Manhattan Business Network is NY's best new business networking forum. We're Manhattan's longest standing chapter of BNI, the world's largest and most successful business networking group. Our members include senior representatives in business and commercial insurance, payroll services, commercial real estate, marketing, PR, graphic design, accounting and architectural/design services. We also have personal services pros including financial planners, caterers, residential real estate and mortga …

Our web-site www.modelsagainstaddictions.org Models Against Addictions is a non profit 501c3 foundation. Our mission is to raise awareness of addictions , establish low cost holistic treatments and provide the experience, education and resources necessary to awaken each individual’s healing from their own personal addictions......http://www.meetup.com/Healing-All-Addictions/ Hold fundraisers throughout NY and the world with the desire to advance addiction treatments, including life-celebrating …

Founded in 1984, the New Jersey Macintosh Users Group (NJMUG) is an officially recognized Apple User Group which focuses on all things Apple. Whether you use a Macintosh computer, Apple iPod, Apple iPad, or Apple iPhone our meetings will allow you an opportunity to learn more about them as well as share your personal experiences with other like-minded individuals. NJMUG's strength lies in it's community of members who are dedicated to learning together and expanding their knowledge in the use of …

This meetup group is a source for professionals in the newspaper, magazine, and book industries to share ideas on touch technologies.  This group discusses the aspects of the business, programing, art, and publishing of slate devices like the iPad and other future touch technologies.  We will delve into the impact of these devices as they pertain to the best uses as well as develop and incorporate interactive capabilities.  It is important that everyone in this group has a significant amount of …

NJ's largest technology community. The NJ Tech Meetup is a monthly meeting of 150+ entrepreneurs and innovators.  We meet monthly at the Stevens Institute of Technology campus in Hoboken, NJ to hear from smart feature speakers and interesting startups.  The goal is an atmosphere of sharing best practices and learning from both failure and success. Past speakers include David Kidder (Clickable), Ben Sun(Community Connect), Tad Martin (Overstock), Seth Besmertnik (Conductor), Gabe Zichermann (Ga …

We meet once a month to spend several hours playing with Drupal -> that might mean that you come to learn, work on your module / theme, try out new functionality. This is basically unstructured playtime (that you can block out in your calendar!) Please make sure that you create a user account over at http://groups.drupal.org/nyc

Gathering of people who are interested in data visualization. Speaker series - watch and listen to fellow designers, statisticians, mathematicians, architects, programmers, start ups, and other great people in the industry. We hope to have monthly small meetups sharing work and ideas. Also plan to have headline speakers every two to three months in a larger format!

Creative Village NYC connects creative industry professionals, businesses and organizations with local resources, talent and services. We believe in facilitating interactive events that create a platform to promote, exchange and empower. Members are committed to the success of the each other and meet for the purpose of learning, networking and building partnerships. WHO SHOULD JOIN? Creative Village NYC welcomes service providers from all industries, creative industry professionals, interns, ent …

The New York Windows Phone User Group is devoted to bringing information to users, developers, and those interested in Windows Phone 7 about Microsoft's latest phone platform. Topics at our meetings include new development tools, new platform improvements, demos of software written by our members, and more. All are welcome to attend these small group meetings with any questions or thoughts they have on the subject - especially if they haven't had the chance to explore Windows Phone yet on their …

SWUGNYC is operated completely by volunteers with the aim of promoting the sharing of skills and information related to the use of SolidWorks and to create a forum for networking within the SolidWorks community. SWUGNYC considers the specific needs of New York City area users, conducting quarterly meetings in easily accessible Manhattan locations. This group is open to anyone with an interest in expanding their knowledge of SolidWorks and related technologies utilized in design & engineering fie …

The purpose of this meetup is to connect Fairfield University Alum's who work as Technology professionals in and around New York City.

NYC Webgrrls is a chapter within Webgrrls International (http://webgrrls.com), which is a community of professional women who leverage technology to become more successful in their careers and businesses. With Technology changing at the speed of light, women from all walks of life join webgrrls to “stay in the know”, discuss the latest tech trends, support each other through business and technology issues, and develop new business contacts and friends. Members can connect online or in person at …

We are now opening our group to venture capital firms and angel investors. Our mission is to educate, engage and empower people in the revolutionary world of digital marketing. | By: Steve Estro @steveestro People with careers listed below are welcome to attend: Bloggers Copywriters Graphic Designers Photographers Videographers Web Developers Programmers Online Community Managers Digital Media Planners SEO Specialists Data Analysts Our meetups will discuss the latest trends in digital marketi …

As a reminder here's why we wake up early Wednesday mornings. 98% of businesses rely on referrals to build new business.  ONLY 3% of businesses have a strategy to generate those referrals.  Our BNI networking meetings are a proven word of mouth marketing referral generating strategy.  The average chapter member in NYC in 2011 closed $50,148 from referrals from their chapter. The numbers are still coming in for 2012 but I would imagine they are even better than 2011. Here are the details for the …

This is the place for everything crowd-related. The founders of the Crowdcentric Network have 30 years experience in the entertainment and IT industries, and are currently the founders of a global crowdfunding platform which will soon be a major crowdsourcing portal too. We started this meetup group to bring together like-minded individuals interested in everything crowdcentric. We will hold regular networking mixers, and panels with industry experts and successful entrepreneurs so we can help e …

Digital Publishing Gurus/Apps and Ebook gurus is a group that encourages a dynamic networking and educational experience through monthly meetings. Our meet up intends to unite graphic artists, publishers, students and those interested in Apps and eBook publishing in an attempt to foster discussions and opportunities to learn from each other. The organizer will invite industry professionals to discuss topics such as mobile app development, current issues in the industry, eBook publishing through …

Enterprise and/or startup technologists, think you have what it takes to pull off the next Yammer, or the next Salesforce? If so, this group is for you! This group is organized by enterprise technologists and startup enthusiasts, with the focus of bringing together developers, domain experts and designers interested in: - developing ideas focussed on the consumerization of the enterprise - transplanting technology leveraged primarily within large enterprises and making it available to relevant c …

This is a group for creative professionals from advertising, design, media, publishing and other creative communications fields who are looking to jump the shark into an entrepreneurial venture.

This group is for any beginner who wants to learn Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign. No prior experience is necessary, just come with your laptop and a trial version of the program on your machine. You will not only learn the programs but you will also learn the principals behind good Graphic and Digital Design, learn to "talk the talk", understand what works and what doesn't, and start designing pieces on your own. After you start working on your own, we'll have some workshop meetups gea …