Our group exists for single parents AND their children. You must be a SINGLE parent. Single means divorced, widowed, or never married in the first place. We get together primarily for activities WITH our children. We may have adults-only events as well, but most of the events will be with the kids. We are NOT a dating group. We welcome you to join us! If you have ideas for meetups, please let us know. We welcome anyone in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

SharePoint Social is a group for technology professionals to network and discuss with local SharePoint users and experts in the Chicago suburbs in a social setting. Our aim is to bring together SharePoint talent to provide an avenue for relevant discussions driven primarily by our members. Whether it is a seasoned user seeking advice or an individual new to SharePoint, you are invited to ask your question, tell your story and even Share-A-Pint! ***Please note that the event is aimed for SharePoi …

This group is for Chicago Area developers and designers of all makes and models to get together and drink alcohol (or some other poison), showcase their work, share tips and techniques, and find full time and contract work opportunities. We invite group members to submit ideas to talk about.  Bring a laptop or a tablet, a sketchpad or an etch-a-sketch.  We don't care. We are technology agnostic and just want to have drinks and meet other folk who know our woes.

Join our growing network of veg families who live in Chicago and the suburbs. Our community supports vegetarian and vegan families with kids. We also welcome non-veg families who are interested in the vegan/vegetarian lifestyle. Here we will build friendships, share advice and support our families' journeys! This group is meant to be a community group that can connect vegan/vegetarian families within their local neighborhoods, where members can host an event such as a local playdate.  We encour …

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® 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 …

Come play Robert Kiyosaki's Cashflow 101! We are a group of real estate investors that love to play this game and apply the principles to real life. We welcome beginners and advanced players. The more you play, the richer you become!

We are a group of new moms looking to make mommy friends in the Oak Lawn area. Most of us started our families in 2010. This year, many of us are expanding our families with second babies. Our goal is to build a local network of moms so we can plan social activities for our children, our families and ourselves. The age range of the children in our group is  newborn to 3 years. We are looking to meet other moms with children in this same age range. If you are a new mom in Oak Lawn (or within a fi …

Join other Perl programmers in Chicago for technical assistance, social and business networking, job opportunities, and more. You can be a complete beginner all the way to an expert, and open source zealot or not. We welcome people of all types. Most meetings have a structured component followed by dinner and drinks. You can participate as much or as little as you like.

Professionisti italiani a Chicago (PIC) è un’associazione indipendente per professionisti, imprenditori, ricercatori e artisti italiani dell’area di Chicago che vogliono ampliare la propria rete di contatti a livello sociale e professionale. Il gruppo e' rivolto esclusivamente a professionisti italiani madrelingua che operano nell'area di Chicago.

BuiltInChicago.org is an awesome community of entrepreneurs, engineers, marketers, developers, designers, investors, technologists and academics working hard to create the next big web or mobile business. Our mission is to connect, educate and promote the growing digital community in Chicago. And we want you to JOIN today. This group will be used to help connect members of the community in person. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions: adam@builtinchicago.org

This group is designed for Connected Investors in and around the Southwest Suburbs.  Enjoy a real estate investor networking group focused on connecting you with the local people & resources you need to take your life to the next level.  This Meetup group is focused around doing deals.  No educational products are being sold, but we may give you a few for free. Looking for an investment property to purchase? Join our group.  Want to connect with local real estate millionaires? Make it to your me …

We are jetsetters, expats, and young, professional, globally minded women. We believe in getting involved in the world around us, whether through travel, volunteering, or global awareness -- and we believe in the power of an internationally connected community to do it! We're starting at the local level and Chicago is our first step. Come join us for quarterly happy hours called "Go Girl Live", which are after-work networking events that benefit a local women-focused non-profit, as well as other …

Welcome to the Chicago Polyamory Women's Group the only poly group in the area that's exclusively for women. Polyamory is the practice of freely developing your own kinds of honest, informed and consensual relationships with multiple partners. Our purpose is to create a support network for women exploring polyamory, or dealing with their individual poly situations. At most poly gatherings, men outnumber women and sometimes dominate the conversations by their sheer numbers. Our founders saw a ne …

Are you a ScrumMaster or Agile Ninja, or interested in honing skills to become one? Are you a professional in software, web, or mobile development, or in an industry that would benefit from Agile philosophies and Scrum methodologies? Would you like to share and discuss best practices with others? Are you interested in meeting up with others with similar interests? If you answered yes to any of these questions then join our group! We hold monthly networking meetings in downtown Chicago to discuss …

Chicago Food Tech offers a variety of meetup events to bring together restauranteurs, food and technology changemakers and innovators with diverse backgrounds in order to create dialogues surrounding new business models, showcase opportunities, challenges, synergies, and forecast food technology's future.

NFC cannot be explained by words alone. Instead, you must visit our glorious website: http://lisperati.com/nfc ...alright, if you insist on a description with words: NFC is for programmers that program for fun, but also care about serious computer science. Our presentations will focus on introducing hot new topics in algorithmics and programming language design. Expect talks on Logic Programming, Lisp, Erlang, Neural Networks, that sort of stuff. Our presenters are asked to keep their talks int …