Here’s the third weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for 2021! This one’s for the week of Monday, January 17 through Sunday, January 23, 2022, a week that includes the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. His actual birthday falls on the 15th — it’s just that MLK Day is observed on the third Monday of January.
This list is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For almost five 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.
The mandatory omicron variant announcement
Prior to the omicron variant, there was still a pretty good chance that you didn’t personally know someone who’d caught COVID. Today, thanks to its contagiousness, omicron has made it so much more likely that someone you personally know has caught it — and probably has it now.
Omicron’s out there, and it’s not as “mild” as some people have described it. Be smart and responsible — get your booster, mask up in crowds, favor outdoor and online events, and we can get back to what passes for normal sooner!
This week’s events
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, January 17 (MLK Day)
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
| Rafael Stuchiner | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto! What’s all the Fuss?~~~Tampa, FL | |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | N Pinellas – Monthly TBCoR* Humanist Social Dinner | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 9:45 AM |
| Coaching for Everyone: Sarasota-Manatee | GSCA January 17th “Virtual” Meeting | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals | Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | South Tampa Referrals | 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 | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs Empower Empire | Office Hour | 12:00 PM |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night | 5:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Open Painting at Warehouse 51 | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Thoughtful Writing | Philosophy in Writing | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Open Play | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters, Division D | ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480 | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay DevOps Meetup | TBDevOps monthly meeting | 6:30 PM |
| New Wealth Advisors Club Tampa | How to close great deals with ONE powerful marketing strategy | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual) | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262 | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Flutter Meetup Group | In-Person Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FREE Lightroom Study Group | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| ShutterObi – Orlando Photography Group | The Business Of Photography : Commercial Images – Will They Sell? An Online Zoom | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Anime Watch Party | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| Latino CRYPTO Professional Networking | Crypto/Trading/Negocios Online/Enprendimiento | 7:00 PM |
| Agile Orlando | A Conversation on Enterprise Agile Coaching | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Area Crypto And NFT IRL Hosted By Endangered Mints NFT | Tampa Area Crypto and NFTs – Share and Learn Group | 7:00 PM |
Tuesday, January 18
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST |
| Military Spouse Professional Network | Entrepreneurship Through Comedy with Dr. Kerry Szymanski | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EST |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design? | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 10:00 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| The 360 Exchange – Winter Garden Location | The 360 Exchange – Where Referrals Come Full Circle | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Breakfast with professionals Village Inn Clearwater | 7:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Agile | v-Lean Coffee | 7:30 AM |
| Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area | East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast® | 8:30 AM |
| Write the Docs Florida | Morning social | 8:30 AM |
| Front End Creatives | Transferring your Personal Brand to your New Career | 10:00 AM |
| The 360 Exchange – Lake Nona | The 360 Exchange – Lake Nona Networking | 11:30 AM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | MESSAGE CRAFTERS | 12:00 PM |
| Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce | Ladies Entrepreneurs of Dr. Phillips | 12:00 PM |
| Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement | Learn and Practice Communication For A More Confident Approach | 7:30 PM |
| Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup | SBDC Hillsborough County: Starting Your Business | 7:30 PM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | Top Ten Legal Mistakes that Could Kill Your Startup | 3:00 PM |
| Crypto Currency Alliance Opportunities | RECAP OF CRYPTO 2021 – WHERE ARE WE? and WHATS NEXT | 6:00 PM |
| Full Stack Meetup | Unit Testing with .NET 5 Part 3 | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group | Jan. Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Wealth Builders Real Estate Enreprenuers Association | Wealth Builders Monthly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Library Book Clubs – OCLS | Let’s Talk: All About Drugs-Podcast Discussion Group | 7:00 PM |
| Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE) | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2) | 7:00 PM |
| Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL | [Online] How to Be a Confident Communicator | 7:30 PM |
| DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup | How to survive an epic failure | 7:30 PM |
| Tampa Entrepreneurs Network | Be a confident negotiator and close 27% more deals | Karen Judd Smith | 8:00 PM |
| Sisters in Technology | Learn Coding- Why Coding | 8:00 PM |
| Bradenton Photo Group | Self Assignment Photo Challenge – Holiday Lights and Bokeh | 7:00 PM |
| Cult, Mystery & Suspense Movie Club | Crime Noir Double-Feature – SHOCK & WHIRLPOOL | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Writer’s Critique Group | Orlando Writer’s Critique Group | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG) | TBSSUG Monthly Meeting | 5:30 PM |
Wednesday, January 19
Thursday, January 20
=== Mail ===
Friday, January 21
Saturday, January 22
Sunday, January 23
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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