You can never buy hope in a time of crisis but I am positive of this…. YOU CAN GIVE IT AWAY! -- Joel Osteen Growing a business is hard especially now in hard times. Come join us, get hope and help growing your business. Develop relationships so that we can ALL do business together. To the world you may just be one person but to one person you may be the world. Our untapped potential is truly astounding. Let’s work together to tap into our potential. Please come and join us in getting to know eac …

In today's economy, the more quality connections you have, the better chance of not only surviving, but thriving in a competitive marketplace. We will get together once a month to exchange ideas, meet others and have short presentations about different businesses and different business tools. We meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:30am, and we also meet online once a month at 7:30pm. We have a private Facebook group to maintain contact throughout the month.  Great place to network, share info …

Arguing with your kids? Put those refined skills to better use! We are a local group of attorneys, mostly moms, who have a simple mission -- bring more legal services to those in need by marshaling the talents of lawyers who have left full-time careers. We will choose legal-aid opportunities that work well for our schedules--short-term, we will team up so there is backup, and all trainings will be nearby (currently slated for the Downer's Grove Library). We will meet once, soon after school star …

Would you like to meet a great group of ladies who like to have fun and start great friendships? If you like shopping, going out to eat, Friday nights at the movies or just hanging out over coffee and great conversations, then this is the group for you. Activites and outings will be based on the interest of the members. So come and join in on the fun and meet some great ladies.  This group is about being yourself and enjoying time with new friends.

Want to try new things, travel to exciting places, & make fun new friends? Join us! We are not a travel company & we don't just talk about trips, we do them! ADVENTURE TRAVEL & SOCIAL CLUB CHICAGO & BEYOND OUR CLUB is for fun men and women, ages 30-100! We welcome singles & couples, of any relationship status, to join us. The more, the merrier! This is a fun group for everybody! OUR EVENTS include daytrips, weekend getaways, daytrips, well planned affordable international trips, & fun social …

WSGA provides an opportunity for the social gathering of gay men in suburban Chicago. We share a common interest of providing safe and friendly social opportunities and events for the suburban Chicago gay male community.  We currently have approximately 150 members.  Social events include theater outings, dinner nights, movie nights, monthly parties, river cruises, other cultural events and our monthly meetup hosted by the Hideaway Bar and Lounge in Forest Park on the second Friday of each month …

Welcome to the Chicago Business Development Group Meetup! CBDG was created out of necessity when a group of highly successful real estate investors, formerly working as individuals, decide to combine our efforts to take advantage of the growing opportunities in the foreclosure, short sale, and REO landscape. Our group is extremely diverse.  It is for investors that are just beginning their careers to seasoned experts and everyone in-between. We provide education, support, and share information, …

Mothers & More is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of mothers through support, education and advocacy. We address mothers’ needs as individuals and members of society, and promote the value of all the work mothers do. Please visit our website to learn more: http://www.dupagemothersandmore.org/ **Please be sure to review our group's rules and guidelines before you join. They're important and, we feel, worth the read. For the details, click on "Pages" and then "Rules and …

Welcome to the Chicagoland Fun Group (CFG) 'CFG' (formerly 'Got Cabin Fever') is a group of members looking for new adventures, who want to meet people and make new friends and enjoy all the social aspects Chicago and it's suburbs offer. Our Membership composed of night life enthusiasts, foodies, wine lovers, sports enthusiasts, singles and couples and anyone looking to meet people and have a great time.

This group is for young women in the western burbs who want to meet new people and make new friends. Since it can be easier to make new friends with people who are in similar stages in life, this group is for young single (as in not married) women in their 20's-30's. We'll be getting together for lunch/dinner, bowling, mini-golf, movies, fests, and lots of other events! Most will take place in the western suburbs, but some will take place in the city. The events in the burbs will mainly be in th …

This is not your typical meetup group. This group is about making real, lasting friendships. I've found that with other groups, you rarely make new friends. You just hang out with strangers at that event, and that's it. Well, let's change that with this group! :) When you join this group, you are acknowledging that you are interested in making real friends, and that it's okay for other members to contact you via e-mail if they think you might have stuff in common, and visa versa. The demographic …

LIVE CHAT too!  This group is for those in and around the Western suburbs of Chicago who want a nice, stress free way to meet others in the area. I hope you will enjoy the events we organize and find this a great way to meet new people in your community... Let me conclude by saying, WE ARE SOME OF THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE WHO ATTEND MEETUP EVENTS!!! Yes, you will feel included, yes you will be encouraged to join into the conversations... Yes, you will be introduced around....

