The purpose of the group is to meet, network, and discover what we're all doing with Educational Technology. Whether you are from academia, K-12 education, higher education, the private sector, or an edtech startup - let's get to know each other! We have two events a month. One is purely social and the other is more formally organized. All of the events are a relaxed atmosphere geared around learning, sharing and making new connections. If you have an idea for an upcoming meetup theme or activit …

Join this group if you're interested in everything technology.  From hacking on software to demoing the latest gadgets our members are passionate and are interested in learning, sharing and collaborating on all things technology.  We foster a diverse social setting that welcomes interested individuals and offers something for everyone regardless of your technical background. Join the group and have some fun with technology.  If you are interested in starting projects or are currently working on …

Code for Philly—a Code for America Brigade—would like to invite you to come join us.  We are PHL-based developers, designers, catalogers, organizers, and other citizens working to build a better Philadelphia by applying web technology to government and communities.  We meet weekly, usually Tuesday evenings, and work on a variety of projects building PHL 2.0.  You can join an existing project, create a new one, or bring in something you're already working on and get CfP to help out.  We welcome a …

Do you own a small*, LOCAL company based within 50 miles of Philadelphia? If you own a franchise, do you keep more than ~75% of the profits? If you sell/distribute products, do at least ~25% of your supplies come from LOCAL companies? If you sell/offer services, are at least ~25% of your clients also LOCAL? OR, do you consider yourself to be a LOCAL entrepreneur or independent consultant? If you're a network marketing affiliate, do you keep more than ~50% of all your sales? If you represent a …

Every business needs to thrive and improve both online and offline. Our group meet often to discuss how we can improve our own businesses, provide higher quality products or services, increase customer satisfactions, and increase revenue.

The MIT Enterprise Forum is the preeminent organization of entrepreneurs in the global innovation economy. Since 1978 the MIT Enterprise Forum has produced programs and events about innovation, technology and entrepreneurship for an engaged community of 50,000+ thought leaders through a worldwide network of chapters. Founded in 1978 as part of the MIT Alumni Association, the MIT Enterprise Forum offers over 400 educational and networking events globally. MIT Enterprise Forum participation and in …

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 Socials provide a casual, unprete …

Non-profits and activists around Philadelphia are increasingly using the web and social software to foster social change. Join Philly NetSquared as we bring together web innovators and social changemakers to socialize, strategize, learn from and inspire one another. For more info, including past Net Tuesday presentations, check out our site at http://phillynetsquared.org. NetSquared is a national organization (http://www.netsquared.org/) with chapters in many cities. Net Tuesdays are independent …

We are Tech in Motion: Philadelphia This is an inclusive group for all Philadelphia tech lovers and enthusiasts. We will be having regular meetups on anything and everything that we think will interest the tech community. Whether you are an entry-level programmer, an expert in the field, an open-minded entrepreneur, or just a hobbyist- we’d love to have you. This is a group by the people and for the people, so if you have any suggestions for topics or presenters, let us know! Thank you for joi …

The most up-to-date GGD PHL information can be found at www.ggdphl.com Girl Geek Dinners Philadelphia's (GGD PHL) primary goal is to bring women from various technical fields together for socializing, networking, and learning. It also sees itself as providing a place to encourage women who may be considering technical interests. GGD PHL welcomes its sisters from creative and new media disciplines as well and aims to be a supportive community for the women of the Greater Philadelphia area who con …

The Philadelphia Self Quantifiers group brings together technologists, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in self-improvement through data gathering and analysis.  We'll meet to discuss technologies and techniques that aid in understanding of the physical, mental and psychological. As the group grows, we hope to have regular "show and tell" meetups in which members will share their quantified-self tools. NOTE: This group is intended to replace the Quantified Self Philadelphia that se …

It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses focus on coding, leveraging existing technology, and having something t …

Are you curious about mobile development? Are you developing mobile applications and want to know what strategies and technologies other companies in Philly are using? This is a technical group that aims to bring those working in mobile together to learn from each other’s experiences. Each MeetUp will feature a different company from the Philadelphia area that is currently working on or has completed a mobile project. They will talk about their strategy, technologies used and lessons learned.

