Join now, for free enrollment!   The ideas is to create a network of Chicago Radio pros to collaborate on ideas for better station development,  programming and mindshare for new ideas to help bring Radio into the future.   Who should join: - People who use the internet to broadcast to the world - Terresterial radio professionals - Journalism professionals - Music Industry professionals - Music and News Bloggers - Podcasters  - Social Media specialists   Please feel free to contact me if you wou …

… He was formally the COO of Quigo, an advertising technology startup sold to AOL, where he was responsible for product stratgy, product management, technology and client services. Prior to Quigo, Marty spent nearly 6 years at eBay, most recently as the SVP of Technology/CTO during which time he was also a member of eBay's executive staff. This event is FREE to all attendees. Food and drink will be provided and you can enter a raffle to win an iPad2. RSVP here: http://carsdotcomspeakerseries …

Balanced Team is a group of people who are interested in furthering processes and methodologies to create great things. We include product managers, developers and designers who see multi-disciplinary collaboration around customer value as a source for innovation. Please join our Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/balancedteam

The Pivotal Tracker User Groups are a forum for product managers, project managers, entrepreneurs, and developers to share techniques and discuss the real day-to-day issues surrounding software project management. We’ll talk about upcoming Tracker features and look at third-party integrations. We'll discuss story estimation techniques and talk about what makes a good story. We’ll share our experience with agile planning, discuss patterns and anti-patterns of story management and acceptance, and …

… We focus on "Bootstrapping" and "Lean Startup Principles" in an effort to minimize cost, maintain a quantitative measure of progress and bring a minimum viable product (MVP) to your customers as fast as possible so you can start receiving feedback immediately.

… The group will also be receiving updates twice a year on the product and the company itself from representatives at the company. This is a great chance to find out more about the roadmap of eZ Publish, what's new, and suggest things directly to employees at eZ.    

So you have an idea. How do you turn an idea into an actual product? Why not meet with other people in the area who are in the same boat? Join Practical Startups to give and receive practical advice on how to start and develop a business.

… One example is the Interpersonal Communications series which teaches you how to be a good negotiator, diffuse difficult situations, sell products, and make cold calls. Table Topics is a fun segment of every meeting that helps participants build skills for thinking on their feet. These are impromptu opportunities to speak for 1-2 minutes on a given subject. Besides mastering the art of public speaking, we also have plenty of time to chit-chat, network, and develop great friendships. Come and j …

  My Vision for Management Professionals Club is to offer opportunities to its members to socialize, coach, mentor and learn from each other. Main focus of this meetup is to discuss different management topics, share our experiences, as well as to socialize with other professionals. We will talk about topics as general as business or project management to as specific as contract management, risk management, team building and every thing in between and of course other related topics that interest …

… Who: All active, curious and imaginative children What: Weekly playgroups where kids can play and explore in a fun and unstructured safe environment  Where: Intertek‛s Research & Observation Center (located in Oak Brook near I-294 & 22nd Street) When: Flexible one-hour timeslots, offered on various weekday mornings and afternoons Why: Child‛s play is not only fun, but it‛s also crucial for the development of children‛s social-emotional, cognitive and motor skills. Intertek‛ …

… Neudesic offers its products and services nationwide with offices located in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle, and a global presence based out of India.

… pth of your breathing supplying baby and your body with enough oxygen Reduce or completely eliminate physical discomforts allowing your body to be completely focused on creating a healthy baby Improve sleep patterns and feel energized, vitalized and productive during all 9 month of your pregnancy Address digestive system issues and eliminate unnecessary weight gain and cravings This Meetup is also focused on supporting you in raising calm, co-operative, and creative baby by helping MOMS and oth …

Welcome to the Professional Wedding Vendors Association! Our Professional Wedding Vendors Association Networking is dedicated to helping wedding professionals with career development. Our members are provided with tools to grow and promote business relationships, create and develop leads and contacts, and continue on a successful career path. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP As a member, you have the opportunity to connect with other professional wedding vendors locally and nationwide to exchange ideas, …

… You want to become something better, for yourself and for everyone else, even if the product of that process is unrecognizable from what you are now. On a good day you are not an arrogant petty reactive selfish terrified little shit. You live in fear that your stubbornness, arrogance, ignorance, smugness, narcissism, complacence, prejudice, fear, and obliviousness will cause harm to another. What are the lobotomies of the 21st century? What are the witch hunts? There's a whole world out there of …

The Chicago International Social Change Festival was created for filmmakers to showcase films that heighten public consciousness and provide a film forum for their productions to be screened on an international level. In addition, the festival is dedicated to the art of filmmaking and the filmmakers who make each and every work possible. This is a Chicago film festival with a specific focus on the issues facing society and how social change can make an incredible impact. Every day, society i …

A group for those in Chicago who develop or implement enterprise search software. We'll discuss new search solutions, specific products (Autonomy, Endeca, Fast, Dieselpoint, Lucene, Solr, Google Search Appliance), ideas, and maybe a bit of "big data" technology like Hadoop as it relates to search. Folks into text analytics also welcome. Great for developers or academics who work in information retrieval.