2013 Summary

Recap of IT-related groups who were active in 2013. A handout of this information was shared at the 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer. Get your own copy (PDF).

Group2013 activityWeb sitesSocial media
Toledo Web Professionals: Promote the web industry, education & employment resources, keep and attract talent2nd Wednesdays Meetups, Speakers, Road trips, World Usability Daymeetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design designtoledo.com@DesignToledo FB/toledowebprofessionals LinkedIn group
The Nerd Summit: Breed creativity, learn about emerging technologies, solve problemsMeetup, project brainstorming Service Spring, Arrowhead Parkmeetup.com/The-Nerd-Summit thenerdsummit.com@TheNerdSummit
NWNUG: Learning, enthusiasm, discussion re: Microsoft .NET3rd Tuesdays, Speakers HCR ManorCarenwnug.com meetup.com/NW-NUG@nwnug
NWSPUG: Knowledge of SharePoint products, technologies, architecture, tools & business applicationsWednesdays, lunch (4x/year) HCR ManorCarenwspug.comLinkedIn group @nwspug
ISACA Northwest Ohio: Information systems audit, control and securityMeetings, Speakers (odd-# months) BG, elsewherenwohio-isaca.org 
TMOUG: Oracle solutionsHalf-day conferences LinkedIn group
OpenHack Toledo: Work on fun projects, learn new code1-2 / month Seed Coworkingopenhack.github.io/toledo@OpenHackToledo
CocoaHeads/iOS: iOS development1st Thursdays, Casual talks Seed Coworkingmeetup.com/Toledo-iOS-Developers cocoaheads.org/us/ToledoOhio@CocoaHeadsTol
NWOFMPUG: Northwest Ohio FileMaker Pro Users Group1st Tuesdays, Series of topics ProMedica Flower Hospital, Sylvaniameetup.com/nwofmpug 
Toledo VMUG: VMware user group for customers & partners; education & networkingThursday lunch meetings BBB, CISPvmug.com/toledo 
TALUG: Promoting awareness and use of GNU/Linux, other open source softwareSaturday meetings, Monthly Sanger Branch Librarytalug.org 
NWOACM: Oldest, largest educational, scientific computing societyMixer (only)nwoacm.org 
UT ACM (Student chapter): Promote interdisciplinary computing & CS as profession, professional development on campusTech Talks, Monthly (approx.) U Toledo, Nitschkeutoledoacm.orgFB/utoledoacm
BGSU ACM (Student chapter): Promote study, understanding of computers, computer programmingSpeakers, Monthly (approx.) BGSU Overman FB group
UT ASM (Student chapter): Students interested in information systemsThursdays, evenings U Toledo, Stranahan North FB/ToledoASM
DevToledo: Technology, platform agnostic3rd Thursdays, Speakers Seed Coworkingmeetup.com/DevToledo devtoledo.com@DevToledo
FANUG: Education in Microsoft’s .NET technologyLast Tuesdays, Speakers Marathon, Findlayfanug.org@fanug
LRITA: Lima Regional Information Technology AllianceBIT talks (4/year) Annual conference (Apr 17 2014)lrita.orgFB/LRITA.org LinkedIn group
Seed Coworking: Community of like-minded creative professionals who want a different kind of place to workHosts MANY events, supports in other waysseedcoworking.com meetup.com/Seed-Coworking@SeedCowork FB/SeedCoworking

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