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Tutorial web sites
Books and Mags
User Groups
Training businesses
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On your own - own web site, volunteer, at work projects, etc.

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Plans, SDLC, etc.
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User Groups pre-date the Internet and are less necessary than in times past. However many groups have evolved and still offer great resources for networking, finding others with similar problems, and training.

Computer Clubs - Based on meeting people in IT - Kansas City Area
Association of Information Technology Professionals - (kc.aitp.org)
Independent Computer Consultants Association - (www.icca-kc.org)
Kansas City Association for Computing Machinery - (www.kcacm.org)
Society for Technical Communication - Kansas City Chapter - (www.stc-kansascity.org)
www.itkc.org - Connecting Kansas City's IT Community
www.kccatalyst.com - Organizing the technology-based economy in the Greater KC area

Computer Clubs - Graphics and Web - Kansas City Area
Kansas City Animators and Graphic Artists User Group - (www.trinity3d.com/kcaga)
Kansas City Macromedia User's Group - (groups.yahoo.com/group/KCMUG)
Kansas City ColdFusion User Group - (www.kcfusion.org)
Kansas City Webmasters - Part of ACM (www.kcwebmasters.org)
Web Developer's User's Group - (part of HUG)

Computer Clubs - Based on demographics - Kansas City Area
Kansas City Webgrrls - (www.webgrrls.com/kansascity_mo)
Kansas City Christian Computer Users - (www.kcccu.org)
SeniorNet - User Group for Seniors (old.jccc.net/~opsrnet)
www.sky.net/~jimkc/index2.html - Real-Eyes - Computer User Group for the blind

Computer Clubs - Based on Programming Languages - Kansas City Area
Microsoft .Net User's Group - (part of HUG) - (www.dotnetsig.org)
Microsoft FoxPro User's Group - (www.mwfpug.org)
Microsoft Access User's Group - (part of HUG)
C++ User's Group - (part of HUG)
Borland Delphi User's Group - (part of HUG) - (www.kcdelphi.org)
Java User's Group - (part of HUG) - (www.kcjava.org)

Computer Clubs - Based on Specific Hardware - Kansas City Area
Computer Professionals Unlimited of Kansas City - IBM MidRange Computers (www.cpukc.org)
Kansas City IBM PC User Group - (meekers.com/IBMPCU_Access)
www.kcpug.interpug.com - KCPUG - PALM Users Group
Apple Bits Users Group of Kansas City - (chappellclan.com/abug)
Kansas City MacCORE | Macintosh User Group - (www.maccore.org)

Computer Clubs - Based on Product - Kansas City Area
Kansas City Arc/Info Users Group - (msdis.missouri.edu/kcaiug)
www.crystalsig.org - Crystal Reports User's Group (part of HUG)
www.hugkc.org/sigs/msoffice/index.htm - Microsoft Office User's Group (part of HUG)
www.spyderdata.com/sqlserver.html - Microsoft SQL Server User's Group (part of HUG)
Microsoft Project Users Group - Kansas City Group
SAS User's Group - (www.kcasug.org)

Computer Clubs - Based on Processes in IT - Kansas City Area
Kansas City Software Process Improvement Network - (www.kcspin.org)
Greater Kansas City Quality Assurance Association - (www.kcqaa.org)
Information Systems Audit and Control Association - Greater Kansas City Chapter(www.isaca-kc.org)

Computer Clubs - Based on Operating Systems - Kansas City Area
Blue Springs Linux User Group - (bslug.solve.net)
Kansas Unix & Linux Users Association - (kulua.org)
win-95-98-nt-sig.freeyellow.com/ - Microsoft Windows Operating Systems User's Group (part of HUG)

Computer Clubs - Coordinating Groups and Listings - Kansas City Area
Heartland User Group - A group of special interest groups in the Kansas City Metro.
Computer User - Look here for more groups!

Computer Clubs - Outside the KC Area
APCUG - An organization bringing all user groups together to share resources.
St. Louis Visual Basic User Group -

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