The purpose of the Women in SharePoint Tampa chapter is to connect the many women in the Tampa Bay area currently working with SharePoint. In today’s high paced world of technology, more and more women are joining the ranks of technology professionals. Whatever your role as a female in the technology industry, having the support of other women is a powerful advantage. Women in SharePoint (WSP) is dedicated to helping women working as SharePoint professionals reach their career objectives through …

IGNITE is a global event, organized by volunteers (on this MEETUP), where presenters are given 5 minutes to speak accompanied by 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. IGNITE caters to people with a passion for Technology, the Internet, Social Media, or even new techniques for washing their cars! IGNITE Tampa Bay is an annual event with about 18 speakers. You just have to be truly PASSIONATE and want to share that passion or idea with others in the Tampa Bay area! Anyone can attend. Vide …

This group is for anyone who has felt intimidated by technology. I decided to start this group due to the technical issues that I have faced. I'm tired of calling myself a technical dummy and leaving it at that. Time to do something about it. I plan to have a topic meeting at least once a week to discuss subjects of interest regarding learning about your pc, IPad, smart phone, kindle or anything else. Bring your questions that you have been afraid to ask. You won't be a dummy in this group. I ho …

We foster women in tech entrepreneur workshops, social mixers with technology community leaders in the Tampa Bay area, collaboration among start-ups and future start-ups, tech in art and music festivals and much, much more! To become a member, sign up for updates or contact us, fill out our handy form! Tell us what you'd like to get out of Girls in Tech in the Tampa Bay Area and help us brainstorm awesome events! Check out our website: GITtampa.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/GITtampa Joi …

Business Analysts, System Analysts, Project Managers, Developers, DBA's, Testers, Corp Insurance Providers, Recruiters, Repair Geeks, Contractors, FTE’s, unemployed, and whoever else I've missed,  let’s share and compare. Let me begin by saying that "Updation" is NOT a word.  Do you agree?  If yes, then maybe you'll like this group.  If not, then maybe you'll still like this group. It's all about discussing the latest trends around the grill with beer and martini’s to bringing your laptops to a …

The Battle Begins... Do you need to find funding for your company?  Then you need a strategic plan of attack!  The competition and investment landscape for corporate funding is a brutal battlefield. You must be better prepared than the rest – there’s absolutely no room for weakness on these front lines! Very simply, either do it right or don’t do it at all! The process of raising capital will be one of the toughest battles of your life. It’s a process made for warriors who are committed to the s …

The Brandon eMarketing Group is an organization dedicated to delivering the internet marketing strategy to business owners that want to expand their businesses. If you are looking to expand your reach through internet marketing by adding new clients this is the Exact group for you. If you can write and read email then you are more than qualified to attend this group of business owners looking to expand their reach! Our focus is to show Business owners how to use the Internet for Marketing purpos …

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) with a mission is to enable and support the founders of tech startups and the supporting technology innovation community throughout Tampa Bay. Today we have over 60 members who are building, launching or growing over 80 different web and mobile tech ventures, 30% of whom are profitable and cash flow positive. One of our member ventures (Wufoo) was acquired earlier this year for $35 million, and we hope our efforts will g …

Tampa Bay PHP is a group of professionals that are dedicated to PHP development and web technology. TBPHP actively supports Florida PHP and web communities by organizing technical presentations and mailing lists, networking events, and training. Our goals are to: Further PHP locally in the area's business, university, and entrepreneurial communities. Collaborate with other technology groups, including non-technical groups, for joint networking, education and social events. Nationally engage the …

Curious about Ruby? Into web development and want to improve your technique, do things faster and cleaner? Want to learn more and meet others thinking along the same lines in the Tampa Bay area? If so, this is the place.

Founded in 2008, Tampa Bay WaVE is a non-profit charity (filed as a 501c3) dedicated to helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into growing tech businesses in Tampa Bay. Today we have over 100 members who are building, launching or growing over 100 web and mobile tech ventures. WaVE's officially stated goal is to help build an ecosystem here in Tampa Bay in order to build & launch 50 new tech ventures a year within 5 years. We are working with the local universities and other like-minded organization …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage software startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious about growing t …

PHP as a Social Activity is looking to provide you with a comfortable environment where you can probe the depths of PHP, explore new uses and possibilities, share your enthusiasm, and help build a stronger and more diverse community of developers. Meet & Greet PHPaaSA has a casual meetup each month on the third Thursday.  This is a great time to share, make introductions, discuss past, current, and future projects, rally a cause for code, and make friends in a relaxed setting. PHP Classes Clas …

Come join the experimental Tampa Bay .NET group focused on C# development. All experience levels are welcome. The meetings are casual and are grounded by a bias to quickly solving business problems and maximizing time spent in Visual Studio. Show up to learn about hidden language features, tips and tricks, and much more... Each meeting will feature a short code review and an open discussion of how to efficiently tune up the methods or classes.

