This group is for people who are interested in Graphic Design in the Northern Virginia area. I created this group for graphic designers and web designers to help connect and share some great ideas.

With two decades of solid agency experience among us, our team members have delivered projects for an array of clients, encompassing local businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies. Ministers of Design represents the culmination of this rich continuum: we are driven by a fundamental love for quality design, a commitment to excellence at each step of the process, and a belief in the power of measurable results. Learn more at www.ministersofdesign.com or attend our Meetup on April 4th!

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 to contribute or cr …

We are a group for anyone interested in or working in a field of design or home remodeling. Our goal is to bring the design community together to help and inspire each other through networking and educational talks. Professionals and students are welcome. Our members mostly include furniture, lighting, tile, paint, home, fabric, graphic, website designers, and architects, contractors and many more. We welcome everyone and look forward to meeting you and learning about your business.

Alexandria is an icon for professional design. The city is filled with tremendously talented designers that are passionate about design as a method of problem solving. Although our backgrounds are diverse, ranging from traditional print to mobile interaction design, we are unified in our mission. We aim for innovative. We aim for useful. We aim for beautiful. We aim for unobtrusive, long-lasting, honest, and very human design. Our purpose is to promote professional design in Alexandria. With our …

This Washington DC group is for everyone interested in Web Design, Graphics, Software Development as well as in networking, building online businesses and achieving one's Big Dream. Sometimes only a few web designer show up, therefore, we collaborate with similar groups which will meet at this same event for more new contacts, better networking, fun and mutual support. We appreciate the awesome leadership of Jonathan Perrelli, Adam Zuckerman and others at thefort.vc and foster.ly to facilitate e …

Hello there WELCOME!!! If you're a Graphic designer, photographer, artist, advertising professional, creative writer or someone who is just starting up in design world we want you and glad you chose this group to join. We'll network, discuss current trends, learn to do things old ways, teach each other what we know while we are up to date with current trends. Follow us on twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/novacreatives Welcome again! Anita Eradla

UX Norfolk is a new User Experience (Ux) group based in Norfolk, Virginia. Our focus is intended to reach broadly across multiple disciplines, including Human Factors, Human Computer Interaction, User Centered Graphic Design, Website Content Development, Human Cognition, Information Optimization, Graphic Design, and more. Come join our open group for monthly meetings, hear our guest speakers, or join a "Design-a-thon" to get your gears spinning. Please ask us about various volunteer opportuniti …

Welcome to the Official Virginia Beach Adobe User Group. This volunteer-based group has been created for the support of users of Adobe products in the Hampton Roads area as well as creative users of other creative tools and methods. We are based out of Virginia Beach but hope to serve all of Hampton Roads. We are an Official Adobe Approved User Group. Adobe User Groups provide training, networking, and support to people around the world. Whether your focus is design or development, print, video …

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/

Are you passionate about creating great online and mobile user experiences? If you're based in Northern Virginia or the DC metro area come join us to participate in talks about user experience design and networking opportunities. Meetups are held at AddThis headquarters in the McLean/Tyson's Corner area.

We are a group of information architects, librarians, web developers, usability experts, user experience designers, and other like-minded people in Central Virginia, from Richmond outward to Charlottesville and Williamsburg and Petersburg and Ashland. Meetings are held the last Wednesday of most months at various locations around the Richmond area. Our events are designed to facilitate communication and collaboration among UX practitioners in a relaxed and informal setting. Meetings are free and …

Hey Guys, My name is Kendra Gaines. Im 24, a 2010 VCU graduate and a creative. As of late, I've been having a hard time trying to find other creatives in this area. With the current enrichment of communities in Norfolk and surrounding cities, there seem to be advancements and a push to grow two obvious groups; those that are technical and business-based and those that are extremely artsy. I want to know if you would be interested in helping me spear head a community of creatives who are not tech …

A Code for America Brigade focused on municipal innovation in the 7 Cities of Hampton Roads, VA: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk. Come join other developers, designers, data geeks, civic leaders, organizers, and idea-makers who volunteer to help the 7 Cities' government and civic orgs adopt open web technologies. Our weekly meetings are casual, fun "hack nights" where we try to solve local civic problems through technology. We're always working …

Join for FREE expand your professional circle. You'll be invited to attend fabulous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) professional networking events at trendy gay-friendly lounges in Washington, DC. The purpose of the group is to build a stronger base of professional contacts. Share ideas and job possibilities, tap expertise, or meet potential clients or business partners. Benefit by making new connections and adding to your knowledge base. This is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tr …

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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 investor looking for oppor …

Welcome!  We look forward to meeting you!  Anything or anyone in the Real Estate industry, marketing, technology, or Business Owners/Innovators/Entrepreneurs.  This is for you!  For the past 5 years, we were all Richmond Women In Real Estate, however, when we got together and combined our passions with others...not only did our businesses grow, but we realized that marketing and technology ruled our industry.  It's taken over.  So, there is no more Richmond WIRE.  It's now Connect 804.  A group …

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Dedicated to bringing together Creative Arts professionals to discuss topics that affect our creative industries while giving members the opportunity to network.

Data Visualization DC is a non-profit professional group that meets monthly to discuss data visualization, data communication, infographics, exploratory data analysis, charts and graphs, perceptual psychology, and more! Our members are data journalists, data scientists, business intelligence professionals, and others who tell stories and persuade with data. Meeting topics are varied and range from tutorials on basic concepts and their applications, to success stories from local practitioners, to …

Metro DC Flash Users Group is here for multiple reasons, but the one reason that brings the flash community together is to enjoy, learn and develop Flash applications. En-powered by ActionScrip 3.0, Flash is now on its CS4 platform for delivering RIA content online and on desktop (AIR) . Not only that it is one of the easiest languages to learn and even easier to develop with. We will add Flex and AIR application development when everyone has an appetite to learn more exciting Rich Internet Appl …

Culpeper Technology Center provides local students and young professionals with an enjoyable and entertaining learning atmosphere that encompasses 21st century skills in an open and collaborative environment. This group is for anyone (all skills levels are welcome) interested in technology and computers.

Challenging economic times require us to re-think the way we get things done. Let’s get back to basics. Instead of paying cash for the services or products of others, why not trade the services or products you have for what you want! Everyone has something they can trade; skills, products, services, or just “stuff” that can be bartered with others who have something you want or need. That’s what this group is about! Let’s do direct and organized trading to help each other in these tough times. T …

This group is for anyone who wants to explore ways to do more meaningful work. Whether you have great ideas, you want to make an idea happen or you are looking to get inspired to participate making a great idea happen, this group is the place to start. Let's bring our talents together and explore new and interesting ways we can do amazing things, together Coordel is an ideas platform for funding and executing just-in-time joint ventures. We'll investigate how mass transparency facilitates social …

It aint LA baby. [VA Beach] rings you...you pick up, "Hello, this is Online Media Guru, how can I help you?" People search for our services. You provide them. However, we dice and slice the average prosumer with fresh cut's...the stuff finally found locally...that's us. Someone has a tale to tell :) and we want to tell it, show it, and prop it. It is competitive. Harlem what? Dig deep lancer's. We're belly up, equipped, experienced, and pure. Our PURPOSE: When it comes to the best, we beat it.

Meetup with local freelancers and other interesting and friendly independent professionals who are positive in attitude in the D.C. community! Some freelancers also call themselves "IT professionals" "web developers" "consultants" "life coaches" "community builders" "brokers" "community builders" etc. You'll meet many freelancers by different names at these 3rd Sunday inclusive community events! EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! The first step is to get to know each other better to see if we are ready to w …