# Meetup

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: meetups, meet-up, meet up, tech meetup, tech event, networking event

An informal, recurring gathering of people with a shared interest. In tech, meetups are where [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) and [engineers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) meet in person.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) who is stuck on a [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) question goes to a local data meetup. Two [engineers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) there explain the options over pizza.

## Connects to (87)

- [User group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/user-group): A club of people who use or study the same technology and meet regularly to share what they learn.
- [AMA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ama): Short for 'ask me anything'.
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Code of conduct](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code-of-conduct): The written rules for how people in a community or at an event must treat each other, and what happens when someone breaks them.
- [Techlahoma user groups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma-user-groups): The local tech groups in Techlahoma's network, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
- [Slack](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/slack): A team chat tool owned by Salesforce.
- [Tech conference](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-conference): A one-day or multi-day event with talks, workshops and hallway conversations about technology.
- [Gradient](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gradient): A nonprofit entrepreneur hub and coworking space in downtown Tulsa, formerly called 36 Degrees North.
- [Oklahoma Venture Forum](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-venture-forum): A membership organization in Oklahoma City that connects investors, entrepreneurs and service providers through events and pitch…
- [TYPROS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/typros): Tulsa's Young Professionals, a community development initiative of the Tulsa Regional Chamber.
- [1 Million Cups Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/one-million-cups-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of 1 Million Cups, a national program for entrepreneurs that the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation operates and local…
- [Startup Grind Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-grind-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of Startup Grind, a community for founders with chapters in many cities.
- [Global Entrepreneurship Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/global-entrepreneurship-week): An annual week of events for entrepreneurs, held in many countries.
- [Tulsa Tech Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-tech-week): A week-long series of tech events across Tulsa, each one hosted by a different person or organization.
- [OKC Tech Week](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-tech-week): A week-long series of tech events in Oklahoma City, organized by the partner organizations that host each event.
- [The Root Coworking](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/the-root-coworking): A coworking company with two locations in Tulsa.
- [Chimera Cafe](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chimera-cafe): A cafe in downtown Tulsa that serves coffee, food and drinks and hosts events.
- [Natsukashii](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/natsukashii): A Japanese restaurant in downtown Tulsa that also runs a full coffee and matcha service.
- [Pony Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pony-coffee): A Tulsa coffee shop that roasts its own coffee and describes itself as Oklahoma owned and operated.
- [DoubleShot Coffee Company](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/doubleshot-coffee): A coffee roaster and cafe in Tulsa, open since 2004, that calls itself Oklahoma's first specialty coffee roaster.
- [Topeca Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/topeca-coffee): A coffee roaster based in Tulsa with cafes downtown.
- [Mother Road Market](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mother-road-market): A food hall on Route 66 in Tulsa's Market District, owned and run by the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation.
- [Techlahoma Code of Conduct](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma-code-of-conduct): The rules for how people treat each other at Techlahoma events, in person and online, and in its Slack.
- [200OK](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/200ok): Techlahoma's annual one-day tech conference in Tulsa, with talks for web professionals and other people who build technology.
- [Tulsa Web Devs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-web-devs): A Tulsa user group for web developers, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa Game Devs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-game-devs): A Tulsa user group for people who make games, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa AWS User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-aws-user-group): A Tulsa user group for people who build on Amazon Web Services and other cloud tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa.Net](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-dotnet): A Tulsa user group for developers who use Microsoft's .NET tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Tulsa Agile Practitioners](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-agile-practitioners): A Tulsa user group for people who practice Agile, a way of running software projects in short cycles.
- [Tulsa UX](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-ux): A Tulsa user group for user experience designers, listed among Techlahoma's user groups.
- [OklahomAI Developers Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahomai-developers-tulsa): A Tulsa meetup about AI for developers, AI enthusiasts and tech professionals.
- [Google Developer Group Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gdg-tulsa): Google Developer Group Tulsa, a local chapter in Google's community program for developers.
- [OKC Coffee and Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-coffee-and-code): A casual user group in Oklahoma City where people write code together or just talk about it.
- [OKC Web Devs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-web-devs): An Oklahoma City programming user group in the Techlahoma network.
- [OKC LUGnuts](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-lugnuts): Oklahoma City's Linux user group, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Oklahoma Game Developers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-game-developers): A monthly meetup for game developers in Oklahoma, based in Oklahoma City and part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Pythonistas](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-pythonistas): An Oklahoma City user group in the Techlahoma network for people who write Python, a programming language widely used for data and AI work.
- [SheCodesOKC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shecodesokc): An Oklahoma City network of female and non-binary technologists who meet each month to learn and support each other.
- [ISSA Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/issa-oklahoma): The Oklahoma chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, a professional group for cybersecurity workers.
- [Oklahoma Women in Technology](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okwit): A nonprofit for women who work in technology in Oklahoma, started in 2016.
- [Developer relations](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/developer-relations): A role, often at platform companies, that helps outside developers use the company's tools through docs, examples, talks and community…
- [Hackathon](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hackathon): An event, often a day or a weekend, where people form teams and build a working project from scratch, then show it at the end.
- [Linktree](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/linktree): A service that makes one simple page holding a list of links, often used as the single link in a social media profile.
- [Discord](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/discord): A chat app built around communities called servers, with text channels, voice rooms and video.