The Chicago Area Real Estate Investors Association (Chicago Area REIA - http://www.careia.org/) is an ambitious group of people who invest in real estate located throughout the Chicagoland area. We are a not-for-profit group. We are also members of the National Real Estate Investors Association (National REIA). What this means is that we are supported and surrounded by a much larger group. Whether you're contemplating your first investment, growing with the challenges of the current real estate …

Our group meets monthly to share techniques we use professionally to build faster and more usable web sites. Our speakers cover topics from PHP, Javascript, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, and even plain old HTML & CSS.

No More Cubicle is here to provide support to those who are ready to never need a job again. Almost everyone has been taught to give their lives to a company in return for a paycheck. Today, there are too many people unemployed and even more under-employed.  Because of this, many people are questioning the education and direction they received in the past. No More Cubicle is here to help W-2's realize that they have a choice. Most people agree that moving from a W-2 paycheck can be scary, but in …

The Author! Author! networking group brings together traditional and self-published authors to share ideas about marketing themselves and their books through promotions, public relations, publicity, advertising and other marketing techniques. The group welcomes: first-time authors of all genres as well as those who already have a few published books under their belts marketing and PR professionals those who are interested in the book publishing business and/or want to learn more about it. The fo …

Learn How TNT's Full Team will Prospect For You Do you want more people to learn about your business? Do you spend money on advertising with little results? Do you think referrals are important? Then help yourself and attend a meeting of TNT.  We will inform you why being part of this team will increase sales and solidify current sales. Sales directly related to membership in TNT in 2010  $1,089,500

Don't believe all the hype you hear from the talking heads on the T.V. It's not all doom and gloom, there are areas all over the country that are still appreciating. Besides, an educated investor knows how to make money if the market is going up, down, or sideways. It all comes down to being educated. When former Fed. Chairman Alan Greenspan was asked what he thought the difference was between the wealthy and the middle class, his answer was very simple, "The right education!" and he wasn't tal …

Meet fellow Chicago IL Real Estate Buyers and Investors near you! Come to a local Chicago IL Real Estate Buying & Investing Meetup to discuss properties on the market, contracts, mortgages and anything else about land and realty. All are welcome! ============ Chicago-Events Chicago-Business Chicago-Social Chicago-IL-Real-Estate

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 will include resentations and meetups for informational purposes regarding spiritual advancement, healing and inner discovery! Classes will include learning Meditation and topics like 'What is Hypnotherapy?' Also coming soon: parent-child classes on meditation, law of attraction and perhaps embracing of intuitive gifts. I wouold like to reach out to those wanted to enhance thier psychic developement, increase their conscious awareness, connect with spirit on a deeper level and consist …

This is a group for anyone interested in playing golf. Your skill level is not important as long as you can keep up. I started this group to meet other people who like to golf but don't have a regular foursome or group to play with. The objective is to have FUN and not take this too seriously. We will post handicaps so we can pair people with others of similar experience. Looking forward to this. Lots of options- if we do this right we could have a tournament, maybe even a fun league if we get s …

To learn about what local franchise owners are doing to successfully grow their businesses.

This group is a learning and networking Meetup for professionals who live or work in the West Suburbs. I'm launching the group to see where interest lies. Topics may include Social Media Marketing, Web 2.0, small business, corporate and brand marketing challenges, solutions and technologies. We'll mix up coffee/daytime meetings with after work times to see what works best.

This group is designed to enlist inspired, experienced, highly motivated, entrepreneurial and concerned individuals in a community to identify their hidden talents, passion and desire to put to work and start a business addressing community needs. This is a startup initiative for launching businesses by residents for community and supported by a community network for success of its residents. It is a program to launch a group of startups with initial education using special methods and mentors f …

We are a group of Real Estate Investors looking for new friends to play the game Cashflow with and to learn how to implement the teachings into our real lives!