Personal & Professional Development

The mission of **Building Leaders Toastmasters Club** is to provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. We meet every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month form 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM.

We already have more people signed up than you can see in the meet-up confirmations because I invited other networks. Hospitality is all about people: * People who help you get clients * People who are suppliers * People who help you get your next job * People who become friends and mentors Join Dubai's only hospitality-focused regular networking event run by networking experts for hospitality professionals. [Sign up here](https://www.strategicbusinessconnect.com/networking-opportunities) or email philb@asentiv.com with questions You will have a chance to let everyone know what you do and how we can help you, as well as present your own business. We are also inviting our personal contacts, so there will be more people attending than you can see on the meet-up list.

Recent research from World Economic Forum highlights that employers value communication, leadership and EQ along with Technical Skills , now you know why Toastmaster is relevant for you. Soft skills aren’t just “nice extras”—they’re what help you actually succeed in today’s fast-moving, hybrid, and sometimes messy workplace. Think about it: * Can you explain a complicated idea in a way that actually makes sense to someone outside your field? * Can you listen and work well with others, even when things feel stressful? * Can you manage your time, emotions, and energy when everything seems due at once? These skills don’t just help you get by—they help you grow and stand out. While you can pick up a new tool or software pretty quickly, things like emotional awareness, communication, and resolving conflict take real practice over time. That’s why good employers look beyond resumes filled with technical terms. They want people who can adapt, connect, and lead—no matter their role or level of experience

The brain naturally organizes life around calendars, and year boundaries help us frame long-term goals more clearly and track progress meaningfully. A new year offers a fresh canvas—an opportunity to reset, refocus, and recommit to growth. Join us for a Toastmasters meeting on this theme, to be held on Friday, 9th January at 6:45 PM, at the Mankhool Public Library

**🎾 Elevate Your Padel Game!** Whether you're a beginner eager to learn the ropes or a seasoned player aiming to polish your skills, our lessons cater to all levels of expertise starting from just 120 AED onwards per person. 🌟 Why Choose Us? 🌟 * **Learn from the best:** Our coaches bring years of experience and a passion for Padel straight from the heartlands of Argentina and Spain, renowned for honing the skills of numerous professional players. * **Tailored packages:** Schedule your lessons according to your preferred timing. * **Affordable rates:** Starting from just 120 AED onwards per person. * **Multiple venues:** Danube Sports World, ZY Padel & Fitness Hub, Champs Sports Club, and Padel Art. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to elevate your Padel skills! Feel free to reach out for any further information or to book your spot today. **💬WhatsApp us at +971585129190**

Join us while we sip our favorite drinks, and share our thoughts in a relaxed, judgment-free space. And Connect with fellow readers who love to escape into stories! Current Read : The Wedding People By, Alison Espach (We provide an E-book) https://chat.whatsapp.com/IoHutnQVnp7ETRA8CqcHci?mode=gi_t Join the Whats App group, to stay updated on the meeting plans and to be part of any discussion or query. Whether you read a little or a lot, you’re welcome to join, share and repeat the joy of reading with us! 💛

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Bring your Soft Copy CV, bring your Iftaar food, and socialize, and be referred for free to a job opportunity. [Join our Whatsapp community](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JsA2NGII1nDDOGfs7SFbGt) This week there are Sales Opportunities, Hospitality & F&B, and Engineering & Labour Opportunities. [Be involved in our LinkedIn & socials](https://linktr.ee/propertential) Submit your CV: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9EIuZKh8SRCgBmVI2mtNgLPqx-dqAbulnQ5a_DO65FZcaWA/viewform?usp=header](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9EIuZKh8SRCgBmVI2mtNgLPqx-dqAbulnQ5a_DO65FZcaWA/viewform?usp=header)

Business Socialise with us over deserts, [Join our thriving business community!](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EAYWgmpDGM296DoDvhn54I?mode=hqrt2) [Be part of our LinkedIn and Socials!](https://linktr.ee/propertential) Step into the heart of Dubai’s thriving business scene with the Dubai Business Community Networking Event, a premier gathering designed to connect entrepreneurs, innovators, and professionals from across industries. Set against the backdrop of Dubai’s iconic skyline, this event celebrates collaboration, innovation, and growth. Attendees will enjoy an evening of meaningful conversations, strategic networking, and opportunities to build partnerships that drive success. The event blends modern business insights with Dubai’s dynamic energy, offering a platform for sharing ideas, discovering new ventures, and strengthening professional relationships. Whether you’re a startup founder, corporate leader, or creative professional, this event is your gateway to becoming part of a powerful community shaping the future of business in Dubai.

