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 22 through Sunday, November 28, 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!
Keep in mind that this the week of Thanksgiving. The closer an event is to Thanksgiving Day, the more you should double-check that it’s actually happening. Many fo the events in LinkedIn and EventBrite are generated “on autopilot” and might not account for holidays.
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 22
| Coachieve | Entrepreneur Crash Course – Tampa | |
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa | |
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa | |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | In person at Fords Garage St Pete | 11:00 AM |
| Headquarters Coworking – Kissimmee | Marketing Manager MeetUp : M3 | 11:00 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | South Tampa Business 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 |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| UCF Cyber Defense Professional Certificate Program | How to Start Your Cybersecurity Journey (With No Experience) | 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EST |
| Learn Cybersecurity Skills – Orlando | How to Start Your Cybersecurity Journey (With No Experience) | 1:00 PM |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1) | 6:00 PM |
| Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete | Commander Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Heavy/Euro Board Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup | November Viewing Party | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Tabletop | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Thoughtful Writing | Philosophy in Writing | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Radiant Ridge Toastmasters | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | N Pinellas – Monthly CFI TAMPA BAY Humanist Social Dinner | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Open Painting at Warehouse 51 | 6:00 PM |
| St. Petersburg Invest and Mine Crypto Club | Helium Strategies Part 2 with Burak Sezen: Maximize earnings | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Flutter Meetup Group | In-Person Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | MONDAY Game Night @ Brighter Days Brewing Company | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group | FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Anime Watch Party | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “Ajahn Chah: Training the Heart and Mind” (Part 1) | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Lady Developers Meetup | Women in Agile with Michaela Hutfles | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
Tuesday, November 23
Wednesday, November 24
This is the day before Thanksgiving — double-check that an event is happening before attending!
Thursday, November 25
This is Thanksgiving Day — double-check that an event is happening before attending!
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa | |
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa | |
| “Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM |
| Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup | How to use correlation rules for effective threat detection | 2:00 PM |
| Land O Lakes Cigars and Networking Group | Cigars, Networking, Referrals – | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Writers Alliance | Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group | 6:30 PM |
| Nature Coast Real Estate Investors | Investor monthly meetup | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Technology Center | WordPress | 7:00 PM |
| Modern Minimalism | Cal Newport’s book “Digital Minimalism” (Chap. 5) | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Stocks & Options – (ONLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Unity Developers Group | 📌 The Lost Cartridge Jam 2021 – 📅 Nov 25th – 28th 👀 | 7:10 PM |
Friday, November 26
This is the day after Thanksgiving — double-check that an event is happening before attending!
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa | |
| Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers | [Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa | |
| Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete | Commander Night | 6:00 PM |
| Hodge-Podge Board Games and Japanese Mahjong | Monthly Game Night | 6:30 PM |
| Gen Geek | United Skates of America | 6:30 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | How To Think Like A Roman Emperor (Chapter 5 continued) | 7:00 PM |
| Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) | Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3) | 7:00 PM |
Saturday, November 27
Sunday, November 28
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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