New technology is disrupting Finance in every area - Banking, Payments, Multi asset trading, Brokerage, Investment, Money management, Funding, E-Commerce. It is also making Finance easily accessible to everyone. The FinTech meetup puts on financial technology meetup events that take place in New York City and are designed to connect New York City based decision makers in the financial sector with new and innovative financial technologies. The meetups feature industry leaders, thought leaders, an …

I am a Scrapbooker and Card Maker and love all things paper, ink and rubber..and am happy to organize this group so that other scrappers and card makers will have the opportunity to get together for monthly workshops that are creative...fun..and inspiring! Or group functions as a "club" ...as opposed to a business that organizes and promotes crops... Our focus is to provide group members lots of creative time with affordable fees.....as well as the opportunity to share a relaxing..social and ins …

Guitar lovers and guitarists - welcome to the NYC Guitar Group! The NYC Guitar Group is for everyone and everything guitar- to bring us all together as a guitar community: guitarists, guitar students, guitar teachers, guitar makers, guitar sellers, guitar technicians, songwriters, composers, guitar managers, and everyone who loves the sound of the guitar.  This group is for you. Even if you've never held a guitar before, come join us and discover a beautiful instrument! Our mission is to bring t …

Be Social Change New York Meetup- **We are building a Makers Institute! Check it out: http://bit.ly/makers-institute We are a community of social entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, professionals, students, investors, and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Be Social Change is an open and inclusive network of current and future social impact leaders fosters the spreading of new ideas and best-practices, educates members on social entrepreneurship and innovation, and hosts interactive events for members …

This group will bring a community of dreamers and journal makers together to identify our dreams for the future using Vision Board techniques, a monthly Full Moon Dreamboard circle and also incorporate art journaling, sketchbook, book and journal making classes. We will use lots of mixed media materials and bookbinding techniques to create our own journals to record our dreams, goals, successes and stories inside. There will be elements of meditation, law of attraction and creating using art and …

Hey there! If you are a person that likes to dabble in video/filmmaking, this is the group for you. Whether you've just purchased your first camera, or you've been making/editing videos for a while now just for fun, this group is intended to give novices like myself a chance to meet like-minded and driven people, who make videos/films for fun rather than marketing or other professional purposes.

"Music Makers Who Make It" is for singers and songwriters who write songs and make music.   If you love meeting other artist, work better bouncing ideas or presenting material, then..come out of the cave and connect with Singers, Songwriters, and sometimes Producers, Engineers, DJ's in the POP, R&B, Dance, and Gospel, and Rock genres.   We have two different groups within Music Makers Who Make It.  The first group is the Songwriting and Presentation Forum.  It is held once every 2 weeks.  The se …

This group is for everyone interested in building flying robots (a/k/a UAV, UAS, or Drone). We have a bias towards using open source platforms such as Ardupilot, Paparrazzi, Gluon, etc, but all are welcome.

Make Something Design Make Sell Community of Makers that actually make things Our goal is to make a community of markers that will help each other design cool things to be made and sell into a marketplace.  We believe there is a new revolution in industrial manufacturing from individuals being empowered by making their own things and selling them directly to others. Make things you like and others will like as well. We want to unleash the creativity of the individual that would transform society …

You're obsessed with Making It. You made It, that thing, that object, and you want to show It off. Perhaps you're in the process making It, but you'd like some feedback from your peers before you finish It. Or you want to make It, but you have no idea how. Maybe you've perfected It, but now you need to figure out how to Kickstart It, sell It, license It, manufacture It. MakeIt is a general show-and-tell for physical things that you've made, where Makers can talk about their projects, how they cr …

NYC has countless tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products, be it a cold fusion engine or a bionic fork. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up eco-system, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Big Apple.

This is a group for anyone interested in creating Christian film, movie, sitcom, short film, any Christian media creation, etc. All skills are welcome. I started this group because I want to work with other Christians. Looking forward to creating Christian media with everybody.

