… *We already have 2 staffing firms dedicated to offering career counseling services to our members, so we ask that no 3rd party recruiters join this meetup. Any outside recruiter will be removed, thank you for understanding.

This group can be your group of Masterminds to collaborate with this year! We meet twice a month in Chicago and Schaumburg. Our vision is to encourage a "go-giver attitude" where our members can network, get to know each other's professions, and in turn be able to help each other's business grow. We have one distinction that is unique. Every member will bring at least one new guest to the weekly meetings.  By actively bringing in new guests, our network grows and the power of "word-of-mouth" wil …

Who are the Windy City Dragons? We are a competitive co-ed team comprised of students, young professionals, tradesmen and active moms competing in regional and international regattas. In 2010 and 2011, our team won gold medals in several regattas regionally and won the title of the U.S. Club Crew National Dragon Boat Racing Champions. See results of our races at our website www.windycitydragons.com. We are the only Chicago dragon boat team that has ever won the U.S. National Dragon Boat Champion …

This meet-up group serves as a centralized calendar for Chicago events that are of interest to information technology professionals. We also occasionally schedule our own meetings. Our goal is to meet and network with other local IT Professionals -- employees, managers, consultants, recruiters, and IT business owners. We also welcome any non-professionals with an interest in the industry, such as students, and the ever elusive prospective customers and employers.

Flash pros and amateurs alike joining together in organized, and unorganized, gatherings to further our goals as designers and developers. Share, learn, teach, and inspire – all are welcome. A good spot to get answers and give advice. Also good for meeting other flashers and recruiters looking for talent.

A Lunch Huddle is a small group of people who each have projects that involve an Oracle database and whose places of work are geographically close.  (Not recruiters or salespeople.) The goal is to meet for a very low-key, informal lunch on a somewhat regular basis.  We'll keep it short and local - so it won't take any more time out of your day than a normal lunch break.  It's largely unstructured - but make a point to share what projects everyone is working on that involve Oracle. I'm starting w …

Purpose and Guidelines for SLMNT Purpose: Support and offer friendship to one another in our role as mothers Plan fun activities to do with our children Recruit and welcome new members Publish a bi-monthly newsletter with calendar of events Membership Boundaries: Randolph Street to the north Lake Michigan to the east 22nd Street to the south Canal St to the west Dues and Prorated Dues: Dues are $60 per calendar year - due by Jan 31. After …

Software development professionals in downtown Chicago who made Microsoft .NET their tool of choice.  The core purpose of this group is to strengthen the Chicago .NET community through knowledge sharing and networking.  Meetup topics focus on the Microsoft stack, attempting to balance basic concepts with advanced concepts.  Once in a while, we'll branch out into OpenSource technologies.   Note to recruiters and job seekers: there is a Job Board forum in the Discussions tab of this website.

The Chicago Clojure Group is open to anyone interested in discussing, learning, or using Clojure. The Chicago Clojure Group is not open to recruiters interested in spamming about lame J2EE jobs. If you have a Clojure opportunity please email the group organiser for permission to be added and post in our forums.

Get an insider's view on what it takes to develop a successful career from local Chicago experts. Each meeting will focus on a specific career and detail the job responsibilities, capabilities, intrinsic value and work environment of the expert's career focus. The meetings are offered as part of AltaStaff's CareerFocus program, a training program offered by this local, woman-owned boutique staffing agency to educate its associates on career and capability development.

… A leads group usually have anywhere from 15-40 committed members that represent non-competing businesses – realtors, mortgage brokers, contractors, web designers, consultants, financial planners, accountants, software developers, recruiters, HR consultants, business development professionals, CPAs, corporate trainers, carpet cleaners, landscapers, architects, attorneys, chiropractors and countless others. These members work to actively cross-refer and generate leads for one another in th …

Thank you for your interest in Sassy Mahogany Wives Foundation. Sassy Mahogany Wives Foundation, Inc., NFP is a mentoring program which aims to empower African American girls ages 11-17 in our community to make positive life choices that enable them to maximize their potential. The mentoring program utilizes married African American women to commit to supporting, guiding and being a friend to a young person for a period of at least one year. This meet-up platform is for the mentors/wives only …

Softball season is here and everyone can always use a little practice! This meetup group was created so people can coordinate practicing slowpitch softball in the Chicago area. Great way to meet other people while working on your softball skills. Some baseball, fastpitch or slowpitch softball experience is preferred, but all are welcome. Members are welcome to post softball related meetups. Please use this resource as a way to find people to catch with, go to the batting cages with, pitch and h …

Entrepreneurial moms meet and network with each other. Anyone who owns a business, wants to own one, is working on a creative venture, or wants to be around other business women in Chicago, Oak Park/River Forest and surrounding suburbs can be a part of this meetup. You do not have to be a business owner yet. This Exchange is about networking, helping each other through trials and tribulations, questions, problems, educating, and empowering each other. We will invite special speakers and some of …

If you are a representative/consultant of a home based direct sales/party plan business (i.e. Mary Kay, Tupperware, etc.) in the Chicago area and would like to network with other vendors then the Chicago Vendors Network is the place for you. The goals of Chicago Vendors Network is to 1) connect with vendors of various companies for sharing ideas & 2) Share and hold events in the Chicago area in order to showcase our companies and expand our businesses by reaching new customers and potential recr …

If you are a representative/consultant of a home based direct sales/party plan business (i.e. Mary Kay, Tupperware, etc.) in the Chicago area and would like to network with other vendors then the CVN2 is the place for you. CVN2 is the sister group of the Chicago Vendors Network. The goals of the Chicago Vendors Network is to 1) connect with vendors of various companies for sharing ideas & 2) Share events in the Chicago area in order to showcase our companies and expand our businesses by reachin …