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 …

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.

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

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

This is a group for anyone interested in building a cleantech community in Portland. You can be a computer engineer, an innovator, a web developer, an entrepreneurs, a coder, a hacker, a marketing guru, an angel funder, a VC so long your goal is to create the best applications to improve and solve the environmental issues.

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.

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 …

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!

JobGroup empowers professionals to effectively manage their careers by promoting networking, volunteerism, and job search skills.  We routinely hold 2-3 events per week.  Events include targeted networking mixers, job search seminars, and community outreach.

A social/professional group for women who are Python programmers at every experience level, in the Portland, OR area. Developers and aspiring developers, please! Join us on IRC - #pyladiespdx or find us on Twitter @PyLadies_pdx We have three types of meetings: Women-only Women and their invited guests All are welcome Please check the meeting description to determine which type of meeting we're having. We typically meet every other Wednesday and most Saturdays.

Blog: http://thingtuesday.com/ We decided to create our own open meetup to discuss and learn about the Internet of Things. We encourage the curious, the hackers the entrepreneurs and the executives who are engaging in this area to come join us to listen to talks, share in conversation and networking. Each session we will have talks, "show and tells "and space to hack and network with others. Modelled on two phenomenally influential and successful groups, Mobile Monday and the catalytic Silicon V …

Are you interested in DIY biology/biohacking/biotech and would love to join a community of like-minded members who discuss these topics and collaborate on projects in the general Portland area? If so, you are in the right place. I foresee a growing and evolving 'DIYBio PDX' group that can get together to talk DIY biology, develop projects, possibly build/hack lab equipment, and educate each other in an open, facilitative environment. Young or old, your imagination matters. With enough momentum, …

Come together for a meetup and not only learn how to create a Tiny Startup, but make real progress on starting your own. These aren't 'get inspired and never do anything about it' type of events, these are 'come learn how to do something, then do it--while you're still at the event' type of events. It's gonna be really fun and it's going to make you smarter and better than you've ever been before.