Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 28 through Sunday, March 6, 2022 . Welcome to the month of March 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 28
Tuesday, March 1
Group Event Name Time Life Science Conferences, LLC 3rd Annual Life Science Women’s Conference Wed, Mar 2, 2022, 5:00 PM EST Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful 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 Representative Jackie Toledo and Katpro Technologies “Wondering how to land a job in IT?” With Jackie Toledo & Katpro Tech Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa 11:30 AM Life Science Women – Tampa Bay 3rd Life Science Women’s Conference 7:30 AM Tampa Career Club Career Club Meet n Greet 7:30 AM Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up Clearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome 7:30 AM Business Game Changers Group Clearwater Breakfast Mastermind Village Inn 7:30 AM Tampa Bay Agile v-Lean Coffee 7:30 AM Front End Creatives LinkedIn for Techies: Do’s and Don’ts for Tech Professionals 10:00 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 Tampa / St Pete Business Connections Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch 11:00 AM Florida Startup: Idea to IPO How to find Product Market Fit Quickly 11:00 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 Lakeland Leadership Inspiration and Development Don’t let “How” steal your “What” and “Why” 11:30 AM Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking [1/3] An Intro to Popular Machine Learning Algorithms: Linear Regression 12:00 PM Toastmasters District 48 MESSAGE CRAFTERS 12:00 PM Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. 1:00 PM Orlando Unity Developers Group Virtual Event: Create a VR Game in Unity Level 1 2:00 PM Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking Discover How To Start An Online Business: Internet Business Opportunities 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 Casual Scrabble Play Let’s Play Scrabble! 5:30 PM Writers on the Air Writers on the Air meets every Tuesday 5:30 PM The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play Cool Stuff Games: Board game night 6:00 PM Tampa Hackerspace Weekly Open Make Night 6:00 PM Florida Center for Creative Photography Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant 6:00 PM Suncoast Developers Guild WordPress St Pete Meetup at SDG 6:30 PM West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 Weekly Meeting 6:30 PM WordPress St. Petersburg Ask Us Anything: WordPress Support Crowdsourcing Meetup 6:30 PM Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show 6:30 PM Tampa Drones Meetup Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab 6:30 PM Tampa Industry 4.0 Basic IT Skills to Land an IT Job with Katpro Tech and State Rep Jackie Toledo 6:30 PM South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start 7:00 PM St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults 7:00 PM Orlando Adventurer’s Guild [Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2) 7:00 PM Toastmasters District 48 Dunedin Toastmasters Club #2166 7:00 PM Tampa Entrepreneurs Network Shift Your Mindset to Create the Life & Business You Want | Jacqueline Wales 7:00 PM MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics 7:00 PM Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games 7:00 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 A Social Gathering-Mahjong players MahJongg – come join us for some fun! All are welcome! 11:00 PM
Wednesday, March 2
Group Event Name Time Entrepreneur Collaborative Center 1 Million Cups Tampa 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 Data Analytics: Excel Basics 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design? 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color 7:00 AM Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals 7:30 AM Tampa Bay WaVE Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs 8:00 AM North Tampa Networking Group Business networking 9:00 AM 1 Million Cups – Orlando 1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup 9:00 AM Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net In Person Networking BRANDON! Carrabba’s Italian Grill 11:15 AM Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us 11:30 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 OWASP Tampa OWASP Tampa Chapter | Q1 2022 | Virtual Meeting 11:45 AM Big Data and Analytics Tampa Your Site is Not Converting As Well As It Could – AI to Optimize Conversion 12:00 PM Success Strategies for Business Owners HR Series – Part 1 of 5 – Hiring in A Tough Job Environment 12:00 PM Florida Startup: Idea to IPO How to Bootstrap a Rock-Solid Intellectual Property Portfolio 12:00 PM Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers 12:30 PM Tampa Startup Founder 101 Idea Fest: Share Your Startup Idea for Live Feedback from Experts (Online) 1:00 PM Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only 1:00 PM Orlando Unity Developers