The greater Philadelphia area is home to a lot of eCommerce activity this group provides a forum for people to get together to discuss business trends, share experiences, and network with others who are involved with or interested in learning about all aspects of selling things on-line. Join us to get involved in the dialog and be part of the eCommerce conversation. We'll be talking tech, on-line marketing, operations, social media -- how to drive conversions, cut costs and delight customers. If …

What is a professional (like a doctor, therapist, lawyer, candlestick maker) or privately-held-business owner to do when it comes to getting new business? In school we weren’t taught anything other than our specialty and now that the economy requires ALL of us to market, how do we survive? And even if you use our all the free information at our TheVideoMarketingGuys.com website, you need to understand how marketing works so you can use the power of this "system" to make huge differences in your …

The purpose of the Main Line Social Media Group is to increase professionals' understanding of social media for the advancement of their business or profession. Each meeting we will have a subject matter expert to discuss a particular aspect of social media and its advancement in business and marketing. This is an opportunity to ask questions of subject matter experts and learn about a growing tool in a relaxed and unbiased environment.

PhillyDB members are database developers, data architects, DBAs, analysts - and application developers, too. We meet to learn about enterprise systems (Oracle, SQLServer, DB2), open source systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite), big data management systems (Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL, NewSQL, and real-time SQL databases), and analytics tools. Come learn with us.  And if you're doing or building something interesting, come tell us about it!

We are a group of IT Professionals who will meet to discuss and share ideas related to technology in the public sector.

PhillyJS is a JavaScript user group in Philadelphia, PA. We want to get local coders together to talk about anything and everything JavaScript.

Code for Philly—a Code for America Brigade—would like to invite you to come join us.  We are PHL-based developers, designers, catalogers, organizers, and other citizens working to build a better Philadelphia by applying web technology to government and communities.  We meet weekly, usually Tuesday evenings, and work on a variety of projects building PHL 2.0.  You can join an existing project, create a new one, or bring in something you're already working on and get CfP to help out.  We welcome a …

Welcome to “ The Philly Business Networking Group (PhillyBNG)”. Over the last 4 years, our parent company, NYCBNG has earned a stellar reputation as thhe premier networking group in the country.  Each month we host free and paid business networking events to introduce you to the most dynamic business professionals and executives, business owners and entrepreneurs. In August 2011, Ilana Eberson, President of the company, won a spot in the Top 100 Small Business Influencer Award. We are excited …

Date Better is dedicated to men that want to improve their dating, sex and love lives. Group meetings, social outings and presentations focus on the following topics… Internet Dating Approaching Women Conversation Threads Nonverbal Communication Dominance and Leading Flirting Logistics Creating Connections Finding Ms. Right Casual Sex Building Confidence Dating Advice Dealing with Rejection Sexual Communication Sex Techniques Style and Appearance Approach Anxiety Healthy Relationships Date Be …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Online News Association (ONA). Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, technologists and all with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information or to become a member, check out http://www.journalists.org

Entrepreneurs Roundtable is a global organization active in USA, Japan and Turkey (with India coming soon) with the sole aim of helping entrepreneurs become successful. ER holds free monthly events for investors and entrepreneurs in New York (since January 2007) and free bi-monthly events in Istanbul, Turkey (since August 2010) and Tokyo, Japan (since September 2010). Now, by demand, ER will meet in Philadelphia, PA. The mission: Helping entrepreneurs succeed. ER strives for this goal throu …

It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses focus on coding, leveraging existing technology, and having something t …

The purpose of the group is to meet, network, and discover what we're all doing with Educational Technology. Whether you are from academia, K-12 education, higher education, the private sector, or an edtech startup - let's get to know each other! We have two events a month. One is purely social and the other is more formally organized. All of the events are a relaxed atmosphere geared around learning, sharing and making new connections. If you have an idea for an upcoming meetup theme or activit …

The Philadelphia Self Quantifiers group brings together technologists, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in self-improvement through data gathering and analysis.  We'll meet to discuss technologies and techniques that aid in understanding of the physical, mental and psychological. As the group grows, we hope to have regular "show and tell" meetups in which members will share their quantified-self tools. NOTE: This group is intended to replace the Quantified Self Philadelphia that se …

This group is for bringing together people from the Delaware / Eastern Maryland area interested in supporting and building the Drupal Community. Offering the opportunity to get together or just discuss online with like-minded people anything Drupal. Level of experience doesn't matter, just enthusiasm and interest.

