What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 21, 2022)

Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 21 through Sunday, February 27, 2022. 

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 list’s page on Global Nerdy often!

Monday, February 21

Group	Event Name	Time
RGANetwork.net	South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Coaching for Everyone: Sarasota-Manatee	GSCA February 21st “Virtual” Meeting	11:30 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Machine Shop Milling 101 (Members Only)	9:00 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
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	South Tampa Business Networking Lunch	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
Tampa St Pete Stocks and Options Trading Group	Vantage Point – Weekly Market Recap & Outlook of Future Market Conditions	2:00 PM
SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club	EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS	4:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Magic Mondays	5:00 PM
Tampa# – C# and .NET	Group Code Challenge [Virtual]	5:30 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480	6:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Cape Coral Toastmasters Club #9051	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	N Pinellas – Monthly TBCoR Humanist Social Dinner	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay DevOps Meetup	TBDevOps monthly meeting	6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48	North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	6:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	ZOOM MEETING ONLY TONIGHT at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Lightroom Study Group	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game Night at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Tampa Flutter Meetup Group	In-Person Meetup	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	ZOOM MEETING ONLY TONIIGHT at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
Tampa Area Crypto And NFT IRL	Tampa Area Crypto and NFTs – Share and Learn Group	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)	6:00 PM

Tuesday, February 22

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
BNI Legends	BNI Legends – Business Networking	7:30 AM
Toastmasters Division I	Lake Mary Toastmasters	7:30 AM
Business Game Changers Group	Clearwater Breakfast Mastermind Village Inn	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Clearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome	7:30 AM
Abundance Networking – Events & BNI Meetings	BNI Abundance – Networking, Introductions, and Business Referrals	8:00 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Enhancing threat detection with user behavior analytics (UBA)	8:00 AM
Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area	East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast®	8:30 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Coffee and Introductions	9:00 AM
Front End Creatives	Salary Negotiations	10:00 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Basics of Programming in Unity	10:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch	11:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect!	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	11:30 AM
The Lab Orlando	#CommunityConversations @ The Lab Orlando	11:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Seminole Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Suncoast Business Network	Business Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	Funding 101 for Tech Entrepreneurs	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	12:00 PM
Orlando Power BI User Group	Lunch and Learn: Performance Tuning Power Query And Dataflows In Power BI	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Westshore Toastmasters	12:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking	[Online] Public Speaking and Your Success As a Communicator	7:30 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Still Waiting To Discover Your Path In Life? Find Out The Exact Steps How To	3:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic Society	Light Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.	4:30 PM
To Play (DM) or not to Play (DM)	D&D First Meeting	5:00 PM
Sassy Sisters Inc Spirited Networking for Professional Women	Sassy Sisters Sarasota Happy Hour Social	5:30 PM
Writers on the Air	Writers on the Air meets every Tuesday	5:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	The Sarasota Creative Writers	6:30 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	6:30 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:00 PM
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read	The Book of Lost Names for February	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Flesh & Blood Armory Night	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Get Rid of Negative Thinking and Negative Emotions	7:00 PM
Central Florida Computer Society	Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
The Orlando Python User Group	Pythonic Monthly Meeting	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Winter Springs Toastmasters Club	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	7:00 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement	How to Be a More Confident Communicator	7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL	[Online] How to Increase Your Self-Confidence in Public Speaking	7:30 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at Muddy Water!	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network	How to Master Sales WITHOUT Being “Salesy” | Nancy Matthews	8:00 PM
Tampa Bay Data Science Group	TBDSG: The Rise of Immediate Intelligence, Intro to Apache Druid	6:00 PM

Wednesday, February 23

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	1 Million Cups Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Network After Work	Network After Work Tampa at WXYZ Bar at Aloft Tampa Downtown	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Girl Develop It Orlando	JavaScript Fundamentals I	12:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers	11:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Tarpon Spring’s Craig Park	9:00 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Brandon Business Professionals Carrabba’s Italian Grill	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	11:30 AM
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Fin Series – Part 5 of 5 – Financial Forecasting in A Post-Pandemic Economy	12:00 PM
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group	Lunch Hour Meetup	12:00 PM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	[1/3] Tools every wanna-be designer needs to know about 🔍: Figma!	12:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	😎 Unity Orlando | Central Florida Monthly “CatchUp” Meeting 👀💯	12:30 PM
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Heart of Agile Monthly Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
Microsoft Tech Talks – Florida	Microsoft Defender for Containers	1:00 PM
Tampa Bay WaVE	Over the Waves Workshop	2:00 PM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Cloud security – Azure fundamentals	2:00 PM
The Woman Entrepreneur Network	Can you Guarantee Results for your Clients? – What would change if you could?	3:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[HISTORIC] Storm King’s Thunder Tier 2 – DM Robert	5:00 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group	TBDEG – Kickoff Event!	5:30 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	VS. System Wednesdays	6:00 PM
Around The World: International Book Club – Metrowest	POLAND: The Things We Cannot Say – Kelly Rimmer	6:00 PM
Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople	Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople (Cigar City Brewing, Tampa)	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Gatlin Hall Brewing	6:00 PM
Thoughtful Writing	Philosophy in Writing	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Lutz /Land O Lakes /Odessa /Trinity Evening Networking Dinner All Welcome	6:30 PM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Wednesday Evening Business Networking Dinner	6:30 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Understanding Landscape Photography	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	6:30 PM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Business Networking Evening Dinner at Brick City Eatery	6:30 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	6:30 PM
Central Florida CitySec	CitrusSec Meetup	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Open Yourself Up and Connect with People	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code Python for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	Orlando Word Lab	7:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Book Club – An Absolutely Remarkable Thing	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting – VIRTUAL	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code challenge bi-weekly coding session	8:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	11:30 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	11:30 AM
North Port Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	Networking Meeting- Weekly	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[In-Person] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	6:30 PM

