High Trust is a leader in the BNI Community, provides an excellent source of qualified, outstanding professionals to whom we refer our clients and friends, while maximizing our business potential, thus demonstrating the power of Givers Gain. BNI is a business and professional referral organization that allows one representative from each professional specialty to join. The sole purpose of the group is to give its members more business. It is based on the concept that what goes around comes aroun …

We're a group of Permaculture enthusiasts exploring the theory and practice of Permaculture Design. Based in Long Beach, open to anyone interested, we invite you for regular educational, directive and community building activities.

If you're a reader of Make Magazine, this group might be for you!  Our goal is to bring together people who like to make things, anything from robots to cheese!  Bring your ideas, questions and/or projects and work on them or, jump in on someone else's project. There are no age or gender limitations, we welcome all!

I see a need for a group of web developer to get together and talk about what they have worked on and where they see the web going. This meetup is focused on bringing together web development professionals within orange county to hang out and discuss things such as: HTML5, CSS3, AJAX and all other Web Development topics. We look to host different types of events ranging from subject specific workshops to casual hangouts depending upon what your interests are. Look for new and upcoming events ev …

This group intends to offer support to new-intermediate Ruby and Ruby on Rails aspirants interested in learning and sharing what they learn with others. The group is also seeking to create a support network for teachers (and non-teachers) that want to draw connections of programming concepts to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

Long Beach Tech is a network of Entrepreneur, Designers, and Techies with a passion for making Long Beach a tech hub. ** You must be approved to join Long Beach Tech. **

We are dedicated to helping our members and the purpose of our group is to help with fOREX Education and Trading. If you live far away and cannot attend our meetings, you can still get substantial  benefits, information, help and support via e-mail, snail-mail or personal contacts.  This is one of the unique features of our group.  So, feel free to join and enjoy substantially the same benefits. PRIVACY:  ALL information about members is strictly confidential.  We do not disclose it to any one.  …

This group's primary intention is to meet regularly on various aspects of cloud computing.

This group meets every 1st & 3rd Friday at a fun and unique North Orange County restaurant.  The casual format and interesting venues create an atmosphere prime for one on one conversations with fellow professionals in the North Orange County area. Attending networking events is a great way to build face-to-face relationships in an increasingly isolated, technology-driven marketplace.

Backyard Skeptics Long Beach is associated with its parent meetup.com group, Barkyard Skeptics (Central Orange Country). We are a community of individuals interested in exploring and discovering truths in the natural world based on science and critical thinking. As skeptics we question authority and make real-world decisions based upon the conciseness of each scientific field. Our members are humanists, agnostics, atheists and evidencialists. The discovery and awe of the natural world has much m …

Long Beach RetroGeeking What is Retro-Geeking and who is it for? Do you find yourself geeking out over 70's/80's/90's music, classic computers (Apple II/Commadore 64/IBM-PC/TRS-80), cartridge-based game consoles (Atari 2600/NES/Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis), D&D/strategy/board games, or the scientific feasibility of technology found in comics/books/movies/TV shows? You have come to the right place!!! RetroGeeking provides the opportunity to (re)experience retro pop-culture in various forms with …

OC WordPress Web Designers is a group for Artists and Graphic Web Designers looking to network and learn more on using WordPress to showcase their portfolio.

We are a group of hackers, developers, designers, and people who love technology and learning.  We want to build a community awesome people in the Orange County area because we know there are people out here interested that don't want to drive to Los Angeles or San Diego.  All levels are welcome as we are all n00bs in something.  We really don't want any recruiters to ruin the vibe, so please NO RECRUITERS. We want an open-source learning environment. Some nights will be really casual and we jus …

Computer Security Warriors is a group that is dedicated to educating our community in computer safety.  The advent of the Internet and our new found ability to tap the entire world for practically any information has also brought with it profound invisible risk.  The potential of exposing our most personal information is only a few keyboard and mouse clicks away. The enemy is truly at the gate, or actually lurking behind every firewall/router connected to the Internet waiting for an opportunity …

Interested in Making at any level? It's called So Cal Makers and is intended to reach out to anyone who might be interested in making.  Want to make something?  Add a topic.  We'll help you find a place and coordinate it. The age group is all ages, but some activities are developed for youth. The meet up is intended to be a collaborative promotional site for those who wish to share their events. We are currently scheduling activities at the following locations: BSA Scout Sea Base - 5875 Appian …

This group is for anyone interested Digital Media, Small Business Technology and the Arts. I am not affiliated with any professional organizations. I just want to help you understand and use digital technology. I started this group because I am a small business owner and artist and know how time consuming and confusing learning the basics can be.

