Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 7 through Sunday, March 13, 2022.
This list is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For almost five 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
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 this list’s page on Global Nerdy often!
Monday, March 7
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Stuchiner | Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto! What’s all the Fuss?~~~Tampa, FL | |
| RGANetwork.net | South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli | |
| Orlando Power BI User Group | Power BI Summit 2022 | 8:00 AM |
| Low Light Photography Group | Photo Drop off at the MPAC March 7th | 9:00 AM |
| Tampa Cybersecurity Training | Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks | 9:00 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST |
| Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group | Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online) | 11:00 AM |
| Orlando Photo + Design Meetup | Virtual Event: Adobe Photoshop – Skin Retouching | 11:00 AM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | South Tampa Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | South Tampa Business Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs’ Empowerment Empire | Office Hour | 12:00 PM |
| Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup | Virtual Event: Adobe Design Coach | 3:00 PM |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST |
| Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education | March Founder’s Event – Jason & Katie Close | 5:30 PM |
| The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night | 5:30 PM |
| New Wealth CoLab | New Wealth CoLab for Real Estate Investors Meet & Greet | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1) | 6:00 PM |
| We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group | Virtual Writing Get Downs | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Open Play | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| New Port Richey True Crime Meetup | Truecrime | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM |
| Polk County BiggerPockets Members Networking Group | Polk County Bigger Pockets Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Flutter Meetup Group | In-Person Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “Stoicism and Christianity” Part 2 (Similarities) | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Hackerspace | Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only) | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division E | Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262 | 7:00 PM |
| South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group | FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FREE Lightroom Study Group | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Sharpen Your Presentations at South Tampa TM Before Going Live! | 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 | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST |
Tuesday, March 8
Wednesday, March 9
Thursday, March 10
Friday, March 11
Saturday, March 12
Sunday, March 13
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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