We are a group that is focused on creating new business models in music fashion and dance. Creating competing business models that are better for musicians, dancers, producers, music publishers, photographers, fashion designers is essential in the age of new media.

Meet fellow Sci-fi/Fantasy Fans near you! Come to a local Sci-fi/Fantasy Meetup to have fun talking science fiction and fantasy in literature, media, gaming and art. Go to local conventions, signings, readings, movies, museum shows, science lectures and more! This group is intended to be a friendly social group, with the common thread of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

This is your chance to prototype your ideas before going to VCs or for seed funding. We all have dream applications that need machine learning and predictive analytics. We can hack those app. using available machine learning APIs (from Microsoft, Google, BigML, BPA EyeQ, and so on). No need to learn those complicated math or gymnastics of matrices. This is also your way to find a co-founder, good developers, and some good feedback. By the way, investors are also welcome; coding is good for our …

The Boston Internet Marketing Meetup, (@bostimm) is a rapidly growing local Internet marketing Meetup focused on the Cambridge and Boston locales. True to a Meetup format, we always have a presentation or learning session and a Q&A which is preceded and followed by general networking opportunities with both experienced and relatively new professionals interested in the Internet and its use in successful marketing programs.  We feel peer learning and networking with an educational component is th …

The Boston Business Blogging Academy - is where small business owners, local business SEOs, internet marketers, Social Media players, entrepreneurs, start uppers, bloggers and writers gather...online and in person to learn and do things right. Ask your self these questions - How much would you pay for 1. A website evaluation from an SEO, traffic and business blogging expert? Read what people pay me for website evaluations. (The earlier you get in the higher the likelihood of getting an evaluatio …

We represent an awesome, social forum, roundtable discussion, and brainstorming session for students (& more) interested in online/social/digital media at Harvard. We're innovating, experimenting, and thinking about it-- so we may as well learn from and share with each other!

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

The goal of this meetup is present informative lectures, hands-on tutorials, networking events, etc, towards helping the local community further it's understanding and proficiency regarding Predictive Analytics.  Our group has three main focal points:  business applications, advanced mathematics, and computer science; with topics covering Recommeder Systems, Machine Learning, Google Analytics, Data Visualization, Social Media / Text Analytics, and related topics.  Predictive Analytics are levera …

OVERVIEW New Group!  Tech entrepreneurs and marketers come together to solve marketing, product marketing and product strategy challenges, big and small. Members are software/hardware/mobile app entrepreneurs and company founders, senior management, and folks from the marketing, product marketing and product management functions in companies big and small. The typical meeting includes a startup marketing case study (it could be YOU!), a rapid-fire roundtable discussion in which we we tackle …

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you as …

Are you interested in accessibility? Join passionate developers, media specialists, designers, usability professionals, and accessibility experts to share knowledge and learn at the Boston Accessibility Roundtable. The Boston A11Y Roundtable meets monthly to discuss online accessibility, including trends in regulations and guidelines, barriers that people with disabilities face online, and techniques for achieving equal access by all for websites, applications, and documents. The format of the m …

This group will explore how video and new forms of multi-media enabled learning are revolutionizing education across the world. Video in Education now goes beyond simple publishing and includes centralized access anytime anywhere to many video repositories and libraries, internal university 'YouTube', deep learning management system integrations such as video assignments and interactive recorded classes, collaborative video & editing, video for distance education and media-powered blogs and soci …

Once upon a time, 5 people from Vitamin T, the staffing agency for Creative/Digital talent, decided to create a MeetUp - thus Digital Rendezvous was BORN!  We are looking to have a meeting of the minds once per month at a local pub to discuss emerging trends in design, development, all things web!!!

