Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 19 through Sunday, September 25, 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.
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 the latest version of this week’s list here on Global Nerdy!
Monday, September 19
Tuesday, September 20
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Business Strategy Meetup Group | Business Networking | 7:15 AM |
| Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area | East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast® | 8:30 AM |
| Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup | SBDC Hillsborough County: Starting Your Business | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Event: Adobe Illustrator – Logo Design & Development | 10:00 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups | User provisioning made easy by integrating business applications | 11:00 AM |
| SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together | SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect! | 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 |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM |
| Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Dolan Mortgage Group | Lunch and Learn – Digital & Social Media for Realtors | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | How to Maximize LinkedIn Virtual Summit | 1:00 PM |
| Tampa Startup Founder 101 | $100,000 Quantum & Photonics Pitch Competition | 4:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM |
| Tampa Financial Freedom Meetup Group | MAKING AN ONLINE INCOME TOWARDS A BRIGHTER RETIREMENT | 5:00 PM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Trinity/Odessa Evening Networking “The Happy Hour of Power” All Welcome! | 5:30 PM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Evening meeting Every TUESDAY | 5:30 PM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Evening Meeting | 5:30 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Devs | TDevs – Machine Learning 101 @ EmbarcCollective | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG) | TBSSUG Monthly Meeting | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [IN PERSON] DDAL05-09 Durlag’s Tomb (Tier 3, FR, historic) | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Seminole SPC Toastmasters | 6:15 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 | Weekly Meeting | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Investor/Training Meetup | Tampa Bay Investor Training | 6:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up and Write | 6:30 PM |
| Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group | Sept Book Club | 6:30 PM |
| Girl Develop It Orlando | Intro to HTML and CSS | 6:30 PM |
| The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group | The Sarasota Creative Writers | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Serralles Group Real Estate | Free Real Estate Seminar/Networking | 6:30 PM |
| Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM |
| DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup | [Hybrid] Design Estimation: Measuring Up | 7:00 PM |
| Recess and Refresh- Playing fun active recess style games | You deserve some fun! Join us in Laurel FL | 7:00 PM |
| Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | The basics of Data Analytics 📈 | 7:00 PM |
| TampaBay Timebanks | Monthly Meeting in Tampa | 7:00 PM |
| Library Book Clubs – OCLS | Podcast Listening Club | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 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 |
| Dialogue and Human Experience. | How to communicate with others who….? | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 7:00 PM |
| TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House! | 7:30 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
Wednesday, September 21
Thursday, September 22
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Colon jr with United Wealth Educators | Business networking event | See event page |
| Doris Muller for NPI Westchase Chapter | Business Networking Event for Local Professionals | See event page |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM |
| Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM |
| TampaBayNetworkers | Suncoast Networkers | 8:30 AM |
| NTi Port Richey, FL | NTi New Port Richey – Business Referral Network | 9:00 AM |
| Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | Real Success Live Online Summit | 9:30 AM |
| Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM |
| Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! | The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift | 11:00 AM |
| Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Hyperledger Tampa | 7 ways of ensuring the security of your blockchain product | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM |
| Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup | 5 tactics of the MITRE ATT&CK framework to look out for | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM |
| Block Co-op – Bitcoin Crypto Blockchain Orlando | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome | Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Chuck Lager America’s Tavern | 11:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals | Wesley Chapel Grill Smith Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| “Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Telecom Park Toastmasters #6745 | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 12:00 PM |
| Big Data and Analytics Orlando | Pattern-based Code Generation in StreamSets | 1:00 PM |
| ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups | 4 password self-service best practices to supercharge your IT security | 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 |
| Hi Tampa Bay | Hi Tampa Bay Innovation & Tech Happy Hour | 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Class: Designing with the Adobe Mobile Suite | 4:30 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 89: Harbor | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 5:00 PM |
| Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Latin Chamber | Networking Mixer | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT |
| Critical Hit Games | Warhammer Night | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Business Club | Sunset ROOFTOP Networking Social @The Current hote | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Phoenix Board Gaming ! | 6:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| Black Orlando Tech (BOT) | Career Skill Up + Happy Hour with KForce | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Writers Alliance | Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Ybor Free Writing Group | Writing Meetup | 6:30 PM |
| Ocala Magic: The Gathering Meetup Group | MTG Booster Draft Game Night | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa SharePoint Online User Group | A First SPFx app using MS Graph | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Technology Center | WordPress | 7:00 PM |
| Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming | Werewolf and Witch-hunt at Hourglass Brewery @ the Hourglass district | 7:00 PM |
| Gen Geek | Line Dance Lessons at the Dallas Bull | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12 | 7:00 PM |
| Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color | “Launch, Marketing & Sell your digital products.” | 7:00 PM |
| Ladies Connect! | Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk hotel | 7:00 PM |
| WordPress Clearwater FL | WordPress Monthly Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | 3D Printing Guild | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Bitcoin | Bitcoin Social | 7:30 PM |
Friday, September 23
Saturday, September 24
Sunday, September 25
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Kat Usop, MSHI | MINDSHOP™| AI FOR ALL | See event page |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM |
| Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg | Shut Up & Write! – Starbucks in DTSP | 10:00 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT |
| Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Descent Into Gaming | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Card Room | .25/.50 Texas Holdem Online Cashgame | 12:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Poker Tournaments Meetup Group | .25/.50 Online Texas Holdem Cash Game | 2:00 PM |
| Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group | Get to Know You Session | 3:00 PM |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Class: Adobe Bridge Fundamentals | 4:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group | Rifts | 5:00 PM |
| Shut Up & Write!® Orlando | Shut Up & Write!® Near UCF | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | September New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1: Level 1-4) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Let’s Learn to Turn Pens! | 6:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT |
| The Art of Photography – Tampa Bay Area Chapter | Presenting SUN 9/25 at 10 AM- THE ART of ART: A JOURNEY IN MOTION by Art Jacoby | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | Alphabet Soup | Finding Letters in the World Around Us | 7:00 PM |
| Nerdbrew Events | Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! | 7:00 PM |
| Nerd Night Out | NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s! | 8:00 PM |
| Low Light Photography Group | A Low Light Excursion to Caspersen Beach | 8:00 PM |
| Solana – Tampa | Office Hours | 8:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT |
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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