DC based group focused on education technology in the K-12 and post secondary spaces.

Join this group if you love or are interested in discussing our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and are sick of politics as usual. This group will provide the opportunity for discussing current events and political issues from a classical liberal / paleoconservative / constitutionalist / libertarian point of view, and to support local and national political candidates who hold those views. This meetup will also serve as a venue for Ron Paul supporters from all political backgrounds to organize …

Be Social Change DC Meetup - We are a community of change makers, social entrepreneurs, start-ups, techies, non-profits, educators and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Collectively, we are cultivating a network that fosters social innovation, supports social entrepreneurship, and creates opportunities to make the world a better place. Our Meetups empower, connect and organize the social change community in New York through: “Be” - events and panels that highlight creative social innovators an …

This group is for parents & educators who want to teach computer technology and design. We want to have regular meetups to exchange ideas and also to also provide opportunities for kids to learn programming, design, and robotics skills.

The Green Building Technology Group is a networking group focused on sustainable and high performance building professionals in the DC/MD/VA area.  The group is designed for contractors, architects, designers, green consultants, builders, real estate professionals and anyone else who is interested in how work in their field is related to and contributes to this industry.  We are a group who wishes to come together to discuss design and construction techniques, best practices, lessons learned, an …

Thank You For Joining & Welcome To The Community! Drupal is widely used by many government agencies, hi-profile businesses, not-for-profit firms and community-based organizations to build their websites and applications. Internationally, Drupal powers millions of websites and applications in many countries and is built, used and supported by an active, passionate and growing world-wide community. The Drupal Technology Meetup is a resource for the growing community -- including professionals in …

Make yourself at home - welcome to the HOTCOE Meetup! HOTCOE stands for Hands-On Training & Career Opportunities for Everyone. We are the best at providing the general public with (a) hands-on experience, (b) access to just-in-time education, and/or (c) robust job marketing services. Our group is an outreach of, Career Network Ministry, the largest job seeker service provider in the Washington, DC metro area Virginia Institute of Technology's Office of Business Development, committed to bridgin …

Russian Klub focuses on the enhancement of the Russian and international experience. With this experience as our common goal, our activities assist our members to exchange, practice and enrich themselves in the languages. Our group is open to everyone with similar interests for the languages, cultures, and meeting other Global Russians and Internationals in the Washington DC Metro area. Here is what we do, We welcome event organizers and project managers to organize international events using o …

"Open source" is not just about making software. It's about how we engage with each other, how we innovate and what problems we ultimately solve. This NOAA user group is dedicated to promoting knowledge and sharing experiences about geospatial free and open source software,  and all that follows.

Washington DC ACM SIGGRAPH is a non-profit, professional computer graphics organization serving the Washington metropolitan area. Our mission is to foster the synthesis of art and technology while promoting and educating the computer graphics and interactive media community through the exchange of printed and electronic information and innovative ideas. We are a volunteer organization that relies on its members to provide unique resources for the benefit of those interested in the field of compu …

We are the DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.  We help advance computing as a science and a profession.  We do this offline through lectures, workshops, discussion panels, and professional development seminars.  We partner with ACM HQ, ACM Public Policy, ACM special interest groups (SIGs), DC area technical user groups, and area university Comp Sci and Info Tech departments. Join us if you like any of the following categories: http://acm.org/sigs Suggest a topic or speaker, w …

I have many friends who want to share their experiences in teaching English overseas with those who want to go abroad and discover a new world. The purpose of the group is to help each other by exchanging information.

Introduction This group explores the intersection of the data revolution and the art of creating value. Bring your inner data scientist and learn how people are not only doing cool things with data, but doing so in ways that help startups, businesses, and other organizations thrive. While we will always have industrial, academic, and government luminaries as speakers, this meetup will not just be about lectures and free pizza (or empanadas as we secure sponsors).  Simply put, we are building a …

We're in Washington, D.C., we love Wikipedia and Wikimedia, and our vision is to empower individuals around the world through free access to the sum of human knowledge! We get together for various reasons, like taking some amazing pictures for Wikimedia Commons, expanding articles on Wikipedia so that people can learn from them, or discussing various issues related to Internet, culture, art, museums, libraries, history, or whatever we'd like to discuss. And we're done, we make sure the whole wor …

We are Tech in Motion: Washington DC. This is a group for all DC tech lovers and enthusiasts. Whether you are an entry-level programmer, an expert in the field, an open-minded entrepreneur, or just a hobbyist- we’d love to have you. We will be having regular meetups on anything and everything that we think will interest the tech community. This is a group for the people, by the people, so if you have any suggestions on topics or presenters, let us know! Thank you for joining, and stay tuned for …

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

LOPSA DC is the DC chapter of the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA), a local group created for system administators in the DC Metro area. LOPSA is a nonprofit corporation based out of New Jersey with members throughout the world with the mission of advancing the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues. While membership in LOPSA is e …

Club125 is a kid-safe, adult-friendly place where members can meet to engage and enrich their minds. We offer tutoring, workshops, and makerspace activities.

This is a group for anyone interested in education technology and promoting education in the classroom for teachers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the Washington DC region. We will be organizing keynotes, panel discussions, and more. We will try to meet monthly to explore various topics at the intersection of education and technology; to learn about the latest technologies that are supporting teachers; and to hear from teachers about the problems in education that must be fixed now. In add …

This is a place to tell stories about change in place over time, and to get involved in the nascent MapStorytelling community. Along the way, we'll connect folks across a range of professional interests and fields, and spark new ways of thinking and acting for the common good.

This meetup group is created for managers, professional IT architects, and everyone interested in information architecture art and science. We meet to discuss, debate, share ideas, collaborate to make sense of Big Data, Content Management (including Adobe CQ, Drupal, SharePoint, WordPress), Data Management, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Technology, SEO, etc. Please make yourself at home - check out our scheduled events below and suggest new ones. Welcome on our board and let there be a higher …

A branch of the edX Global Community for people who live near Washington, DC, USA! Meetup with other people taking edX courses, have study groups at local coffee shops and libraries, and celebrate your successes!

NetSAP DC’s mission is to serve as the unequivocal voice for the South Asian Diaspora by developing and engaging a cohesive network of professionals to benefit the community. Our mission is to be more than just a networking forum. We also aspire to be the facilitating vehicle used by South Asian professionals to improve and enhance the communities in which we work and live. NetSAP DC lays the foundation for the best and brightest to forge cohesive relationships to work together for a lifetime. W …

Want to meet fellow professionals who share your passion for education ? Join teachers and service providers from the District to network, relax after a long week, or even share great teaching strategies!

The B2B Content Marketing Meetup was born from a simple idea: content marketing is the most powerful marketing methodology out there today. Write something that educates people about something they care about, provide them something that is valuable and that they can actually use, and you can attract tons of loyal customers to you and build a brand name as well. Combine that with modern technology, such as social media, email and video, and you’ve got the perfect combination. It’s an effort to b …