Our group is looking to discuss new innovative ideas in healthcare. Everyone is welcome and everyone gets heard. We discuss new business concepts - what we like about them, concerns about them and how to improve them. Each meeting has a focused topic to build on and since we partner with a local healthcare startup company, we get to use the latest and greatest innovation techniques. Be a part of the solution to making healthcare more affordable! We meet a few times a month. Looking forward to me …

The Chicago Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that have learned how to discover customers and build products they want. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success faster than most because they get out of the building to talk to customers, validate business model assumptions as quickly and cheaply as possible, use ag …

We are the Chicago Chapter of the National PDMA. We're providing a community for Product Managers, Project Managers, Engineers, Designers and Developers to discuss the latest best-practices in New Product Development, Product Portfolio Management, Project Management and Innovation Management.

Join this group to stay informed of all of the awesome entrepreneurship and tech events, classes, arts and innovation and workshops that are happening at Cíbola incubator in Pilsen!

The Design Research Institute meetups are for anyone interested in design, entrepreneurship, innovative business, information design, data visualization, marketing and more. We offer food, short programs, and networking for faculty and students at UWM and other institutions of higher ed, the business community and creative industries. Mission: The Design Research Institute applies design thinking to creative research. We use the expertise and experience of artists and designers to collaborate, r …

According to Wikipedia, Public AWareness of Science (PAWS), Public Understanding of Science (PUS) or more recently, Public Engagement with Science and Technology are terms relating to the attitudes, behaviors, opinions and activities that comprise the relations between the general public or lay society as a whole to scientific knowledge and organization. It is a comparatively new approach to the task of exploring the multitude of relations and linkages science, technology and innovation have amo …

This group is tied to the Milwaukee Data Initiative, and effort to help our city by working with technology and data to innovate in business, community and government. This group will have all formal initiative events, and any that organizers want to do which relate to furthering technical standards, data collaboration or tool building. This group is for technology entrepreneurs, software developers, business professionals, government officials or community activists/workers that live, play or w …

This group is open to anyone who is interested in using technology to fuel social good. During these meetups we'll talk about how to use technology to bring an idea to life, and bring in Chicago nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs to help guide the discussion. We'll focus on how to build web and mobile solutions to solve real-world problems such as data management, registrations, transactions, and community building, among others.

Mobile Monday is an international organization that works with local, regional, national and global mobile industry visionaries and developers fostering cooperation and cross-company business development through virtual and live networking events to facilitate idea sharing, best practices development, trends identification, and Mobile Industry growth locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. All Mobile Monday Chapters encourage innovation within the mobile sector and help local comp …

Mobile Monday Milwaukee is the latest expansion of Mobile Monday. Mobile Monday is an international organization that works with local, regional, national and global mobile industry visionaries and developers fostering cooperation and cross-company business development through virtual and live networking events to facilitate idea sharing, best practices development, trends identification, and Mobile Industry growth locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. All Mobile Monday Chapters …

ChiPMA, The Chicago Area Product Management Association, is all about helping Product managers and related fields to get better at designing, building and launching digital products and services. Modeled after the Silicon Valley Product Managers Association (SVPMA, www.svpma.org), ChiPMA's meetings expose members to current trends in innovation, product strategy, product marketing, development approaches and the latest tools and technologies. Whom it's for: Software and Digital Product managers …

Are you interested in improving your product toolbox? This group will explore what Steve Jobs referred to as the "tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product." Each session will focus on a particular tool or method, and apply it hands-on to a real project. There are no experts here, just makers who want to dig in and learn from each other. Welcome software product managers, experience designers, marketers, entrepreneurs, and lone rangers -- let's have fun pract …

APLN Chicago is a community of Agile professionals meeting in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. We are focused on learning, innovation, and thought leadership in Agile. APLN Chicago meetings will provide an invaluable opportunity to participate in that expansion and innovation of Agile in Chicago. Visit our main website at http://aplnchicago.org !

