Executive Leadership and Career Management are the responsibilities of each of us in our lifetime. "Leaders are not born" and skills and competencies can be learned and take you from good to great. The group was started to encourage creativity, innovation, and inspiration for professionals and executives who want to make an impact on their lives and on the lives of people in their communities. Workshops and seminars can be provided on a number of topics, can be customized for the group, and are …

The quality and sophistication of deployed voice solutions do not often reflect the cutting edge technologies and insights of research and academia. Our goal at AVIOS-DC is to establish a bridge between the world of academic research and that of the enterprises that deploy of real-life speech solutions. By the same token, many of the real life problems faced by enterprise deployments are overlooked by researchers who tend to deal with problems in sanitized environments. Our forum will also a …

This group gathers users of the Siri iPhone Speech Assistant. Our goal is to understand how people are using Siri, what they like about it and what they don't, and how the reaction on the marketplace to it is impacting adoption of Speech technology on the smart phone.

Meet other local people who support Permaculture design for creating more-sustainable human environments. Everyone welcome, including all regional residents, friends & supporters! Permaculture offers practical solutions to many of the problems facing the world by using ecology as the basis of organizing systems of food production, housing, technology, economics and community. Please join us as we cultivate a beautiful, delicious and healthy tomorrow! Activities include discussion groups, tours, …

For DC area big geospatial data bitheads.

In a world where everything is ever changing, now is the time join Tysons Corner Microsoft Tyson's Business and Networking Group. Business leaders will have the opportunity to experience cutting edge technology through our workshops, classes and networking events. Upcoming topics will cover cloud services, collaboration tools and mobile solutions to increase productivity. Sign up today to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

Northern Virginia ColdFusion Users Group meets (at a minimum) once per month. Our aim is to provide opportunities for ColdFusion and Actionscript developers to meet and network with one another as well as opportunities to engage in presentations and learning to help sharpen your ColdFusion development skills. We are an active group and we always welcome new members. If you live or work (or can otherwise get to) Fairfax, VA then we'd love to have you come out. Speakers interested in attending our …

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

This group will share the best practices and ideas for implementing the Amazon Web Services Cloud products for Customers in the National Capital Area. Our customers have unique requirements including professional associations, lobbying groups, government, technology startups, and large corporate headquarters. Cloud technology consultants and IT department leaders would benefit from joining this group.

To bring networking events to those interested in Information Technology. Anyone that works in IT or Telecom industries who might like to network with similar individuals.

We're in Washington, D.C., we love Wikipedia and Wikimedia, and our vision is to empower individuals around the world through free access to the sum of human knowledge! We get together for various reasons, like taking some amazing pictures for Wikimedia Commons, expanding articles on Wikipedia so that people can learn from them, or discussing various issues related to Internet, culture, art, museums, libraries, history, or whatever we'd like to discuss. And we're done, we make sure the whole wor …

Discussions around Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) including but not limited to Visual Studio 2010/2012, TFS 2012, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft Hadoop on Azure. For architects and enthusiasts.

Welcome to the official MicroStrategy DC-Metro User Group Meetup.  This new group is being created to provide MicroStrategy customers and prospects with a forum for networking with, and learning from, MicroStrategy customers. This is not a sales and marketing forum! This group is being formed by Southport Services Group in conjunction with MicroStrategy.  Activities will include speakers, social events, and networking. Your participation as a MicroStrategy customer is essential to establishing a …

This group is for anyone interested in advancing Charitable activities, Education, Community Economic Development, Development of Marketable Skills, Promoting Art & Literature, Prevention of Cruelty to Women and Children, Further Scientific and Technological innovation, Increase awareness and provide leadership on health issues like Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, prevention research and surveillance and the development and testing of effective biomedical and behavioral interventions, Promote Peace, Jus …

I would love to start up a discussion group between dental offices in the Northern Virginia/DC Metro area. I have been working in a dental office for 7 years, beginning as a dental assistant and moving on to running a 4 doctor practice. I absolutely love my job and I would love to hear about your dental experience. I would like to have input in every aspect including; dental managing, assisting, and hygiene. My intention for this group is to educate myself and others who are trying to build a mo …

This is a place to discuss and learn trending topics related to the development of highly customizable, user-centric web sites. This will serve as a platform for users to share and discover new frameworks and technologies that we can incorporate into our own development efforts. Such topics will include, not are not limited to JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Python, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, and anything else being used to make really cool web sites.

The Northern Virginia IBM Rational Users Group - for all the users of Rational Tools and Technology.

This is a networking group for people in the information technology industry. People looking to hear about the latest and greatest in our industry; as well as network with colleagues that share the same interests as other DMV Tech's. We will hold happy hours, guest/technology speaking events and more...

We are a community of software industry professionals in the Washington DC area meeting regularly to discuss the business of software. This group is the place for software developers, vendors, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, directors, and engineers to learn and share the most recent business and technical innovations, trends, experiences, challenges, and opportunities in the software industry.

Want to meet fellow professionals who share your passion for education ? Join teachers and service providers from the District to network, relax after a long week, or even share great teaching strategies!

This Meetup group is intended for K-12 educators who are interested in the practical integration of technology in their classrooms.  During the course of our Meetups, we will: - Explore the latest edtech tools and resources, and how they can be adapted for classroom instruction - Discuss the challenges to successfully integrating technology in the classroom and how to overcome these obstacles - Network and share best practices in order to come away with practical edtech tips that are immediately …

Small-to-medium sized businesses have the same technological issues as larger corporate business enterprises. The Metro DC Mobile & Wireless Technology Interest Group is designed specifically for smaller business enterprises to discover how new trends and advances in mobile computing and wireless technology can help them run their business and provide them a forum to share with the rest of the world what they are doing and how they can make a difference.