… • I speak at public and business forums on innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship. • I hold a masters degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation along with my Economics and Marketing Degree. I love the meetup scene as it is the coalface of entrepreneurship, and I enjoy supporting people with ideas. I have also just set one of these up for Geelong and Ballarat. The structure varies, but in most cases I arrange for up to 2 presenters tell their tale of woe, idea or strategy for eg: …

Getting together on a regular basis to share ideas on what has and hasn't worked in relation to people's disability funding package. People who are interested in sharing innovative ideas on support services is what we are all about. It is a totally independent group that is not affiliated with any organisation You can expect questions and topics such as these to arise during this informal casual get-together. Do you know of a agency that can find me good reliable carers? Am I able to use my fun …

… Those things just detract from the real fun stuff, the technology, the innovation and the spread of new ideas. London Girl Geek Dinners was the very first Girl Geek Dinner group to start out. There are now groups all over the world. The events have gone from strength to strength with diverse members and some amazing sponsors who have provided great venues and fantastic support! The focus of the events is about uniting, supporting, learning and having fun as a female in the technology industry. …

The Limited WIP Society is intended to be the home of Kanban for the software development community. The growth of people doing Kanban, talking about Kanban, or wanting to find out about Kanban has been pretty rapid. Currently we have lots of people blogging independently, some really good articles that bloggers have linked to separately and the kanbandev Yahoo! Group. The Limited WIP Society meets every month to share ideas, meet other Kanban enthusiasts, promote Kanban and harness innovation …

Hello Entrepreneurs. Are you an innovator, opportunist, resourceful, quick thinking or enthusiastic? Interested in sharing & learning entrepreneurial related knowledge, skills, techniques and resources with a bunch of other well rounded entrepreneurs? or are you just starting out and would like to meet some of our successful members and be mentored? This is a place where we can all stand on the edge of thought, ideas and creativity and share openly; all meet ups are public and designed to benefi …

Do you work in a non-profit? Are you interested in starting or optimizing your social media channels? If so, NetSquared Melbourne is here to help! Every month, the NetSquared community comes together at events around the world. In 2012, Richenda is planning monthly meetups in Melbourne. Style and format of these meetings are currently in discussion on this G+ chat: https://plus.google.com/100787009761492155524/posts?hl=en Please contribute to what you think is important to you. If you are intere …

Welcome fellow players and enterprisers!   This is a discussion group for Gamification, Play Theory and Serious Games for education, enterprise, organisational development and personal development. There is no real structure to our sessions as of yet, however this will evolve over time. Come down and have a coffee (or bring your playlunch) and meet some interesting, like-minded individuals. Visit us at http://www.pl4y.com.au

The Web is enabling new forms of social organisation to emerge that are bottom-up, participatory and peer-to-peer which is leading to deep structural transformation of all levels of government and the public sector. This open government meetup group is for anyone serious about developing new ideas and projects that foster transparency, participation and collaboration in government and public sector services. This could range from citizen innovation to community consultation, stakeholder engageme …

Superconnectors are about hyperconnectivity and getting things done. This is a meetup group for Hub Melbourne members to share experiences and ideas of how to #gtd across our networks and communities. Want to know more about Hub Melbourne? http://www.hubmelbourne.com/