This group is dedicated to reviving technical and vocational education in America. We hope to foster dialogue between companies and technical schools in order to provide pathways from school to meaningful, skilled, long-term careers.

This group is for artists and performing artists, educators in K-12 and higher ed, teaching artists, arts and culture or recreational focused groups, technology enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in the intersection of the arts with education and technology. Regular meetings will host conversations around an array of topics engaging a diverse community of professionals.

EdTechWomen is a networked community for women and their supporters in education technology. The goal of EdTechWomen is to connect each other across sub-industries and to leverage women’s influence in education, now and for the future. EdTechWomen is inspired by women’s overarching influence in education. As educators, consumers, activists, organizational leaders, and mothers, women are the primary decision-makers when it comes to education.

Be Social Change New York Meetup- **We are building a Makers Institute! Check it out: http://bit.ly/makers-institute We are a community of social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, professionals, students, investors, and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Be Social Change is an open and inclusive network of current and future social impact leaders fosters the spreading of new ideas and best-practices, educates members on social entrepreneurship and innovation, and hosts interactive events for members …

The NY Quantified Self meetup is modeled on the Bay Area Quantified Self Show & Tell meetings started in 2008 by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in the Bay Area. Your host for the NYC meetup is Steve Dean @sgdean. Write us with your recommendations, tips, and observations. This is a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share what you are doing and learn fro …

Suits to Silicon Alley: We are a group of consultants, lawyers, bankers and anyone in Corporate America with an interest in the NYC startup community. We are looking to apply our background to make the NYC startup community the best in the world. Whether you have an interest in starting our own company, transitioning to a role at a startup or just want to learn about Silicon Alley, "Suits to Silicon Alley" is the place to begin that journey!

Technology shifts and transforms, but the law often remains stagnant. This group asks a few simple questions: How can we use technological developments to address legal deficiencies? And how can lawyers start to think more like hackers? This monthly meetup challenges Legal Hackers to flesh out problems and then develop solutions through legal and extra-legal mechanisms. Join us as we tackle these tough issues and create tangible solutions. There are two requirements to be Legal Hacker: attention …

Are you already an expert teaching the Common Core for your grade, or are you just getting started? Do you feel you have all the resources needed, or are you struggling to figure things out? This group intends to connect teachers and hopefully everyone else in K-12 education to share best practice and resources, seek advice, and give advice. As Common Core implementation is moving forward across the nation, we hope to address some of the hot topics we go through as a teacher, an administrator, a …

What would you do the change the world? Here's your chance to help make yor idea a reality. Each week three people in our gathering will have 10 minutes each to present an idea that they have to change the world. The rest of the group has 30 minutes to ask clarifying questions, refine, plan and discuss how to begin implementation or for general feedback. We can change the world, so lets's stop talking and start doing!

TEC-NY Association of Russian-speaking Entrepreneurs and Professionals  is a non-profit business association of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, engineers, lawyers and other professionals with headquarters in Silicon Valley. Started as an organization of expatriates from Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries that are involved in technology businesses in the United States this  group has grown into a large network in which innovators and entrepreneurs of all origins can exchange ideas and bu …

Idea Pinata is an exciting collaboration of people coming together to generate ideas to help you get better and more meaningful work done. This group is ideal for freelancers, small business owners, inventors, innovators and people who want to change the world by growing ideas into socially responsible businesses that make the world a better place. Our very active “idea-ups” will use techniques championed by improvisation to facilitate an environment that is fun, supportive and productive. We wi …

Every language for everyone. The internet gives us the potential to collaborate with each other regardless of distance, social position, or other historical barriers to language transmission. Our goal is to build new types of teaching materials that use the internet to open language instruction to everyone online. We meet up to learn how to make new materials, discuss our experiences, and meet some of the other people in our community. This is a community project started by the Wikiotics Fou …

NuSkool is a new Ed Tech Startup devoted to Real Life Learning. NuSkool specializes in using Popular Culture to enhance learning both inside and outside of the classroom. This meetup is for anyone working with youth in a teaching setting and would like to discuss effective strategies for student engagement. Every session we do a quick demo of the NuSkool platform and offer suggestions on how to integrate popular youth culture into your curriculum to create a student-centered learning environment …