Life is full of surprises and this meeting celebrates creativity, confidence, and stepping outside your comfort zone. Get ready for powerful speeches, insightful evaluations, and exciting surprise segments! 📅 22nd February ⏰ 10:30 AM 📍 Aerobics Room, 3rd Floor, Imperial Residence, JVT, Dubai Whether you're a member or a first-time guest, join us to grow your public speaking, leadership, and confidence in a fun, supportive environment. 📩 RSVP: TM Souvik 971 58 109 5064 Arshad Imam 971 55 5553649 Come discover your “wild card” moment! 🎲

What are we doing? Now we know! We’ll be **playing fruit boccie**. 🍊🍋🍍 In keeping with our group’s **adventure spirit**, since it’s something that we have not done before together. ​
Details to know:
Cost: **Non-profit**. AED 20 **deposit** per person (to cover supplies & setup). We'll tally up actual costs afterward and refund any leftover amount to everyone who shows up.
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Come as you are - curious, ready to laugh, and open to meeting new people. You can bring your friends & kids along. We’re looking forward to seeing **new and familiar faces**!
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Are you looking to Transform yourself into: • A Powerful Public Speaker? • An Inspirational Leader? • Becoming more Confident? Empower yourself with the secrets of becoming a Confident and Compelling Public Speaker. We provide a fun and friendly learn-by-doing environment which enables you to develop your skills in a comfortable, supportive environment. We are a peer-to-peer group where members mutually develop their Public Speaking Skills through Prepared project Speeches, Constructive Evaluations and ongoing Mentoring, all within the globally recognized educational framework of Toastmasters International. Whether the very thought of speaking in public fills you with fear, or if you love standing up to speak in front of a crowd, you will learn something new by attending our meetings. Join us for our next meeting to experience our fun and encouraging, but professional way of learning public speaking and take a glance at how we prepare and practice public speaking technique, how we learn to control our body and voice and how we learn to deliver a powerful, confident speech. Please join us for our next meeting and discover how the group works. And if later you want to become a regular member of the group, there is a small annual fee, If interested in joining us, please contact following person, we’ll send you all the details about the meeting. For information about this meetup: Zainab Yousuf - (President) - 050- 5577791 Complementary Coffee + Tea + Cookies + Waters. Free Parking in Hotel Basement. Millennium Central Downtown Al Asayel street - Business Bay · Dubai ***More Information***\*\* It is simply knowing what you want to say and being comfortable with your communication skills. You learn to enhance your image, convince, and be impressive thus present with high personal impact. Objectives TM Meetings are designed for you to be equipped with practical tools and techniques that will allow you to: • Establish rapport with your audience • Learn techniques to reduce nervousness and fear • Realise your strengths as a presenter • How to appeal, influence and persuade different types of people • Recognise how visual aids can create impact and attention • Develop techniques to create a professional presence Prepare, practice, and deliver presentation • Presenting with a BANG Topics Covered • Personality assessment of presentation style (Speaker's Evaluation) • Assessment of presentation delivery (Speaker's Evaluation) • Structure your Speech: beginning, body, and ending. • Sending Positive Messages (verbal communication, body language) • Developing great slides • Overcoming Nervousness

**2\-Hour Live Masterclass \| Only AED 99/\-** You have the ideas. You have the experience. You have the passion. But when it’s time to speak... 🔸 Your mind blanks. 🔸 Your voice wavers. 🔸 And you walk away thinking, *"I wish I had shown up more powerfully."* **Public speaking shouldn’t cause anxiety** **It should feel exciting. Empowering. Unforgettable.** It’s a powerful opportunity to share your story, your message, your leadership In a way *only you* can. And to watch your audience light up with real engagement. In just **2 powerful hours**, you will learn how to: ✅ Speak so people listen—and *stay* listening ✅ Control nervous energy and turn it into presence ✅ Structure speeches and presentations that *land* ✅ Influence, inspire, and lead different types of audiences ✅ Build a magnetic presence that commands attention, without raising your voice Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your edge, you'll leave this masterclass **speaking, presenting, and communicating on a whole new level**. 🎯 **Step-by-Step Speech Structure** — No more rambling, only impact. 🎯 **How to Control Your Body Language & Voice** — Speak with power, not panic. 🎯 **Tools to Overcome Nervousness—for good.** Hi, I am Samra. I am a Certified Master Coach and a speaker. I help Industry Leaders & Entrepreneurs boost their confidence, and enhance their communication skills in order to advance quickly in their career without feeling like an imposter, even if they are introverted or socially awkward. Through proven NLP strategies, my mission is simple: to help you become a captivating speaker who commands attention and inspires action. This exclusive mastermind is designed to accelerate your growth using highly effective tools and techniques, pushing you beyond your comfort zone and motivating you to progress swiftly. # **Why This Masterclass is Different:** * **Fun, supportive "learn-by-doing" environment** — zero judgment, only growth. * **Professional techniques delivered simply** — no jargon, just what works. * **Affordable and highly practical** **Don’t let hesitation hold you back any longer.** **Take this step toward owning your voice and stepping into true leadership.** You’re one masterclass away from speaking with power, presence, and real influence. **Limited-Time Offer:** * This masterclass is **application-based** and limited to a select number of people. Those who apply through the link will be given access to the workshop. * When applying for the program, commitment to personal growth and development is a **pre-requisite** * RSVPing alone does not guarantee you a spot 📍 **Location:** To be shared upon confirmatioin ⏰ **Duration:** 2 hours 💰 **Fee:** AED 99 🎟 **Limited seats** **Sign up here:** https://form.jotform.com/230611193994055 https://pay.ziina.com/Kailanithreads/sq7zXLhS1 **Your Career Growth Awaits - Speak with Confidence!**

