Executive Leadership and Career Management are the responsibilities of each of us in our lifetime. "Leaders are not born" and skills and competencies can be learned and take you from good to great. The group was started to encourage creativity, innovation, and inspiration for professionals and executives who want to make an impact on their lives and on the lives of people in their communities. Workshops and seminars can be provided on a number of topics, can be customized for the group, and are …

Do you get excited about limiting WIP, visualizing workflow, and self-organizing teams? Would you like to meet others like yourself and learn even more about Lean? Then join us for an interdisciplinary look at all things Lean, Kanban, Six Sigma, TPS, or Personal Kanban even. You should come if you : * have heard about Lean and want to know more * are trying to implement Lean thinking at your organization and could use some advice and guidance * know a lot about lean and would lik …

  Welcome to the Washington DC Scrum User Group! This group is for Washington DC area Agile evangelists, thought leaders and enthusiasts that are passionate about all things Agile and Scrum. We are currently in the process of moving from our old user group at groups.google.com/group/dcnova-scrum-user-group to here Meetings are held monthly and are mainly discussions, workshops, or open space type sessions covering various topics about Agile and Scrum. Meetings will usually occur on the 3 …

This group is for everyone in the DC-MD-VA area to get together, talk Agile, and learn from each other. Each session will start with a presentation on a topic of interest. After that we'll have a discussion period where participants can share challenges that they are facing and get feedback, ideas, and support from the group. The event is free. So come out, join the discussion, and get Agile.

We are going to transform leadership in our community by developing leaders, adding value to them, and being compensated in alignment with that value. Join us at our events to stretch your leadership and get connected with other growth-oriented leaders!

A group for PMs in the Reston area.

Interfacing Information Technology Executives and Experts to uncover mutually beneficial business and employment opportunities.

Taking the DC tech offline and building relationships, become a resource and support the community!  

… What this group needs: -Business Intelligence Experts (Preferably with experience in Chronos/Sharepoint/Crystal Reporting) -Project Management Specialists -iPhone Developers -Web Developers -CSS/HTML Specialists (Particularly splicing & coding) -.Net Specialists -AJAX Specialists -JAVA Specialists -Javascript -Networking Specialists -DBA Administrators -Business Lawyer So what do I bring to the table you ask? -A Place to Work -A Network of Financier …

In a shameless attempt to add a few members, the Baltimore Software Book Club has renamed itself. We still talk books, but you don't have to bring one. The original description says it well: A book club for those passionate about writing great software as well as building a business around it. We'll meet up for discussing and sharing books on variety of similar topics such as Software Engineering, Agile Software Project Management, Usability, Software Marketing and so on. Some representative …

Hi! ProductCamp DC is a 100% participant-driven event where professionals interested in building, launching and managing great products gather to learn from one another and share their experiences. If you are in Product Management or Product Marketing, this is the event for you! Whether you are in a large enterprise, a non-profit, government agency or event a start-up, this is the place you want to be to interact with the region's best and brightest on product strategy. Get involved and get acti …

If you are interested in learning or sharing anything about designing, developing and supporting a great web site, service, app or online social network community, this group will not just explore, but we will discuss and possibly build, together.  This includes Javascript, HTML5, Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, mobile web support, CakePHP, WordPress and other content management systems.  But it does not stop there.  This group will identify and explore the use of technologies, content, media and social …

… This group aims to help members find inspiration and think in new directions, bringing together potential collaborators for projects and new ventures. Please also check out our blog at http://hackshackers.com Help us build the future of media!

… These monthly community events provide opportunities to develop more allies for the project and to connect with others interested in similar topics. Express your interest to the co-organizers and followup. WHEN: 12:30PM TO 2:30PM on the third Sundays of each month in 2012. COST: free and open to the public (suggested $2. donation to the nonprofit and for 50/50 program where the winning ticket will receive half of the donations received right after a round of self-introductions at each event. Thi …

… These monthly community events provide opportunities to develop more allies for the project and to connect with others interested in similar topics. Express your interest to the co-organizers and followup.  WHEN: 12:30PM TO 2:30PM on the third Sundays of each month.   Attitude is the first important pre-requisite for success. Are you willing to receive the abundance of the universe? This is a chance to practice the Friendship Archway tradition of exchanging gifts of appreciation and friendship.  …

Local communities across the world organize Joomla!Day events to meet, share and learn with others from the Joomla! Community. the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group's events are open to anyone, regardless of their current level of knowledge, experience, or expertise. In October, 2010, we held a very successful JoomlaDayDC. We hope to do so again, but unfortunately were all too busy doing Joomla! projects to put one on in October 2011. Come out, learn, and share!