What is NOIR? NOIR was founded in early 2007, as a networking group of well connected Independent Sales and Recruiting professionals in the Information Technology space (Financial, Media, etc). Original members combined forces to close reqs and help each other gain accounts, resulting in many successful split deals, both full time and consulting placements. The program has been very successful and in 2009 NOIR was directly responsible for over $1 million in revenue. The meetup group was laun …

We are New York’s premiere professional networking group exclusively for in-house attorneys.  The group was established for in-house counsel, by in-house counsel and has one simple mission: To conduct outstanding, free Continuing Legal Education presentations and networking events for our members on a monthly basis. We work with top law firms and industry-leading service providers to create free CLE programs of particular interest to the in-house community, as well as valuable networking opportu …

A community of like-minded, values-driven professionals interested in exploring, pursuing and prospering in a social-impact career. The social impact landscape can be described as the nonprofit and public sector as well as social entrepreneurship and socially enlightened corporations with commitments to sustainability and social responsibility. This group provides an opportunity to support each other in our efforts to succeed in careers that provide greater meaning and purpose while allowing us …

This group is for people interested in social goals for business. "Social Goals" may include interests in fair labor practices; fair trade; environmental/sustainability; giving back to communities as well as various charitable causes without operating as a non-profit 501c3. Whether you are interested in developing better corporate responsibility for your employer or business, or starting a new business with social goals built-in, this MeetUp is for you. In addition to networking, we will have re …

This group is for active social entrepreneurs - people who are running a business or nonprofit that has a mission of positive social impact. Goodnik OCS (Organization and Community Support) is an offshoot of Goodnik that hosts workshops to help social enterprises learn new skills and build capacity. Note that this is a COMMUNITY meetup - anyone can suggest a meetup and if two or more other members are interested, it will become an official Goodnik OCS event (and it will be posted on the Goodnik …

Green Breakfast Club is a monthly networking event series that provides resource exchange to grow local green business communities. The club’s event format includes a keynote speaker’s startup success and failure story, and one hour of resource exchange where each attendee presents short ‘gives’ and ‘asks’. This event meshes innovators in social and green enterprise, technology and Corporate Social Responsibility. Green Breakfast Club aims to become THE resource hub for local green business comm …

As human beings walking on earth, we are divine essence in disguise. This is the Reality that we are now, after eons, beginning to wake up to. The planet with all that is on it, individually and collectively as a whole, is undergoing the transformation that we have been prepared for for a very long time. The purpose of this group work is to help facilitate this transformation and awakening. THE WORK we do here is the work of inner self. We do not just study spiritual truth only, although that c …

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you as …

New Jersey needs big changes that help people like you instead of Chris Christie's conservative con-artist gimmicks that benefit the richest one-percent and global corporations. If you are looking for better government service and fair taxes, you have to make sweeping changes in New Jersey's broken political establishment. Jim Devine has proposed massive changes to cure the Garden State's plague of 'politics as usual' ~ including plans to strip political bosses of their power and eradicate the c …