This is a group for auteurs who want to push the envelope. What's in your head hasn't been on the screen yet. Basically outliers, dangerous minds, the next next wave, people who have a vision burning its way out of their brains. This is not a general filmmaking meetup group for networking with actors and writers, it is specifically for directors and producers who want to talk about their visions.

COOLLaboration (an offering of COOL Labs) is a monthly cross-border community makerthon. It joins the maker/hacker, design, artistic, educational, charitable, entrepreneurial and social communities once a month and during highly attended event weeks (SxSW, Social Media Week, Maker Faire, Make Music NYC, Figment, etc.) COOLLaboration: -involves communities working together across borders to address common problems of concern -enables communities to explore the role of cultural exchange and dialog …

Money Makers Club for Startups & Emerging Small Business ~ Full description coming soon.

New York Game Makers focuses on designing, building and releasing a new game each month. Through a series of weekly workshops we will explore the process of making a new game each month. There are two track, one for beginners and the other for more advanced game developers. Our goal is to contribute games to OneGameAMonth.com with a focus on Cross Platform technologies like HTML5, GameMaker, Unity and more.

This group is about making an image. It is much more than taking a picture. It is about creating strong images that stand out from the everyday ordinary. The workshop will walk you through the setup of the lighting, posing, image capture and post production including HDR techniques to push the limits. Topics like composition and balance are addressed.

Are you interested in helping us build a community of "Makers", tech-oriented innovators (programmers, hackers, robotics) etc. for students & adults in the Larchmont - Mamaroneck community? We have a Young Makers program operating privately but perhaps working together we could find some local building or space for dedicated sessions, informal learning & exploration.

I am interested in bringing together local 3D printing artists, enthusiasts and makers- who share the 3D vision that I have.

This film festival defeats stigma by bringing together mental health recipients and film buffs from around the NYC region. This year we will showcase films that introduce us to mental halth recipients who have excelled in their careers and lives. Known for our discussions with film makers as much as for the independent films we show. $7 dollars in advance; $10 at the door. Sunday May 5, 2013 - 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. St Francis College 182 Remsen Street Brooklyn, NY

These are not your typical events around art, culture, law, politics, and technology because we address these issues within the context of the cannabis/marijuana community. Counterculture icons will speak alongside political heavyweights and policy makers alike. Networking will be encouraged, connections will be made, and policies changed because of the events we hold. Events may have stand alone speakers, TED style talks, panels, or even debates. We will be creating local initiatives to decrimi …

We are an association of Makers in lower Fairfield County Connecticut who come together to work on projects of mutual interest and share our knowledge within the group and also with the local community. Our short term goal is also acquire a space where tools and project materials may be stored and used by members and guests.

Long Island has a rich history with hardware - From Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi's work with radio to Grumman engineers building the Apollo Lunar Module. Let's rekindle that Maker spirit with the Long Island Lean Hardware Meetup. We want to bring together a strong community of diverse people - engineers, designers, tinkerers and inventors - all looking to build businesses with physical products. If you're interested in becoming a part of the lean hardware ecosystem, come join us and let's …

fat cat fab lab is a new undertaking of the fat cat club, music, and gaming venue on 75 Christopher street. We are expanding to include a small Maker facility that will provide access to digital fabrication equipment and related hacker, maker, crafter, and hardware enthusiast tools and workshops.

Share your knowledge and enjoy with us—We're exploring live musical performances from Early Music to Jazz, and beyond—and the musical impulse in the human creative experience, as listeners and as makers. Music and rhythmic spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore sensation, feelings, thoughts, co-creative experience— traversing the past, the present and the futuristic. Mysteriously …

Do you act, make films or simply enjoy watching movies? Join us for our monthly free movie night around Brooklyn! Hang out with other film fans, and make new friends in the greater New York acting and movie-making community.

Welcome to the Light & Shadow Workshop Group. Our mission is to share with the New York independent film community the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the art of lighting and cinematography. When it is your turn to make a movie, you must ask two questions: 1) "Where should I put the LIGHT?" A single strategically placed light can work the magic of four or five incorrectly placed lights. 2) "How to create SHADOW?" Anybody can switch on a light and flood a scene with light and ma …

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