Open Coffee Amsterdam is a monthly event held at the Bovendebalie coworking space. It's an informal meetup for web enthusiasts: entrepreneurs, investors and people interested in entrepreneurship. Open Coffee is held every 1st Thursday of the month at 9:30am in De Balie at the Leidseplein. Start the day with a cup of coffee before going to work. You just might meet some interesting folks.

The Next Women is the first Women’s Internet Business Magazine and Community, with a focus on startups and growing businesses, led, founded or invested in by women. The magazine covers news on business, events, funding and tech from a female angle and interviews and profiles Female Business Heroes. We are the female Business Week, the female Techcrunch and the business Red. So join us, if you are an entrepreneur, work in or for a startup or growing business, investor, female hero or next wom …

Open Cocktail Nederland organizes great network events for entrepreneurs. Are you a women? Are you between 18 and 35 years old? Do you have a passion for entrepreneurship and do you like cocktails? If yes, this is the network event for you! Come join us in Cocktailbar FOUR in Utrecht!

The Founding Moms is een groep voor ondernemende moeders.  Het doel van deze groep is om business moeders te verbinden met elkaar, kennis en expertise uit te wisselen en het vergroten van je eigen netwerk. Wat kun je hier verwachten? -Het bouwen van persoonlijke en professionele connecties binnen een groeiend internationaal netwerk van business vrouwen -Een maandelijkse meeting waar business vrouwen de gelegenheid krijgen elkaar persoonlijk te ontmoeten. -Succesvolle en/of deskundigen sprekers u …

Business Professionals today need a vast array of tools and abilities to be successful. The business world is literally transforming around us and staying or becoming successful is getting ever more challenging! Our work has become even more difficult with the changing definitions and criteria for success including health, wealth, happiness, community support, changing forms of business, new business strategies and so much more. Whether you are a career professional, a manager or executive, self …

Deze bijeenkomst is speciaal voor jonge ondernemers die aan hun netwerk willen werken. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst kan je jouw ervaringen delen met andere jonge ondernemers. Als jonge ondernemer ben je elke laatste donderdag van de maand van harte welkom in hartje Utrecht.

This group is for people in the Amsterdam area who work or aspire to work in corporate social responsibility and its various forms. Through regular networking gatherings in a casual setting, we get together to listen to a speaker and then share ideas about CSR and network among an informed group. As such we replicate the format of the allied CSR Meetup Groups in Geneva, London, New York and Washington DC and work closely with these groups, sharing ideas and resources with the ultimate aim of gen …

Amsterdam Fashion Illustration has a mission to inspire and get connected with people who like to draw Fashion Illustrations in Amsterdam area. In order to support the creative work and want to share the passion with people who has similar mind, we meet the last Monday of the month. Amsterdam Fashion Illustration is the organization run by one person in Amsterdam for generating interests for the practice of Fashion Illustration skills. . You can connect me through www.facebook.com/maggiepinghe. …

Energy Day is a community of professionals around energy: developers, visionaries, entrepreneurs, thinkers and workers in the supply industry, service providers, the energy sector, the community focuses on promoting cooperation, development and renewal of the energy market, encourages, through virtual and live events focused on networking, exchange ideas, demonstrate best practices and trends from the (inter) national energy market. Energy Day will stimulate the conversation, by and for the ener …

The business world is experiencing a paradigm shift: technologically enabled and social media driven, organisations change profoundly in their interaction with consumers, stakeholders and their employees. The result is an emerging social business culture that re-shapes the way business is conducted: ethical, personal, value- and relationship based. The purpose of the A'dam Social Business Group is to discuss, exchange best practice, relate (instead of simply network) and to form a creative exper …

Elke maand de dag starten met nieuwe mensen, inspiratie en nieuwe plannen. Een creatieve businessboost, of je nu ondernemer, startende ondernemer of ondernemende werknemer bent. Help elkaar, wees creatief, smeed plannen en leer je mede ondernemers kennen, of drink gewoon lekker een kopje koffie met leuke mensen!

Heb je een goedlopende webshop en ben je nog lang niet uitgeleerd? Of wil je graag jouw kennis en expertise delen? Dan mag je niet ontbreken op Webshop Wednesday. Iedere 2 maanden organiseert Webshop Wednesday op woensdag een netwerkbijeenkomst met interessante thema's en inspirerende sprekers.

