ChickChat’s monthly Women’s Networking Soirees bring women together in interesting and inspiring venues to try new products, learn about topics and meet local entrepreneurs and each other; all while sipping delectable cocktails and noshing on great food. ChickChat also helps women connect with local and international charities dedicated to improving the lives of people all over the world. In addition, a few vendors show off truly unique wares and, a bit of shopping might occur. For a night, …

About BuddyPress BuddyPress is a robust WordPress plugin that can transform WordPress into a fully featured social networking platform. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Out of the box, users can create profiles, befriend one another, send private messages, form and join groups, follow activity streams, create blogs, and participate in forum discussions. But the best part about BuddyPress is that i …

Pentaho BI provides a full spectrum of data integration and business intelligence (BI) capabilities including data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), interactive reporting, ad hoc analysis, rich visualizations, data mining, and predictive analysis. With a BI platform that has made it the world's most popular open source BI, Pentaho also provides broad enterprise data integration services for Big Data analytics and reporting. At our monthly user group we'll exchange knowledge and expe …

Please join us to learn and  practice Nonviolent Communication in the Chicago Metro area. This Meet Up group will promote workshops, retreats and practice of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as taught by Marshall Rosenberg, Ph D.  We will promote events led by Certified Trainers of NVC and candidates in the certification program of the Center for Nonviolent Communication. In addition, we will consider requests from others with NVC training as well. Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a model developed …

Have you ever felt insecure, powerless, or like you could use a huge boost of confidence at your job, with men or women, or just in life in general? Have you ever felt stuck, procrastinated, or got in a pattern where life kind of seems boring? Have you ever dreamed of living the most amazing, passionate, awesome life but don't know what steps to take to change, or felt you just can't seem to get a break, almost like you have the worst luck? If you answered yes to any or all of the above question …

Join us if: - You want to learn more about how to create or manage a conscious business - You are an entrepreneur or business leader who cares about making a difference - You believe that purpose, process and people come before profit - but create more profitable businesses in the end - You want to grow, learn and meet other like-minded leaders Welcome! This group is for you. We have created this meetup group to forward the ideas and actions of conscious capitalism in the Chicagoland area. Whi …

The purpose of this meet up group is to learn to experience love more fully. This meet up group is for couples and singles alike - anyone who wants to push themselves and their ability to relate to others to the next level. Hosted by country's leading relationship coach, this meet up group will serve as a mini-workshop where interested participants will be led through discussions on topics related to love and intimate relationships. Some topics to be discussed: - Differences between men and wome …

Reinventing organizations to become learning networks of passionate individuals enjoying work instead of being a cog in the machine. How do we move past the factory mentality of most management and create new, dynamic organizations that address not only the bottom line but also the personal aspect.

The Understand Men Chicago PAX community is led by a group of volunteers committed to share the education of PAX Programs. Our lives have been profoundly impacted by this work, and we host free events to generate interest in PAX workshops in Chicago. PAX Programs is in the business of educating women about men. PAX, the Latin word for “peace” - and also an acronym for Partnership, Adoration and Xtasy - creates peace between the sexes by providing unique and immediately useful information to wome …

This is a exclusive community designed for Chicago area iPEC students and graduates.

How do you want your life to be different? Discover the Woman Within experience. This is a group for women interested in connection and empowerment. Experience the strength and compassion of women coming together to support each other on their paths of healing and self discovery. Woman Within Woman Within International is a not-for-profit organization that offers opportunities for women to discover the power of who they are.  http://www.womanwithin.org/ The Woman Within Training Weekend Since …

We meet every other month to engage in dialogue with feisty, leading-edge conscious business thinkers and leaders. As conscious professionals, we play with our evolving understanding of the new capitalism of integrity and transparency, and expand our personal and business imaginations. We also engage in fun, heartfelt networking with colleagues.

This group is for anyone seeking to grow, develop and expand their consciousness, spirituality and self awareness. We are a 85 year old New Thought institution as well as a member of Unity Worldwide Ministries. Our mission is to grow and offer the opportunity consciousness expansion to all.

This group is not only for people who suffered stroke or traumatic brain injury, but for anyone who wants more energy, relaxation, mindfulness, peace and focus. In this stressful world that probably includes most people. Meditation helps you concentrate, balance your body and mind (calm those busy thoughts!), improve your relationships, develop intuition, and enhance life in general. This is NOT a closed-eye meditation. This is active. It does help to be flexible enough to sit cross-legged, alt …

We are all successful psychotherapists who are individual business owners. We have learned to maximize our professional and personal interests through the appropriate balance of vulnerability and strength. Individual authenticity and connecting with other professionals have been key components to our success. We share our ideas so that you can fearlessly optimize your strengths to achieve your highest goals. This group is for you if you are interesed in making courageous choices to enrich your l …

This group is for like-minded people who want more out of life, a successful life filled with dynamic health, happiness, loving relationships, an abundance of money, a thriving business, freedom to do as they please and fulfillment of their dreams and desires. What are your dreams...your desires in life....your purpose in life? How wonderful would your life be if you could fulfill your heart's desires? If you have dreams and desires and are ready to take responsibility to make it happen, you w …

We hold a series of monthly seminars allowing participants to learn NLP and Convesaational Hypnosis techniques useful for personal and business development plus Persuasion and Coaching. Meetings are held in downtown Chicago.