A summary of local tech groups that were active in 2014 (handed out as a flyer/PDF at the 4th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer) with updates for 2015 (see slides from 2015 mixer). Also: summaries for 2012 & 2013.
New in 2015:
- Northwest Ohio AWS and Big Data Mixologists
- Toledo ReactJS Meetup
- User Experience Design & Lean Product Development – NW Ohio
- CoderDojo Toledo
- Arduino meetup, Unmanned aircraft (Drone) meetup at BiG Fab Lab
- WordPress Toledo
- Findlay.dev
- Google Developer Group Toledo (meetup)
| Group | 2014 activity | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Toledo Web Professionals: Promote the web industry, education & employment resources, keep and attract talent | 2nd Wednesdays Meetups, Speakers, Road trips | meetup.com/Toledo-Web-Design @DesignToledo FB/toledowebprofessionals LinkedIn/gid=4874377 “twp” tag |
| The Nerd Summit: Breed creativity, learn about emerging technologies, solve problems | Meetup, project brainstorming Service Spring, Arrowhead Park | meetup.com/The-Nerd-Summit thenerdsummit.com @TheNerdSummit “nerdsummit” tag |
| Girl Develop It Toledo: Affordable programs for women, learn software development via mentorship, hands-on instruction | Code & Coffees, 2-day classes Biggby Coffee, Seed Coworking | girldevelopit.com/chapters/toledo meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Toledo @GDIToledo FB/GirlDevelopItToledo “gdi” tag |
| CocoaHeads/iOS: iOS development | 1st Thursdays, Casual talks Seed Coworking | meetup.com/Toledo-iOS-Developers cocoaheads.org/us/ToledoOhio @CocoaHeadsTol “cocoaheads” tag |
| NWNUG: Learning, enthusiasm, discussion re: Microsoft .NET | 3rd Tuesdays, Speakers HCR ManorCare | meetup.com/NW-NUG @nwnug “nwnug” tag |
| FANUG: Education in Microsoft’s .NET technology | Last Tuesdays, Speakers Marathon, Findlay | fanug.org @fanug “fanug” tag |
| NWSPUG: Knowledge of SharePoint products, technologies, architecture, tools & business applications | Wednesdays, lunch, 4x/year HCR ManorCare | nwspug.com LinkedIn/gid=4911440 @nwspug “nwspug” tag |
| SharePint: Share experiences, challenges with SharePoint (coming in 2015) | Discussions, 4x/year | nwosharepint.com FB/nwosharepint @NWOSharePint “sharepint” tag |
| Northwest Ohio SQL Server Users Group: Network, learn, trends in MS SQL Server technologies, for developers, DBAs, architects, analysts [Now known as Northwest Ohio SQL PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server)] | Bi-monthly, 2nd Wednesday HCR ManorCare | LinkedIn/gid=7490607 nwo.sqlpass.org “nwossug” tag |
| ISACA Northwest Ohio: Information systems audit, control and security | Meetings, Speakers BG, elsewhere | nwohio-isaca.org “isaca” tag |
| Toledo InfraGard: Issues, threats to private industry and government assets (newly discovered) | Meetings, Speakers 2nd Fridays, every-other month | toledoinfragard.org |
| Toledo VMUG: VMware user group: customers & partners, education & networking | Thursday lunch meetings BBB, CISP | vmug.com/toledo “vmug” tag |
| TALUG: Promoting awareness and use of GNU/Linux, other open source software | Saturday meetings, Monthly U Toledo, Engineering | talug.org “talug” tag |
| NWOACM: Oldest, largest educational, scientific computing society | Mixer (only) | nwoacm.org “nwoacm” tag |
| UT ACM (Student chapter): Promote interdisciplinary computing & CS as profession, professional development on campus. Also: UT IEEE (Student chapter) & UT Maker Society. | Monthly U Toledo, Nitschke | utoledoacm.org FB/utoledoacm “utacm” tag |
| BGSU ACM (Student chapter): Promote study, understanding of computers, computer programming | Speakers, Socials, Jobs BGSU Overman | FB/group/74110267669 “bgsuacm” tag |
| LRITA: Lima Regional Information Technology Alliance | BIT talks (4/year) Annual conference (Apr 16 2015) | lrita.org FB/LRITA.org LinkedIn/gid=1041967 “lrita” tag |
| StartUp Toledo: Innovators, entrepreneurs, creatives; economic engine | 4th Thursdays, Speakers Manhattan’s (usually) | startuptoledo.com @startuptoledo FB/StartupToledo “startup” tag |
| Tech Toledo: Connecting the Tech Community | Yearly All-Tech Mixer (December) Packo’s at the Park (usually) | dexterityux.org/website_9083fb5c @tech_toledo FB/TechToledo “techtoledo” tag |
Visit ToledoTechEvents.org regularly for events by these groups, and other events for the tech community