Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 11 through Sunday, July 17, 2022.
Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.
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.
StartupBus 2022 will depart from Tampa Bay!
If you’re looking for an adventure, a chance to test your startup skills, and an experience that will make your résumé stand out, join me on StartupBus Florida, which departs Tampa Bay on July 27, when it sets course for Austin, Texas!
On this three-day journey, “buspreneurs” will form teams, create a business idea, build a software demo for that idea, and develop pitches for that idea. When they arrive in Austin, they’ll spend two days pitching their startups to a panel of judges.
I was a “buspreneur” on StartupBus Florida in 2019, the last time the event took place, and our team made it to the finals and got the runner-up position. This time, I’m a “conductor” — one of the coaches on the bus — and our team is here to help you rise to the challenge.
Want to find out more?
- Check out the StartupBus site
- My post, I’m going on StartupBus again, and you should too!
Want to join the bus? Drop me a line!
This week’s events
Monday, July 11
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | In person at Fords Garage St Pete | 11:00 AM |
| Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group | July 11th: Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online) | 11:00 AM |
| JobFairX | Tampa Job Fair – Tampa Career Fair | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT |
| 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 |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Tampa Financial Freedom Meetup Group | How You Can Get Your Business In The Media For FREE! | 2:30 PM |
| SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club | EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS | 4:00 PM |
| Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education | David Wilkinson: Creating Momentum for Business Growth | 5:30 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| BerLagmark – Sarasota Amtgard | Monday Night Fighter Practice! | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters, Division D | ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480 | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Wesley Chapel Speaks Toastmasters | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| PWOs Unite! | Tampa PWOs Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Flesh and Blood at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Real Estate Investors Club (TampaBayREIC) | TampaBayREIC – Brandon Subgroup | 7:00 PM |
| Brandon WordPress Meetup | TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club | Club DAO | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Motorworks Brewing Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “Epicureanism” (Part 2) | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| North Florida Stock Investing Education | North Florida Chapter Model Investment Club | 7:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Monday Virtual Business Introductions | 11:30 PM |
Tuesday, July 12
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 14
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US! | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Toast of the Bay Weekly Toastmasters Meeting – Join Us! | 7:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Bayview Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 7:30 AM |
| BNI Professional Alliance – Business Referral Group | BNI Professional Alliance – A Business Referral Group | 8:00 AM |
| Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM |
| Masterminds of Orlando Leads Group | Masterminds of Orlando Leads Group | 8:30 AM |
| TampaBayNetworkers | Suncoast Networkers | 8:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Hyperledger Tampa | How to Operate and Extend the Hyperledger Besu Ethereum Client | 11:00 AM |
| The 360 Exchange – Waterford | The 360 Exchange – Waterford Networking | 11:30 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum | Lunch & Learn: Salary Negotiations | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Cybersecurity Training | Lunch & Learn: Salary Negotiations | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Professionals (IT, Sales, HR & more) | Handling Objections | 1:00 PM |
| Bradenton Photo Group | Lightroom Sessions – Edits and Catalogs | 5:00 PM |
| Lean Startup Orlando | LSO&TrueFit Summer Social | 5:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Remote Collective ST. PETE | Social Club For Remote Workers | Drinks @ Grand Central Brewhouse | 6:00 PM |
| Brown Girls’ Book Club and Hangout Group | Homegoing | 6:00 PM |
| Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming | Social Game Night @ Hourglass Brewery | 7:00 PM |
| Meet Me In The Metaverse | Meet Me In The Metaverse – Florida’s First Web3 Metaverse Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Real Life Trading – Tampa FL | RLT Tampa Stock Trading Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) | 7:00 PM |
| Financial Secrets for Wealth Accumulation Personal/Business | Financial Wealth Secrets to turn your Debts into Wealth | 8:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
Friday, July 15
Saturday, July 16
Sunday, July 17
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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