The second Tuesday of every month we gather to explore an aspect of how technology is being leveraged for social impact projects. We see a big opportunity to share experiences and take action on local and global issues. We're part of a global network of grassroots-organized communities across North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa, all exploring social tech tools for social change. We come from a variety of organization types and diverse disciplinary backgrounds. Among them; …

To understand what we are about, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=vWeQfNpW9sQ This is a group for people interested in creating a complementary currency for San Francisco Bay Area. If issues such as sustainability, social justice, and economic stability are important to you, come join this project to co-create a complementary monetary system. This is a social startup. Our goal is not VC-funding, acquisition by Google/Facebook etc, or high-profile IPO. It will be crowd-funded, st …

Important Media is a blog network focusing on creating the best possible environment to support content experts in realms that matter for humanity. If you've got something important* to say, we want to help. * we define "important" as meeting one of Maslow's basic human needs, applied to humanity as a whole.

XL stands for Extraordinary Lives! XL is designed to both inspire and empower those with entrepreneurial spirit to achieve their full potential ($$$) so that they are in a position to do more for the community around them. We are billionaires in training! If you want it all... + Massive Wealth from Your Entrepreneur Endeavors + Increased Personal Consiousness + World Peace ....you are at the right place! No matter what kind of entrepreneur you are - whether you are a …

Renewable Energy Enterprises Foundation was formed to help alleviate poverty through the use of renewable energy technologies in developing countries. The purpose of the group is to alert interested parties in solar photovoltaic and wind energy to join in sponsored events. Interested parties join to learn how REEFers employ our social equity programs to help communities out of poverty.

… This group is for practitioners, users, business process analysts & architects, enterprise architects, operations managers, BPM technologists, and anyone else with an interest in learning about, using, promoting and evolving BPM.

360church is a new group of Christ-followers in Berkeley offering creative people the opportunity to connect with their Creator through faith in Jesus. We are looking for spiritual explorers and those who enjoy a start-up enterprise.

This is a newly forming group of cycling enthusiasts who enjoy riding and socializing in the wine country of California. We will enjoy rides of varied lengths on awesome backroads in various wine regions including Sonoma, Healdsburg, Napa, Livermore, and hopefully even the Central Coast region. Our rides will all be followed with a social picnic or tasting or both. Our rides will also be social in nature of pace, with the objective of enjoying the road and the destination more than the speed in …

… We'll discuss all aspects of the evolving mobile landscape: x-platform mobile development frameworks, UI tools, JS libraries, HTML5 game development, Enterprise mobile app development, cloud services, etc Our primary objective is to educate the market on the availability of these tools and to help expand and inspire the developer base in creating mobile applications.

… Topics to address include: * Design * Documentation * Managing multiple APIs * Working with cloud APIs * Supporting developer communities * API standards and interoperability * Security/managing access and permissions with APIs * What makes a good API (or a bad one) * Enterprise adoption * Tools, PaaS and vendors in the API economy * Other ideas welcome!! Since it has become such a hot topic, this first meetup will focus around cloud APIs, how cloud computing impacts the way we use A …

REI Circle is a Real Estate, Entrepreneur & Investment Community where members empower members through Networking, Investing, Education, Support, and Resources. REI means different opportunities to different people - real estate, enterprise venture, portfolio investment… We believe that opportunities are endless if you know how to tap into an association of like-minded individuals with a passion for achievement in wealth creation and financial independence. Whether you are a novice or entreprene …

The Bay Area Agile Leadership Network (BayALN) was founded in 2006 to support a community of practice in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We provide a forum for sharing practical experiences and advice. We also explore and develop Agile techniques, understanding and practices at the project, department, organization and enterprise levels.

This group is forum to gather and share experiences around Cloud Computing, especially Amazon Web Services. If you have used EC2, S3, Amazon Payments, Mechanical Turk or are interested in learning more about how others have, come join our group. Cloud Computing is changing rapidly so if you are involved in the cloud or interested in learning about how Enterprise companies are leveraging the cloud, stop on by.

This is going to be THE group to join for information on user analytics, big data, software engineering, mobile, enterprise, business intelligence, social media, social metrics and social network applications. Our speaker series is where you will meet with people from all backgrounds and philosophies that are passionate about the analytics space.    

Engage with other women entrepreneurs in the Bay Area! Created by Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence to bring together established women business owners, M3 Meetups support post-startup entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to the next level. Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. Count M …

BASES (Bay Area Software Engineers Society) is a professional career organization specific to software engineers, application designers, and hands-on coders. BASES is applying for Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and assembling a board of directors. The mission of BASES is to build an eco-system to support local software engineers, by providing direct communications with local small business, technology start-ups, local employers, and established enterprises. BASES will be providing inf …