It's time for a Revolution in Education! Our educational system is broken, and reforms are just bandaids that don't fix the underlying problem. Join us if: You are a parent who wants more for your kids You are an educator frustrated with the current system and know it could be better You are a student who feels trapped in a system of education that does not take you into account You want to make a change If you want to be a part of the revolution and discuss ways we can make a real change in t …

The first in Orange County, CA to discuss and support like-minded people with similar experiences of extraterrestrials and the unknown. This group welcomes anyone with interest of the UFO, Alien, inner and outer space of all kinds. As this will be a safe space of embracing and exchanging ideas and while offering support. -Jaime

This is a group for startups, entrepreneurs and other businesses who have legal questions and need answers. Come speak to an experienced business attorney for free and keep your business legal. As a startup ourselves we know there are many challenges to getting your business off the ground; simple answers to legal questions should not be one of them.

This is a group for attorneys who are looking to expand their law practices by learning new and innovative ways of acquiring new business in an online world. Come speak to experienced legal marketing professionals for free and learn strategies you can implement yourself to grow your practice.

This is a group for artisans and PHP developers interested in exploring the most exciting and powerful PHP framework - Laravel PHP Framework. I am creator of Bootsnipp.com - a website made for developers using Twitter Bootstrap, Bootsnipp was created with Laravel in just 4 days. I am also a Udemy instructor teaching basics of Laravel development. Come learn Laravel with me!

Join our community of next generation startups. Let's get together to network, socialize and share best practices about the new way of building and running your business more efficiently and competitive than ever before. We will organize various events and workshops with the support of the world's leading online work platform. These events will be a great opportunity for you - as an entrepreneur, small business owner or startup enthusiast - to network with like-minded people in your area, learn …

worklab CC is a Creative Coworking space and workshop space in Huntington Beach, CA. Our Members will get to use exciting new technology for 3D printing, laser cutting, and 3D modeling tools. worklab CC members and workshop students will be able to design 3D models, create physical prototypes and manufacture their final design. There's something for everyone at worklab CC. Whatever your background or skill sets, come for the meetup and prepare to be inspired! Join us to learn about 3D Printing, …

A few of us from SendGrid want to mix it up with anyone about agile / lean. Whether you so agile now (and even if you don't like coffee), consider meeting up to discuss agile methodologies wrt software dev (testing, project mgmt, product ownership, coaching) or life-hacking. There's simply not enough OC meet-ups on agile/lean, right??!! Might be mostly mornings, unless people like later times. Talk about stuff we tried and results, stuff we wanna try and expectations, or just coffee.

PechaKucha is a fun evening of presentations, learning, and laughter. It allows young designers to meet, show their work, and exchange ideas. 12 speakers give short presentations of 400 seconds (20 slides of 20 seconds) about anything: an idea, a new product, technology or design, research, their work or hobby etc. After the meeting you can discuss with the speakers and you go home with 12 fresh ideas. In the presentations the speakers will be creative to show their ideas in the limited time. Jo …

We are a small group of individuals who enjoy tinkering with ideas, concepts and designs. We build small automated contraptions from anything and everything available. Our arsenal includes a laser cutter, 3D printers, and a garage full of tools.

Our mission: To restore confidence to the middle class investor by leveraging technology and innovation!  Our Goal is to help you Protect, Control, and Grow your own money.  Bring your ideas and strategies to discuss how best to improve your trading and be introduced to the first and only fully automated Stock Trading Technology now available to the general public.

Distribution is a classically low-tech industry that has operated the same way for decades. Our goal is to bring together Distributors, Retailers and Technologists to inspire innovative approaches in Distribution. There are many inefficiencies, untapped opportunities, and resources that end up costing us billions of dollars each year. The Port of Long Beach is one of the busiest trade gateways in the world- making Long Beach the best location to launch this meet up group! By joining this group w …