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Enjoy your time learning and practicing public speaking with Budapest Toastmasters! There is no need to speak or any previous experience in Public Speaking. --- 👉Keycode: 12, 3rd Floor. Please arrive by 6:20 PM, the meeting starts at 6:30 PM👉No registration or dress code is needed, the event is FREE.👉NOTE: We will have signs in the place so you can locate easily the Toastmasters Meeting room. --- Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. Our membership is 313,000 strong. Members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 14,650 clubs in 126 countries that make up our global network of meeting locations. The world needs leaders. Leaders head families, coach teams, run businesses, and mentor others. These leaders must not only accomplish but must also communicate. By regularly giving speeches, gaining feedback, leading teams, and guiding others to achieve their goals in a supportive atmosphere, leaders emerge from the Toastmasters program. Every Toastmaster's journey begins with a single speech. During their journey, they learn to tell their stories. They listen and answer. They plan and lead. They give feedback—and accept it. Through our community of learners, they find their path to leadership.

**This week's venue: ANT Collective \| Tisza u\. 11\. Budapest 1133** (the venue requires 1000 Ft/person) We hold a bi-weekly workshop to encourage creative writing where we share pieces of creative writing and solicit feedback from the other attendees. Some members also use the forum to find others with whom to collaborate, edit work, and/or brainstorm plot, themes, settings, and so forth. And from time to time, we participate in competitions, recite and/or offer material for events organized by other groups. At the moment there is no prompt for this particular meetup. Instead, writers are invited to submit something they have (or are working on) or to craft a short story specifically for the event. Of course, there's no pressure to submit something. Many participants are interested in hearing ideas, questioning the authors, and examining style and technique. Often, we explore other published works as well. The submission guidelines are as follows: 1. limit the piece to 850 words (to give enough time for any other submissions being read at the event); 2. make the text available (though you can read it aloud) for the other attendees. Many authors bring a few printed copies, others post their work in the comments of the meetup; 3. have a question in mind for the group about the submission; and, 4. If offering something from a longer work, be prepared to give a little bit of background first.

Please contact me personally: Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/leonid.syrovyatkin](https://www.facebook.com/leonid.syrovyatkin) Whatsapp: [https://wa.me/36305183643](https://wa.me/36305183643) Telegram: https://t.me/Rudra_AM **Bouldering & Rope Climbing \| Small Groups \| Friendly Atmosphere** Want to try climbing or get more confident on the wall? Join our **beginner-friendly climbing sessions** for adults and kids (9+). No prior experience needed — just curiosity and willingness to move 💪 **Languages:** English / Hungarian / Russian *** ### 🔹 Monday — Bouldering (Low Wall) Perfect for beginners: low wall, soft mats, focus on strength, technique and movement. 🕔 **17:00–18:40** 📍 Mountex, 1134 Budapest, Váci út 19 📌 **Pre-registration required** **Training:** 4000 HUF / person **Gym entry (paid separately):** * Adults: 3500 HUF * Children under 14: 2290 HUF Equipment rental available on site. *** ### 🔹 Thursday — Rope Climbing (15 m Wall) Learn rope climbing and belaying on a **full-height wall** with an instructor. 🕔 **17:00–19:00** 📍 BigWall, 1047 Budapest, Károlyi István u. 10 📌 **Pre-registration required** **Training:** 5000 HUF / person **Gym entry (paid separately):** * Adults: 3990 HUF * Students (under 26): 2990 HUF * Children under 14: 1990 HUF All necessary equipment can be rented at the gym. *** ### ⭐ Why join? * Beginner-friendly, supportive coaching * Small groups and personal attention * Adults & kids train together * Safe environment and clear instruction * Great way to get stronger and meet active people * In the warm season, we **occasionally move from the gym to real rock outdoors** *** ### 💳 Regular climbers If you attend **both days regularly**, you can buy a pass: **29,000 HUF — 8 consecutive sessions** *** 👉 **Sign up in advance — spots are limited.** Feel free to message me if you have questions!

