An informal gathering for discussion and networking of business leaders, professionals, students, scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs. Innovations and the creative process in products, business models and science are subjects of conversation.  Sometimes there is a discussion topic, others a featured guest. The goals are to connect innovators and entrepreneurs so we can learn from each other, make the journey more fun, and to support each others success.

Hi! It's difficult to connect with other women geeks on a regular basis in the community. This group is for anyone interested in technology, hacking, or just making new friends with similar interests! We will have gossip sessions over hackathons, days when we just sit in a coffee shop coding away on our own projects, discuss the latest and greatest in technology over fun dinners/lunches, informal meet-n-greets with invited female tech figures in the community and more! Members can suggest additi …

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CONSCIOUSNESS New Culture Minnesota is an offshoot of the Network for New Culture, which is a movement exploring how to build a sustainable, violence-free culture through compassionate, transparent, playful acceptance of oneself and others, within the context of a trust-based group (or tribe, community, village). New Culture is totally non-religious and non-commercial, and has no gurus or dogmas. There are many New Culture communities growing and budding around the …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Online News Association (ONA). Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, and all with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information or to become a member, check out http://www.journalists.org

Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St Paul and surrounding area in Minnesota) Visualization group focuses on creating a community around visually telling stories (most often with computer technology and data). The group arose out of the desire of a handful people that wanted to discuss visualization across sectors, such as non-profits, journalism, museums, academia, arts, and the private sector. We welcome everyone; mostly likely you work with visualization technologies, work closely with people that …

Meet ups organized to talk about Node.js and related technologies, learn about new projects using Node.js and connect with cutting edge geeks.

This is a group targeted to engineers (both dev and ops), tech professionals, managers, leads, architects and entrepreneurs coming together to learn about and share information on DevOps processes, tools, practices and benefits.

Who We Are The FileMaker Pro User Group of Minnesota (FMPUG-MN) is an education-focused group of developers and users who use FileMaker products as part of their daily work. We serve the greater Minneapolis – St Paul and surrounding area. Our members run the spectrum from new users, to informal developers, to information managers, to full-time professional consultants. Though our focus is based on the FileMaker product line, we also discuss other tools and trends that affect our work as develope …

This group is for anyone that is interested in learning more about information security, networking, and Linux. We welcome all from beginner’s level and to expert. We focus discussions mainly on Linux / UNIX platforms, networking, and security. The main focus of this group is to find people that want to learn more about Linux, networking, and security. This group was founded to bring together an "IT community" interested in these topics and improving on everyone's best practices to keep our priv …

MN Healthcare IT is dedicated to advancing innovation in the delivery of healthcare through the use of information technology. We will have regularly scheduled meetups where interested stakeholders can share and discuss innovative ideas at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Professionals working in the healthcare and IT industries are invited to our events discuss and learn about the latest healthcare technologies.

Coffee and c0de is your opportunity to sit down and get your questions answered on development on the Microsoft platform with Microsoft experts. - Thinking about porting your HTML5 application to the Windows Store? - Have an iOS/Android app that you want to get to the Windows 8 or Windows Phone platform? - Working on a new Windows 8 application? Come and get help on how to move the app forward. - Looking at ways to use Windows Azure to build cloud service? Ask questions and learn the best ways t …

We are putting together a group of QuickBooks ProAdvisors, Professional Bookkeepers, Accountants, CPA's, IRP's and Related Application Software experts in the Twin Cities. We believe in the power of networking, cross-referrals, support and advanced training. We invite you to draw on the incredible expertise and experience of the group. Please join us for casual and informative meetings. Considering joining? We are happy to accept new members, as well as visitors. Feel free to come to three meeti …

Health Tech Startups. We are building things that make healthcare better. If you are working on a healthcare venture, or want to connect with the healthcare start-up community then this is your crowd. We're hosting speaker events, co-Working meetups, and several other events aimed at building the healthcare technology eco-system in Minnesota. A lot of the things we're talking about are, specific challenges and opportunities in healthcare and launching health tech start-ups. As a growing communit …

A FORUM FOR VIABLE HEALTH CARE INNOVATION. Technology. Design. Business Models.