When you begin your journey down the lean path, you begin to think about everything in lean terms. This group is for those who are interested in meeting with fellow lean thinkers to discuss ideas and problems related to lean implementation in the workplace. Whether you are new to the lean world or are a six sigma pro and have been leaning it for some time, you are all welcome. As the membership grows, we will begin exploring possible lean projects to work on together!

Are you a Freelancer? It’s a tradition! Each Meetup, freelancers find themselves in a friendly, encouraging atmosphere. Translator, web designer, developer, consultant, editor, project manager, community manager, photographer, director…whatever your expertise, we have the same concerns: Find clients, Encourage their loyalty, Reflect on our own development, Find partners… Freelance Café is a meeting that reunites freelancers of all horizons. Objective? Meet people, share and grow as a freelancer! …

This is a group for anyone working or interested in starting a career in IT. We cover all aspect of the industry; from Business Analyst, Project Managers, Software developers to System Integrators and Support. Our aim is to facilitate the process of finding a job or that challenging role that you are after. We will organise meet-ups, IT training and job fairs with established companies and start-ups. If you are looking for a job or offering one, feel free to post in the forum for others to see.

The world is increasingly full of change, complexity and uncertainty. It's time for a new mentality and a rethink of our organisations. We can unleash the potential of everyone in the workplace. It's time for less control, more collaboration. Fewer assumptions, more rapid feedback. More simplicity. It's time for less management, more leadership. Less meetings, more conversations. Less bonuses, more fulfilment. Less "fully utilised resources", more slack to foster innovation. Companies with a pos …

For all the girls and women working in the web/mobile/e-commerce as scrum-masters, Agile PM's, managers (product, account, business), developers/programmers (female only obviously), support, testing, analysis and devOps. This is a meetup to chillax and have a gossip and a giggle about the ins and outs, the ups and downs and the whys and wherefores of working (and being a woman) in the London IT community. You don't have to be certified in anything, you just need a place to be yourself with other …

Growth Hackers Part marketers, part coders, we're lean and data driven. We design for virality and ensure it's intrinsic in our projects. We test fanatically, optimise relentlessly and shoot for hockey-stick growth. We'll meet to discuss tactics, strategies, developments, trends, trade code and hack through some challenges together. Here are some resources on Growth Hacking you might find useful: http://www.vccafe.com/2012/09/05/introduction-to-growth-hacking-for-startups/

London DevOps is a group of both Dev & Ops professionals (managers, engineers & hackers) and entrepreneurs that meets to discuss topics related to DevOps (whatever that means). The group focuses on enterprise deployments in financial, insurance, health, and retail sectors.

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Welcome to the London Woodland Adoption Project. The idea is to create a community of up to 50 London based nature lovers who will combine together to form a small privately owned woodland trust to acquire, care for and manage a woodland which is around one hours journey time from central London. In these days of relentless population growth and urbanisation, it would be nice to try and give something back by acquiring the freehold interest of several acres / hectares of private forest woodland …

Do you have an idea for a new Book, Movie or Product but lack the fund to get the idea off the ground?.. How about turning your idea into a Kickstarter Project? Kickstarter is a great way for people with ideas for a real life product such as a Book, Movie, Computer Game, Consumer Product, etc to get to market. You create a web page that tells people what your idea is, tell them how much money you need to make the idea become reality and they pledge money to help make it happen. If the pledge rea …

This Meetup is for people interested in the ‘I’ of ‘IT’ – information architects, user experience designers, content organizers and publishers as well as knowledge practitioners are all welcome. We share practical information management experience through case studies and discussion, whether it be to monetize content; build better customer programs; manage governance risk and compliance or simply help drive operational efficiencies and improve the way we work. If you make your living advising, b …

About Us and About You This is one of the best social technical group, positive and progressive meetup group. We are a small and enthusiastic group. We can give you good advice and guidance and support your adventure into owning a website; from planning for one, building one, managing one and connecting with commercial and social market places. Our group does not just focus on one web technology, we experience an array of web technologies.  Join us and you will have wished you started earlier. …

Architecture begins where engineering ends. (Walter Gropius) Hello fellow architects... This meetup-group is about software-/system-architecture. We will talk about different technologies and different methodologies, discuss current hypes, compare project types, learn from each other's experience, etc. The 'system architect' role is not dead. It is still one of the most important roles in the development of complex software system. When you are building simple applications you might not need a s …

This group is for seasoned social entrepreneurs who want to harness their creativity to make a marked positive difference in the world.  You're bursting with ideas that change our world for the best and this supportive group is all about helping you turn them into reality with a strong "tail wind". This group is the perfect forum for exploring your concepts and moulding them into your next big thing.  You're mingling with likeminded creatives and supported by Toby Mildon who works with BBC Futur …

