Every week, I compile a list of events for developers, technologists, tech entrepreneurs, and nerds in and around the Tampa Bay area. We’ve got a lot of events going on this week, and here they are!
Monday, July 30
- Cool ‘n Confident Toastmasters @ SPC – St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Women’s Entrepreneurial Think Tank @ Neptune Grill, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- YouTube Support Group — Creating Simple Graphics for your YouTube Channel and Videos @ Village Inn (9107 4th Street, , St. Petersburg), 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Pints & Pixels Gaming Night! @ Brew Bus, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — Mining Mondays @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- South Tampa Toastmasters @ Unity of Tampa, 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Tuesday, July 31
- Westshore Toastmasters @ FIVE Labs, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa Bay IIBA – Virtual Lunch and Learn Series: Work with Passion @ online, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Tuesday Night Gaming @ Cool Stuff Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- BoardMeetings – Meet People, Play Games — Karts for Kids – A Mario Kart Tournament for Charity @ Park & Rec, 6:00 PM to 11:59 PM
- Power BI User Group Meeting – July 2018 Tampa @ ConnectWise, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Sisters in Technology — Network After Work @ Panera Bread (364 Brandon Town Center Mall, Brandon), 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Weekly Open Make Night @ Tampa Hackerspace, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — Tuesday Nite Roleplayers (RPGs) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Portkey to Magic — Happy Birthday Harry! Trivia Night @ Jacks London Grill, 6:45 PM to 9:00 PM
- St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults @ Flying Boat Brewing Company, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Code Katas — Let’s Do Some Fun Code Challenges! @ PROforma, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Indie Game Jammers — Game Jam Final Showcase @ online, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Play Overwatch at ‘Geek Out!’ & Taco Tuesday Night! @ Geek Out! Games, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- NerdBrew Trivia: Harry Potter (Part 2)! @ The Lowry Parcade and Tavern, 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Wednesday, August 1
- Tampa Bay WaVE — Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs @ FirstWaVE Venture Center, 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Proper Edible Cookie Dough / LumaStream @ St. Petersburg Greenhouse, 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — PixelStix / Vivid Consulting Group LLC. @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 9:00 AM
- Tampa Small Business Owner Workshops — Entrepreneurs Workshop @ Rocky Point Centre, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — SecureSet Info Night Tampa @ SecureSet Tampa Campus, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Scrum Masters Guild @ Healthesystems, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Artificial Intelligence Meetup — Quantifying the Human Brain During Human-Computer Interaction @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Laser Cutter Orientation @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Nerd Night Out — Games & Grog Night @ Peabody’s (Palms Lounge), 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
- Women in Linux — Understanding Linux @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Blockchain Enthusiasts — Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Meetup: News, Q&A, Networking, Social @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Thursday, August 2
- Coffee and Code @ Pour House at Grand Central, 11:15 AM to 1:15 PM
- Brandon Boardgamers — Let’s Game on Thursdays @ Panera Bread (3490 Lithia Pinecrest Road, Valrico), 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Fermidox – Tampa’s Premier Digital Marketing Social Club — Digital Mixer – Influencers in Marketing, Data, Dev & More @ Rock Bros. Brewing, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Game Club Tampa Meetup — The Chosen, a home brew pathfinder variant (FULL) @ Grand Arena of Mind Expansion, 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM
- American Marketing Association, Tampa Bay Chapter — AMA After Hours Networking Event @ CoWorkTampa, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Tampa Bay Agile / Tampa Bay Area Software Craftsmanship Meetup — Welcome to the Heart of Agile: 4 Words + a Community (Dr. Alistair Cockburn) @ Malwarebytes Clearwater Office, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay AWS User Group — Building a Serverless Website – Presentation by Amazon @ Nielsen, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Drupal Website Development, Design & Technologies Meetup — Modern Web Design & Development Meetup, focusing on Drupal CMS @ Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay DevOps — DevOps and Artificial Intelligence AI @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Tampa Bay RPA — Learn how Software Automation / RPA can provide you a competitive advantage @ Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (ECC), 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- WordPress St. Petersburg — Choosing a WordPress Host: Q&A @ TEC Garage at SPC Downtown Campus, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) @ Tampa Hackerspace, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Hyperledger Tampa — Introduction to Hyperledger @ BlockSpaces, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday, August 3
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (St Petersburg) @ Panera Bread (2285 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater), 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Carrollwood) @ Maple Street Biscuit Company, 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
- Café con Tampa — The Importance of Public Art (and supporting local artists) with Mark Aeling and Carrie Jadus @ Oxford Exchange, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
- Tampa Bay Tech Events — The Green Asterisk Coworking @ The Pearl, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Comic Con! @ Tampa Convention Center, 10:00 AM to Sunday, 6:00 PM
- Speaking and Presentation Skills Success — Negotiation Strategies @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Tampa eMarketing Groups — Lunch & Learn: Promoting Yourself and Your Brand On and Offline @ Co-Work Landing, 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
- Learn Cybersecurity Tampa — Beginner’s Intro to Capture The Flag @ SecureSet Tampa Campus, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup — Capture the Flag: Cybersecurity Hackathon! @ SecureSet Tampa Campus, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Marvel v. DC @ Tampa Bay Comic Con! @ Tampa Bay Comic Con, Tampa Convention Center, 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Saturday, August 4
- Cigar City Multirotors — Meet, Greet and Fly! @ Mango Dog Park, 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
- Remote Employees of Tampa Bay — Newcomers Welcome Lunch (new & old alike) @ Panera Bread (3181 Curlew Road, Oldsmar), 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
- Grand Gamers of St. Petersburg — Board Games @ Serenity Games, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Nerdbrew Trivia — Marvel v. DC @ Tampa Bay Comic Con! @ Tampa Bay Comic Con, Tampa Convention Center, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Sunday, August 5
- Tampa Drones Meetup — Open Fly Day – Fly what you have! @ Sheffield Disc Golf Park, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Geekocracy! — Brunch Brainstorm @ World of Beer (2815 E Fowler Ave, Tampa), 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Largo Board Games Meetup — Blood Rage @ 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Critical Hit Games — D&D Adventurers League: Level 1-4 Tables @ Critical Hit Games, 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM