Below is a list of various technology-related groups and what they did in 2012.
| Software Developers (focus on back-end) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| NWNUG (Northwest Ohio .NET User Group): Promote learning, share enthusiasm, provide a forum for discussion regarding Microsoft’s .NET technology | nwnug.com @NWNUG | nwnug | 12 | 3rd Tuesday | Presentations w/ Sponsored Food |
| FANUG (Findlay Area .NET Users Group): Presentations from area experts to assist developers with their education in Microsoft’s .NET technology | fanug.org @FANUG | fanug | 12 | Last Tuesday | Presentations w/ Sponsored Food |
| CocoaHeads Toledo: Discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X | cocoaheads.org @CocoaHeadsTol Meetup/Toledo-iOS-Developers | cocoaheads | 8 | 1st Thursday | Presentations |
| NWO-PUG (Northwest Ohio PHP User Group): Support local PHP developers no matter their knowledge level | nwo-pug.org Meetup/Northwest-Ohio-PHP-User-Group @nwopug FB/Group | nwophp | 5 | 3rd Tuesday | Meetings |
| OpenHack Toledo:Get programmers of any experience level together to code | openhack.github.com @OpenHackToledo | openhack | 3 | Every other Monday | Hack sessions |
| Dev Toledo:A technology and platform agnostic user group | devtoledo.com @DevToledo Meetup/DevToledo | devtoledo | 1 | 3rd Thursday | Presentations |
| Toledo Geek Lunch: Casual geek lunches | @ToledoGeekLunch | geeklunch | 5 | Friday | Pay-own-way Meals |
| CodeMash: Educate developers on current practices, methodologies, and technology trends in a variety of platforms and development languages | codemash.org @codemash | codemash | 1 | January | Conference |
| Designers and User Interface Developers (focus on front-end development and user experience) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| Toledo Web Professionals (& Toledo Geek Dinner): Web professionals like web designers, graphic designers, web developers, internet marketers, search engine specialists, information architects | designtoledo.com Meetup/Toledo-Web-Design @DesignToledo, @ToledoGeeks FB/Toledo-Geek-Events | twp | 21 | 4th Tuesday | Pay-own-way Meals Presentations Educational sessions Road trips |
| Refresh Toledo: Design, technology, usability, and web standards (idle since 2009) | refreshtoledo.org/ @refreshtoledo | — | 0 | ? | ? |
| Other Information Technologists | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| Tech Toledo: Bringing Toledo’s technology professionals together | techtoledo.net @Tech_Toledo FB/Tech-Toledo | techtoledo | 2 | — | Pay-own-way Meals |
| ISACA Northwest Ohio: Information systems audit, control and security | isaca.org | isaca | 3 | — | Meetings Panels Presentations |
| NWOACM (Northwest Ohio chapter of Association for Computing Machinery): ACM is the world’s oldest and largest educational and scientific computing society | nwoacm.org | — | 1 | Pay-own-way Meals | |
| UT ACM (University of Toledo student chapter of Association for Computing Machinery): Expose students to revolutionary technologies, trends, theories, and programming languages. | utoledoacm.org | — | ? | ? | ? |
| TMOUG (Toledo Metro Oracle User’s Group): Open to anyone with an interest in Oracle solutions | linkedin.com | — | 0 | — | |
| TALUG (Toledo Area Linux Users Group): Promoting awareness and use of GNU/Linux and open source software | talug.org | talug | 8 | Saturday | Meetings |
| NWOFMPUG (Northwest Ohio FileMaker Pro Users Group): FileMaker Pro is powerful, easy-to-use database software | nwofmpug | nwofmpug | 11 | 1st Tuesday | Presentations |
| UT-ASM (Association of Systems Management): Student organization at the University of Toledo with mission to serve students interested in information systems | FB/ToledoASM | utasm | 12 | Thursdays | Meetings with speakers Tours |
| Northwest Ohio SharePoint User Group: Business analysts, managers, developers and others interested in Microsoft SharePoint | LinkedIn/NWSPUG | nwspug | 1 | ? | ? |
| Toledo VMUG: VMware user group, discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology | vmug.com | vmug | 4+ | ? | Lunch meetings |
| Northwest Ohio IT Alliance: IT and Controls/Automation professionals | FB/Northwest-Ohio-IT-Alliance | nwoita | 2? | ? | Networking with presentations |
| Entrepreneurs and Start-ups (people who like to hang out with technologists) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| StartUp Toledo: Celebration of Toledo’s innovators, entrepreneurs and creatives | @StartupToledo startuptoledo.com | startup | 11 | 3rd Thursday | Networking, Drinks, Sponsored Food |
| Tech Connect: Information on start-up funds and services for entrepreneurs | rocketventures.org | tech-connect | 3 | Quarterly | Presentations, Vendors, Networking |
| Startup Weekend Toledo: Go from idea to the beginnings of a company in an intense 54-hour period | toledo.startupweekend.org @SW_Toledo FB/StartupWeekendToledo | startupweekend | 1 | Annual? | Hands-on education, Competition |
| Other Technologists (from various industries) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| TST (Technical Society of Toledo): Working to bring engineering, technology, business and community together | technicalsocietytoledo.org @tst_techsociety FB/TST Technical Society of Toledo | tst | 6+ | Fridays | Lunches with speakers Engineers Week |
| Glass Act Labs : Express their interest in creating and participating in a hackerspace (open community lab, workbench, machine shop, workshop, studio) for the Toledo area | hackerspaces.org FB/groups/glassactlabs @glassactlabs | glassactlabs | ? | ? | Road Trips Hacking Sessions |
| IEEE Toledo: IEEE is the world’s largest professional association advancing technology for the benefit of humanity | ieee.org FB/IEEE-Toledo-Section LinkedIn/IEEE-Toledo-Section | ieee | 6 | ? | Meetings with speakers Tours |
| Creatives (designers, artists, entertainers, etc. who like to hang out with technologists) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| AIGA Toledo: Advance design as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force | toledo.aiga.org @aigatoledo FB/AIGAToledo | aiga | 16+ | Depends | Design studios Presentations Exhibitions |
| Ad Club of Toledo: professional and social organization for individuals actively involved in the creation and production of advertising and marketing communications | adclubtoledo.org @adclubtoledo FB/advertisingclubtoledo | adclub | 16+ | Depends | Luncheons Social/athletic Conference |
| Pecha Kucha Night Toledo: Presentation format of 20 slides x 20 seconds | pechakucha.org @pechakucha_TOL FB/PechaKuchaNightToledo | pkn | 3 | Quarterly | Presentations |
| TEDxToledo: Independently organized TED event | tedxtoledo.com @tedxtoledo FB/TEDxToledo | — | 1 | Annual? | Conference |
| TEDxBGSU: Independently organized TED event (idle in 2012) | tedxbgsu.com @tedxbgsu FB/TEDxBGSU | — | 0 | Annual? | Conference |
| Social Media Breakfast: where people meet, share and learn how to use social media (idle in 2012?) | @SMBToledo FB/SocialMediaToledo | — | 1? | Monthly | Meetings |
| Venues (where technologists hang out) | |||||
| Organization/Event | More info | Calagator | # Meetings | Schedule | Types of Meetings |
| Seed Coworking: Coworking space that hosts many events, including a Lunch ‘n’ Learn | seedcowork.com/ @SeedCowork FB/SeedCoworking | seedlnl | 2 | Friday | Lunch & Presentations |