OneSpirit Brixton London ~ Live Ecstatic Dance + Kundalini Movements + Sacred Solfeggio Sound Bath or Kundalini Yoga + Drumming + Dream Dance ~ and always LoveBeam Gaia Meditation & Om + Social with Cafe ♥ ✰✰✰ Each week of the month the OneSpirit gathering is different so please check event descriptions ❀ OneSpirit is a regular natural high gathering to meet, connect, ecstatic dance, celebrate, journey, explore, shift and uplift in Brixton, LONDON, UK ... The Time Is Now! 2012!!! Profound time …

Agile:MK is a special interest group for professionals from the Milton Keynes area who are interested in learning, sharing and encouraging the use of agile methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming & Lean Thinking.

The Meetup group for anyone interested in IT Kanban and lean agile information technology in London UK.

At Create: Motivate: Innovate (CMI), where we come together to build up ourselves and businesses through the power of creativity, motivation and innovation. Achieving greatness could be very difficult when trying to do it alone and that is why John Lennon said, "A dream you dream alone is only a dream but a dream that you dream together becomes a reality." Let's come together to build up that greatness in us, as we would be hosting specific business/networking events that will help us to build o …

This is a group for software Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) professionals in London, United Kingdom, who are particularly interested in Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS). The user group meetings will cover all aspects of ALM including requirements gathering, performance metrics, all forms of testing, code management, configuration, build and deployment. The group will be of interest to Business Analysts, Requirement Engineers, Developers, Testers, Project Managers, Build Engineers a …

This is a group for businesses typically 1-99 employees, looking to work with the public sector or/and private sector companies delivering public sector contracts. The aim of the group is to network with like minded businesses, collaborate, learn of funding & training opportunities. The group welcomes all types of businesses, freelancers and entrepeneurs, to share news on the industry and support each other.

What Topics? Java & JEE, Design & DDD, OpenSource.NET, Ajax & RIA, Cloud&Grid, SOA What kind of events? We organise free evening events, which we call In-the-Brain Sessions, through these sessions we hope to give you the opportunity to have a peek in the brain of Technology creators and industry thinkers, shakers and movers! We host various User Group meetings, enabling the community to meet up in our fully equiped premises and share skills and ideas, for example, the London JAVAWUG and .NET Use …

Do you want to improve your communications skills? Do you want to feel more confident networking and meeting new business contacts, giving presentations or convincing people to fund your new business? Did your boss give you feedback, maybe in your performance appraisal, that you need to improve how you communicate? If the answer is yes to any or all of these questions, perhaps this is the meetup group for you! Like any skill, communicating with others, whether verbally or through emails or in so …

Are you a mum who works in IT? Do you want to meet and chat and talk with other mums who understand IT and being a mum in London, then why not join me for a drink and a chat. Work gripes and family gripes encouraged !!!

Connecting people so that they can collaborate and work together in the future. Providing a place for newer coaches to seek support Exchanging coaching skills and experiences Develop new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching Develop ideas that will support the discipline of coaching Having fun, sharing and collaboration The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, ScrumMasters, anybody with potential to be coaches, good ScrumMasters. Please feel fr …

Using Scrum (or another agile framework) but not sure if you're doing it well? Come and meet other agile users to discuss: the pros & cons of using Scrum, Kanban & other agile frameworks the dos & don'ts latest theories how to use story points / ideal days most effectively how to incorporate testing into your plans how to explain the benefits of agile to stakeholders whether agile can be applied to other areas other than development much, much more ... oh, and to have a drink and meet people. …

Discussion group of the London Scrum User Group, a network of Scrum practitioners in the London area

Welcome to our Women's Basketball and Fitness Sessions Meet up Page! I decided to set up this page to find Women who enjoy playing sports and taking part in fitness sessions (like me), but may of stopped due to life, children, work, family commitments and lets face it... pure Laziness.... I currently volunteer as a Secretary and Project Manager for M.B.S. (a non-profit Community Sports Organisation) where we run many Sports programs and events, but I feel the lack of Women participating in Baske …

The Founders’ Hive is a Peer to Peer Startup Virtual Incubator for all. It is a unique and welcoming global platform where entrepreneurs, startup enthusiasts, executives, non-executive directors, angel investors, innovators, and venture capitalists come together to collaborate, listen, share, learn and as result inspire each other to transform ideas into viable and profitable businesses. Our Mission is to help entrepreneurs execute their ideas better and find partners that become the catalyst of …