Our monthly events are not your typical software engineering events and will cover a wide range of software programming related topics, techniques, frameworks, and technologies from local companies and educational institutions.  Events will either consist of speakers, panels, or training sessions.  The focus is placed on emerging technologies alongside current technologies and techniques. We will provide information on application development, software engineering, HTML5, Hadoop, Python, Eclipse …

"SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS" TRAINING & COACHING *Are you a small business owner and struggling to find customers? *Have you tried advertising, but don't seem to be getting any results? *Tired of looking for business in networking events where everyone tries to sell you something and no one is buying? *Fed up with spending days at expensive trade show exhibits that generate few to zero sales leads? *Confused, frustrated or just don't have the time to experiment with social media sites such as F …

Are you creative, love sharing ideas and play well with others? This is the group for you! Here is an opportunity to join in with other passionate individuals to explore the world of ideas, self-expression, creativity and experimentation. Perfect for professional and amateur creatives of all types (performers, graphic artists, writers, singers/songwriters, comedians, musicians, film makers, dancers....you get the idea!) as well as educators/experts/authors, thought leaders, and those of us that …

If you are looking for ways to take your business to the next level join our group. If you have a skill set that will help companies grow join our group. If you have a passion in making a difference in the world join our group. If you want to network with amazing people with a wide variety of skill sets that are willing to share their knowledge join our group. We are looking for people that want to learn, grow, train and build relationships in the business world. We are also want to have fun whi …

Welcome to The Professional Wingman Academy in Boston! This group is for men in the Boston area who want to develop their social skills and improve their interactions -- particularly with women. Whether it’s with a new girl, your boss, or your friends, we have the tools to help you become a more confident man. The Professional Wingman was founded 3 years ago and has helped hundreds of men find success in their dating lives. Our company has been featured in over 100 media outlets including The Wa …

For people involved in developing Facebook Platform Applications in the Boston area. Meet with great speakers and engineers who are developing Facebook applications. Do a lightning demo of your Facebook product or idea!

This Meetup Group focuses on Integrated Marketing strategies and solutions for medium to large organizations, and it's for any marketing professional who is interested in sharing knowledge and learning from others in the field. The kinds of subjects we'll discuss may include: integrated marketing strategies and analytics for business; video and motion graphics; digital marketing; corporate events; graphic design; promotions. We'll meet once a month (or more) for morning breakfast meetings or aft …

This group will provide a place to meet and discuss potential use of existing technologies and practice in the service of improving education. I started this group because there is a rich community across disciplines that offer a wide variety of complex approaches to this topic that merit review in the context of the the education sector. I look forward to reviewing technologies, organizing some hands on labs, participating in dialogue, and pursuing innovative approaches with you.

A meetup for IT professionals to talk about the latest in communications and collaboration technologies, from social enterprise apps to managing security in a social world

The role of social media is the healthcare industry is both convoluted and ever changing. How do we utilize useful tools of communication responsibly? How do we navigate pitfalls like privacy and misinformation? Come to learn about the many benefits and complications of social media in healthcare from our panel. We strive to create a dynamic conversation about how to develop the healthcare industry both now and in the future, encouraging entrepreneurs to take ideas and produce solutions. We want …

This group is dedicated to helping local businesses use the Internet to grow their businesses. More than any time history, local businesses have the tools to empower them to control their success with local, social and mobile online marketing - the problem is that they are just too many of them and they are hard to use. We aim to teach local businesses how to make it all simpler for them so they can be successful. Our group is filled with people passionate about helping local businesses and orga …

One night, a collection of languages met a group of objects and they decided to share a cigarette over a drink. Complementing objects was easy enough for language, who found its partner so very real and touchable. Objects was mostly quiet, not finding much to say about itself, at least nothing equal to the photographs and poetry and sculpture language seemed so content and able to lavish upon it. When they made love, something was born, but soon enough it was on the lam. We are an artist collect …

This is a new meetup group focused on new technologies, apps, services and products for the connected home. We'll explore OTT TV, TV Apps, home automation, tele-health, new areas of gaming and other developing categories for the connected home. Meetups will provide startups with demo opportunities as well as networking that connects entrepreneurs, startup executives, major technology companies, investors and service providers.

Search marketing on Google AdWords or organic SEO can be a big waste of time and money if you don’t get the details right. Search Marketing Project Night is for anyone working on a search marketing campaign who would like to compare notes. Our members are both experienced and novice search marketers who come to get answers to their questions, seek advice to specific problems and learn new strategies from their peers. Beginners are welcome. No need to work in isolation... Each month, we huddle up …

The Analytics Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in Boston to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using an analytic platform such as ParAccel to drive business value. With the variety and volume of data available these days from a number of sources (RDBMS, web logs, sensor data, social media, etc.) we're interested in discussing how you begin to make sense of all this data and derive real business value from it.