Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, July 26 through Sunday, August 1, 2021.
This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four 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”!
I’m moving this list to Fridays so that you’ve got more time to plan for the upcoming week. Let me know if this change works for you (or if it doesn’t)!
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
Monday, July 26
- Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay — Live Online Networking- Monday @ 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM UTC
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — South Tampa Referrals @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals — Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net — Tampa Bay Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton — Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Tampa / St Pete Business Connections — South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Tabletop — Monday Feast & Game Night @ 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! — Open Painting at Warehouse 51 @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! — Hobby Night! at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles @ 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup — July Viewing Party @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! — MTG: Commander Open Play (At Critical Hit Games) @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — Toast of Lakewood Ranch Toastmasters Club @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Critical Hit Games — MTG: Commander Open Play @ 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Critical Hit Games — Heavy/Euro Board Game Night @ 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — Tampa Toastmasters Club 1810!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Urban Pastimes – Trivia Game Show — Urban Pastimes – Trivia Game Show @ 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM UTC
- The New Tampa/ Wesley Chapel Book Club — Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — Break out of your comfort zone and become the leader you’re meant to be! @ 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Nerd Night Out — NB Online Anime Watch Party @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
Tuesday, July 27
- Toastmasters District 48 — Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM UTC
- Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce — Metrowest Leads Group by the Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce @ 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM UTC
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — Virtual Networking Success @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM UTC
- The 360 Exchange- Maitland Exchange — The 360 Exchange – Maitland Exchange @ 11:15 AM to 12:45 PM UTC
- TampaBayNetworkers — Join the BAYSIDE GROUP for great networking! @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Libate & Learn — Back to the Office: The Transition Back to In-Person Work @ 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- Sassy Sisters Inc Spirited Networking for Professional Women — Sassy Sisters Sarasota Happy Hour Social @ 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM UTC
- The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group — The Sarasota Creative Writers @ 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM UTC
- Toastmasters Division E — Toast of Celebration Toastmasters @ 6:45 PM to 8:15 PM UTC
- Suncoast Gamers — Board Games for fully vaxed @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Ladies of Tampa Bay — SURVEY SAYS (Family Feud Game) @ The Thirsty Marlin @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- North Pinellas Moms — Book club @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM UTC
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | Level Up Your Career With Thinkful @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- North Florida Stock Investing Education — Stock Investing Roundtable @ 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM UTC
Wednesday, July 28
- Networking 4 Profit — Referral Networking Meeting Orlando Area @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM UTC
- 1 Million Cups Orlando — SpeechJeannie @ 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa @ 9:00 AM
- North Tampa Networking Group — Business networking @ 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM UTC
- Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club — Carrollwood Village Park @ 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM UTC
- Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net — Virtual Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce — BUSINESS BREAK NETWOKING LEADS GROUP Of Dr. Phillips @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Comics and Animation Meetup — Graphic Novel Book Discussion @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM UTC
- Business Go-Getters (Service-Based Business Owners) — LIVE Q&A About How to Build Your Business @ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM UTC
- Brandon Boardgamers — Board Gaming – In Person @ 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Hip Chicks 50+ St. Petersburg, Florida — Hip Chicks Book Club Venue #2 @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org — Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup @ 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Writers Alliance — Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Geekocracy! — Book Club – The Count of Monte Cristo Ch 36- 70 @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts — Orlando Word Lab @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Saint Petersburg Bitcoin Meetup — [In-Person] Tampa Bay Blockchain Meetup: News, Markets, & Community @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
Thursday, July 29
- Orlando Business Referral Group (BNI-Professional Alliance) — BNI Professional Alliance-A Business Referral Group @ 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM UTC
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — Successful Networking Tips for Introverts with Janet Parnes @ 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM UTC
- Power Business Networking — Power Business Networking Thursday 11:45 am 2021 07 29 @ 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM UTC
- Cloud Architects and Engineers Tampa — High-impact use cases for AI in Higher Education @ 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM UTC
- Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net — Summer Business Expo & Fiesta 2021 @ 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM UTC
- The Neon Temple — Deep Neon Stories: In-person only talk, no guests @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Tampa Bay Women in Tech — The #IamRemarkable! Experience @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Black Expressions Book Club (BEBC) — ***Rescheduled – Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance by Hannibal Johnson @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM UTC
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Speaker Series || Student Success Story: Peter Correa @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- MOMS Club of Clearwater North — Book Club @ 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC
Friday, July 30
- Powerful Women Networking — S Orlando/Dr Phillips: Join us for fun connection growth & networking too! @ 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Comic Con @ Friday 12 noon to Sunday 5:00 PM
- Tampa Professional Networking Meetup — Let’s Do Lunch and Network! – Tampa @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Gaming Guild — Friday Night Gaming @ 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Gaming Guild — Pathfinder 2nd Ed – 1 player needed @ 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM UTC
- GFWC North Pinellas Woman’s Club — GFWC Florida Leadership Camp @ Friday 7:00 PM to Saturday 3:00 PM
Saturday, July 31
- GFWC Tampa Junior Woman’s Club — Leadership Camp @ 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters Division E — Hunters Creek Toastmasters @ 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM UTC
- Toastmasters District 84 — Let’s Get Digital @ 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM UTC
- Lakeland Black Professionals — Grown N’ Sexy Summer Pub Crawl @ 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM UTC
- Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay — Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay Zoom meeting @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM UTC
- Critical Hit Games — Star Wars Legion Skirmish Tournament @ 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Board Gayming — Easy short intro games (shadow hunters, coup, Splendor, avalon, coloretto) @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM UTC
- Out and About Social Orlando (20’s-40’s) — Gaming Arcade Lounge Social @ 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM UTC
- New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! — Beat the Summer Heat – Stay inside and play board and card games!! @ 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Nerd Night Out — Game Night! @ 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM UTC
Sunday, August 1
- Tampa Bay Drone Club — Open Fly @ Wesley Chapel Park @ 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM UTC
- Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club — R. E. Olds Park @ 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM UTC
- Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg — Shut Up & Write! – August 1st at the Station House in St Pete @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM UTC
- Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild — 5E (ish) AD&D – Humble Beginnings Campaign (Trouble in Elm). @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Narcissistic Personality Abuse Support Group — Book Study on Zoom: “Healing from Hidden Abuse” by Shannon Thomas ( 1 of 4 ) @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
Tampa Bay area news roundup
Tech job boom in Tampa Bay continues as companies relocate to Sunshine State
“Hundreds of jobs are up for grabs in the Tampa Bay area, but one of the hottest markets right now is the technology industry. New companies keep moving to Tampa and that adds to the idea of Tampa as a major tech hub.”
ConnectWise signs big deal to move HQ from Westshore to downtown Tampa
“Tampa software company ConnectWise has signed a big office lease in downtown Tampa and plans to move its headquarters from Westshore to the urban core.”
San Francisco real estate tech firm opens regional hub in Tampa
“San Francisco-based real estate tech firm HomeLight has opened a regional hub in Tampa, marking a critical step in its expansion plans for the state.”
With defense industry businesses flocking to Tampa Bay, St. Pete Innovation District proposes new hub to city
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