Thursday, February 24

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Business and social networking	Business and social networking happy hour! Evie’s Tavern & Grill on Main Street	11:30 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	The need for proactive and reactive approaches to cybersecurity	2:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Bayview Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday All WElCOME	7:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	7:30 AM
ONETUG – Orlando .NET User Group	Feb 24th 2022: Poornima Nayar – REST, GraphQL and gRPC – A Comparison	8:00 AM
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	Business Morning Boost: Microsoft Excel Series	8:30 AM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only	11:00 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%!	11:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	11:00 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Front End Creatives	How to Stand Out in Your Job Search	12:00 PM
“Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking	Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking!	12:00 PM
Big Data and Analytics Tampa	Intelligent Data Summit	1:00 PM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	Protect yourself from these 5 common cyberattacks With ADSelfService Plus	2:00 PM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	IBM Data Science Community: Text Extensions for Pandas	2:00 PM
StartUp Xchange	Startup Strategy Office Hours	2:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	3:00 PM
Hourglass Brewing Axe Club	Hourglass Longwood Axe Club	4:00 PM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	Learn the Basics of Python Programming from an Industry Expert📊	4:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show	5:00 PM
Tech On Tap Tampa	TECH ON TAP hosted by Robert Half Technology	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online] DDAL06-02: The Redemption of Kelvan	6:00 PM
Tampa Business Club/Networking After Hours	Sunset Networking After-hours @The Current Rocky Point. Buy tickets, link below	6:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	Breaking Down the Last Barrier to Black Wealth	6:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	Central Florida Board Gaming at the Collective	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Thursday Night Yu-gi-oh!	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Crypto Meetup	Discuss most interesting DeFi investment strategies for 2022	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	6:00 PM
SRQ Cloud Computing Meetup	Cloud Computing Hot Topics 2022 Kick Off Meeting	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	40K Thursday at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	6:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Winter Garden Book Club	6:00 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Python	Unit testing in Python 3: Beyond the Basics	6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48	St Pete Beach Toastmasters In Person + Zoom Group: Improve Your Public Speaking!	6:30 PM
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup	PM Brew UX Meetup	6:30 PM
The Neon Temple	Defending the Home Front: Practical Wi-Fi Defense	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printing Guild	7:00 PM
WordPress Clearwater FL	WordPress Monthly Meetup	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	2022 restart! [biweekly] Server-side Development Study Group	7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Technology Center	WordPress	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Graffiti Junktion 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Modern Minimalism	Cal Newport’s book “Digital Minimalism” (Chap. 7 – Finale!)	7:00 PM
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM
Jamaa’aatul Asr	Reading “Revolution by the Book, the Rap is Live”	7:30 PM
A Path to Sustainability Community	Can I Recycle This? Book Review	7:30 PM
Real Life Trading – Tampa FL	Real Life Trading Tampa	8:00 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	How To Start A Successful Print on Demand Store On ETSY – Almost Zero Outlay	8:00 PM

Friday, February 25

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner	Advantage Talks: Apple Devices Overview	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Networking Leads	2.25.22 NETWORKING EVENT	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	7:15 AM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Westshore)	7:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Agile Orlando	Agile in the Morning	7:30 AM
Brandon Biz Pros	Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros	8:30 AM
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers	Virtual Coffee	9:00 AM
Toastmasters District 48	Real Talkers #7306	9:15 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	9:25 AM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	Modern Job Titles in Marketing	10:00 AM
Palm Harbor BrainUP	Palm Harbor BrainUp Monthly Meetup	10:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	International Professionals Networking Meeting	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Friday Business Introductions!	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Friday International Business Introductions at McAllisters Westshore	11:30 AM
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	Let’s Do Lunch and Network! – Tampa	12:00 PM
Orlando Houdini User Group (OHUG)	Orlando Houdini Users Group Meeting #13 – Chris Chapman	12:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays!	5:30 PM
3D Printing Orlando	3D Printing Hang Out	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM	6:00 PM
Remote Workers Coffee Club	Happy Hour at Motorworks Brewing	6:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Positively Speaking Toastmasters	6:15 PM
Magic the Gathering: Maitland Magic	Friday Night Magic: Maitland	6:30 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Friday Night Magic	6:30 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Blockchain/Crypto Happy Hour at M Bar Lounge	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	The Practicing Stoic – Chapter 3 continued	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	3D Printing Guild Hangout	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty FNM Draft	7:00 PM
Gen Geek	Paint and sip with me (Darth Vader)	7:30 PM
Read Between The Wines // Sarasota, FL	FEBRUARY MEETUP // “Where The Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens	6:00 PM