Clojure is an exciting programming language for the JVM. Whether you are a highly skilled functional programmer or just starting to learn the ropes and wanting to check out the waters, you are more than welcome to join us in: - Teaching each other Clojure - Presenting ongoing work and new technologies/libraries - Hacking on our own Open Source projects (Dojo sessions) - Looking for Clojure startup opportunities - Drinking a couple of beers! Warning: Once you have seen the true power of Lisp …

Het Dialoog Café organiseert en faciliteert dialoogbijeenkomsten over vragen en thema's die er toe doen. Meestal gebruikt het Dialoogcafé een eenvoudig conversation café format of de World Café format. Alle gebruikte formats bevorderen het aandachtig luisteren en de uitwisseling en verbinding van gedachten en gevoelens in een veilige en gastvrije omgeving. De dialoogthema's worden aangeboden in uitnodigende vragen, die van belang zijn in het privéleven, het werk en de gemeenschap. Gasten en dial …

Finally an ambitious networking group for business professionals with a mutual affection for the game of ping-pong. The Pong Network is an Amsterdam-based initiative to bring Pong and Business together in a professional but relaxed atmosphere. The aim is to have monthly meet-ups, called PongFriday, where people from different businesses come together to meet new people, be inspired, exchange ideas and of course play pong.

Join Petminds for an early morning open coffee. You can meet up with Petminders for a talk about startups, entrepreneurship and pets. We guess there will be lot’s of angels, founders and mentors present, since startup mentor Sebastiaan Hooft will be visiting the event. Petminds is your animal behavior specialist. We mind the quality of life of pets and owners.

Biz to biz networking - 't gooi is een platform voor professionals en bedrijven die geïnteresseerd zijn op het gebied van Mobiele marketing, Social Media en oplossingen om bekendheid op het internet te verwerven. We komen samen in Huizen. We willen graag bedrijven en professionals samen brengen die in Gooi en omstreken wonen en die allianties willen vormen met andere bedrijven. Onze bijeenkomsten hebben altijd een thema.

De 500PlusClub is voor ondernemers die reeds minimaal € 500 / maand verdienen via/met hun website (het hoeft dus geen online product te zijn, mag wel). De tips die wij elkaar kunnen geven, naast de eventuele samenwerkingskansen (affiliatedeals, etc), zijn hun gewicht in goud waard voor je online inkomsten. We organiseren iedere maand een informele lezing + borrel in Utrecht. Je kunt zelf je voorkeuren opgeven voor de onderwerpen. We hebben een groot netwerk met praktijkkennis en zeer interessant …

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

What is TechMeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

Social Impact Marketing is a marketing approach that brings positive social and economic change. This group is open to marketeers who are ready to contribute to a (more) social and sustainable society. We believe strongly that marketeers are the perfect change agents in the field of environmental, economic and social issues. Our goal is to enable (freelance) marketeers to become change agents within their (clients) organizations.

Design Thinking is a solution-focused approach that starts with a goal in mind and delivers a concise plan. We will visualise that approach via Graphic Facilitation.

This is the Japanese Language & Culture Meetup in Amsterdam In addition to our series of exclusive events “Salon - Japanese evenings in Amsterdam", we have set up this group to offer informal monthly meetings with drinks and a bite to eat where you can; - Learn more about the Japanese language and culture - Communicate in Japanese - Improve your Japanese language skills - Share your “passion” about Japan with others - Meet the local Dutch and expats including Japanese! This group is for - Anyone …

In this group we play games to learn UX principles. Want to know more about UX (User eXperience)? Want a feel for what we, 'ux people', do? In this group, we will learn the specific mindset and skillset of UX by playing games. We play games to learn UX principles and learn games to improve our UX work. You'll experience a hands-on, fun, creative workshop in which you will learn one of the many ux principles (Quality through Quantity, Everything lives in a context, Feedback is crucial, etc.). Eve …

We love to talk about fashion startups & the future of fashion. Can we predict fashion trends? What are the possibilities of 3D printing? Join the group and get to know when our first meetup is being held. Wish to talk, sponsor or co-organize meetups? Send a message to René. http://www.fashiontechamsterdam.com/

Hi there! Welcome to European Professional Women's Network - Amsterdam! EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam is a non-profit international networking association for professional women in the Netherlands with a paid membership fee. We offer an open platform for members to communicate and share expertise through organized monthly meetings and informal networking sessions. An integral part of the EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam philosophy is our open, positive approach – one that aims to promote the personal growth of o …

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality. Check out our website  http://amsterdam.startupweekend.org/ for more info.