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The Proficient Professionals Meetup group is a business-network and career-enhancement group dedicated to helping business owners, entrepreneurs, and job seekers in enhancing the skills they need to gain more business and make a prosperous living. The Proficient Professionals Meetup group will provide members with educational and informative programs, events, seminars, and workshops that will develop skills, enhance talents, spark interest, and elevate lives.  

4-days after the 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, Chicagoans of this Meetup started spreading the message that HAITI needs help for a long, long time. One of the inspiration to start this group was an e-mail received 1-day after the earthquake, from Meetup co-founder Scott Helferman. He suggested to think about how to help Haiti by means of using a Meetup. Obviously if you’ve donated your share already, kindly pass this information to someone who likes to further help. Honestly your word-of-mouth p …

Join FREE Today! Annual Membership Dues Waived Chicago International Crowd Funding Meetup Group will enable members to connect, engage and share the latest tips and tools in the exciting world of Crowd-Sourced Funding, or Crowd Funding. Annual membership dues are waived up to 100 members. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SIGNING JOBS ACT OF 2012 INTO LAW THURSDAY APRIL 5, 2012 According to White House deputy press secretary Josh  Earnest, "the President will sign the Jobs Act.  You will recall this is b …

Support 100% Paid Internships The Paid Internship Meetup Group was inspired by a movie short made by an Iowa college student. "Is Your Dream Unpaid Internship Illegal" asks college students to examine if their dream unpaid internship is illegal. The mission of Paid Internships Meetup Group is to rally interns together and educate them about unpaid internships that are illegal. Additionally, Paid Internships Meetup Group will connect, engage and share resources to each and every member on how t …

This group will meet to learn about the new crowd funding laws passed in the recent JOBS act and help prepare small businesses and entrepreneurs for raising capital through selling equity in their businesses using approved intermediaries. A couple of great articles to learn more about crowd funding, the JOBS act and more can be read here http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/223290 http://www.fridayfirm.com/news/449-alert040612

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.

Official Filipino American Network (FAN) website -- http://www.FAN-Chicago.org/ We invite you to meet, find, have fun with, help out, educate, learn from and network with other Filipino American's in the Chicagoland area! We are not your parent's organization. We are a mix of professional, entrepreurial, not-for-profit, 1st+ generation, expat, Mestizos who believe in unity and want to do our community good! (http://www.FAN-Chicago.org/) To accomplish this mission, we have launched several initia …

Hello everyone! My name is Don Hyun Kiolbassa, and I a gold medalist for the United States Chinese Martial Arts Team (World Games 2008, Beijing China). For my day job I work as an attorney/CPA, and I noticed that many of my peers and co-workers just do not take care of themselves, so I started this new networking group where I feature different professionals in the health and wellness field. I am looking for people who would like to make a lifestyle change. There is no charge to attend, so i …

WE are a great group of single women that are near or over the age of 40. AGE DOES NOT MATTER. SIZE and COLOR does not matter.  Rich, poor or in between-doesn't matter.   Friendship matters MOST! Women are powerful.  Men may rule the world but how did the rulers get here....A WOMAN! This group started out as SINGLE women but we have had many requests lately of married women that would like to join.  All of us have great girlfriends that are married so we are not going to leave them out!  Many ma …

WE are a great group of  women that are near or over the age of 50.   AGE DOES NOT MATTER. SIZE and COLOR does not matter.  Rich, poor or in between-doesn't matter.   Friendship matters MOST!   Women are powerful.  Men may rule the world but how did the rulers get here....A WOMAN!   This group started out as SINGLE women but we have had many requests lately of married women that would like to join.  All of us have great girlfriends that are married so we are not going to leave them out!  Many ma …

Obama for Technology | Technology for Obama was created on My.BarackObama.com in February 2007 shortly after Barack Obama announced his intentions to run for President of the United States of America (POTUS). We are the "original" Technology for Obama group (just Google "Technology for Obama" or "Obama For Technology" and watch the videos, etc). Because I organize several Meetups, I've decided create this "Technology For Obama" Meetup Group to help get President Barack Obama reelected in 2012. M …

Welcome! This group meets weekly and is open to graduates of the inital 4 week Clear Your Clutter series of classes taught by Martha Hayden. (www.marthahayden.net) Fee is $15. A new meetup for beginners taught by Martha will be coming later in the year!!   When things are not used, needed or loved, they clutter up a space. We can become distracted by mess or depressed by energetic heaviness when trying to function around piles of papers, in rooms overstuffed with furniture or surrounded by close …

ADHD is as prevalent among grown-ups as children - and it's just as essential to manage the condition with a range of behavioral, organizational and other techniques. This is a support group for adults with ADD/ADHD and people who suspect they might have ADHD due to issues with procrastination, organization and time management. We usually meet 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month to discuss challenges and share information and experiences in a supportive environment. …

Since 1919, The Illinois Federation of Business Women's Club (IFBPWC) has been empowering working women to achieve their full potential through advocacy, education, and information. The Downtown Chicago IFBWC Chapter formed in the Fall of 2007. We are an all-volunteer, membership-based organization, comprised of professional women of all ages and professions. We meet in downtown Chicago for monthly for brown bag lunches and occasional after-work events Meeting topics are focused on issues impact …

Get off of that couch and come hang out with us! It's so easy to stay home curled up under your blankie, but let's make some changes this year! It's time to get out more and start living life! Ladies, if you want to expand your social circle, network & get out of the house and do something fun, this is the group for you! Let's make time to get away from the every day pressures of life and enjoy each other's company. I envision this being a diverse group of friendly ladies, ages 18 to 45ish, from …