Saturday, February 26

Group	Event Name	Time
Doris Muller for NPI Westchase Chapter	Business Networking Event for Local Professionals
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	7:00 AM
Toastmasters Division G	Early Bird Ocala	8:00 AM
The Tampa Bay Strobist and Photoshop Collective	YES! The Vikings are COMING… To Medard Park for our Strobist Group.	9:00 AM
Gen Geek	KPB: Gandy Beach Cleanup	9:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Steel TIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	9:00 AM
Pinellas Writers	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	9:30 AM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Critical Heat BattleTech Alpha Strike Tournament At Critical Hit Games	9:30 AM
Critical Hit Games	Critical Heat BattleTech Alpha Strike Tournament	9:30 AM
Chess Republic	Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown	9:30 AM
3D Printing Orlando	3D Printing Boot Camp	10:00 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays	10:00 AM
Coffee Lovers Unite	Coffee Class!	10:00 AM
St. Petersburg Photography Group	DinoVenture – Dinosaurs at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature – $10	10:00 AM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Saturday Gaming	10:00 AM
MahjCon Mah Jongg Tourney, The Villages FL	Learn to Play American Mah Jongg	10:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)	10:00 AM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Bravo Group Campaign Continues	11:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	A Day at the Races . . . Horse Racing at Tampa Bay Downs	11:00 AM
New Wealth CoLab	New Wealth CoLab GRAND OPENING LAUNCH PARTY	11:00 AM
Purpose Driven Divergent Thinkers	Purpose Driven Business Meetup	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	February – N. Pinellas Book Club	12:00 PM
Lithia Chess Meetup Group	(Chess in the Park) Chess at Park Square Plaza	12:00 PM
Women’s Prosperity Network | Fort Lauderdale Chapter	Online | VIRTUAL Mastermind Experience: Connecting, Creating & Collaborating	12:00 PM
Aspiring Black Coders	ABC virtual meet up – Salary Negotiations!	12:00 PM
Suncoast Makers	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	1:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Advanced Articulators Toastmasters	1:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Mad Hippo Saloon 2 PM Start	2:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Beyond Camera Basics	2:30 PM
Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”	ONLINE: “Critical Thinking: 500 Years of Human Imagination”	3:00 PM
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild	RIFTs (Palladium Games)	6:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Community Hang-out Night	7:00 PM
Riverview Cryptocurrency Meetup Group	Wings and Crypto	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	THE ONE-SHOT GUILD	8:00 PM

Sunday, February 27

Group	Event Name	Time
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google AdWords Tutorial & Walk Through in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] How Google Works Ranking Websites in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] How To Optimize & Rank YouTube Videos in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google Analytics Beginners Tips & Tricks in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] On Page vs Off Page SEO Strategies in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Link Building Strategies 101 in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] On Page SEO Strategies for Google in 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
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Keyword Research Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] How to Write SEO Friendly Google Content in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] Google Search Console Tutorial in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Rank #1 on Google Maps & Yelp: Local SEO in Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Honeymoon Island / Dunedin Causeway	9:00 AM
Toastmasters District 48	Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club	9:30 AM
Jane of All Trades Orlando Women’s Workshops	The Basics of Tools, A Workshop for Women	10:30 AM
Geekocracy!	Beach day at Fort DeSoto	11:00 AM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Games at Table Talk Board Game Bistro	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Dungeons and Dragons at Table Talk Board Game Bistro	2:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	2:00 PM
Dialogue and Human Experience.	Happiness & Contentment	2:00 PM
Four Corners Writing and Social Development Workshops	Writing workshops and development grouo	2:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco	Weekend Game Day	2:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	Pasco Sunday Game Day at Dented Keg	2:00 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Game Night at The Juniper General Store	3:00 PM
Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group	Get to Know You Session	3:00 PM
Gen Geek	Studio 666	4:30 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Paddy Wagen Davenport 4:30 PM Start	4:30 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Cryptos, Forex & Futures – (ONLINE)	5:00 PM
Young Entrepreneurs of Tampa	Young Entrepreneurs Event Dinner	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	February New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild	5E (ish) AD&D – Humble Beginnings Campaign (Trouble in Elm).	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Alphabet Soup | Finding Letters in the World Around Us	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	9:00 PM

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