El objetivo de este encuentro es romper el hielo, hablar de las historias que nos gusta escribir, de por qué escribimos, de los libros que nos gusta leer, de qué dificultades encontramos al enfrentarnos al folio en blanco y de qué esperamos del grupo. En definitiva, se trata de conocernos como personas para entendernos como escritores. No importa si has escrito diez novelas, cuatro cuentos o el precioso título de un poema sin versos. Aquí todo aspirante a juntaletras es bienvenido.

The language of this event is 🇭🇺 Hungarian. Nyár van, kint a helyünk. Hozd a pokrócod, egy hideg italt és magadat - leülünk a fűbe, és ezúttal nem csak sörözünk (de azt is 🍻). Van egy téma, ami az utóbbi hónapokban újra meg újra előjön a folyosókon, a posztok alatt: **Megszervezzük végre magunkat szakmaként?** A hazai UX/design szakma tehetséges, és szétszórt. A tudás, a kapcsolat, a láthatóság ad hoc mozog - sokszor egy-egy ember jóindulatán múlik. Több helyen is forr most valami: ki összefogást akar, ki közszolgáltatás-designt, ki egyszerűen csak nem akar egyedül ülni a Figma előtt. Ezen az estén **közösen gondolkodunk hangosan**: kell-e nekünk közös szakmai tér, és ha igen, milyen? Nem előadás, nem panel. **Laza, facilitált beszélgetés a pokrócon**, mindenki hoz egy nézőpontot, és visz egy gondolatot. **Miről beszélgetünk** * Mi hiányzik most a leginkább a szakmából? (mentorálás, közösség, minőség, érdekképviselet…) * Mi az, ami már működik — és mit kár újra feltalálni? * Ha lenne egy közös, **átlátható** szakmai tér, mi tenné valóban hasznossá — és mi rontaná el? * Mi az az **első, nagyon kicsi dolog**, amit tényleg meg is csinálnánk? **Hogyan zajlik** * **18:00** gyülekező, pokróc-foglalás, ismerkedés * **18:30** rövid felvezetés + facilitált körök kis csoportokban * **19:15** közös összegzés: mit visz haza a szakma erről az estéről * **19:30** kötetlen beszélgetés, sör, naplemente 🌇 **Mit hozz** 🧺 pokrócot · 🥤 italt/harapnivalót magadnak 🧠 egy őszinte véleményt arról, mi hiányzik **Kinek szól** Designereknek, kutatóknak, vezetőknek, junioroknak, **bárkinek a szakmából** és a társterületekről\*\*.\*\* Nem kell felkészülni, nem kell „valakinek lenni". Aki kíváncsi a szakma jövőjére, annak itt a helye. **Akadálymentesség** A helyszín kerekesszékkel megközelíthető. Ha bármilyen igényed van, hogy jól érezd magad köztünk, írj nekünk előre - igyekszünk megoldani. ♿ **Gyere, ülj le a fűbe, és tedd hozzá a hangod.** Lehet, hogy pont ezen az estén indul el valami, amit évek óta hiányolunk. 🌱 🚀 **Fontos infó: Költözik a UX Budapest!** Gőzerővel készülünk az őszi átállásra, amikor is teljesen **elhagyjuk** a Meetup.com-ot, és minden eseményünket kizárólag a **Lumán** szervezzük majd. Ez a pokrócos találkozó már az új felületünkön is él! 👉 **Itt tudsz követni minket:** [https://luma.com/wdm4y3g2](https://luma.com/wdm4y3g2)

