Meet Austin artists who make and bind journals, blank books, and photo albums by hand, using a variety of media. Learn bookmaking techniques, share ideas, artwork, and skills. austinbookworkers.org

A meetup for members of PaperBack Swap (www.paperbackswap.com) in the Central Texas (Austin and environs) area. We'll meet, get to know each other, swap books, discuss books, life, the universe, and everything, and in general have a grand time!

We meet weekly to explore Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a powerful set of tools and attitudes you can use to run your own brain and life! Most of our programs are: * basic NLP skills, techniques, concepts tailored to participants curious about NLP that may not have taken any NLP classes * less than $20 * you will take home a skill, technique, or new perspective that you can begin applying to your life right away * taught by NLP Practitioners, Master Practitioners, and NLP trainers * …

"An integral  life is total freedom to be who you already are. A life where peace and passion come alive. Providing a place for everything in your life. Better relationships, sex, career, and health. More effectiveness, more purpose. Less confusion, less fear. In order to be.  And to become. Welcome to Integral Life. Where growth enthusiasts make sense of everything." (excerpt from www.IntegralLife.com) Welcome to the Austin Integral Salon! This group is created to catalyzing integral living. W …

The Art of Being a woman is a gift we all carry. This Group is about empowering women to own the gifts of femininity and be powerful, confident, radiant, and magnetic. This group is about shifting what it means to be a powerful feminine woman. A woman’s personal presence and magnetism grow when she connects with her feminine essence. In pursuit of equality and power however, many women have taken on a more masculine role. In their desire to be strong and independent, many women have shut themsel …

Austin Coworking. Formerly called Austin Webmasters, this group includes webmasters, system admins, web designers, web developers, web video and podcast producers and any business who is using coworking or interested in learning more about coworking. If you work at a coworking space, this group is for you. Whether it's HTML, XML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, or any number of other web languages (txt based FTP, dreamweaver, site-based-pagebuilders, content management systems (like wordpress …

We're a social group of people who are interested in getting together to chat about honeybees and other pollinators, share books and ideas on the subject and establish some cooperatively managed honeybee colonies around town. Right now “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD) and other diseases threaten our honeybee population. We need to discover more about how we can help them, and make sure they are here to pollinate the flowers and fruits of future generations. While there is limited consensus about …

A contemporary fiction book club in Austin that will focus on current and recent authors such as: Haruki Murakami Ian McEwan Julian Barnes Khaled Hosseini Richard Russo... and many more. A monthly meeting with a lively book discussion and socializing with food and drink. Looking for anyone that has a joy of reading and discussing books and that would like to meet others with the same interest.

July 2012 – Our women’s investment club is almost three years old but we are still open to accepting new members.  You don’t have to have any previous experience.  You just need to have an interest in learning about investing and the stock market.  None of our members claim to be experts; we have an interest in educating ourselves and would like to make some money in the stock market. We meet once a month for approximately 1 ½ to 2 hours.  Our monthly dues are $20 per person. That is about avera …

This is a business owner Mastermind group. We are looking for a few select business owners for a pilot program to meet on a regular basis to critique, enlighten, support, and mentor each other in growing our businesses online - Please RSVP at the Meetups tab up top for our monthly Austin, TX meeting. Our websites have become the most valuable marketing tool for our businesses - period. Internet Marketing has turned traditional marketing and advertising on its ear. It is the 10,000 pound elephant …

Professional Writers of Austin (PWA) is a free, members-only networking group for professional and aspiring writers. Our Mission Develop a supportive and informative community for Austin’s writers, editors, and interactive content creators. Goals Provide opportunities for Austin’s discrete journalistic, literary, and new media content-creating community to meet, share resources and job tips, improve career skills, and form lifelong bonds with like-minded people. Members We represent individuals …

This is a brand new group designed to improve your dating skills and teach you the secrets of attraction. You will master everything there is to know about meeting women, building instant attraction, creating deep comfort and building everlasting relationships with beautiful women. I am a dating coach and lead instructor for both The Attractive Man 1-on-1 Dating Coach company and Seduction Coaching, and will be teaching the majority of the events. I have also written a few books, have taught doz …

I wrote the book "How To Save Money Even If You're Broke" to share with people how to get out of debt, reduce your taxes and invest in things that pay 10% guaranteed interest backed by collateral.

