Meet others from DC, MD, & VA interested in New Media, Web 2.0, Video 2.0, and Social Networks. Gather to discuss & learn: webcasting, internet video & video blogging, social media platform technology (Ning, Facebook, MySpace, openID, etc.), digital content, startups, funding & pitching, semantic web, new products & cool ideas & websites. We cover the following and more areas of web technology:
* New media
* Social web
* Web 2.0 & 3.0
* Video 2.0
* Social apps/widgets
* Microblogging & blogging (inc. Twitter)
* Startups, launches, & web entrepreneurs
* Non-profit online social groups, Government 2.0
* Community-building
Our Meetup events are in DC, & around the Metro area (Maryland and Virginia) as membership and locations permit. See our About us page here for more - http://web.meetup.com/59/about/
We have had several great, successful events, and are continuing with more types of high quality events to make these even more fun, useful, and informative. Larger happy hours and smaller discussion groups have worked, and we are also working on new ideas for upcoming events.
The Files page has notes from our past events - http://web.meetup.com/59/files/
Topic/Theme: Everyone bring one tip to share (or a question) related to web traffic or online web promotion.
Search Engine Optimatization (SEO) meets Social Media Optimization (SMO)... a mashup of meetups & conversations. Plus generally a discussion around having a website or blog. Read more
“ Great group of people. Thanks for the open forum. ”
“ Good place to run ideas up the flag pole. A lot of diverse backgrounds. ”
You'll get invited to our Meetups as soon as they're scheduled!
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