This group is for those interested in the power of social media and web analytics. We will be discussing best practices and challenges faced when managing the vast amount of data now available.

The purpose of this group is to have focussed discussions, presentations, tool reviews, and case study presentations around Social Media Analytics. Meet people in our industry and keep up with what we are all trying to keep up with in this quickly changing world. Learn new strategies around affecting positive change and meet others.

This group is for those wanting to get involved in the local social media, SEO, marketing, and social networking community in the San Francisco bay area. Our events consist of either speakers, break away sessions, trainings, panels, or networking parties. We reach out to leading companies and institutions for speakers, sponsorship, and the latest information emerging from the field of social media, search engine optimization, app discovery, and analytics.

Come learn something, come share something! During the days I help companies with their online presence, with a special focus on social media. During my off-time I teach adults to ride motorcycles. How does that relate to this group? What I really enjoy is combining them, and for this meetup it is all about learning social media. I have been running seminars and workshops for a long time and this group is specifically for the fine folks of San Francisco.

With there being a lack of Social Media PR meetup groups out here we decided it would be a great time to start one. The purpose of this group is to bring people in the tech startup PR field together to meet and talk about strategy, methods and opportunities. You should join if you are 1. In PR 2. Want to be in PR 3. Are not in PR but want to meet PR people 4. In the tech startup industry 5. If you just want to join to see what we're up to. 6. Want to be in the tech startup industry We look …

This is the official meetup group for Social Media Club everywhere

This is a forum for individuals, large and small business and non-profits, and legislative bodies to come together to discuss the most pressing internet, mobile, social media privacy issues of our day. I want to bring people to together specifically around the issues of privacy, legislation, and big data and each person's personal data. Social media and mobile privacy affects us all. What we put out there today will effect our future tomorrow: What do we really agree to as far as Terms and Condi …

This is a group for social media managers, communicators, or digital marketers working in foreign representations in San Francisco. Foreign representations include consulates, trade offices, and innovation offices.

Social Media Everywhere is for Bay Area PR and marketing pros interested in learning more about the practical applications of new media in business. We meet, discuss, and share whats hot in Social Media this week, the company's you should be working with, and why.  Come learn, share, and network like crazy! If you are interested in having your company present, please drop me an email, or call our office at 415-501-9155 Thanks, Toby Morning

Check out the #leancontent website for videos of our events and more content. The concept of “lean content” is an evolution of content development and content marketing strategies. Lean Content focuses on developing value-adding, modern web media around a central thematic element as defined by a content strategy. What is produced can be translated across media types (ex. A blog can turn into an infographic, into a podcast) and distributed effectively and efficiently with specific focus on the so …

Are you a professional in a web-related field? A Tibet supporter? Interested in helping to make change happen? This group is for professionals working in web-related fields who support the Tibetan people's cause and want to help by contributing their ideas, skills and energy in a collaborative, stimulating atmosphere with like-minded people. We would like to form a think-tank of talented people from multiple disciplines to creatively explore how web 2.0, digital video and social media can be us …

The Social Discovery Meetup Group is for business professionals involved with social discovery, social networking, social media for both web and mobile technologies.

These are not your typical software engineering events.  BASE is focused on emerging technologies and creating events around topics that have never been attempted.  Events may be around such topics as Big Data, Machine Learning, Robotics, Nanotechnology, 3D Printing, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer History, Computer Vision, Augmented Reality (AR), and using software to create art. BASE creates events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all walks …

HR and Tech SF is a new recurring event bringing together actors in the HR industry from startups offering new ways to connect talent and employers to recruiters and HR managers looking for innovative ways to attract professionals. It's for people that want to explore evolutions in the HR field brought about by the Web, social media and social recruiting. HR and Tech SF is an emerging community of experts, innovators, techies and HR professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are intere …

The Next Generation Innovators are entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists, game developers, eco-sustainablists, social media gurus, mobile apps aficionados, digital mediaists, writers, thinkers, doers, creators... and more. Do you have great ideas? Do you make them come to fruition? If so, you are a Next Generation Innovator. Join us as we come together in regular events, meetups, social nights, and other opportunities.

