We Care About Our Community! If you have a group that meets once a week, once a month, or even once a year let the Microsoft Store at Beachwood Place Mall be the location where you host your event! Our Theater is open to all kinds of groups; ranging from book clubs, tech groups, small business groups, gaming teams and tournaments, PC gaming, and many more. We also provide private group training sessions, workshops, guest speakers to concerts and organization meetings. We are proud members of th …

The Business Exchange Network exists primarily to provide a forum for members to establish long-term business relationships in a positive and trusted environment. The Network Features: "Morning Coffee" Monthly Saturday morning roundtable where members are committed to understanding your business as well as exchanging business strategies and networking ideas. "MONEY" Weekly Internet Radio Show - The show is broadcasted live every Thursday afternoon @ 4:00 pm on TalktainmentRadio.com. Join the Hos …

Looking to meet fellow Polyamorous people in North East Ohio? We'd like to meetup to discuss open relationships, polyamory, honesty, respect and alternate forms of commitment. Please note: This is first and foremost a discussion group. Meetups are going to be held to meet like-minded individuals in a comfortable environment. If connections are made in the normal course of our meetups, that's fine, but please respect other members who did not join to find someone to hookup with.

Meet others in the northeast Ohio area who want to see a better world for all animals! Animal rights advocates want to see animal abuse such as factory farming, 'friendly' animal farming, circuses, puppy mills, animal research institutions, and the fur industry become a thing of the past! We also help with animal rescue, animal transporting and when a question arises for animal issues, our members love to respond with their experience and wisdom.   Let's get together to share ideas on how to bec …

Surround yourself with the best people in Cleveland. It's time to surround yourself with winners, successful people who exhibit and live consistent to values and skills you want to acquire and develop. Realize the people in your life have an amazing power to influence your destiny. This group is for those positive influencers. All entrepreneurs, small/medium/big business owners, self-employed individuals, investors, and those looking to start their own business are welcome. Our goal is to create …

This club is for everyone who wants to play chess and socialize in a non- intimidating environment. If you never played before don't worry, we'll teach you. If you can play then maybe you'll learn something new. There are only two rules for the club, respect others and have fun. This club also is a social club to network, meet new people, make new friends, and just hang out. Meetups will be in the Cleveland and Akron area and will primarily be at places that have coffee (Caribou, Starbucks etc.) …

This group was started simply to allow people to meet other people in a comfortable environment.  Although we are relatively new to Meetup, we have been holding our luncheons since the Fall of 2009. There are no attendance requirements.  There are no referral requirements.  There are no dues.  Everyone is welcome to join our luncheons. Whether you're a small business owner, network marketer, internet entrepreneur, or just simply looking for something that might be the right fit for you, you're …

Red Carpet Women is a fun, relaxed environment to meet up with women business owners, entrepreneurs, mompreneurs, solopreneurs and other like-minded women who are interested in sharing ideas, sharing contacts, doing business and helping each other. Learn about relationship marketing, online social networks, tools and technology while finding prospects, clients, customers or joint venture partners. You might be inspired to learn what’s possible, or make a new connection that adds to your strength …

"R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics" - The R Project This group is designed for novice to expert R users to share tips, ideas, and experiences.  Meetings will be designed to learn and challenge.  A typical meetup will consist of brief socializing and a presentation.  Added entertainment may consist of members discussing uncommon (but effective) uses for R, fun applications they've created, various competitions, etc. Speakers and sponsors are welcome.

The time is now! This group will be made up of all people interested in and/or already invloved in real estate investing who realize that the time is now to get in the game. We need investors, brokers, bankers, agents, private money lenders, RE lead sources, contractors, private/commercial RE owners looking to buy/sell, etc. to join and mingle in a networking-type environment. Let everyone know what your ultimate goal is in joining the group. This will help give all involved a clear understandin …

This group is for portuguese speakers and learners(all levels) that want to practice the language in a informal environment. Portuguese is an official language in: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe. Let`s get together and "tagarelar".

This group is for people who want to learn more about cooking and baking with vegan ingredients. This is not really intended for professional chefs (but please feel free to join if you'd like and teach the rest of us!), just ordinary people who love to cook and bake and would like to help the environment at the same time! We will travel around the various farmers markets (in the Summer months), and get a feel for the locally grown ingredients available around us. We will also try to find places …

Overview The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members. Goals The primary goal of the ISSA is to promote management practices that will ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information resources. The ISSA f …

Bainbridge Twp. Running Club was started by Beth Minadeo and Jo Bauswein in March 2011. We wanted to create a local running club that includes runners and walkers of all levels. This club will be promoting a fun, nonjudgmental and encouraging environment. We will be using this site to spread information about the club's weekly runs, local races and any events we sponsor.

The Ohio Objectivist Society (OOS) is open to anyone interested in Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism. The goals of this group are to provide a friendly and thoughtful environment for rational individuals to discuss Ayn Rand, Objectivist thought, current events, and more. Individuals from all backgrounds and knowledge levels are welcome to join (it is not necessary to have read Ayn Rand's books to have a rational, active mind). Please navigate to the About page (http://aynrand.meetup.c …

We are a community of atheists, agnostics, and other theistically challenged people residing in the Northeast Ohio area. The goal of this group is to bring local non-believers together in a friendly and comfortable environment where our thoughts can be shared without fear of chiding from ignorant faith-heads. This group was originally founded as the "Drunken Atheists." It seemed like a good idea at the time, but lately I'm much more interested in just connecting with other local atheist. If you …

Do you favor the secular ideals of fairness, justice, liberty, and equality? Would you like to see reason and pragmatism used in our governance, instead of blind ideology and appeals to emotion? It is often said that "reality has a liberal bias". Debate in this nation has become increasingly noxious, mostly due to the stubborn irrationality of our society's more "regressive" elements. People of a more politically open-minded inclination often find themselves to be needlessly on the defensive.. …