🇬🇧 July we plan something special! It's time for another Hungarian ServiceNow Meetup out in the wilderness! **Meetup Agenda:** * **5:00 PM - Check-In & Networking** Please arrive on time to allow us to check everyone in smoothly. Once checked in, take the opportunity to start connecting with fellow attendees and enjoy some casual networking before the event begins. * **5:30 PM - Roundtable Discussion : Expert Programs** Join us to hear the experiences of an ArchX, CTA and CMA about the expert programs, career projections and to answer the ultimate question. Is it worth it overall? During the event we will "bogracs" some kind of non-vegetarian food and drinks can be purchased at the venue. See you there! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 🇭🇺 Júliusban valami nagyon különlegeset tervezünk! Itt az ideje egy újabb Hungarian ServiceNow Meetupnak, ezúttal a természet közepén! Meetup program: 17:00 – Érkezés és networking Kérünk, érkezz időben, hogy gördülékenyen tudjuk lebonyolítani a regisztrációt. Bejelentkezés után lesz lehetőség kötetlen beszélgetésre és ismerkedésre a résztvevőkkel, mielőtt elkezdődik a program. 17:30 – Kerekasztal beszélgetés: Expert programok Csatlakozz hozzánk, és hallgasd meg egy ArchX, egy CTA és egy CMA tapasztalatait az expert programokról, karrierlehetőségekről, és választ kapunk az örök kérdésre: megéri-e? Az esemény során bográcsban főzünk valamilyen nem vegetáriánus ételt, az italok a helyszínen térítés ellenében érhetők el. Ott tali!

**〜bogrács & lecsó afternoon 🌶️** welcome to the **unplugged club Budapest** ✨ a space to slow down, leave your phone behind, and reconnect with yourself and others through simple, shared experiences ☻ This time, we'll spend a summer afternoon and evening cooking one of Hungary's most beloved dishes: **lecsó** 🥘, prepared the traditional way in a **bogrács** over an open fire. **〜 What to Expect** We'll prepare together one big pot of lecsó together and spend the afternoon relaxing near the Danube. Cooking in a bogrács is a long-standing Hungarian tradition and a beloved way to spend warm summer days with friends and family. For locals, it often brings back memories of childhood gatherings and weekends outdoors. If you're new to Hungary, this is a unique opportunity to experience an authentic local tradition 🇭🇺 🚨 **Please note:** To keep the experience true to the authentic Hungarian recipe, we'll be cooking lecsó with sausages. ⚠️ **Check note on payment below to avoid paying extra fees.** **〜 Schedule** 15:00 – Arrival 15:30 – Start preparing the ingredients and cooking together 18:30 – Enjoy our homemade lecsó together Until 21:00 – Relax, chat, play games, or simply enjoy the summer evening **〜 Notes** 💛 Price: **〜3,000 HUF** (*+ meetup fee*), which covers the venue fee, ingredients for the lecsó and snacks (no drinks included). ⚠️ **If you want to avoid the meetup fees**, please message us (unplugged or Juliana) and we can accept Revolut payments. 🍹 It's **not allowed** to bring any drinks to the venue, they can be purchased at the location. 👋 Come alone or bring a friend. 🍳 No cooking experience is needed: everyone is welcome to help in whatever way feels comfortable.

Come meet people and play new board games with the international members of the BFG Whatsapp group! [Link to join the chat is here](https://chat.whatsapp.com/ICAamEEv2GCAMKM977k0Wm). We’ll reserve a few tables at Vault 51 and then play games in smaller groups throughout the evening. **Note:** *Vault 51 requires that you pay a 600 Ft table fee per person at the bar.* Feel free to bring games you want to play or play something from the bar’s collection. Hot food and snacks are available from the bar until about 10pm Spots for this event are limited to not go too far over our table reservation, so please change your RSVP if you are not able to attend, also if you are on the waitlist, please wait to be in the "going" before attending! Also everyone can bring 1 guest only. Don't bring more, we wont have enough seats! Thanks you!