Tea Talk & Track – A Unique Networking & Training Event Join us this Sunday from 10:00 PM to 12:00 AM at: 📍 B2C Institute, Dhaguard Business Center, Office No. 301, 3rd Floor, Adidas building, Bank Street, Bur Dubai – Near Burjuman Metro Station (Exit 3) Event Flow: 🕛 10:00 PM– 11:00 PM | Business Networking–Build valuable connections and explore new opportunities. 🕛 11:00 PM– 12:00 AM | Learn Skill for generating Additional Income throgh the Forex Market–free introductory training workshop for beginners. This weekly gathering blends networking, professional learning, and live forex market experience to help you grow personally and professionally. 🌐 Visit us at: www.b2cinstitute.com 📅 Sunday | 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM 🤝 Connect. Learn. Grow.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas

This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you. We are a local chapter of Bogleheads**®**, whose investment strategy can be found here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here: https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php I look forward to seeing you there. Mark Vonder Haar

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** *Spec-Driven Development with GitHub Spec-Kit: From Intent to Implementation* Spec-driven development flips the traditional workflow on its head: instead of code being the source of truth, the specification becomes the backbone of design, collaboration, and delivery. In this session, we’ll explore how GitHub Spec-Kit enables teams to treat specifications as first-class artifacts—living documents that drive architecture, implementation, and verification. You’ll learn how Spec-Kit helps teams clearly express intent using structured, version-controlled specs that live alongside code. We’ll walk through a practical workflow that starts with defining system behavior and constraints, then progressively refines those specs into testable, automatable outcomes. Along the way, we’ll show how specs can reduce ambiguity, improve cross-functional collaboration, and make design decisions explicit before a single line of production code is written. This talk will cover: --What spec-driven development is (and what it isn’t) --How GitHub Spec-Kit fits into modern developer workflows --Using specs to align product, engineering, and AI-assisted development --Real-world examples of turning specs into implementations with confidence Whether you’re building greenfield systems, integrating AI into your stack, or trying to reduce costly rework, spec-driven development offers a scalable way to move faster without sacrificing clarity. Attendees will leave with concrete patterns and a clear mental model for adopting GitHub Spec-Kit in their own projects. **YouTube Link** TBA

Calling all founders, CEOs, lawyers, doctors, and entrepreneurs to join our special *Founder Edition* of Sip & Read meetup event. Let's sip on fine wine and discuss our first book **The 5AM Club- Own Your Morning Elevate Your Life, by Robin Sharma**. We will pair this book with our favorite wine at **Wine on High** and engage in thought-provoking discussions on startup businesses and entrepreneurship, and network with like-minded individuals in a cozy book club setting. Come prepared to discuss this month's book. At the end of each book club meeting, we will take next book and venue suggestions from the participants for the next meeting. Whether you are a book lover, women entrepreneur, or a content creator, this event is perfect for sharing ideas and insights with other funders and founders in the entrepreneurial world. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to connect, learn, and grow together. Sign up now to reserve your spot! *Fun fact! This meetup was established in 2015 and had over 1,000 members. I had to shut down operations while attending law school, but we're back!!*

How to be a Better Communicator Communication is everything in life Sunday, 23 February at 2pm. You are only as successful as your ability to communicate. \- What if you could confidently talk to anyone? \- What if you had the ability to calmly control every conversation? \- What if you could close that sale\, ask for that date\, make new friends\, repair problematic relationships\, get that raise\, or effortlessly express any idea with confidence? You can! The secret to success relies on your ability or inability to effectively communicate. Attend a free seminar and gain a better ability to communicate. Hosted by the Church of Scientology of Central Ohio 1266 Dublin Road, Columbus, OH 43215 For more information, contact Rhiannon, the Event Host at 614-221-5024

At Evolve Synergy Sessions, you'll be part of a supportive mastermind where we share challenges, brainstorm solutions, and inspire one another to take bold steps in our businesses. Grow your network, gain fresh perspectives, and build meaningful relationships with like-minded women who are committed to success. Whether you’re looking to move the needle in your business or simply need a space to connect and recharge, this is the perfect place to fuel your entrepreneurial journey. [Add Event to Calendar](https://evolvecolumbus.eventcalendarapp.com/) \*\* Please note, we will be arriving around 8:15a for open networking! Get there early and get connected! Contact Alexis Morley at [alexis.morley@edwardjones.com](mailto:alexis.morley@edwardjones.com) or Terri Lawson at [terri.lawson@e-merge.com](mailto:terri.lawson@e-merge.com) for more information.