Florida Creatives – Creating a Community of Innovation

Location

Come celebrate and network with doterati as 2008 comes to a close and the holiday season gets rolling. doterati is hosting a Holiday Networking Bash at Monkey Bar in Downtown Orlando Wall Street.

Friends, family, colleagues and clients of doterati are all invited to join in the fun at this free event. There will be a cash bar and doterati will raffle off prizes. Raffle tickets will be on sale throughout the evening.

Meetups

• Tampa Bloggers - @tampabloggers on twitter
• Internet Entrepreneurs - for folks who make $1 on the internet
• Tampa Bay Podcasting - Cafe NOLA, check site for details

Technology

• 2600 Meetup - 1st Fridays, University Mall in the back of the food court on the 2nd floor.

For those of you in the Merritt Island area there is a networking opportunity every Tuesday evening at the Chili's in Merritt Island. It goes from 6:30 to 7:30, it's free to visit, has free appetizers and 2 for 1 drinks. Around 15 - 20 business owners have been showing up the last couple of weeks and it's a great place to meet potential clients that need creative services.

Here is the web site for more info: http://islandstylesgroup.com

It's a Cocoa Beach Chamber of Commerce event but you don't have to be a Chamber member to visit.

Feel Free to add more categories and groups/links to this list as you see fit, that's why we have a wiki. If groups meet on consistent dates and locations (i.e. third Mondays @ Crooked Bayou, Central Ave downtown), specify what you can.

All-Purpose Groups

• Florida Creatives has no chapter in Jacksonville yet
• Brewgroup is the home for Likemind and Planning for Good
• Likemind.jax third Fridays 8-9AM @ Cool Moose Coffee, hosted by Chris and Leah
• Planning for Good has something to do with helping non-profits
• Inked-In - writers/artists/musicians social network

Web Design / Programming

• Refresh Jacksonville is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of new media endeavors.

Artist / Design Groups

Spaces to Watch

Feel Free to add more categories and groups/links to this list as you see fit, that's why we have a wiki. If groups meet on consistent dates and locations (i.e.