Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, November 1 through Sunday, November 7, 2021.
This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Anything I deem geeky
By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.
This week’s events
This list includes in-person events as well as online events. The COVID-19 numbers are dropping sharply, but be smart and responsible — get your shots, mask up in crowds, and we can get back to what passes for normal sooner!
I try to keep this list up-to-date. I add new events as soon as I hear about them, so be sure to check this page often!
Monday, November 1
| Coachieve | Entrepreneur Crash Course – Tampa | Visit site for details |
| Career Success Coffee Talk – Tampa Bay | Rise and Grind! Monday Coffee — Let’s Talk Career Success! | 9:00 AM |
| Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group | Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online) | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | In person at Fords Garage St Pete | 11:00 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals | Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education | “Automating Your Business” with Tracy Ingram | 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group | Virtual Writing Get Downs | 6:00 PM |
| Thoughtful Writing | Philosophy in Writing | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete | Commander Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Tabletop | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Open Painting at Warehouse 51 | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [FR]DDHC-XGE-01 Rats of Waterdeep – DM Carson (Tier 1) | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Heavy/Euro Board Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262 | 7:00 PM |
| South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group | FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Make and Take Kiln Fired Pinch and Coil Pots (Week 3 of 4) | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Anime Watch Party | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Failure Isn’t the Opposite of Success…It’s a Part of It at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Creating a Design System | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
| Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech | Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Creating a Design System | 8:00 PM |
| Tampa Real Estate Investors Official Meetup Group | Introductory Meetup Mondays 8:00 to 9:00 PM ET Online Meeting | 8:00 PM |
Tuesday, November 2
Wednesday, November 3
Thursday, November 4
| Entrepreneur Collaborative Center | Doing Business with Hillsborough County | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
| Chris Krimitsos | Florida Bitcoin and Blockchain Summit | Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT |
| Disrupt the Bay | Disrupt the Bay 2021 | 9:00 AM |
| Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup | Disrupt The Bay 2021 | 9:00 AM |
| TampaBay Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Meetup | Disrupt The Bay 2021 | 9:00 AM |
| Power Business Networking | Power Business Networking Thursday 11:45 am 2021 11 04 | 11:45 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
| Chainlink and Polkadot | Decentralizing CeFi | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
| Chainlink Miami: Connected Smart Contracts | Decentralizing CeFi | 2:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 44. Solitude | 5:00 PM |
| Indienomicon | Armed Forces Jam 2021 | Sun, Nov 7, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| New Port Richey Options And Derivatives Trading Meetup Group | October Squawk Box | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour- Meet Up | After Hours Networking Happy Hour! Food provided by 3C’s Catering | 6:00 PM |
| Pasco Options And Derivatives Trading Meetup Group | Monthly Squawk Box Futures and Options Educational Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Unity Developers Group | 🚨 Armed Forces Jam 2021 – 📅 Nov 4-7th 👀 | 6:00 PM |
| Ladies Connect! | Jw Lobby Bar mixer | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Barrel & Bean Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Pinellas County | FREE Networking Event | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
| Disrupt The Bay | Disrupt the Bay VIP Party | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
| Code For Orlando | Community Action Night: Let’s Taco About Civic Tech Projects | 7:00 PM |
| Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida | Bitcoiners of SWFL – Fort Myers Forum | 7:00 PM |
| Drupal User Group of Tampa Bay (Meeting in person again) | Drupal Live Forum / Q&A | 7:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co. | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Make a LED Edge Lit Name Plaque (Members Only) | 7:00 PM |
| Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color | Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color | 7:00 PM |
| Entrepreneurs with ADHD | Webinar: The basics of a social media strategy | 7:00 PM |
| Wordier Than Thou Meetup for Writers and Book Lovers | Tell-Tale Tassels: An Evening of Poe-Inspired Cabaret | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only) | 7:00 PM |
| The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” | Dive Bar of the Month: Emerald Bar | 7:00 PM |
Friday, November 5
Saturday, November 6
Sunday, November 7
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EST |
| Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg | Shut Up & Write! – November 7th at the Station House in St Pete | 10:00 AM |
| Tampa Japanese Meetup | Orlando Japan Festival | 11:00 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST |
| Orlando Urban Professional Meetup Group | OUP Social Sunday Brunch! | 12:00 PM |
| Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime | FLGC SinC Local Author Signing Meet & Greet with Books at Park Place | 1:00 PM |
| Toastmasters, Division D | Weekend Toastmasters | 3:00 PM |
| The Historical History Book Club | Book Discussion: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi | 5:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EST |
| Geekocracy! | Marvels the Eternals | 7:00 PM |
Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?
Let me know at joey@joeydevilla.com!
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