmasters club can and will help you achieve of those goals. Attending a meeting as a guest is free. We hope that you find that are group is energetic, friendly, and supportive -we all think we are! We …

Toastmasters is an international progam designed to help you to develop your communication skills and open doors in your personal and professional life. You will develop better speaking, thinking, listening, and leadership skills in a self-paced atmosphere of understanding and helpful fellowship. Diagonal Toastmasters is an established local club and we are aiming to boost our membership. Anyone who wants to become more confident in front of an audience in a friendly, fun, and helpful environmen …

This is a meet-up for people interested in being clutter-free and organized (and staying organized!). Topics include: • Understanding our clutter problems • Easy solutions to fit our busy lifestyles • Room-by-room de-cluttering • Kids and clutter • Professionals and clutter • Seniors and clutter • How to tell a collectible from plain old junk • How to turn your junk into treasure • Simple solutions for busy Moms • Time-management skills • Paper piles and filing systems • Moving and Downsizi …

… We feature professional writers as guest speakers on topics from finding a great idea to getting your work published. Whether you are a novelist or a screenwriter, blogger or freelance journalist, music critic or manual writer, book your membership today! We meet on the first and third Sundays of each month

LA-MSOD Alumni Network is a group for alum of the Pepperdine MSOD program. Due to our MSOD affiliation and shared values, we can come together monthly in various settings around Southern California where people really open and are generous in their sharing, more than in most professional groups. Our goal is to build upon the experiences we had in the MSOD program to create a space where people can build community and share knowledge around topics like succession planning, leadership developm …

… Word of Mouth is the most cost-effective form of advertising possible, and BNI provides a structured environment that allows the development and exchange of quality business referrals to flourish.

… Lots of reasons why joining the meetup and attending a future meeting will make an immediate impact on your personal and professional future.     How Does It Work? A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a friendly atmosphere.  Groups meetings average 15-30   members who meet weekly from 7 to 9 pm. There is no instructor in a Toastmasters meeting. Instead, members evaluate one another’s presentations. This feedback p …