Weclome to the Vancouver Coaches and Consultants! Are you a coach, consultant, expert, or service provider? Then you know that working in the field as an indpendent is tough. Sometimes you lose track of time, its easy to get overwhealmed, and it's hard to get a sense of your own personal progress in your business. That's why the Vancouver Coaches and Consultants group was created, as a social meeting place and mastermind for you to meet other experts to give each other encouragement and support …

For solopreneurs: coaches, consultants, freelancers, work-from-home service providers and small business owners. I want to spark a revolution in the way we "network" - the old model just isn't working! It's not about speed. It's not about getting as many people as possible into a room. It's not about elevator pitch after elevator pitch after elevator pitch. Useful, helpful networking means getting to know people. If you're going to take time out of your busy schedule to attend a networking event …

Welcome to the NEW Vancouver Business Club (VBC). Our Mission: To learn through sharing and earn through learning. Who we are: We are a club of professionals that get together to learn, to network and to talk about business and politics in Vancouver. What we do: We have interactive discussion meetings in a boardroom format about PR & Marketing. Since we know that procrastination is directly linked to loneliness, we study together instead of alone so that we can get it done. That way we can build …

Start-up group for business professionals who are living lives of transformation; are out to transform how we do business together and make a difference in our own lives and the lives of others! Join this group if this is who you are and you are interested in doing business with like-minded professionals, or are looking to be in this type of conversation and community! Transformation includes spiritual & non-spiritual practices, enlightenment, mindfulness, health and well-being and the list …

Hello Fellow Geek Entrepreneurs! This meetup is for tech entrepreneurs who want to elevate their game.  As a professional entrepreneur coach, I will provide 15 minutes or so of coaching to each person in turn. It will be great learning for both the group watching and of course for each of you who get's to be coached. So, each of you should bring something specific that you want to work on. Remember that coaching is not first and foremost about technology or business although both those realms …

Ignite is a style of presentation where participants are given five minutes to speak on a subject accompanied by 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds, and slides are automatically advanced. The format is similar to TED Events and Pecha Kucha Ignite is independently organized on the local level, supported through volunteers, sponsorship and modest admission fees which are returned to the community at least in part in the form of a charitable donation to select social interest grou …

Vancouver Business Network (VBN) holds inexpensive, high-quality seminars and networking events every week. These events help business owners, entrepreneurs and marketing professionals learn something new, network with other like-minded business owners, grow their businesses and advance their careers. Our seminars address just about every business and online-business topic and include traditional, online and mobile marketing, personal development, social media, sales, networking, raising capital …

The purpose of the Vancouver Real Estate Group is to promote networking, exchange ideas, and share knowledge with colleagues within the Real Estate industry and those who are interested in Real Estate in Vancouver, British Columbia. We will host events that create an environment for entrepreneurs, buyers, investors, job seekers and employers to connect and establish productive relationships.  Our hopes are that you can use this group as a tool to expand and grow your sphere of contacts, promote …

I am inspired to offer my experience to others and to initiate a learning community rooted in mindfulness practice, that will foster the growth of mindfulness in our larger community and improve the quality of life for everyone in our places of work, our homes, and our personal relationships. Co-creating an open, contemplative learning environment, sharing best practices and resources, and developing our local network would be the main goals of the community . The Vancouver Mindfulness for Profe …

Business to Business Referrals - Make connections that help your business and help others make connections that help theirs.

Life coaching helps individuals realize their goals by introducing new perspectives. Coaches offer tools to identify and eliminate those limiting beliefs that sabotage growth and success. Great coaches can work with people different from themselves as well as people like themselves. Most importantly they are skilled and able to customize their strategies to suit the needs of each client. Great coaches get results. Find out more about career as a life coach at this meet-up.

We operate a Mastermind Organization and run multiple Mastermind Groups throughout the Country. We focus on Business Operations Development Internet Marketing & Marketing in General, Real Estate, Investing & Personal Wealth Building Strategies, as well as general topics that span all others, including Personal Accountability, Success Philosophy, Sales & Networking and other principles common to all practices of Growth and Achievement.

COPIA: From the Latin, meaning abundance, variety, expansion Business and Professional Networking at Copia is for you if: You understand that relationships and community are an important part of how we all make our living and you seek to meet new people, ideally those who share some of your core values; You have a business, profession or community project you would like to tell people about, possibly generate referrals or sales, and definitely teach and learn and make new connections; You fee …

"Mindfulness for personal development" is a showcase of Mindful meetups available in Metro Vancouver. You are welcome to post on this group the events you host, as long as you are mindful :-) To organize and share a meetup in this group, please go to http://www.meetup.com/Mindfulness-Personal-Development-Vancouver/ The moderators of this group will get a notification that you have suggested an event. We will announce it to the group after reviewing it. Once an event is announced, it can no longe …

Building on the success of Presentation Excellence Group, Possibilities is a group to help people identify and move forward with personal, creative, and career goals.  Meet or re-connect with other writers, artists and professionals and explore your strengths, values, and goals through fun and interactive writing and speaking activities.  Share your dreams and aspirations in a supportive environment, and gain tips and strategies for overcoming obstacles like fear, avoidance, and writers block.  …

At Kitsilano Toastmasters we help each other to improve our public speaking, communication and leadership skills in a friendly environment. Kitsilano Toastmasters is unique in that we have an environmental focus which is displayed at each meeting by having one of our members give an Environmental Update speech. We meet most Mondays between 7:30 and 9 P.M.  Note that there is a fee for joining the club, but guests are most welcome to attend free of charge.

Do you love the special energy that women can bring to a meeting or group? Are you tired of stuffy and dull business networking gatherings? How about joining a group of sizzling, alive women who are keen on success but with feminine flair? That's what this meet up is about! Bringing together women entrepreneurs who embrace their feminine energy while they realize success in the world and have a lot of fun doing it! We'll have a great presentation/min-workshop by someone that will empower us in o …

This group is for frustrated business people who want to make sense of the web... We will be touching on topics such as social media, blogging, building on online storefront.

Vancouver Entrepreneur Mentors (VEM) is a forum for entrepreneurial peer-to-peer mentoring. We provide an environment where entrepreneurs can mentor each other. Business owners are facing monumental challenges daily, if not hourly, and they don't always have the right answers. In VEM, we form groups of entrepreneurs where people can express their problems, fears and joys with their peers. And because the entrepreneurs in each group are not related to each other and are not in the same industry, …

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 …

Welcome to City in Focus Young Professionals Network! Watch the video to learn more about us: http://youtu.be/tcRi_QxWeAs Our purpose is to inspire young professionals to “see” the intrinsic value of the Gospel and its biblical principles in their careers and empower them to boldly become change agents for the betterment of the world within their profession, industry and spheres of influence.