Lawrence Eisenberg

Do you enjoy discussing politics and international affairs with well-read and articulate people? Do you enjoy intelligent conversation, witty repartee, and with a cosmopolitan crowd of 25-50 year olds? Would you like to find a new group of friends who encourage discussing the world and debating issues in a friendly, boisterous? Most of us have…

Welcome to the History Book Club of NYC. We read and discuss - no surprise - history books! Anyone who enjoys reading and discussing history is welcome to join. We meet every six weeks on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The books to be read are selected by vote at the end of the prior meeting. Anyone can propose a book for the next meeting. Whoever…

This meet-up has been traditionally aimed toward discussion of current affairs, from the state of Russia, to the recent violence in Kenya. We have many different ideas of invigorating the club, stay tuned for new announcements. Our current events include: 1. Book Club: we pick books dealing with major issues in international affairs, either tho…

This group can wear many hats: part book club, part arm chair debate society, part discussion group. Nonfiction as well as fiction, literature as well as trashy novel -- anything can be proposed as long as its discussable and can inspire a lengthy discussion. To date, we haven't taken the group down the debating path, but that doesn't preclude th…

I wanted to call this group (half-facetiously) the "Difficult Reading Hour Book Group" because I was looking for people who want to be challenged by books and who weren't just satisfied reading the "buzz" books. However, I do want at least a few people to join, so I decided to name it after one of the best book stores NYC ever had - because its ec…

Meet other locals who are interested in a discussion of the principles of an Open Society as popularized by the philosopher Karl Popper, and on which philanthropist George Soros bases his work. Here "open" means something akin to "Libertarian". A wide range of other topics can also feature on our interest list. For example, recently we discussed…

Note: Our first Speaker for the Fall is Faith Legendre, Senior Global E-Learning Consultant/Strategist at Cisco Webex. The meeting will take place in October 23rd at 7 pm. 30 professionals will have the opportunity to meet herthe Cisco/Webex NY office. If you live outside the NY/NJ area look for the Webinar option. About the NY/NJ E-learning, Tr…