The DC Animation Community. Meet fellow Professional Motion Graphic Artists, Animators, Visual FX Artists, Film, or Graphic Designers in the DC Area! Come to a Digital Animation Meetup to discuss favorite 2D and 3D Animation/Graphics Software, share animation techniques, and Network with other animators in the area. Get input on your portfolio, make contacts and mingle with new friends!

                  This is a collaborative community, not just a meetup group.  Got an idea for the next great  mobile app,  web service or product?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investor looking for opportunities, these are the people you may want to meet.  Want …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Society for News Design (SND). Gather with designers, editors, photographers, producers, and all with an interest in the design of news. For more information, check out http://www.snd.org/

College Web Designers & Developers is a group made for young developers and designers looking to start new projects, collaborate, share ideas, and meet other talented people.  CWD&D was created by CrunchyWeb, a small web development and design company started by college students that are very passionate about the web world.  We highly encourage you to share ideas, start new meetups and network with other members. If you have suggestions on how to improve this group, feel free to speak up. Happy …

Meet others interested in all aspects of Web Design and Development. Gather to discuss Development, Standards, Networks, Marketing, New Web Technology, Graphic Design, Databases, Corporate Web, Webmasters, Contract Development, Promotion and Business. We meet once a month and discuss various topics including SEO practices, Design, CSS, PHP, MySQL, coding techniques, and best practices. Some are very skilled in some topics, and completely new to others. Open to anyone interested in learni …

                  Got an idea for the next great  mobile app,  web service or product?  Are you seeking a co-founder for a new startup?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investor looking for opportunities, these are the people you may want to meet.  Want to contribut …

We bring together game designers, developers, graphic artists, storytellers, educators, marketers, organizations, agencies, companies...just about everyone who is interested in the serious games sector. Also see our blog at http://gamesgateway.typepad.com/gamesgateway/

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presen …

… We'll be sounding boards for ideas, interview practice, resume and portfolio critics, as well as teams for design competitions.   As times go on, we will have speakers who will simulate the parts of the business that we may not have enough experience with.  Personally, I need more experience at the beginning of projects to see how projects in pre-design and schematic design operate.  Each of us will have our specialties which will help each other grow and develop while we're looking for work.    …

Refresh Rockville is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in Rockville, Maryland and the surrounding area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards. We have a special relationship with Montgomery College, who hosts the event, which gives us a regular meeting place and connection with upcoming design and developing professionals.

This group is designed for women in the tech industry to talk about their ideas and projects and get advice and support from others in the community. Anyone with a tech background who wants to learn new things or anyone with good things to share should join!

… This is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and straight allies who work in new media, Web 2.0 and 3.0 design and content, social networking, Adobe Creative Suite, graphic design, videography (YouTube, Vimeo), information technology, digital architecture, interactive, SEO strategy, open source, Drupal, computer networking and programming, telecom, and engineering. Gay and lesbian .com executives, LGBT bloggers, Obama administration IT infrastructure and Government 2.0 change-maker …

Meet other local Flash developers and designers to share ideas, learn and collaborate on projects. Focus will be on emerging trends and technologies within Flash Development Environment. Beginner and advanced users of MX 2004, Flash 8, Flash 9 BETA and Flash CS3 welcome and encouraged to join. Also, users of Flex Builder and the Flex SDK are encouraged to attend.

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Benevolent Media is an all-volunteer startup dedicated to celebrating storytelling and design for good. We do this in three ways: Solutions-based editorial content on our website; Monthly community events, hosted in partnership with cause-oriented groups; and, An annual festival, convening mediamakers and changemakers to share best practices, case studies and special projects. We focus on people, organizations and projects that compel audiences to care about a cause, take action on an issue, or …

                  Got an idea for the next great  mobile app,  web service or product?  Are you seeking a co-founder for a new startup?  Are you a small business looking for resources to support or re-invent your brain-child?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investo …