As a professional and a small business owner, i realised that there needs to be a community in place that will faciliate the following: Small Business Ideas, Processes, Problem Solving, Networking, Learning, Benchmarking, Presentations on various topics of interest, Bringing in experts from various fields and working as a resource team. My vision for this group is for it to become an resource / advisory group. Members, whether Small Business Owners, Management folks, Professionals of all fields, …

Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform

We are an all-volunteer, grassroots community group raising awareness and taking action to end human trafficking not only in the state of Virginia, but around the world. We learned that slavery was abolished in our country in 1865 with the 13th Amendment to our constitution, and around the globe by the turn of the 20th century.  Sadly, slavery is not only alive, but thriving in our world today including our own neighborhoods.  Human trafficking is the term used today to describe the modern day s …

WE ARE A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS CURRENTLY WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. OUR MEMBERS ARE INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS + SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO WISH TO COLLABORATE, NETWORK + SHARE IDEAS WITH EACH OTHER. WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES. IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THE GROUP, PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION BELOW BEFORE REQUESTING MEMBERSHIP. THANK YOU! Thanks for checking out our new group. We have launched this me …

MarkLogic User Groups are informal events for users to meet, discuss, and share best practices regionally. This is an easy way to meet peers and learn how to get more out of MarkLogic Server and play with XQuery. The meetup sessions will cover best practices for MarkLogic development, insight into the product roadmap, and case studies about how organizations have used MarkLogic to build information-rich applications in areas such as: Common repository Metadata Catalog Digital Content Delive …

The Enterprise SharePoint Professionals Meetup Group was started to allow SharePoint Professionals to network, learn, and share what you know about SharePoint technologies with other cutting edge technical professionals.

Attn: QuickBooks Consultants, Accountants & Bookkeepers! Joe Woodard's National Advisor Network is forming local chapters Kickoff meeting Tuesday, Oct 12th from 12-3 pm at the Community Business Partnership, 7001 Loisdale Rd, Suite C (2nd Floor) Springfield, VA 22150 12:00 - 1:00 Learn about the new NAN-NOVA local chapter and the National Advisor Network 1:00 - 2:30 Joe Woodard presents "What's New in QuickBooks 2011" via webinar (you do not need to register separately for the webinar) 2 …

Open to all since 1981, the Enterprise Forum® has promoted the growth, education, and success of the entrepreneur and business community of the greater Washington & Baltimore area. The MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington DC and Maryland is a volunteer organization which provides exceptional quality events that are open to the public. Its many programs are targeted to local start-ups, high technology businesses, venture capitalists, angels, and the professionals who support them. The MIT Enterp …

The recent wave of interest in semantic technology has led to the growing popularity of Semantic Meetups in US and around the world. The purpose of local Meetup is to provide a forum for newcomers to learn about the foundational technologies of the Semantic Web [] and for the well versed to keep up on industry trends and share their experiences.  Discuss topics will cover a broad range of subject matter that includes OWL, RDF, SPARQL, RIF, Open Linked data, semantics in the enterprise, rules, in …

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C [http://www.w3c.org] to make the web "one giant database": The Data Web. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web.

Hi! ProductCamp DC is a series of community organized gatherings focused on product related topics. Professionals interested in designing, building, launching and marketing great products gather to learn from one another and share their experiences. ProductCamp DC was conceived to fulfill the mission of advancing our capability to conceive, build, and market great products through an open and collaborative community. Whether you are in a large enterprise, small business, startup, non-profit or g …

A nonprofit 501 (c)(3) offering low-cost small business seminars, workshops and resources, and free small business counseling, to foster entrepreneurship in Loudoun County. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. www.loudounsbdc.org Loudoun SBDC is located within the Mason Enterprise Center (MEC) in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. 703-430-7333

Deploying and supporting mobile capabilities for an enterprise is easier when you know what works (and what doesn't). The goal for this meetup is to share notes, ideas and insight regarding deploying mobile capabilities for enterprises.

