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, September 13 through Sunday, September 19, 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”!
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
This list contains only events that are outdoors or online for the time being
The COVID-19 case rates are dropping from their all-time highs, but we’re still a hotspot and they still need to continue trending downward. With that in mind, I’ve chosen to limit the events listed to outdoor or online events. Be safe, be responsible, get your shots, and we can get back to those better numbers that we had in the spring and early summer!
Monday, September 13
- Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals — Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton — Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay — Live Online Networking- Monday @ 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
- Entrepreneurs Empower Empire — Office Hour @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Toast of Lakewood Ranch Toastmasters Club @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters Division G — Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual) @ 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Tampa Toastmasters Club 1810!! @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Nerd Night Out — NB Online Anime Watch Party @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614 @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Library Book Clubs – OCLS — Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Successful Leadership? There’s an APP for that! APPly Your Speaking Skills More! @ 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
- Liberal Enlightened Forward Thinking Singles — September Book Club @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM UTC
- Tampa Bay Women in Tech — Monday Night Pulse Check @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Comics and Animation Meetup — The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir @ 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Creating a Design System @ 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Creating a Design System @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, September 14
- Toastmasters District 48 — Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486 @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Carrolwood Networking Breakfast Tuesday & Thudsday @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
- BNI Legends — BNI Legends – Business Networking @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
- Toastmasters, Division D — CEO Toastmasters Hybrid Open House @ 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM UTC
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — How to Beat the Applicant Tracking System @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Fe league — Speaker Series: Women in Innovation @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Westshore Toastmasters @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Keystone Mastermind Alliance – KMA Network — Weekly Connect & Accountability – ZOOM at NOON @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
- BOSS CEOs Tampa — 💻 [ONLINE] BOSS TALK TUESDAYS (2pm EST) @ 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
- Sunshine State Startup: Idea to IPO — How to Form an Angel or Venture Fund @ 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
- Sarasota Spanish-English Conversation Group — Club de Libros con repaso de vocabulario nuevo @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || A Day In the Life: Data Scientist @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters Division E — Bartow (FL) Toastmasters Club, ONLINE @ 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters Division E — Bartow (FL) Toastmasters Club, HYBRID Meeting @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM UTC
- Toastmasters District 48 — St. Petersburg Toastmasters Club #2284 @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- North Florida Stock Investing Education — Current State of the US Equity Market @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Brandon Toastmasters Club @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Lakeland Note Investing Group — Lakeland Note Investing Meetup Group @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Dunedin Toastmasters Club #2166 @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM UTC
- Library Book Clubs – OCLS — Let’s Talk: Fairy Tales: Podcast Discussion Group @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters Division G — Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731 @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Shut Up & Write!® Tampa — Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom @ 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar | Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics @ 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, September 15
- Toastmasters District 48 — Sarasota WCR Toastmasters Club #7327 @ 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
- 1 Million Cups Orlando @ 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete @ 9:00 AM
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Truth or Err / Fitlyfe @ 9:00 AM
- North Tampa Networking Group — Business networking @ 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
- Tampa Cybersecurity Training — LinkedIn for Techies: Do’s and Don’ts for Tech Professionals @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
- Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay — Online Networking 3rd. Wednesday @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Success Strategies for Business Owners — Financial Series- Getting Angels, VCs, and Crowdfunding Money @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters, Division D — Orange County Toastmaster Club #129 @ 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM EDT
- Sunshine State Startup: Idea to IPO — FREE WEBINAR: How to Outsource Development of Your App @ 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour- Meet Up — Virtual Speed Networking Happy Hour! @ 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
- Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton — Virtual Speed Networking Like Speed Dating only not Awkward! @ 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design? @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Bitcoin — [Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar | Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals @ 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Speaker Series || Student Success Story: Claire Hendry @ 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thursday, September 16
- Power Business Networking — Power Business Networking Thursday 11:45 am 2021 09 16 @ 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Boost Your Online Learning @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
- Orlando Local Podcasters — Podcast Tech for Financial Inclusion & Economic Admission of The Bottom Billion @ 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Holistic Wealth & Success Business Networking Grp — September 16th – Nationwide Networking: ONLINE Biz Mixer @ 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
- We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group — Virtual Writing Get Downs @ 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Comics and Animation Meetup — Saga @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For You? @ 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Friday, September 17
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — Ask a Career Coach – Tampa Bay @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Science with Thinkful @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Saturday, September 18
- The Sarasota Book Club Meetup Group — September Book Club @ 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM EDT
- Comics and Animation Meetup — The Dark Phoenix Saga @ 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
- Comics and Animation Meetup — Faith V.1: Hollywood and Vine @ 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Games Developer Guild — Game Project Therapy (Virtual) @ 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
- Kitchen Table Book Club: Year of Afrofuturism — “Everfair”- Nisi Shawl (2017) @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Sunday, September 19
- Toastmasters, Division D — Weekend Toastmasters @ 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa — Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System @ 6:00 PM to 7:30 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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