Why are there so few women leading and influencing the UX & design industry?  And what can we do to change that? This group aims to bring together brilliant and creative women in the design and UX fields who want to build and leverage a network of like-minded ladies for mentoring, support, and world domination. Just kidding on that last one. Maybe...

The Web is a Jungle. Get a Good Guide. We stand for bloggers and small business owners who insist on building their own websites. Like Lewis and Clark, there's no map for where you are going. We think you should get the best guides available.

Welcome to Local Business Help Group on Meetup.com (Note our new name.) WHO: Galina Zwerlein is the founder and Creative Web Director at Remote Business Help, LLC, supporting web development and marketing solutions for business owners, company executives and individuals.   Visit RemoteBusinessHelp.com for additional information. WHAT: Our group's signature event is the Coffee Connection Networking, occurring on First Thursday morning of each month in Ann Arbor. WHY: With the explosions of online …

I have already begun a website of God Stories, and would like to meet a group of people who would like to work together to create a website along the same lines. Its goal would be to appeal to web surfers who are somewhat curious about God and Jesus, and who want to find real life stories about how Jesus has already made a difference in the lives of real people just like them. This site would be different than most Christian sites. It would not be preachy. It would be written in everyday languag …

These days, to develop software you need to know web development. And to know web development, you need to know JavaScript! Let's meet up and talk about our new favorite language. We'll find the space and invite speakers and meet once or twice a month in Toledo.

Meet with fellow Joomla! users and web designers in the Metro Detroit area. Discuss how Joomla! can meet your web needs. Learn from other local users. Organized seminar format Question and answer time General Topics Include but not Limited to... Hosting Installation Templates Components Maintenance SEO E-commerce Social Media

JavaScript is quickly becoming required knowledge for all levels of web design and development, whether you're creating static web pages or highly interactive web applications. Join us to learn more about JavaScript. Our focus is on emerging technology including leading libraries such as Node.JS, Angular.JS and Backbone.JS. We plan to highlight techniques and tools but we're also interested in supporting beginners by teaching debugging techniques and skill building. We plan to have something for …

Refresh Detroit is a part of the Refreshing Cities organization. We are a group of web professionals whose goal is to promote web standards, usability, and accessibility, and to spread the knowledge of web design in metro Detroit Michigan.

eCommerce Ann Arbor focuses on encouraging innovation within the local eCommerce sector and helping local companies participate in initiatives through the import and export of visions, concepts, technologies, know-how and best practices. Topics include: development, usability, platforms, design, marketing, integration, security, organizational alignment, mobile, SEO, SEM, web analytics, functionality, strategy, social media integration We are aiming to have our first meeting in the next coupl …

The Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup is a community of WordPress users. Started as the Ferndale WordPress Meetup Group, we have members from around metro Detroit. Our monthly meetings are informal, fun and educational. We welcome new users, bloggers, business owners, designers and developers alike. If you have a blog, create websites, or are just curious about the internet's coolest blogging and CMS platform, this is the group for you. Blog Facebook Group

We are a group of professionals that build stuff for the web and mobile devices. But we are interested in learning about more than one topic. DevToledo is about being platform and language agnostic. We are about learning new things regardless of what we work with on a daily basis. We meet on the third Thursday of the month @ 6:30 at Seed Coworking in Toledo Ohio.

To create a robust community of stakeholders within Michigan to focus and develop opportunities which will strengthen the educational environment, encourage impactful dialogue, foster global knowledge, and forge new partnerships of collaboration and support between educators and developers around the use of gaming within education. Topics of interest will be led by the group to explore the many aspects of learning through gaming. This group is open to developers, educators, designers, entreprene …

I love to model things in 3D studio max. I can do lots of neat things with the program but there is SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN. I want to meet other people who want to learn, teach and just do stuff in the 3D that excites them. Push the limits of your abilities and always keep learning! Anyone out there feel the same way?

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. 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 …

Publisher? Developer? Blogger? Student? Professional? Sharpen or share your WordPress skills by attending this monthly networking, education and sharing event in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Every meeting consists of a presentation by a local WordPress professional (which could be you!), networking, tips and general WordPress discussion. Optional post-event networking at local bars or coffee shops.

This group is for everyone interested in the MobiDevDay Detroit Software Development Conference.

Why should you join? Our user group is all about expanding your .Net knowledge and having fun while doing it! Our purpose is to exchange knowledge, business cards, cocktails and Gamertags. If you want to join a .Net user group where you learn cool stuff and get to play Modern Warfare on a HD screen with killer surround sound, this user group is for you. To learn everything .NET To talk about industry trends To socialize and to have fun! Free food and cocktails! No event is complete without a DJ …

We are a community devoted to the learning and sharing of information related to web design, development, tools and techniques with a focus on open source solutions. We have monthly meetings where people in the industry will lead discussions and workshops in numerous topics surrounding open source technology. It is FREE to join and FREE to attend the workshops.

The Great Lakes Community Leadership Summit 2013 will be based on the CLS in Portland each year. The GL-CLS will bring together community leaders, organizers and managers and the projects and organizations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. The event pulls together the leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community. At the heart of Community L …