Washington, Virginia, Maryland Social Web & New Media group

Location
Washington, DC 38.9-77.05 20037US
Meetups
62 so far
Rating
DC VA MD New Media Technology - Web 2.0 - Video - Social Web 4.50 4.5049
Meetup topics
Founded
July 18, 2007

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/

Our next MeetupSEO Social 2.0 (June)

Where?
This location is shown only to members
Who’s coming?
38 Yes / 20 Maybe

Want to attend?

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

What members are saying

 Great group of people. Thanks for the open forum. 

Ann

 Good place to run ideas up the flag pole. A lot of diverse backgrounds. 

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What's new?

  • Jul 4
    • New member
      “I'm moving to Ecuador in 2010 to help indigenous organizations develop their communications technology capacity. I'm trying to build up my skill set in the meantime so I can be as helpful as possible.”
  • Jul 3
    • New member
      “I'm interested in learning more about new media, and meeting new people involved in it.”
  • Jul 2
    • New member
      “Hello, I am starting a blog in the energy sector and am interested in being part of a community dedicated to success and learning about technology to help with success.”
    • New member
    • New member
      “I'm a web marketing professional who recently moved to the area after being laid of from my job at a start up in San Francisco. Seeking to grow my local network and keep my skills fresh while job hunting.”
  • Jun 30
    • New member
      “Network, learn, upgrade myself to the 2.0 version!”
    • New member
  • Jun 27
    • New member
      “I work for a Marketing Agency. Social Media is going to change the Marketing landscape. We live in exciting times. Don't want to miss the party :)”
  • Jun 26
    • New member
      “I do a lot of social media stuff at work, and do video stuff for fun.”
    • New member
      “"Our company specializes in social media, online marketing and video production."”