We are Tech in Motion: Philadelphia This is an inclusive group for all Philadelphia tech lovers and enthusiasts. We will be having regular meetups on anything and everything that we think will interest the tech community. Whether you are an entry-level programmer, an expert in the field, an open-minded entrepreneur, or just a hobbyist- we’d love to have you. This is a group by the people and for the people, so if you have any suggestions for topics or presenters, let us know! Thank you for joi …

Connect with Portuguese speakers in the Philadelphia area. We are native Brazilians, native Portuguese, Portuguese teachers, English teachers, people who have lived in Brazil and Portugal, Portuguese language students, and other lusophiles. Speak Portuguese (alternating weeks) and English (every week) with native speakers and others who are serious about practicing these languages. Join us also for dinners, Brazilian films, Brazilian music, televised soccer games in bars, and other events in the …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. Compare Notes Exchange Ideas Learn from Others’ Mistakes Brainstorm with Peers Find Partners Small Group Atmosphere Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® meetings are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious abou …

Shame On UX is an open-format meet-up focused on discussing the importance of user experience by poking fun at where it has failed. For people with a passion for user interface design, we discuss the principals of good user experience by exploring ones submitted as shameful. They range from really bad to examples where information could simply be designed better, but it's a lot of fun. We run group exercises to get people thinking about information design, user requirements, and how this all tie …

This group is a place for anyone to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB. We started this group to grow a more robust community of MongoDB Developers in the South Jersey area and provide a place to share knowledge and experience on working with the database in different languages, frameworks and applications. So if you are facing challenges with MySQL or Postgres or Oracle and want to explore a more flexible, scalable alternative, please join us at …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of the Digital Age. The advent of the Digital Age has democratized innovation and entrepreneurship. Never before has it been more possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big, and,  in the process, change the world in a relatively short period of time. HP, Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Yahoo,  eBay, Amazon, Google, Facebook and many, many, many other iconic companies all started with just …

For those working with or interested in Node.js.

The Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup bridges the gap between designers and developers building WordPress sites and writers, bloggers and marketers who use them on a daily basis. We focus on both design and development considerations (tips, techniques and hacks) as well as user concerns like expanded functionality and best practices. The conversation is all about WordPress. We aim to create an atmosphere of sharing and collaboration, where each side of the conversation can contribute to insightful …

We encourage anyone one who is a part of the tech industry, involved with the tech industry, or would like to enter the tech industry to join regardless of race, religion, or ethnicity. We want to promote diversity in the tech industry and welcome everyone. Our mission is to provide minority tech professionals with access to the resources and professional networks needed to be successful as both employees in the tech industry and tech entrepreneurs. Our goal is to accomplish this mission by pro …

This meetup is dedicated to discussing and advancing the adoption of Internet/Mobile technologies in the Healthcare market. Meetups will focus on networking, new product demonstrations, and hopefully collaborations between group members.

A group of eCommerce developers, UI experts, online retailers, executives and marketing professionals. We will provide a monthly pitch from an excitiing Philly eCommerce company. We will also be the "ground zero" for the newest eCommerce technologies. These include technical challengers, eCommerce platforms, user interface, SEO, reducing abandoned shopping carts. Most of all - this will be a great networking meetup for all eCommerce professionals.

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

Delphic Sage is now Delphic Digital. We're committed to improving the internet marketing community in Philadelphia by hosting a monthly, relaxed SEO meetup for networking and learning. Anyone is welcomed to attend, but we especially encourage small business owners, agency professionals, internal marketers and freelance professionals to join us!