Will new technologies fundamentally change our political system? Or maybe the revolution has already begun? Around the world, we can see social networks starting revolutions, authoritarian governments restricting Internet access to keep their powers, new grass-root movements finding new ways to organize themselves. This may be the start of a new era for democracy. The internet gives much more power to any citizen to express their opinions, gather followers and ultimately influence political deci …

Traditional marketing sucks! No budget, no resources, just pure creativity and innovation is what startup marketing is all about. You love it. You thrive on it. Join the SF startup marketing meetup group and share your successes (and failures), how you executed them and what you learned with the group. Each meetup we'll pick a new topic and have marketers present their stories. Topics might include acquiring customers, demand creation, blogging, analytics and measuring marketing effectiveness, s …

Facebook Outlet is an knowledge community dedicated to learning and exchanging ideas about Facebook marketing. Whether you are a business marketer, non-profit organizer or event planner, we welcome you to join us and learn new ways to organize communities, reach new customers and engage more productively with your customers or members. Our events and discussions focus on how you can gain insight, build advocacy groups and open new revenue streams through Facebook's social network. At our regula …

This Meetup Group was started to help optimize all aspects of your online presence. Web design, social media, mobile sites, e-commerce, SEO, etc., will all be discussed. Anyone who wants to make a strong online presence, please join. Free weekly classes will be offered based on the group needs.

The goal of the SF Community Manger's crew is to meet and trade ideas. Community Management combines leadership, marketing, social media, customer service, and quite a few other skills as well.  One great way to keep up with all these areas of growth is to meet and exchange ideas, stories, lessons, etc. Given the dynamic and diverse companies, charities, and groups in our region, the chance to learn from people pursuing unique avenues is pretty darn exciting. On the simplest level, this group ca …

CloudFlare, the web performance and security company, loves to host meetups and connect people in the technology industry. We host a variety of meetups that cover topics like social media, JavaScript, web operations, entrepreneurship, development and design. Have an idea for a meetup you'd like us to host? Let us know!

Marketing today versus marketing 10 years ago has dramatically changed. CMOs and VPs of Marketing are now expected to do more than create awareness, analyze competition, and create their go-to-market strategies. They are increasingly expected to drive pipeline and prove it too! This is a huge win for Marketing as it is changing the perception of the department across companies. They are being seen more and more of a revenue generator, rather than a cost center. Because of this, Marketers are bec …

The San Francisco SEO Meetup is an SEO and online marketing group for anyone interested in search engine optimization and digital marketing in the bay area. The goal is to connect interesting, like-minded people in the city and the rest of the bay area. You'll have a chance to meet other internet marketing professionals in and around San Francisco, and learn a little more about what they do. We network, meet interesting people, and usually drink. If you're personally or professionally involved i …

We aim to connect innovators in the field of arts, culture, and technology. Our meetups are designed to explore the ways in which social media and technology can help bring arts and culture to the masses. "Democratizing" the arts has been a long-standing goal in the art world, and no medium makes it more feasible than the web. The purpose of this meetup is to bring together those working at the intersection of arts and technology to share ideas, strategies, successes, challenges and failures, an …

"Visual Media Professionals Group in San Francisco" is a professional group dedicated to provide time to share knowledge, experience and ideas with others professional who live or work in San Francisco Bay Area. Our members are coming from Photography, Graphics Design, Printing, Webdesign, Animation, TV, Movie, Magazine and Fashion industries. Our purpose is to deliver what it takes to help our group members become more successful and profitable in their professional life or business. To accompl …

SF ART FORUM {MEDIA+TECH} San Francisco Art Forum {MEDIA+TECH} is an open resource for SF Bay Area visual artists. Connect with innovative art professionals, art enthusiasts and possible buyers. We promote local and national artists' body of work through our social media channels and industry connections. We provide educational resources and host social media+tech events with art & visuals emphasis in the San Francisco Bay Area. Services include: educational tools (arts & tech), crowd funding r …

Join us! San Francisco Bay Area Journalists is a nonprofit group of journalists navigating the transition to the next era of journalism by sharing insights on high quality reporting, sustainable jobs, diversity, editorial independence and press freedoms. (We also have a lot of fun!)  Our meetups are all free or low-cost. SF Bay Area Journalists operates as part of Newswire21.org, an award-winning nonprofit news organization focused on finding sustainable ways to blend the passion of community r …

Transmedia SF is a network of SF Bay Area media and start-up creatives who come together to develop our own projects, to promote and educate the world about transmedia storytelling, and to make San Francisco a center for transmedia production and education. San Francisco is a natural hub for transmedia since it boasts robust creative, technical, media and education communities. Our vision is to create the creative convergence in SF and bring together media, ad and PR agencies, creative content d …