… You will learn how to: • Manage stress, conflict, and resistance with greater ease and skill • Be aware of what your body is communicating under pressure • Recover center when faced with business and personal dilemmas • Expand your presence, confidence, and compassion • Increase your effectiveness It is based on a practice called Leadership Embodiment, which draws on the traditions of Aikido, a revolutionary non-aggressive martial art that offers simple yet deep techniques that help you recogniz …

There are a lot of people in the D.C. Metro area who have been exposed to Polarity™ Thinking, a theory, process, and assessment tool developed by Barry Johnson, PhD of Polarity Management Associates, Inc. This Meet-up is one of many efforts to develop the community of Polarity Thinkers to: 1) learn more about generative value pairs we call "polarities," 2) share information about what's happening in the broader Polarity™ Thinking community, 3) share ways Polarity Thinkers in the area are using t …

Town Center Talkers is an established Toastmasters club in Germantown, MD. TCT is for anyone who wants to improve their public speaking skills and leadership skills. It's a peer group, so we're all in the same boat. Let the Toastmasters manuals step you through the various skills needed to become a successful speaker and leader in your job or community. The opportunity to practice in a non-threatening environment will help you to build confidence, and constructive feedback from your peers to …

Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities 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. Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. Whether you're speaking to the board of dir …

The Metro DC Chapter of ASTD is an ASTD Chapter of Excellence, recognized as a regional association for workplace performance professionals. The chapter provides members with a forum for professional development opportunities and resources to improve the workplace learning and performance industry. Our events are open to all interested in the workplace learning profession. Members of the Metro DC ASTD chapter (not to be confused with being a member of this Meetup page) receive a discounted rate …

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. Gues …

… Rotaract is committed to service and leadership. Rotaract is international as we are in over 160 countries around the world. Our club consists of meetings, social events, fundraisers, service projects - - a recipe for meeting new people, making new friends and making a difference. Join our meetup group to have an impact in the Washington, DC area, meet new people and have a great time. Everyone is welcome, so come and check us out!

NOVA Tribe series provides Jews in their 20's and 30's living and working in Northern Virginia with innovative programming & leadership activities. You will find events for singles, couples, and everyone in between from small gatherings to larger soirees and networking opportuntiies. Programs are held in Northern Virginia so they are accessible for most people out in the suburbs, but we would love our DC/Maryland friends to cross the river and see what is out there beyond the city.

… Explore leadership and government culture change. 4. Build professional community. 5. Collaborate and network over drinks, coffee or dinner. This group is particularly geared toward experienced professionals who have struggled to transition government departments or offices to be more transparent, participatory with citizens or collaborative within government, as defined by the principles set forth by President Obama's Open Government Initiative. Please feel free to suggest ideas for venues, …

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/.

This group is to help the frustrated corporate manager and director thrive in an unchanged environment and create their own approach to manage and lead differently. I have worked in an interesting environment for 5 years and created my own success and accomplishments, as well as goals. I want to help others not just tolerate their space but succeed in their environment. Not everyone can leave and start a business or go get a job tomorrow. Sometimes you have to stay and it needs to be more …

Toastmasters Clubs and Toastmasters Members in Loudoun County, Reston & Herndon, Virginia

Meet and play the CASHFLOW 101 and 202 games created by Robert Kiyosaki and increase your financial intelligence! All levels of players are welcomed!

This Toastmasters Club will soon be celebrating its 21st anniversary. We want more people in the West Alexandria/South Arlington area to know about it.

Coaching is powerful: - It changes the game and how we play it. - Coaching challenges us to be our best and eliminates the excuses and circumstances that get in our way. This meet-up is ideal for anyone considering becoming a coach, one of the fastest growing fields out there. Coaching is a wonderful job and all of the coaches at this event were trained by Accomplishment Coaching, the finest coaches' training program in the world. Get a chance to see the results of that training in person and th …

This Washington DC group is for everyone interested in Web Design, Graphics, Software Development as well as in networking, building online businesses and achieving one's Big Dream. Sometimes only a few web designer show up, therefore, we collaborate with similar groups which will meet at this same event for more new contacts, better networking, fun and mutual support. We appreciate the awesome leadership of Jonathan Perrelli, Adam Z and others at thefort.vc and foster.ly to facilitate entrepren …