JBoss is much more than an Application server.  With industry-leading frameworks such as Seam, Infinispan, and Hibernate, JBoss is raising the bar for enterprise Java. Our membership is comprised of industry practitioners, open source evangelists, and Java craftsmen.  Each month, we meet to highlight some key JBoss technologies. We are also active supporters of the DC area Technology User Groups community and coordinate regularly with them to hold joint meetings and share our insights and exper …

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 …

Be Social Change DC Meetup - We are a community of change makers, social entrepreneurs, start-ups, techies, non-profits, educators and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Collectively, we are cultivating a network that fosters social innovation, supports social entrepreneurship, and creates opportunities to make the world a better place. Our Meetups empower, connect and organize the social change community in New York through: “Be” - events and panels that highlight creative social innovators an …

Xykon hosts hands-on workshops and get-togethers looking at Drupal, CiviCRM, and other open source applications. We want you to join us for some of them or give us your opinion on how these meetups can improve.

** We have renamed this Meetup to reflect the interests of our members and the direction of our company ** If you're an IT professional looking to learn more about new technologies like the cloud, virtualization, mobility, unified communications, and more, this is the group you've been waiting for! The purpose of this Meetup is to bring IT pros together so they can do what they do best: talk tech, share experiences and war stories, and learn about the latest trends in IT so they can have a compe …

ASQ 509 is the local Washington, DC and Maryland Metro section of the American Society for Quality. The purpose of this group is to build and support a vibrant network of quality professionals and serve as an effective quality resource for the Washington DC and Maryland Metropolitan area. You don't have to be a member of ASQ to join this Meetup. Come out, meet the people, let us help you learn techniques that will help you improve your organization and do your job better.

Hosted by Acceleprise.vc & Foster.y Enterprise technology is changing the face of large organizations by bringing efficiency, increased profitably, and employee happiness. The DC #EntTech Meetup works to foster innovation in enterprise tech, build a community of learning, and promote the best and brightest within the space.

Welcome to the Washington DC Metro area's only Meetup group focused on enterprise search! If you are an enterprise search professional, user, or just interested in networking and learning more about industry trends, topics, and more please join our group and stay tuned for upcoming events.

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.

What I.F … Techies + Talk + Brains + Creativity + Drink + Food + Funds + Experience = IDEA FUSION™ Join a group of tech startups, innovative entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and resource gurus, most of whom are based in Loudoun. Let’s create a tech community in Loudoun County where there is a lot going on! Idea Fusion™ has been organized to bring like minds together to share ideas, experiences and potentially to create business relationships. Idea Fusion™ is facilitated in cooperation with th …

We're a group of executives, managers and "intrapreneurs" who want to learn, share or teach how to apply Lean Startup* methodologies in the Enterprise. Our focus is on adopting Lean Startup techniques within a larger organization. Let's connect to collectively drive Lean Startup adoption through the application of Lean Startup, Lean Thinking, Customer Development, and Agile managerial disciplines. *The Lean Startup is a trademark and service mark owned by Eric Ries.

This meetup group is created for managers, professional IT architects, and everyone interested in information architecture art and science. We meet to discuss, debate, share ideas, collaborate to make sense of Big Data, Content Management (including Adobe CQ, Drupal, SharePoint, WordPress), Data Management, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Technology, SEO, etc. Please make yourself at home - check out our scheduled events below and suggest new ones. Welcome on our board and let there be a higher …

This Washington DC Meetup mission is to help businesses understand and convert Data to be an Asset as compared to be a liability. Our community will cater to SAP HANA and its ecosystem (BI, BODS, MDM, ETL, EIM etc.), BIG Data and Hadoop community and predictive analytics with R and explore Cloud offerings. ABOUT HANA SAP HANA is a modern platform for real-time analytics and applications. It enables organization to analyze business operations based on large volume and variety of detailed data in …

The purpose of this Meetup is to create a group of people passionate about Africa's development, specifically on Uganda, East Africa. The discussions focus on charity work/missions in areas of: Education. Poverty/hunger/malnutrition. Agriculture. Rural safe water/hygiene. Health. Environment. Community development. Leadership development. Entrepreneurship/social enterprises. Christian outreach. The group will also regularly organize to volunteer in social activities/events around MD, DC and …

The DC .NET Users Group is dedicated to providing a forum for area technologists to discuss and present enterprise solutions utilizing .NET technologies as well as creating a community to promote the success and communication of its members. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies.