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 …

Start-Ups for Social Change is an informal, bi-weekly meeting group facilitated by YaySay.org: an iconoclastic non-profit aimed at empowering individuals as socially-conscious consumers, micro-benefactors and entrepreneurs. After launching the group in NYC at the Brecht Forum we plan to spread in just 3 months to at least 6 other cities, and at equally awesome venues therein.   Our goal is to provide a supportive group in which we can all: - share entrepreneurial ideas with other ridiculously am …

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 …

… In this small, intimate group you are lead to recall what got checked in the corporate coatroom years ago. The non-judgmental and confidential environment encourages you to remember what truly motivates you – long before you put on pinstripes and had to pay the mortgage. Maybe you wanted to be a teacher, an artist, or an entrepreneur. The coaching staff will work personally with you to rediscover your desires. You will be encouraged to re-evaluate your current life values and how they either ali …

The Goodnik meetup is a group of social entrepreneurs and nonprofit innovators who meet regularly to explore the use of new technology and other resources in the promotion of social causes. Our events include workshops, seminars, and conferences on topics such as the use of social media, web development tools, graphic design, fundraising tools, and emerging technology that helps solve real-world problems. And of course, sometimes we get together just for fun or to connect with other like-minded …

Although professional networking opportunities for attorneys abound, few are geared specifically toward in-house counsel. The purpose of this group is to help change that by facilitating discussion and networking among New York area in-house lawyers. The group will enable us to share ideas, experiences, questions, anecdotes and even the occassional joke or random thought both online and in person. The group is open to area in-house attorneys and other practicing attorneys who were, at one ti …

This Meetup group is to give our community members the opportunity to actively participate in Shop Your Values Week. We want to hear your feedback, opinions, and ideas about what we should be doing, what you want, and how we can inspire a movement towards sustainable consumption on a large scale.

The Sandbunker is the home for all Gen X and Gen Y golfers in the NYC, Tri-state area. The goal of this website is to expand your network of golfing buddies and to fill up any open spots for your tee time reservations.   If you've got openings for a tee time, please post them as an "idea".  I will go ahead and approve them as a meetup if everything looks good. 

Open Venture Society which is actively supporting the creation of the generation of triple bottom line ventures. Explore the new corporate form the Benefit Corporation and certifications such as Bcorp Select and learn how to benefit from open source software and hardware projects Use innovative and collaborative thinking to create plans innovation for triple bottom line ventures We are an active network of support for venture creation, mentoring, connecting talent, knowledge and capital to proj …

… She is a spiritual advisor, a group psychologist, a corporate leadership trainer, a team facilitator, a certified Touch-For-Health Kinesiologist, a chemical engineer, and always a student of life and a servant of Divinity.

… NOIR was created to provide a solution for those staffing professionals who wish not to be a corporate slave while looking to actualize their network worth by working with like-minded individuals in a secure, symbiotic environment. What do we do? In a nutshell we pull our resources together to exponantially expand the recruiting bandwidth/coverage and ability to market stellar candidates. Everyone works exclusively through direct hiring manager/decision maker clients and established, trusted …

Educate the Northeast United States Population to the immediate health dangers and environmental destruction of our water supply for pure corporate profit. My initial thoughts on this group, but completely open to discussion, is that we work together to find ways to use the power of social media and digital communications to educate the public, reaching as many people as possible; work with existing No Fracking organizations (although there are only a few); and ultimately find ways to put pressu …