Looking for More Detail Information on NYTM? Head over to our full website at www.nytm.org Who We Are NY Tech Meetup is a 31,000 member non-profit organization that supports the growing NY technology community. Our goal is to help build a sustainable technology industry that drives economic growth, leads innovation, and creates positive, high-impact change for our local communities and the world. NY Tech Meetup was first founded as a Meetup group in 2004 by Scott Heiferman (Founder of Meetup.c …

NY Career Meetup connects job seekers with Managers and Employers who make hiring decisions through its events.The group connects job seekers and Recruiters, Hiring managers and Employers and gives them a chance to know about employment opportunities and gather information about companies/ individuals who are currently hiring for both part time and full time positions. The group gives job seekers best opportunity to make connections face to face with Managers and Employers.NY Career Meetup and …

This group is dedicated to advancing innovations that focus on improving patient care with the active involvement of Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Administrators, Engineers, and even Lawyers.  If your interest is in improving the practice and performance of medicine, than this is the meetup for you. Borne of the Health 2.0 international movement, Eugene Borukovich started the NYC chapter in 2008. Our chapter has since grown to become the largest healthcare innovation focused meetup in the world …

Meet with local Revit users to discuss and share the platform's use for BIM implementation. Our group will cover Architecture, Structure and MEP. Be sure to also check out a closely related Meetup - the Metro NYC BIM Group - at http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Metro-BIM. Our group meetings are now held at the Pratt Manhattan Campus. Please visit Pratt's Center for Continuing and Professional Studies at http://prostudies.pratt.edu. They offer a wide range of continuing education courses including Revi …

(1) more customers (2) better, reciprocal partners (3) technology licensing opportunities Our Silicon City (NY) is fast challenging Silicon Valley, but to cement the foundation, companies need to be solvent. That starts with strong revenue growth and recurring revenue streams. BRiSC caters more toward the senior management than the Director of Sales. Setup more akin to a Chamber of Commerce than a traditional meetup, our events are Pavilions, Panels, Roundtables, and Vertical-Focused Selective N …

This group is for interior designers, students and those wishing they didn't work in a corporate job and want to learn the art of interior design. You do not have to be located in NYC to join. We will have virtual events too. Our mission is to link interior design and technology. We aim to provide insight, education and an understanding of technology to advance your career or interior design business. We will have weekly networking events, monthly morning workshops & speaker evenings. Interior D …

About Us: NY Cultural Tech has expanded its focus as of March 2013 to more broadly delve into the innovative intersection of tech and culture.  It started out as a cross-disciplinary group for practicing technologists (coders, info architects, developers) focused on the advancement of emerging tech from within the domains of public knowledge.  Our participatory group is a new-media catalyst for those involved with museums, libraries, educational institutions, government, non-profits, and outwar …

Calling All Entrepreneurs and people in Small Business. Are you curious about getting your business to thrive, and with more ease? This will be the premier business networking and educational group in NY. Our members are entrepreneurs, small business owners, investors, and those starting businesses, who want to network and collaborate with others, and also learn tools to grow their businesses. The Purpose of This Group is for You to: 1. Surround yourself in a positive business community, where …

FASHION + TECHNY is FASHION+TECHSF's east coast chapter. Fashion+TechNY’s mission is to provide an open dialogue that serves as a forum on how to develop innovative solutions to become better business entrepreneurs. This workshop was developed as a platform to discuss the business of fashion and arts through the utilization of current business models and technologies. As a thriving epicenter of independent talents, ‘FASHION+TECHNY” features local entrepreneurs, fashion designers, students, blogg …

Our members are enthusiastic members of the community who are involved with marketing their businesses or organizations online. Our group focuses on using social media platforms and search engine optimization (SEO) as the central keys to online marketing. The Online Business Marketing University is a Meetup group focused on teaching our members how to market their business or themselves online. We will be educating small businesses empowering their online marketing decisions. We will be showing …

February is Responsible Pet Owner Month... At PoochHealth.com, we thought now is the best time to start this group and educate pet owners about free services available to take responsibility for managing their loved one's health records and documents. Our goal is to bring together pet owners and share stories about our pet's health, what works, what does not, where to get help, where to find trusted services, all in our community. Our aim is to host workshops (with guest speakers) and sponsored …