Group Virtual Event: Create a VR Game in Unity Level 2 2:00 PM The Woman Entrepreneur Network How to Bust Your Limiting Beliefs in ONE HOUR or Less 3:30 PM Brandon Boardgamers Board Gaming – In Person 5:00 PM Florida Startup: Idea to IPO FREE WEBINAR: How to Outsource Development of Your App 5:00 PM The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play Playing Games in the Alley 5:00 PM Tampa Gaming Guild Wednesday Board Game Night 5:30 PM Sarasota Business Exchange Club We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant 5:30 PM Brooksville Writers’ Meetup Brooksville Writers Group Meetup 5:30 PM Brews N Board Games Board Game Night at Gatlin Hall Brewing 6:00 PM Thoughtful Writing Philosophy in Writing 6:00 PM Critical Hit Games Board Game Night 6:00 PM Orlando Adventurer’s Guild [Online] Dreams of the Red Wizards07: DM Calvin (Tier 3) 6:00 PM West Orange Comics & Video Games VS. System Wednesdays 6:00 PM Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup Business Networking Evening Dinner at Brick City Eatery 6:30 PM Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up Lutz /Land O Lakes /Odessa /Trinity Evening Networking Dinner All Welcome 6:30 PM WordPress Tampa To be announced: Scheduled Talk 6:30 PM Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup How to Launch Your Private Label Brand To the First Page 6:30 PM Crypto Investors Club Org Crypto Investors Club (5 STAR RATED) 6:30 PM The Weirder Things Book Club A Darker Shade of Magic – Finish 6:30 PM Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando Orlando Florida Writer’s Association 6:30 PM Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals Wednesday Evening Business Networking Dinner 6:30 PM Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild New Beginnings & Old Rivalries 7:00 PM Communication Skills for Quiet People How to Communicate Effectively 7:00 PM Toastmasters District 48 Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online 7:00 PM Tampa Bay Bitcoin [Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community 7:00 PM Tampa Hackerspace Girls Who Code Python for Grades 6-12 7:00 PM Castaways Euchre Club Castaways Euchre Club 7:00 PM Nerd Night Out Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night 7:00 PM South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start 7:00 PM Tampa Hackerspace Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) 7:00 PM Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games 7:00 PM Orlando Crypto, Blockchain, NFTs Learning Group Orlando Crypto Meetup 7:00 PM Community of Investors Wednesday Real Estate Online Mastermind for Florida 9:00 PM Tampa / St Pete Business Connections Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!! 11:30 PM
Thursday, March 3
Friday, March 4
Group Event Name Time Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner Advantage Talks: Browsers and the Internet…help! 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST Kat Usop, MSHI 2-Day Deep Dive | Create Interactive Software Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 11:00 AM EST Thinkful Tampa Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills 7:15 AM Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals 7:30 AM Laid Back Leads Group Laid Back Leads Group 8:00 AM Brandon Biz Pros Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros 8:30 AM Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce Friday Weekly Leads Group of Dr. Phillips FACE-To-FACE Networking 8:30 AM Toastmasters District 48 Real Talkers #7306 9:15 AM Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence 9:25 AM Orlando Unity Developers Group Virtual Event: Unity – Mobile App Development Basics 10:00 AM Orlando SEO & SEM Meetup Discuss Search Engine and Conversion Rate Optimization Techniques! 10:30 AM Florida SEO / SEM Meetup Group Orlando SEO Meetup 10:30 AM Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome 11:30 AM Tampa / St Pete Business Connections International Professionals Networking Meeting 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 Florida Startup: Idea to IPO How to Raise Pre-Seed and Seed Startup Funds 12:00 PM US Azure Virtual Desktop User Group US Azure Virtual Desktop User Group: March Meetup 12:00 PM Clermont Nerd Games Board Game Night! 5:00 PM Toastmasters District 48 MESSAGE CRAFTERS 5:30 PM Tampa Gaming Guild Friday Board Game Night 5:30 PM Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM 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 Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night 7:00 PM Critical Hit Games MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Game Day Draft 7:00 PM Gen Geek The Batman 7:00 PM Orlando Adventurer’s Guild [Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3) 7:00 PM Low Light Photography Group Bok Tower at Night 7:00 PM Tampa Japanese Meetup FL JETAA Tsudoi 7:00 PM South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 5
Sunday, March 6
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