Follow these groups. Attend their events. Your intelligence will increase.
- 1871 Chicago
- 20×2 Chicago
- 2112 Inc.
- Adler Planetarium
- Alliance Francaise de Chicago
- American Jewish Council Chicago
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Barnabas Group – Chicago
- Becker-Friedman Institute
- Benedictine University
- Better Government Association
- Black Metropolis Research Consortium
- Blue 1647
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Blockchain for Social Good Chicago
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Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Brands + Startups
- British American Business Council Chicago
- Build Coffee
- Built in Chicago
- Bunker Labs
- Business Marketing Association Chicago
- Business Network Chicago
- Catalyst Ranch
- Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
- CFA Society of Chicago
- Chi Hack Night
- Chicago American Marketing Association
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Chicago Architectural Foundation
- Chicago Area Public Affairs Group (CAPAG)
- Chicago Association for Business Economics
- Chicago Astronomical Society
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Chicago Bitcoin Center at 1871 — Official Meetup
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Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Camps
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Chicago City Data User Group
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Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Chicago Council on Science and Technology
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Chicago Data Visualization Group
- Chicago Headline Club
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Chicago History Museum
- Chicago Humanities Festival
- Chicago Ideas
- Chicago Inno
- Chicago Innovation Awards
- Chicago Inventors Organization
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Chicago Lean Startup Circle
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Chicago Mobile Meetup
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Chicago Product Management Association
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Chicago Reader
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Chicago Republican Party
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Chicago Startup Community
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Chicago Startup Weekend
- Chicago Sunday Evening Club
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Chicago Tech Events
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Chicago Urban League
- Chicago Virtual Reality
- Chicago Women Developers
- Chicago WomenTech
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Chicago Young Professionals
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Chicago Young Republicans
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Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
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Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (1871)
- Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network
- CHIentist
- CHIHTML5
- City Club of Chicago
- CivicLab
- Civic Federation
- CME Group
- Coalition: Energy
- Coding While Black
- College of Complexes
- Cook County Democrats
- Crain’s Chicago
- Creative Women’s Co.
- C.S. Lewis Institute – Chicago
- Dabble
- Daily Herald Business Ledger
- Data Science Chicago
- Dev Bootcamp Chicago Speaker Series
- Digital Professional Institute
- Dominican University
- Driehaus Museum
- DuPage County Historical Museum
- Ed Tech Chicago
- Educelerate
- Enerspace
- Entrepreneurs Organization
- Executives’ Club of Chicago
- Experimental Station
- Faith & Work Chicago
- Federal Bar Association Chicago Chapter
- Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Federalist Society of Chicago
- Fermilab
- FinTank
- First Division Museum
- Founder Institute
- Francis Parker School
- General Assembly Chicago
- Girl Develop It Chicago
- Goethe-Institut Chicago
- GoodCity Chicago
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Google Developers Group: GDG Chicago
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Heartland Institute
- Heartland Mobile Council
- Ignite Chicago
- Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Illinois Campaign for Political Reform
- Illinois Family Institute
- Illinois Holocaust Museum
- Illinois Humanities Council
- Illinois Policy Institute
- Illinois Science Council
- Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
- Illinois Small Business Development Center at UIC
- Illinois Technology Association
- International Trade Club of Chicago
- Internet of Things – Chicago
- Japan America Society
- Jewish United Fund
- John Marshall Law School
- Joomla!Chicago
- Junior Economic Club of Chicago
- League of Women Voters Chicago
- Lincoln Forum
- Loyola University Alumni
- Lumen Christi Institute
- MacArthur Foundation
- MacLean Center for Medical Ethics
- Matter Chicago
- McCormick Foundation
- Metropolitan Planning Council
- mHUB Chicago
- #MsTech
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Mobile Makers Academy Chicago
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Moody Bible Institute
- National Association of Women Business Owners – Chicago
- Net Impact Chicago
- Next Door Chicago
- NextSpace
- Newberry Library
- NewSpace Chicago
- Northwestern University
- Off the Sidelines-Chicago
- One Chance Illinois
- One Day University
- Open City
- OpenGovChicago
- Paulson Institute
- Pitch Circus
- Pray Chicago
- Pritzker Military Library
- Professional Women’s Club of Chicago
- Public Narrative
- Publicity Club of Chicago
- Pumping Station:One
- RailsBridge Chicago
- React Chicago
- Renew Chicago
- Secular Events
- Seminary Co-op Bookstores
- Serendipity Labs Chicago
- SheSays
- Shriver Center
- Sienna Center
- SmartHealth Activator
- Spertus
- Startup Founder 101
- StartUp Grind l Chicago
- Talking about Tech – Chicago
- Tech Cocktail
- Tech In Motion
- TechForce Chicagoland
- Tech Month Chicago
- Technology & Manufacturing Association
- Technori
- TechVenue
- TechWeek
- The Book Stall
- The Hatchery
- The Law Project
- The Standard Club
- ThoughtWorks
- Thrive Chicago
- TribNation Events
- Trinity International University
- Truth in Accounting
- UIC Great Cities Institute
- Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago
- University of Chicago
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- University of Chicago Institute of Politics
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Young NonProfit Professionals Network
- Young Professionals of Chicago
- We Design Think
- Wheaton College
- Women’s Business Development Center
- Women Who Code Chicago
- Women Tech Founders
- World Business Chicago