Take your career to the next level. The NYYIP's are an organization that is in its 25th year. We are dedicated to building tomorrows insurance leaders today. Young Insurance Professionals is dedicated to building tomorrow’s insurance leaders today. YIP offers those new to the industry opportunities to advance their careers, build industry contacts, experience superior education, develop professional and leadership skills and stay apprised of industry news. Membership serves a broad range of indu …

This is the first New York based Hedge Fund Networking Group. With over 400 members as of April 2011, we aim to offer our members the opportunity to network and build industry contacts, learn from one another, explore partnerships and potential job opportunities and also have a little fun! We also hope to highlight opportunities for attendance at key industry events, tradeshows, and conferences and when available offer discounted attendance and access to invitation only events where you can mee …

This group is dedicated to advancing innovations that focus on improving patient care with the active involvement of Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Administrators, Engineers, and even Lawyers.  If your interest is in improving the practice and performance of medicine, than this is the meetup for you. Borne of the Health 2.0 international movement, Eugene Borukovich started the NYC chapter in 2008. Our chapter has since grown to become the largest healthcare innovation focused meetup in the world …

Each month, we will give away $20 to one lucky group member, the winner will be announced at our weekly events. All members get to win money and business gifts every month, no need to buy anything, no hidden fee. Join this meetup group, it's FREE to become a new member. Welcome to AsianBusinessNetwork.org , this group was created to connect young Asian business professionals. We aim to host free and discounted group events in New York City (Manhattan) and nearby. We will be giving away free boo …

Meet with other web site system administrators, developers, designers and business people who're interested in making their sites work fast to get better user experience, lower abandonment rates and more money. @nywebperf LinkedIn group [+] see our sponsors More Web Performance groups around the world: San Francisco & Silicon Valley Web Performance Group Boston Web Performance Group LA Web Speed London Web Performance Group Web Performance User Group Vienna - Web Performance Group Atlanta We …

NYC Asian Social Group (formerly NYC Young Asian Partygoers) is dedicated to putting together regular meet up events at restaurants and lounges for young Asian professionals and students in NYC to mix and mingle. Most members are Asians in their 20's looking to meet and enjoy the nightlife with others in the city. Our meetups range from happy hour mixers to invite only lounge and clubbing events. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event! *Venues and brands interested in a partnership …

A network of web developers, software engineers, database administrators - any and all technologists who'd like to use their skills for good. We share opportunities to volunteer, learn about social mission businesses, and network with other developers who want to make a difference. We're supported by CodeMontage, where developers can enroll in challenges to improve their skills while helping social good projects. Outside of meetups, you can connect with us through our individual office hours. N …

Welcome to the New York City SEO/SEM Meet Up group. We're a group of SEO and SEM professionals and enthusiasts united to learn and have fun (sometimes in that order, sometimes not). We're interested in: - Networking, and meeting other SEO/SEM practitioners. - SEO (site structure, information architecture, on-page optimization, link building, etc.) - PPC -Analytics/Tracking -Usability -Conversion Rate Improvement -Search-Optimized Content Creation -and many other topics Suggestions are …

This group is for any and all those involved in the education of children: teachers, assistants, social workers, guidance counselors, administrators, etc. This group has two goals; one, to put people with similiar experiences together to network, vent, hang out, share stories and get great advice. The other goals is to have a reason to visit some cool places in the city! All educators are welcome to join and have fun with us. Hope to see you soon!

The objectives of the Union of Exercise and Sports Science Professionals shall be: To establish, integrate, promote, and educationally advance the fields of exercise and sports science professionals, which will consist of but not be limited to exercise, fitness and sports training instructors and coaches, personal training coaches, strength and conditioning performance enhancement personnel, athletic trainers, exercise physiologists. To make members aware of their political responsibilities. To …

What has happened to the north Brooklyn tech scene?!?!?! You Cant tell me that everybody went to Etsy?!?!? Seriously though, I am a systems engineer trying to find some new local talent, and I am picking up the bar tab to get people to hang out, and discuss the things that they like/dislike about technology, and to see if there is a good place for them to join my team.

Greetings from Tony Errichetti and Laurie Schroeder, Co-Directors of the Simulation Studio Network! Do you work in the medical or legal field as an actor, standardized patient, trainer of program administrator? The Simulation Studio is a professional network of Standardized Patients (SPs), SP educators, Standardized (legal) Clients (SCs) and anyone who works in the field of human or robotic patient simulations. The SP Studio is a space for exploration, study, development, creativity, conversatio …

As I begin my third year as a doctoral student, I increasingly find myself wishing that I could discuss the unique challenges and joys of being a woman of color in higher education with those that can relate. So I decided to do something about it! Are you a person of color involved in academia, either as an undergrad, graduate student, administrator, or professor? Are you interested in networking and sharing your stories? Then join this group!

This is the meetup group for the SharePoint User Group in NYC that meets at Microsoft Manhattan on the first Wednesday of the month. The NYC SharePoint Users Group (NYCSPUG) was founded in March 2006. Our mission from inception has been to share deep SharePoint experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft SharePoint knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts present, learn and t …

Chef-NYC is a users group for people in the New York City metropolitan area who are interested in using the opensource configuration management tool called Chef, developed by Opscode: http://www.opscode.com/ Every month, we get together to discuss Chef, Ohai, and related devops topics ... and SHARE COOKBOOKS/RECIPES! :-) Whether you're a "dev", "ops", or "other", join us!

A group for Web Ops engineers, Sysadmins or other Engineers to sit, drink and swap war stories, compare current headaches, and share ideas. If you join, include a short blurb about what sort of ops you do!

We're a group of SEO professionals who enjoy hanging out together and sharing cutting edge SEO tactics (sometimes in that order, sometimes not). We have the back of our members and take the time to get to know them on a personal and professional level. We meet once a month and our members have access to the most influential SEO network in North America. If you are looking for a new job or need help learning vital SEO skills, there's definitely someone in our group who can help you out. We're i …

Greetings, and thank you for your interest in Playsmiths. Playsmiths is a group of theatre professionals meeting weekly to develop new plays.  Playwrights bring in pages, actors are cast and cold read the material aloud.  Constructive, respectful feedback is shared.  Our goal is to present first a staged reading, and ultimately a full production of every full length script we develop. Playsmiths is a sponsored 501(c)(3) non-profit.  In order to defray rental and production costs, we charge dues. …

The focus of this group is for IT professions to meet and hang out in a social  environment . The  Genesis of this group is from the IT organization that included two major hospitals in the NYC area and has evolved over time. This 'Team Building excerise' began as a way to thank and repay coworkers with the purchase of a beverage, and has evolved into a way to keep in touch with friends, colleagues, and to repay those old debts. Feel free to join us and share old war stores, talk about technolog …