The Mormon Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit organization that promotes change toward radical flourishing in creativity and compassion through technology and religion, as outlined in the Transhumanist Declaration and the Mormon Transhumanist Affirmation. We support discussion and public awareness of emerging technologies, defend the right of individuals in free and democratic societies to adopt technologies that expand human capacities, and anticipate and propose solutions …

What you'll get out of PDXTech4Good events: Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts. Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community. Activists and comm …

At PDX Tech+Pong, we believe that the conversations sparked over a (sometimes) friendly game of ping- pong can lead to amazing things. We want to be a catalyst in the PDX tech community that facilitates these conversations within a social environment. Welcome to PDX Tech+Pong.

This Group is about bringing together people who desire to bring change to the world or starting right here in our city... ...scientists, engineers, and innovators of world changing technologies, those who could not get funding or market entry because they were shut down by large corporations or may have had thier inventions bought and shelved to prevent competition. ...thinkers, doers, philanthropists, investors, and those interested in changing laws to bring us the world we truly desire. The O …

This group is for PSU's Professional Development Center's meetings, events and activities such as the Digital Marketing Strategies quarterly breakfasts, HR's breakfasts and other program events and open houses

Demolicious shines a well-deserved spotlight on some of the best work from Portland's web and mobile tech communities. Each event includes about five demos on the stage of the Mission Theater. Judges provide feedback, critique and questions. Then the attendees determine a winner. Previous presenters have gone on to raise money from PIE, the Portland Seed Fund and other investors.

I'm a nerd and a creator looking for others who are interested in science and technology that would like to develop ideas relating to making efficient, well built, long lasting, customizable, modular, appropriate technologies relating to home appliances including refrigerators, dehumidifiers, clothes driers, water heaters, home heat pumps and any other appliances that can have a real and lasting effect on people's lives. If something should come out of these projects, I hope to also develop alte …

This group is for starters in Portland who wish to create software businesses that provide them a very comfortable lifestyle while contributing to the world around them. If you are building (or considering building) Software as a Service applications that require no co-founders or any outside investment, this group is for you.

Now in its fifth year, the Portland Digital Marketing Conference will connect marketing professionals and students with new customers, ideas, technologies and business opportunities. With its position being "Where today's marketers connect," the conference spans two days, and features national keynote speakers, presentations by Portland business leaders, digital marketing bootcamps, and the fast-paced Ignite learning experience to showcase small to large business digital marketing success storie …

A community for discussion of topics related the use of Semantic Web technologies and Linked Data for application development in Portland, Oregon. New to these terms? Try "The Semantic Web in 6 Minutes" http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2007/12/26/semantic-web-intro/ and the ever-useful Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data Get announcement and the occasional news item on Twitter via @pdxsemweb: https://twitter.com/pdxsemweb

This is a group for anyone interested in Internet of Things -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_Things. The group was started as a way to meet others and learn about the different types of projects, tools, and technology and discuss the impact of more connected world. While the group is technical in nature, all skills levels are welcome.  Our target member are hackers, professionals, developers, and hobbyist and not meant as a professional networking group. Group participation is key and …

A group of entrepreneurs who meet regularly to stimulate the free flow of entrepreneurial ideas and share real life experience and wisdom. Some of our events will be sponsored and some will promote specific programs.

Quantified Self is a collaboration of users and tool makers who share an interest in self knowledge through self-tracking.  You can learn more about this fast-growing, worldwide movement at http://quantifiedself.com . Self-tracking covers a wide spectrum.  Some are working to improve their health and fitness by tracking weight, exercise, sleep, or nutrition.  Others want to gain insight into their emotions.  Still others aim to improve their productivity and effectiveness by measuring how they s …

Talking about, working with, and hacking on MySQL in Portland, Oregon! This is the Portland MySQL User Group, a.k.a. PDX-MUG. Join us for all things MySQL.

RubyNest aims to provide a safe, inviting, and supporting community to women who want to take the leap into computer programming. With a focus on programming in Ruby and creating web applications with Ruby on Rails, we hope to help you attain skills necessary for you to feel comfortable leaving the nest and joining Portland's larger software development community.

Education, technology, tradition, and change. This is a group where educators, parents, and innovators can meet and exchange ideas on the future of education.

A meetup group for developers to discuss and share expertise in Facebook development, maybe even do a few HACKs together once in a while.

PDX-UX hosts a monthly talk on UX design and development. Our conversations range from Data Visualization to Server-Side Platforms. From UX practices to HTML5/CSS. We want to foster a community & create a space to network.

The Portland chapter of Hacks/Hackers, a group dedicated to building a network of journalists (“hacks”) and technologists (“hackers”) who rethink the future of news and information.

Innovation in Motion – a monthly thought leader gathering to discuss the trends in interactive marketing and online innovation.

Are you looking to redesign your website, change career paths or just want to learn about something new? Then this meetup is for you! We are excited about Drupal and will be posting training opportunities both at a cost and for free, along with Drupal met ups in Portland, Oregon. Drupal is a free community supported framework for creating, organizing, presenting and managing a website. Most commonly referred to as a content management system, or CMS, Drupal has much more to offer. Millions of we …

Bringing together coders from all language to be better together. Oh, and Beer

Meet some of the most interesting startups in Portland. And grab a bite to eat with your peers. All for free. Interested in participating? Sign up to host Portland Lunch 2.0. Interested in suggesting a venue? Please use Meetup to do so. Coordinated by Silicon Florist and PIE. Brought to you by the awesome Portland, Oregon, startup scene.

SEO Tips and Tactics Meetups are hosted by Response Interactive LLC, Affordable Web Technology and Hendersonian Design on either the third or fourth Wednesday of the month depending on room availability. This meetup explores a variety of topics around SEO and Social Media. You will learn new strategies and tactics through a one-half hour presentation followed by the group sharing ideas. You will meet great people who are Internet Marketing professionals, web designers, web developers, students a …

Welcome to Co-Founders Wanted of Portland 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 Portland 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 you …

This group is for all SharePoint business users. Less technical, but very helpful! We will be meeting at the SharePoint Innovations office in Beaverton, down the road from Nike campus. We meet every 1st Thursday of the month. Some topics include (but are not limited to): Transform your enterprise with SharePoint, the steps to effective SharePoint governance, Using SharePoint for Document Management successfully, etc... This is an open group and free to attend! Lunch will be provided as well.

Drupal is the best Content Management System, for multi-site and multi-language available in the open source community. I would like to start a meet-up group to discuss all things drupal from custom websites like the lab-connector ( dataservices.co ) project my company created to deliver laboratory test results online to smaller projects, blogs or community websites. I have an office at NedSpace downtown where could meet!

Meet fellow web designers near you! Come to a Web Design Meetup to compare tools, languages, and templates; trade advice on careers, rates, and freelancing; and share cool websites. Make valuable contacts as you mingle with new friends!