Sketchbomb Austin is an open invitation to local artists of all skill levels and ages to come and hang out, sketch and share your art. We meet once a month at the Spiderhouse Cafe and the evening is a mix of sketching timed themes, "Show and Yell" -where we'll get a chance to check out eachother's work and finally, a free sketching period at the end of the night. All styles are welcome too, comic art, cartoon, anime, illustration... whatever you enjoy and want to get better at! We kick things …

Are you a Dale Carnegie Graduate? Have you read "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Or are you trying practice the 30 principles of being a positive person and leader? Are you looking to hang out with like-minded people?? This group is for you! Did you know in Austin we have over 1000+ graduates of the Dale Carnegie Program!! Whether you are a graduate, read Dale Carnegie books, looking to learn more or are looking to hang around proactive and positive people come join us. This is casual …

Hey everyone! My wife and I are producing a new comic and game convention here in Austin: Here There Be Monsters. The goal of this convention is to change the face of comics and gaming in the eyes of the general public. To do this, we will feature not only TONS of comics and games, but also great film, theatre, authors, artists, game demos, possibly some giant killer robots, etc. Oh, and did we mention the full bar and food from Tamale Molly's? Damn straight! When: Aug. 26 Where: The ND (downtow …

Discussion and integration the principles and techniques of Sarah Susanka’s inspiring book the not so big life (see description below). We will be spending approximately one month on each chapter. "The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions in home design has spilled over to give us McLives. In her bestselling Not So Big House series, Sarah Susanka showed us how to change the way we live by adjusting the physical space we inhabit. Now, in The Not So Big Life, Sarah take …

This is a group based on Gretchen Rubin's book, "The Happiness Project". The group will focus on establishing meaningful connections amongst members, supporting one another through various life phases, understanding and living happiness, and choosing healthy activities that inspire us to be the best version of ourselves! We will start the official "project" in January of 2013.  It is a year-long process of resolutions and goal attainment.   If you're interested, your commitment level needs to be …

The intent of this group is to connect with 10 individuals who are dedicated to learning the art of manifesting opportunity and are willing to share your results in a published book. Initially this group may be more or less than 10 and over the next 30 days, the intent is to connect with 10 of you who really want to create change through the concepts being taught in this meetup. Most law of attraction books talk about "how to manifest" and once you learn how to manifest, Level 2 is focusing on M …

This is a group for anyone in Austin or the Austin area who is interested in eating and living low carb. A low carb diet usually consists of meat, fish, eggs, and green vegetables. A low carb diet and exercise are beneficial for better controlling blood sugar, grain and fruit allergies, and weight. Let's get together and support one another in eating and living low carb! Some of the books on low carb include Dr. Richard K. Bernstein's, Diabetes Solution, Drs. Volek and Phinney's The Art And Scie …

If you have the 3V's of vocation, vision, and volition for fixing a broken world, then this is for you. The problem in the world today is that it is too left-brain, all the while we should have had a whole-brain triadic mentality. We need to stop the dumbing-down of education for wisdom is the baton of culture in the race of civilization. Verily we need to go through a Renaissance II and a Re-Enlightenment in order to resolve the present day crisis of civilization. I have a heuristic proposal wr …

(1 minute video) This group is for people who value and enjoy deeper discussions with amazing people and who are also willing to rise to the occasion by joining us to help make these discussion opportunities an ongoing reality. The events held in this group are all about having fun nights of great people and 'deeper' discussions over dinner in a charming restaurant. This Meetup group was created by Glen Brauer as part of a non-profit global initiative using practical philosophy to bring togeth …

This group is for people interested in developing their natural psychic ability. I’ve been a professional psychic for almost 40 years, and as the organizer, I plan to teach courses in psychic development and Lithomancy, the ancient art of reading patterns in stones. Classes will be limited to 6-8 people, and we will probably meet at my home. For the $60 fee, I will explain in detail how to read stones, will give attendees a short reading to demonstrate how it works, and will provide a copy of my …

Austin Sailboat Rentals is a new company renting small centerboard sailboats on Lady Bird Lake (right in downtown Austin). These sailboats are small and easy to learn how to sail in and maneuver. We offer free sailing lessons and lots of special events. Check out our website www.austinsailboatrentals.com for offers and location. We also rent kayaks, stand-up paddleboards, canoes, and sea cycles. Come check us out or book a sailboat party with us today!

Wanna read cool books? We love cool books. We are readers that love paranormal stories of all kinds. We don't limit ourselves to just vampires; we love all types of paranormal stories. We aren't into gratuitously violent or smutty books, so we tend to read a lot of YA and middle grade series. We enjoy reading for the fun of it, and would love to check out new books with other fun readers. We will have regular book club meetings, and also throw in some fun social events. We look forward to meetin …