The Calgary MarCom Synergy Group was formed to create an opportunity for marketing and communications professionals to network, share ideas, new technology and help each other grow professionally. We're focused on sharing knowledge between those who practice advertising, branding,  content creation and strategy, direct marketing, graphic design, online marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, public relations, social media, sponsorship, sales promotion and website design. Even if you don't se …

Canada's largest tech meetups RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Soc …

The Web Communications Strategy Group was created by Bruce Jensen to help members of corporate communications share ideas, “war stories” and successes about web initiatives at their companies. This group has been in existence for four years, most meetings draw between 20 and 40 attendees. For 2012, Bruce has passed the torch on to Blair Shunk at the IntiSolutions Group, but Bruce will still be involved to ensure that we continue to benefit from his experience with this meetup. The group is focu …

The purpose of this group is to get right into the marrow of current business issues, changing technology, and trends in managing/developing a growing business. If you are starting, running, or managing a business this meetup is for you! The majority of the topics will center on the internet, web technology, brand consistency, and marketing with social media. Topics will be presented in a seminar format with active discussion encouraged after the seminar. Participants will walk away from the sem …

The Chic Geek is a Calgary based organization striving to increase diversity in the hi-tech and startup communities by educating, engaging and empowering women. We want to bring unique female perspectives and skills to the complex problem solving process faced by businesses today. Take a stand with us and challenge the stigma around being a geek.

Science is fun and science is cool, lets do things that teach us about science. It doesn't matter where or how, as long as it is "for the love of science"

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pixels-and-Pints/1719323037... Twitter: http://twitter.com/pxandpints/ Hashtag: #pxandpints The purpose of Pixels and Pints is simple: provide a venue for graphic designers and web developers to sit down, relax and talk shop. There are no presentations, tutorials or pre-defined discussion topics; just a few pints and good conversation. All are welcome: designers; coders; copywriters; analysts; anyone who spends their day pushing, publishing or just plain …

YYC.js is comprised of a group of Calgary web developers and JavaScript aficionados with a passion for open source software.  Our passion for software written in JavaScript stems from the ability to be extremely creative due to JavaScript's flexible nature.  NodeJS allows us to bring this creativity to the server side while also affording the ability to create large-scale performant systems.  Our group meets regularly to perform demos, provide tutorials, collaborate on open source software, and …

Monthly meet up to discuss what's happening in Print & Document management from an IT perspective.

We are a group of workers who are building a facility that could sustain life in space. We have chosen the moon for our intended destination because of the resources we could use for further development. We are building the demonstrator, the prototype, then the working model We have started building a demonstrator that is intended to stay on earth and later allow us to teach our future explorers. It is also to develop better ways to modify today's technology. Our members are building our demonst …

Protospace is a community of Hackers, Makers and Tinkerers; people who like building, hacking and re-purposing the objects in our lives. We've got fun and weird science/tech/maker/nerd culture based events happening on a regular basis. Plus open Tuesday Night Meet and Geeks happening every week at our giant space out in south foothills industrial park (near the the south Princess Auto). Protospace is a skill/tool/knowledge sharing community, unlike anything else you've ever see. Join us sometime …

Calgary has many tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up ecosystem, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in Calgary.

Calling all Pythoners! This group is to be a community of Pythoners interested in learning more about this beautiful language, the Django web-framework and any other Python use. All skill levels are welcome.

Welcome to The Work of Byron Katie Meetup Group! The Work of Byron Katie is a simple, effective and profound process of inquiry. It has been called many things - the End of Suffering, the Technology of Freedom, Four Questions and a Turnaround. The Work introduces you to you, without your story - whether your story is "I'm too fat", "He should love me", "She should listen to me", "I'm a failure", or... fill in the blank. Anyone with an open mind can do it and experience the peace and freedom that …

The New Renaissance Club is a fun, social  intellectual - totally cool gathering where people of like minds and meet to socialize, discuss philosophy, social issues, wine, beer and culture. We enjoy learning, socializing and having fun. Philosophy is Civilization With the advent of new technology, social media and the desire for everyone to be famous all at once, sophisticated thought, charm and style are falling by the wayside. They are quickly being replaced by 'quick fix' experiences, ones th …

This group is intended to bring together business owners, entrepreneurs and executives and the coaches who are ready to serve them. Growing a business and leading others is challenging! It taxes us mentally, physically and emotionally. Many of us get stressed, we hit a wall and we feel stuck, more then once while building our business. Could you benefit from a fresh perspective? Could you benefit from having someone ask you some tough questions that open up how you're thinking about your busines …

Meet other local users of one of the world's leading open source database products.

Meet other designers - beginner to advanced - and discuss designing internet pages, different programing languages, new web development software, cool web sites and graphic design.

Seminars and networking events designed to help Business Owners and Managers get the most out of the internet technology and maximize their e-business potential. This is non-technical information that will help you market your business online. Learn how to avoid costly mistakes - including the opportunity cost of doing nothing. Network and learn from other business owners or managers.

Developers interested in learning about and working with graph databases for social, spatial, hierarchical or other highly connected data sets. We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social beer nights. Curious about graphs, want to pimp your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!

The Calgary PhoneGap Meetup group is proud to be hosting meetups in the Calgary area. We will be doing presentations on various PhoneGap related topics that the group shows interest in. Meet other local fans of PhoneGap, the best tool for quickly building mobile applications for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm, iPad, and Symbian. If you’re an entrepreneur looking to build a mobile application, or a web developer who wants to build mobile applications in HTML and JavaScript while still taking …

Meet other local people who are interested in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Online Advertising, Pay per Click, Blogging, Social Media and other forms of online marketing. Gather and share advice and info on better ways to get found on search engines, advertise, and build traffic and community.

We are committed to help grow Calgary’s tech ecosystem by starting at the bottom, with simple yet profound ideas. After years of working with existing entrepreneurs and startups, we noticed that there are many organizations, mentors and funders that support existing startups. There is a huge gap though for everyone that has an idea, a vision for a startup or are working towards becoming a full-time startup. We decided to dig deeper and focus our efforts on empowering these entrepreneurs to start …

This is a group dedicated to ethical, moral treatment of other human beings. We believe in the betterment of the world and humankind through science, technology, and the search for truth.

Have you ever tried to live stream and event? How did it go? Would you like to know more techniques and tips for livestreaming? Tech nerds and political socialites unite to bring you interesting and informative conversations around independent broadcasting. No skills are required for you to participate in this group. Just bring your genuine desire to expand your understanding of internet broadcasting. From music to plays, conferences and discussions, it's all happening LIVE... right now!

Are you creating value for your customers and yourself? Are you focused on clear objectives? Have you learned and practiced the skills needed to be a success as a business person? Do you have the temperament? Do you know how to get business? Do you manage your time, tasks, and priorities effectively? Do ou keep up with the financial side of your business? Are you astute to the changing technologies? Are you prompt? Do you practice excellency in your business? Can you effectively communicate the …

A fun and interactive meetup of techies, devs, designers and anyone who is interested in technology. We get together to work on pet projects, open source, or just to chat. In the future I would love to start having themed gatherings like the following: Dynamic languages Deployment scripting Web Design NoSQL Typography Keyboard ninja dojo DevOps Experience Design Anything that tickles your fancy! Note: Bring your laptop if you have one.

In between our regular events, we want to meet you as part of the TEDxCalgary Community! Come out and join with others interested in TEDx and TED, and get to meet interesting people in your own local community. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxCalgary, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxCalgary even …