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Le Club de Français de Columbia a été fondé en 1988, avec pour seul but de fournir un moyen de contact entre adultes parlant français à tout niveau. Le club est un club de conversation, où tous les membres sont encouragés à participer. Nous nous réunissons une fois par mois à Columbia, MD. Pendant les réunions, une activité est organisée : une présentation, une discussion sur un sujet pré-établi, un film, de la musique, jeux de société? Tout cela en français. Venez et pratiquez votre Français da …

Whether you're a professional, student, stay-at-home parent, or retiree ... Toastmasters is the best way to improve your communication and leadership skills - lose the fear of public speaking (really!) - learn skills to be more successful - become a better listener - improve your English or accent - easily lead teams and conduct meetings. You'll comfortably give and receive constructive evaluation. You already have some or all of these skills. In Toastmasters, you will enhance these skills. Gue …

We are the only Sunday Toastmasters club located in Northern Virginia inside the beltway. We are a diverse group of people who find the Sunday mid-day time a convenient time to improve our communications and leadership skills.   Check out our web site at http://spritedspeakers.freetoasthost.info/.

Welcome to Annandale Toastmasters! Meetings are open and all visitors are welcome. Whether it's prepared presentations or off-the-cuff topics, Toastmasters will improve your public speaking and communication skills. Gain confidence in you ability to express yourself and be persuasive and engaging in different situations; overcome your fears. You'll give speeches in a supportive environment, acquiring valuable experience and feedback from fellow members. As you progress in Toastmasters, you’ …

New Tech Network is an excellent opportunity to hear about new technologies and opportunities that may enhance the skills you can offer your company or allow you to grow your own company. The New Tech Network will provide you with the industry information you can't get just off of reading articles online. The New Tech Network provides real world experience and exposure to information you need to change the way you do business.  Past New Tech Speakers: Intel, VMWare, Sun, IBM, Symantec, Hit …

This Meetup presents workshops and classes that provide experience and instruction in fashion/glamour photography. The purpose is to give members hands on experience working with models in a photo studio and also provide classroom instruction. Discussion topics include camera settings, studio lighting, interacting with the model, use of wardrobe and makeup, the photographer's role in managing a photo shoot, and using Photoshop and other software to create high quality images. Workshop attend …

Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking skills through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries. At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 peop …

Work on your social and dating skills with us. Our meetups include hands-on presentations from world-reknowned dating coaches. At the tailend we have optional field trip outings, in which we go out to public venues, meet people, interact and get useful real-time feedback that helps us all improve our social skills. We have members who are as old as the most senior of senior citizens, but you must be at least 18 years old to join. We also have some femal …

Welcome to the Washington DC Software Craftsmanship User Group! This group is for software developers in the Washington DC area that care about the quality of their work and want to practice and improve their programming skills, share what they know and learn new things from others.     This is a hands-on coding user group with no presentations. Each meeting will be a dojo where we will go through a challenging software craftsmanship exercise that focuses on clean code, test-driven development, …

We are a fun and supportive group of writers living in and around Northern Virginia. All skill levels and all types of writing are represented: novels, poetry, lyrics, short stories, non-fiction, children's stories, and more! We meet every Wednesday at 7pm in a room at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.  Meetings generally last about 2 hours and are either sessions designed to provide feedback on members' work, or a workshop session aimed at a specific element of writing. Check the Calenda …

… ~Laurie   www.SoulArtStories.com   For over 25 years, Laurie has taught art, life skills, and self care to a wide population. As an adjunct professor through local Maryland community colleges, Catonsville, Baltimore, she served the adult and senior population teaching art. She has conducted numerous classes through local art-supply stores, Maryland Public TV as well as out of her home studio. Teaching art in public school, (Roland Park Elementary). Laurie is a SoulCollage® Facilitator, she t …

… WE LOVE GUYS and will have stuff to do that will test our flirting skills, haha. We still got game after all....;) CAVEAT: Love my gays but this is not a GFN for gals seeking romance with other gals....that's another meetup...just sayin'....'coz I've kinda ran into that a couple of times.... LOCATION: Anywhere interesting. Mainly in the DC Metro area with forays out searching for great experiences and expanding our horizons. EVENTS: Any that's interesting. Cultural (shows/music/plays/concerts), …

… Some of us don't have the skills, time and/or resources to design, develop and maintain a website. For those members we will identify the best content management system (CMS that meets their needs such s WordPress and other popular CMS solutions.  We will also explore emerging CMS solutions based on Ruby on Rails such as Locomotive, Radiant and Browser CMS to determine if they are worth the attention and time to implement. Big ambitions right, well this is going to be a big group. Using methods …

Who We Are We're an outdoor, pick-up co-ed volleyball group that plays on the sand court of old Greenbelt, MD. Our skill level is intermediate / upper-skilled-beginners. We're fun-loving, but we also like to play - so please understand that basic bump/set/spike skills are required. Then, come join us! Note: We do not have a Beginners group at this time, but if someone would like to form one, please contact the Organizer. Progressed beginners are welcome to join us.   Times of Play Wednesdays, 6- …