**〜 run for your coffee ☕️🥐** welcome to the **unplugged club Budapest ✨** a space to slow down, leave the phone behind, and reconnect with yourself and others through low pressure shared experiences ☻ Let's start the weekend on a good note by running \~**5km** together and having a well deserved coffee after 😎🏃🏻‍♀️☕ **〜 What to expect** ◦ A quick warm up at Gyóni Géza tér. ◦ A 4.7km route (\~between 6 and 7:00 min/km pace). ◦ After the run, we’ll hang out at **Goosebumps Coffee Lab** for some coffee or beverage of your choice. **〜 Details** 📅 Saturday, July 11th 🕘 Start: 9:30 am 📍 Meeting point: Gyóni Géza tér (square under Margit bridge) 🏃‍♀️ Distance: \~4.7 km ☕ Finish: Goosebumps Coffee Lab

Join us for a fun evening of beer tasting and networking with fellow Budapest ex-pats at our next meetup event! Whether you're new in town or a long-time resident, this is the perfect opportunity to connect. Our event will feature a variety of local and international brews for you to sample and discuss, while enjoying great conversations. Don't miss out on the chance to make new friends and discover new favorite beers at Beer People at Lázár utca 7. Come raise a glass with us at the Ex-Pat & English Language Meetup!

Please sign up in advance! Hot Paprika Presents: Budapest’s Best Pub Quiz! Sign Up: https://forms.gle/CouTc9QdmoPqEkRp8 Join us for the Hot Paprika Pub Quiz at Bunkert, kicking off at 8 PM! This isn’t your average trivia night—it's hosted by comedians, so expect uncomfortable laughs, unexpected twists, and an unforgettable time! What to Expect: Diverse Topics – From pop culture to history, no subject is off-limits! Comedian Hosts – The hilarious Tauseef Parvez will keep you entertained. Big Prizes – Weekly winners score free comedy show tickets & bar discounts . Donation-Based – Come, play, and support the show however you can! Gather your team, sharpen your wits, and let’s make trivia night legendary! Register now and don’t miss out!

You can sleep in on the Semiquincentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

Topic to be announced. **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: https://www.veeam.com/ **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

Highlights and Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2025 With so much emphasis on cloud data platforms and AI these days, SQL people can feel left behind by all the marketing hype. SQL Server 2025 was officially released in November of 2025, though, and contains a ton of improvements that will make our SQL Server deployments a bit faster, better, and more secure. There are even more improvements tucked into the release that never made a marketing blog or press release that you'll likely be learning about for the first time in this session! Join this session to learn about what makes your high availability a little more available, your performance a bit more performant, and your database more developer and app-friendly. Come spend an hour with SQL people talking SQL Server 2025 – the good, the "not quite ready for prime time", and the hidden awesomeness.

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

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**Hello Columbus!** **The community is buzzing and growing well. We are thrilled to bring our fourth BrowserStack QA Meetup on Thursday, July 9th!** We are creating a space for deeper insights, meaningful connections, and a vibe you won't want to miss. **What to expect:** * **Connect:** Network with Columbus' top engineering and QA minds. * **Learn:** Real-world tactics and trends you can use immediately. * **Enjoy:** Food, drinks, and great community spirit. **Agenda** * **Two Roads Diverged in a Wood: Docker Compose vs. Kubernetes** by **[Doug Reeder](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdouglasreeder/)** **RSVP Essential:** Space is limited, and we want to ensure a great experience for everyone. **RSVP now to secure your spot!** 📍 **Venue:** Leading EDJE, 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 300, Dublin, OH 43017 📍 **Free Parking:** 6725 Longshore Street, Dublin, OH 43017 📅 **Date & Time:** July 9, 6:00 PM **Stay Connected!** Want to continue the conversation beyond the meetup? Join our **BrowserStack Discord Server** to get updates, connect with fellow QA professionals, and be part of an ongoing discussion. **Don’t miss out—click below to join!** 🔗 [\[](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[Join the BrowserStack Discord Server](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[\]](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW) **A Few Notes:** ✅ This is an **in-person event** ✅ **RSVP does not guarantee a seat** – A confirmation email will be sent one day before the event. **TALK ABSTRACT:** Docker Compose and Kubernetes are two of the most popular tools for running containerized applications. Their feature lists are similar. Architects and senior developers need to know how their different paradigms lead to unexpectedly different experiences in production.