Networking with your fellow marketing and advertising professionals, business owners, bloggers, podcasters, and students, discuss the new trends of marketing using the internet, mobile gadgets, and social media, share ideas, experiences, discover talents, and have fun! You are also welcome to post blog messages on http://gigafloat.com to discuss your projects and needs. Who should come? Marketing and advertising professionals, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, techies, students, anyone who is …

Chuck Tanowitz formed OpenPR (at the time we called it SoloPR) with his business partner Todd Van Hoosear in 2009 to compensate for their lack of office space and to satisfy the deep need to interact with actual Human beings that comes with working from home. Originally aimed at solo PR practitioners, Chuck quickly realized that the conversations that were happening over coffee were relevant to anyone in the PR community in the Boston area -- not just solo practitioners. Thus, OpenPR was founded …

Chicks Who Write is a professional networking group for women who freelance in Greater Boston. We try to meet every month to network and hear from industry experts. On the list, we share leads, ideas, advice, job opportunities, and resources. Chicks come from a variety of communications backgrounds, with diverse areas of expertise, ranging from journalism to public relations to marketing communications for higher education, business, health care, nonprofits, and more. Many have non-fiction …

… How can public relations help me? How can I make more effective prospect presentations? What marketing metrics should I focus on?  LOCATION - Boston, MA areaWe're planning to try out a few different venues in the beginning to see how they work for folks. First location will probably be in Newton or Cambridge. If you have a preference, please let me know. I’ll announce that info as soon as it’s available – thanks for your patience. I’ll post more details in the coming days. 

… This group does lean towards writers who are or will be submitting their work for publication, though previous publication is not a requirement to join. We mean to provide a place for dedicated writers to find support, meaningful critique, and comradely encouragement during the long and uniquely challenging process involved in getting published. Meetings will take place once a month to start (in Porter Square, Cambridge, just a short walk from the Porter Square station on the Red Line) and then …

… We will meet once-a-week to discuss issues concerning everybody and make the Occupy Boston meetup a source as a online public forum. Meetup Location: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Invitation: Open to Everyone (please sign-in here) Time: 7 - 9pm Date: Friday, November 18, 2011 Further Information: http://www.occupyboston.org E-mail: occupybostonmedia@gmail.com 

… Our initial general focuses are the development of playable stories in which the reader/audience is a participant; the writer’s contractual role in that development process leading to publication or release; and the intersection of story and gameplay in the broader video games industry. In order to keep our attention on interactive narrative we do not intend to focus on career topics related to game journalism or writing about games. Organization Structurally, this will be an experimental region …

Boston Thoughtful World-Transforming Vegan Movers and Shakers If you seek to transform the public world as a vegan mover and shaker AND if you hve a proven track record of engaging the public or doing serious research on any of a range of sociological, political, economic, or psychological topics related to such world transformation, this is for you. We don't serve alcohol, smoke, or listen to loud music at our social meetings.  We THINK together, we SHARE our research on social transformatio …

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… This group will help you build confidence and self-esteem, and help you create meaningful lasting friendships and relationships. The purpose of this group is to stop social anxiety so that you can meet new people, make friends, socialize, whether you are new to the city, just graduated, just started a new job, or looking to meet new people, this is your group. WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MEETINGS? • We'll discuss a variety of topics that are related to social anxiety and developing confidence in any soc …