Social change makers and web innovators have come together in cities across the nation to share ideas, network, and build community web resources and network. Now join us, so Chicago can grow more technology savvy social change organizations that benefit our local communities. Staff and volunteers of non-profits, web innovators, and any individuals pushing for change are encouraged to attend. We encourage anyone who is interested in the intersection of tech and social good - tech encompasses eve …

Spreenkler is an idea networking group. We gather to discuss and stay on top of emerging practices and techniques in design, technology and startups. All with the purpose of helping you be better at what you do. The atmosphere is energetic, fun and casual. You can be yourself and meet a lot of successful people in Milwaukee. If you're looking to expand your creativity, learn from other design and technology professionals and entrepreneurs, as well as stay on the cutting edge of the innovative t …

Data 2.0 Chicago is the Midwest arm of the DataWeek.co and Data2Summit.com events in San Francisco. We host over 500 innovative data companies from Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to MongoDB, Kaggle, and InfoChimps at our yearly conferences & summits. Topics cover big data, cloud data, NoSQL, API's and mashups, open data initiatives, and data platforms. The Data 2.0 meetup group is for entrepreneurs, data scientists, investors, engineers, database admins, data architects, and professionals in …

The purpose of this group is to bring governments, developers, and communities together in a common mission to use public data to create digital tools that serve civic needs and promote economic development. Go to http://illinoisopentech.org/ for the latest updates on the Illinois Open Technology (ILOpenTech). The first set of meetups will be held in our four pilot communities: Belleville, Champaign, Rockford and South Suburbs centered around the ILOpenTech Challenge, a multi-month initiative th …

Our weekly meetings include open networking, sixty second commercials, and an informational speaker. Join us for lunch and meet other business professionals looking to pass referrals weekly!

EXPANDING RAVES and ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC- Make new friends in the scene and keep the circle of plur ever expanding! Whether you are in it to have fun with some great people, explore music and your personal creativity, or have an experience of ecstatic oneness with the universe, this is the group you've been looking for! Raves may one day trance-form the planet. Enough energy has been generated that we could expand to a higher level. Electronic music styles have create different effects on the …

She's an innovator, a leader, a philanthropist and an well-rounded individual who embraces her femininity in a sophisticated, unassuming way. She follows her own rules; she is very comfortable in her own skin and she exudes confidence. The kind of confidence that tells others that she respects herself, loves herself, and dresses up for herself and nobody else. She is her own muse. She is refined and displays class, but is surely in touch with her sensual side. She doesn't like to live a life of …

Empowering technology innovation in Milwaukee by bringing together nerds, engineers, coders and other geeks.

This group will serve as an outlet for LICENSED healthcare professionals only! We believe is absolutely necessary to have an healthy outlet to discuss issues in chosen professions and support each other with dignity and love. Oh yeah...............lets have FUN too!!!!!!!

DREAM MKE mission is to educate, accelerate and empower underrepresented entrepreneurs in the Milwaukee Region. We envision a Milwaukee in which no one is limited by their circumstances. You join DREAM MKE because you believe that the whole is bigger than the sums of its parts and that you want to become an active part of a trusted community where people help each other towards creating more positive impact. Join a local community of tech entrepreneurs,thought leaders, executives, and investors. …

Buildhealth is a meetup that aims to combine expertise from the healthcare field with creativity and wisdom from the community at large with the goal of creating meaningful and useful change in healthcare. The target of each meetup is to develop a proof of concept within a 28 hour period. Food, drink, and rest locations are provided. Cash awards go to the top entries.

Greetings Parents of kids with Autism, Asperger's ADD/ADHD, and other related differences, Are you looking for a way to help your child improve their social skills? Does your child get stuck on one topic? Does your child have huge meltdowns over not-so-huge problems? Would you like to see your child be a little more flexible? If you answered yes, have you heard about Superflex(TM) or Social Thinking(R)? Social Thinking(R) is an exciting and innovative approach helping kids develop “socia …

Industrial Designers Society of America, Wisconsin Chapter We're interested in meeting anyone practicing or interested or interfacing with Industrial Design, UX Design, Product Development, Graphic Design, and Generally Cool People. If you're a Designer, we want to meet you!

This is a group for startups, freelancers, developers, entrepreneurs, remote worker, work-from-home professionals (and everyone in between) living on the north side of Chicago, who want to work and network in a coworking environment that will stimulate, inspire and support. If you don't want to schlep downtown to a coworking space and are looking for a community of like-mined, supportive folks in the Wicker Park, Bucktown, Ukranian Village, Lakeview, Logan Square (and elsewhere!), then please jo …

If you believe in a fulfilling career outside of traditional paths, then you are ripe for "Uncubing"! Join the movement. If you are a talented dev, designer or hustler looking to access a whole slew of great opportunities in one single place, then you'll fit right on in! Be the first to learn about upcoming events, early bird discounts, exclusive workshops, and advice for getting face-time with some of the leading startups in across the US. About Us: Wakefield is a media company that publishes …