Discover and meet other web professionals and users in the Chicago area designing, developing and crafting solutions within the SilverStripe content management system. Each month we will get together and talk all things SilverStripe. Active participatiion is encouraged. So, designers, developers, agencies, freelancers, moonlighters come along and share your work and experiences. We will discuss and review features, modules, themes, extending SilverStripe, site reviews and analysis...anything re …

Follow us on Twitter! http://twitter.com/ChicagoGDesign Join our page on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicago-IL/Chicago-Graphic-Design-Group/142732401172 1. We are designers who meet on a regular basis to discuss issues/topics related to our field. 2. Any designer from any background is welcome to join. 3. Networking, problem solving and socializing are reasons to join. If you freelance and need to get out of the house, that's a good reason to join as well. 4. Design is …

… We'll cover topics such as: • How to start • eCommerce • SEO - Search Engine Optimization • Web & Affiliate Marketing, PPC, Google Ads • Internet marketing • Shopping Carts Software • CMS and Databases for websites • Web 2.0 and Design • Contract/Freelance work • Guest/Expert Speakers! *Its FREE TO JOIN. There may be some minimal fees to cover Meetup /Venue costs, food/drink, guest speakers, etc.

The annual CMS Expo is your place to connect to the CMS Community. If you're a web designer, developer, content creator, administrator or business person, you need to attend the CMS Expo Learning & Business. Hosted by the CMS Association, the CMS Expo has quickly grown to be a "must-attend" event for Content Management Professionals at all levels of expertise. Whether you're a freelancer, an in-house content producer or part of a major enterprise, CMS Expo is for you. Check our website for all t …

Calling all freelancers, students, retirees, business sorts, and paid writers! If you're looking to work on a long term writing project, but haven't found the wherewithal to stick with it, this is the writing group for you. Regardless of members' experience with writing, we're looking to build a strong base of 8-12 regular writers who'd like to develop a support system for their writing work. Whether your focus is on screenplays, chapters to build a novel, a collection of short stories/poems, or …

Learn to earn! Our goal is to schedule expert speakers frequently on topics of interest about Web Designers and Web Development. We seek to help members improve their skills in web based Graphic Design, SEO, CMS, Web Apps, GUI, Adobe Creative Suite, Flash (especially Flash) as well as other suggestions from the group. Afterwards, we plan to meet at a local bar and network our asses off.

The creator of this group had to step down earlier this summer (June 2011), and I didn't want to see the group disappear, so I jumped in and paid the fees to Meetup.com to cover the next 6 months.  I'm a freelance teacher, so my schedule jumps around a lot, but I plan to schedule a couple of "meet & greets" before the end of the summer.  Please, if you're interested, jump in and offer something that you'd like to do as well. 

Maybe you have always wanted to have your own business. Maybe you have it now, by choice or by design. Either way, you may be daunted by all of your responsibilities, from finding clients to managing a website to setting and keeping your goals. In this series of workshops (see below for topics), we will give you an overview of s specific technique for success, and we will use that technique, on the spot, so that you actually get a result, and feel comfortable using it going forward. We look forw …

… -- Dealing with clients (for both freelancer and corporate webmasters) -- How many hats do YOU wear? You need not live or work in Chicago Area, but its hard to attend meetups if you don't!