Philadelphia Startup Pitch Night focuses on providing monthly opportunities for you to practice, refine, and perfect your startup pitches.  We also provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. Philadelphia Startup Pitch Night's events are run by a leadership team that works to find the meeting venues and plan out and execute all the Meetup events.  Our mission is to be known as …

This group is a place for anyone to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB. We started this group to grow a more robust community of MongoDB Developers in the South Jersey area and provide a place to share knowledge and experience on working with the database in different languages, frameworks and applications. So if you are facing challenges with MySQL or Postgres or Oracle and want to explore a more flexible, scalable alternative, please join us at …

Philly Tech Meetup convenes technologists, entrepreneurs, investors and the broader innovation community regularly to learn and share. Each month, hundreds of innovators gather to see demos, launch products and meet their future co-founders, partners and funders. Apply to demo. Contact us to sponsor. Send us tech news. Check out PhillyTechMeetup.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. Join the PTM Press List if you are interested in covering our events, programs and community …

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

This meetup is dedicated to discussing and advancing the adoption of Internet/Mobile technologies in the Healthcare market. Meetups will focus on networking, new product demonstrations, and hopefully collaborations between group members.

The Greater Philadelphia Thinking Society is a Meetup group that brings together a variety of people for stimulating and civically minded conversations. Meetups include a reoccurring Sunday morning discussion where members join in a relaxing setting to meet thoughtful people who are willing to discuss a variety of topics suggested by our members including: current events, science, technology, nature, design, philosophy, politics, religion, business, culture, literature and art. We also host soci …

A group of eCommerce developers, UI experts, online retailers, executives and marketing professionals. We will provide a monthly pitch from an excitiing Philly eCommerce company. We will also be the "ground zero" for the newest eCommerce technologies. These include technical challengers, eCommerce platforms, user interface, SEO, reducing abandoned shopping carts. Most of all - this will be a great networking meetup for all eCommerce professionals.

PhillyCocoa is a Philadelphia area Mac and iPhone programming group, a chapter of the worldwide CocoaHeads. All skill levels are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in Apple-related technologies and moderate tolerance for geeking out. We hold our CocoaHeads group meetings on the second Thursday of every month at Indy Hall.

Adding an awesome social/local/in-person study group experience to the excellent edX online learning program for the Philly metro area. (Also open to other MOOCs beyond EdX as well!)

A group to support women speakers in technology.

A networking and learning group for MicroStrategy customers and prospective customers in the Philadelphia area. Group Members will be invited to participate in a variety of quarterly educational and networking events. This group is intended to be a true user group meeting, not a sales and marketing event.

gsummitX - Gamification in Philadelphia is a meetup for anyone involved in and/or interested in the topic of gamification, engagement and/or loyalty. A few times each year, we'll ask the community to come together to hear a speaker from the gamification space, 1-2 demos from companies using gamification in their business model, and our unique workshop-like game called "Play for a Cause." We'll have some grub and beverages for everyone as well. This meetup is run by the Team at Gamification.co an …

PhillyDB members are database developers, data architects, DBAs, analysts - and application developers, too. We meet to learn about enterprise systems (Oracle, SQLServer, DB2), open source systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite), big data management systems (Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL, NewSQL, and real-time SQL databases), and analytics tools. Come learn with us.  And if you're doing or building something interesting, come tell us about it!

For those working with or interested in Node.js.

This group is for business and IT professionals looking for news, in-depth case studies, expert insight, best practices, and product analyses to plan and implement their data analytics and management strategies. We provide decision makers perspective on how they can apply big data concepts and technologies to their business needs. With original insight, ideas, and advice, we also explain the potential risks and benefits of introducing new data technology into existing data systems.