Our focus will be discussion and projects relating to information technology, virtualization, firewalls, Voice over IP, forensics, firewalls, Intrusion Detection, networking and more.

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay Meetup group! Maybe you are a serial entrepreneur, maybe you are a developer, and maybe corporate life is not for you. Have you been doing searches on CoFoundersLab.com? Tasted a startup, or want to startup your own business? Co-Founders Wanted of Tampa Bay serves as an in-person matchmaking service for co-founders. Did you know VCs prefer co-founders over one-man startups? There are lots of benefits to starting a business with someone who complements y …

This is a group for developers, designer and technology enthusiast to share ideas, problems and information about mobile development.

This is a group for anyone interested in .NET development from Lakeland Florida and the surrounding area. We have been together going on five years and meet monthly for free food, pizza, door prizes, and to hear from local, regional, and national speakers about development on the Microsoft platform. Our normal meeting location is at Polk State University and on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, however the date and location are sometimes changed for scheduling purposes so stay informed by joining ou …

We are an event group that provides application hackathon events.  If you would like a chance to sign up and join us at our events.

Develop, design and publish Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers. Listings will include events, contests and news of interest to software developers.

The Second SharePoint Users Group. In order to bring the community together another SharePoint Users Group has been formed in the Tampa Bay Area. The format is pretty much the same as other user groups. The Goal is to provide an opportunity to network, learn, and share. The goal is to become a fun and valuable resource for the Tampa Bay region. This group is for people with a keen (or not so keen) interest in SharePoint. This would include SQL Server, BI, app developers, end users, administrator …

Connecting Entrepreneurs, Developers, and Investors to inspire tech ventures and help new businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Each month we will have local startups or businesses pitch their idea to the group for feedback, investment interest, or just to share with other tech enthusiasts. A keynote speaker will present inspiring messages on the topics of entrepreneurship, development, or investing practices.

Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world. This group is your opportunity to meet up with fellow Drupal users, designers, and developers in the Tampa Bay area. We meet on the 1st Thursday of every month to talk Drupal and showcase modules, projects, and themes. Share your tips and tricks, and get your questions about Drupal answered! This is als …

The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association is the premier catalyst for the leadership development of women in healthcare worldwide. The HBA has become a powerful instrument for effecting change, from advancing careers to maximizing personal potential. The HBA is in its fourth decade and now has more than 6,000 individual members and over 130 corporate partners, the organization can look back with pride on decades of service to women—and men—in the healthcare industry.

We are a group dedicated to increasing knowledge and awareness about MongoDB, an Open Source, document-oriented, NoSQL database. The rapid evolution of the web and the proliferation of unstructured data and new media content across servers (think hyperlinks and URIs), fuelled by the BYOD revolution has necessitated a ground up redesign of the database paradigm, resulting in a revolutionary new product like MongoDB, which has been written in C++.  The RDBMS world is abuzz. We believe this is a ga …

Lean Startup Circle is dedicated to applying lean startup thinking and building lean startup leadership. We bring the Tampa Bay lean startup community together in a variety of formats (many of which involve beer) to learn from each other. What works? What doesn't? Is lean just a buzzword? Or can it really help build businesses? *The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries* In addition to Eric's book, The Lean Startup, here are some similar resources: The Entrepreneur's …

ASTD Suncoast is a group and professional network for anyone interested in learning and development, education, training, instructional design, leadership, public speaking and professional networking. Looking forward to learning and growing with everyone! Visit astdsuncoast.org for more information.

The purpose of this Meetup is to facilitate a watershed based Bioregional Permaculture Design Project for the Tampa Bay Watershed. We will be using the Permaculture Flower and the Permaculture Carbon Cluster as organizational frameworks along with permaculture ethics and design principles to transform this watershed into a resilient and regenerative ecosystem.The base camp for this project is centered within this watershed/bioregion at The Permaculture Guild Research and Resource center in Tampa …