- [Luma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/luma): An event platform for creating event pages, taking registrations, selling tickets and emailing guests.
- [Eventbrite](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/eventbrite): A platform for listing events and selling tickets.
- [Bevy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bevy): A platform for companies and organizations that run online and local communities, with event pages, chapters, forums and member data in…
- [HiHello](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hihello): A service for digital business cards, shared by QR code or link instead of paper, with email signatures and a company directory for teams.
- [OBS Studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/obs-studio): Free, open-source software for recording and live-streaming video, mixing camera, screen and audio sources.
- [Crestron AirMedia](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/airmedia): A Crestron system for showing a laptop or phone screen on a room's display wirelessly.
- [Printful](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/printful): A print-on-demand service.
- [Cerebral Valley](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cerebral-valley): An AI community that runs hackathons and events around the world for AI labs, companies and builders, and publishes a weekly newsletter…
- [DevFest](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/devfest): A community tech conference held in cities around the world, each one organized independently by a local Google Developer Group, with…
- [Event venue](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/event-venue): A place that can host a gathering, such as a meetup, talk, workshop or launch party.
- [Google Developer Experts](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-developer-experts): A Google program that recognizes experienced developers who know one or more Google or open source technologies well.
- [Google Developer Groups on Campus](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-developer-groups-on-campus): Google's program for student developer groups at universities and colleges.
- [Google Educator Groups](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-educator-group-oklahoma): Free local communities of educators, led by volunteer teachers and run independently, who meet in person and online to share ways of using…
- [Google Maps Platform Innovators](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-maps-innovators): A Google community program for developers who build with Google Maps Platform.
- [OKC WordPress Users Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-wordpress-users-group): An Oklahoma City Meetup group for people who build with WordPress, part of WordPress's network of local meetups, with monthly meetings…
- [Codex Ambassadors](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/openai-codex-ambassador): An OpenAI volunteer program for people who build communities around Codex, its coding agent.
- [SheCodes Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shecodes-tulsa): A Tulsa meetup for women in tech that welcomes people starting a coding career, people building their skills and supporters of women in…
- [Tulsa Salesforce User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-salesforce-user-group): A Salesforce Trailblazer Community Group in Tulsa that holds talks, release-notes reviews and socials for people who use Salesforce.
- [Tulsa WordPress Meetup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wordpress-tulsa): A free monthly meetup in Tulsa where WordPress users of every level, from beginners and business site owners to developers, teach and…
- [Belle Isle Library](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/belle-isle-library): A Metro Library branch in Oklahoma City that reopened in 2022 after a renovation that added study rooms, two large meeting rooms and a…
- [Brut Hotel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brut-hotel): A boutique hotel in Tulsa's SoBo district with a lobby cafe meant for coffee and focused work, a rooftop restaurant, a pool and a spa.
- [Caboose Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/caboose-coffee): A coffee shop in Oklahoma City that says it grew from a humble closet into a loud and proud coffee shop.
- [Chicken N Pickle Oklahoma City](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chicken-n-pickle-okc): An Oklahoma City venue that combines pickleball courts and yard games with a restaurant and bar.
- [Clarity Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/clarity-coffee): A coffee roaster and cafe in Oklahoma City with three locations.
- [Don't Stress Meowt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dont-stress-meowt): A family of cat businesses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa that includes a cat cafe, grooming and boarding, and an online shop.
- [Factory Obscura](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/factory-obscura): An Oklahoma City company that makes immersive art experiences, best known for Mix-Tape, a large hand-built art space downtown.
- [Gray Owl Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gray-owl-coffee): A worker cooperative coffee shop and roastery in downtown Norman.
- [Inheritance Kitchen + Juicery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/inheritance-kitchen-juicery): A restaurant and juice bar in south Tulsa that serves organic food and cold-pressed juices and caters business events.
- [Oklahoma City Convention Center](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-convention-center): A convention center in downtown Oklahoma City built by the City as a MAPS 3 project and completed in 2020.
- [Slate at Founders Tower](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/slate-founders-tower): An event venue that fills the 20th floor of Founders Tower, a 1964 landmark in Oklahoma City.
- [StarSpace46](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/starspace46): A coworking space in Oklahoma City with desks, conference rooms, private offices and day passes, which calls itself a community of…
- [Parlor OKC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/the-parlor-okc): A food hall in Oklahoma City's Automobile Alley with seven kitchens, two bars, a garden patio and an event space that can be booked.
- [Welltown Brewing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/welltown): A brewery and taproom in downtown Tulsa with skyline views.
- [Zero Tolerance Coffee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/zero-tolerance-coffee): A veteran-owned coffee house and bean-to-bar chocolate maker in the Britton district of Oklahoma City, founded in 2019 and now called SIYO…
- [Oklahoma City Java User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okc-java-user-group): A free user group that promotes Java and related topics in the Oklahoma City area, with talks on programming topics.
- [Oklahoma Salesforce Community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-salesforce-community): An Oklahoma City user group for people who want to improve their Salesforce skills.
- [OklahomAI OKC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahomai-okc): An Oklahoma City community for people interested in AI, from any profession or experience level, with in-person workshops, demos and…
- [ATD Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/atd-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of the Association for Talent Development, for people who design and run training at work.
- [Oklahoma Bitcoin Association](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-bitcoin-association): An Oklahoma group for people interested in Bitcoin.
- [Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-center-for-nonprofits): A 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to strengthen Oklahoma's nonprofit sector, with locations in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Durant.
- [Pitches, Pizza & Pints](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitches-pizza-pints): The Verge OKC's monthly founder event in Oklahoma City, where entrepreneurs pitch what they are building and an experienced founder shares…
- [PMI Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pmi-tulsa): The Tulsa chapter of the Project Management Institute, a group that educates and connects project managers in the Tulsa area through…
- [Women+ in Tech of Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/women-plus-in-tech-tulsa): A Tulsa community for women with careers in technology that offers networking, mentorship, professional development and certification and…

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