Blogging Groups Near Me

(A.M.) Field Shoot (Tommy's Diner - Post Shoot Social)

Tommy's Diner - a family-run Columbus classic serving the best breakfast and lunch in Franklinton since 1989! Opportunity to gather post-meeting, tell stories (mostly lies), ask questions about burning photography/post-production issues, and ponder the future of our country and planet. Oh, and food... Location and time to be determined based on the specifics of the shoot immediately preceding this event.

Morning people unite!! 🐤 ☕ + 💬 @ Barrel and Bloom

Early-bird coffee and conversation at [Barrel and Bloom](https://www.endeavorbrewing.com/barrel-and-bloom/)!

Walk & Talk About Life's Big Questions

HOW TO BE A BETTER COMMUNICATOR - A FREE SEMINAR

Communication is everything in life 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

Data & Analytics Wednesday - Voice Agents and AI

**“I’m Sorry, Can You Repeat That?”** **\- When and Why Voice Agents Fail** Every contact center leader has heard it: a caller repeating their name three times, getting more frustrated with each attempt. The dashboards look clean. Containment is up, confidence scores look fine. The system looks like it’s working, but your customer just had their worst interaction of the week, and none of your metrics caught it. Analyzing voice-driven customer experience today means chasing answers across a dozen scattered signals, transcripts, sentiment scores, handle times, escalation rates, without a comprehensive map of the thing you’re actually measuring: a conversation. That map exists, and it’s called linguistics. With it, the scattered signals fall into their right spots and order, and you stop patching symptoms and start diagnosing the experience. The map starts with a simple model. Every conversation runs on two channels: the form (sounds, words, timing, turns) and the meaning (the task, the situation, the feeling). Customers keep both channels aligned, with each other and with their partner’s, continuously and without thinking. A voice agent that serves them well has to do the same: keeping its form and meaning channels aligned, with each other, and with the customer’s, constantly and seamlessly. The map survives every technology shift, because it describes the conversation, not the implementation. From it, you get both halves of the job: design questions for building better customer experiences, and a matrix that turns “the customer was frustrated” or “the bot just didn’t get it” into concrete, measurable, fixable failure modes, the missing rows in your voice-of-customer analysis. Who this is for: CX and customer service leaders, analysts working with call and chat data, voice AI practitioners, and anyone who’s watched clean dashboards while their customers quietly suffered. **About our Speaker:** [Midam Kim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/midamkim/) is an ML Engineer at [ServiceNow](https://www.servicenow.com/), where she builds and evaluates a multilingual voice AI platform spanning a dozen languages. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Northwestern University and has backgrounds in linguistics, speech science, cognitive science, machine learning, and business. Her work sits at the rare intersection of production ML engineering and speech science—translating decades of linguistic research into the engineering decisions voice AI teams are making right now. **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/)

Free in Person Meeting - Get Over Losses and Betrayls

Do you want more motivation and confidence to build Lasting Relationships? 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. Are you 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. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This class is held at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center.

IxDA Chat ‘n Pancakes

Join the local UX community for our casual monthly breakfast event. This month, we head to Columbus' South Side for Lois Mann's year-round Christmas-themed restaurant. **The Restaurant is CASH-ONLY, so be prepared, but I believe there is an ATM inside, just in case you weren't.** Thanks to the team at Nationwide for supporting the group!

Columbus Faceless AI Brand for Entrepreneurs

**Build an AI Content Business Without Showing Your Face – Influencer Blueprint** Content is the highest-leverage marketing channel available and AI makes it possible to build a content business without ever going on camera. This masterclass shows you exactly how. Connect with other ambitious founders building content businesses with AI. Real strategies, real results, real network. Register below to claim your place — RSVP is just the first step. ### [SAVE YOUR SEAT](https://aiventurelab.org/product/AiInfluencer?city=Columbus&groupurlname=better-you-better-business&startgmtdatetime=2026-08-08T22:00:00Z) --- What you'll create: - A growth framework that compounds over time without compounding your workload - A business that earns from content while you focus on building everything else - AI tools that generate, edit, and post content automatically No face. No followers. No problem. Build it the smart way.

Morning Walk

Saturday Afternoon hike - Franklin Park - See event description for update

Join us for a casual hike out at Franklin Park, the park around the Franklin Park conservatory. This will be a casual get together for people to meet greet and socialize with other introverts in our city. Come out and see some familiar faces, or make new friends too! 👉We'll meet right outside the conservatory, but not actually go into the conservatory. Its an easy spot for us to find each other to start the walk. 👈

Antoinette Savage at Lindsay Gallery

Let's attend an art opening at longtime Columbus gem, Lindsay Gallery! Antoinette Savage, whose work is featured at this opening, gives an artist talk at 7PM. For more information about her work, visit: ancestralblessingsart.com The detail in the photo is from an artwork by Ricky Barnes: lindsaygallery.com/ricky-barnes/ His contact info and available portfolio are managed by Lindsay Gallery.

Columbus Code & Coffee: Flutter Magic with RedBrogdon

Join us for an exciting evening with RedBrogdon as he unveils the enchanting world of Google and Flutter! This is a perfect opportunity to dive into cutting-edge technologies, enjoy insightful discussions, and connect with fellow developers. Whether you're a seasoned coder or just starting out, you'll walk away with valuable knowledge and new connections. Don’t miss out—RSVP now and bring a friend! Join at Columbus Code & Coffee 89 @ Improving https://meetu.ps/e/Q6Q98/1668X/i Pete is bummed his going to miss it this month! Be sure to let him know if you went! Agenda --- Hosted By James Power, Organizer Pete Gordon, Organizer Just a Software Guy in the age of the Internet. Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbus-presents-columbus-code-amp-coffee-flutter-magic-with-redbrogdon/.