Happy first week of May! Here’s your list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 3 through Sunday, May 9, 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 Bat and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!
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.
Yes, many of us have had their first (and even second!) vaccines, but we’re not at the point where it’s advisable to return to pre-pandemic-style in-person events. It will happen soon, but in the meantime, I’m restricting this list to online events. In the age of broadband internet, smartphones, and social media, it’s not that hard. Stay home, stay safe, stay connected, and #MakeItTampaBay!
This week’s events
Monday, May 3
- Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group — Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online) @ 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay — Live Online Networking- Monday @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals — Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Entrepreneurs Empower Empire — Office Hour @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Success Strategies for Business Owners — How to develop your Unique Selling Proposition @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Investors & Traders — Stocktwits Meetups — Winning Wall Street’s Money with Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, etc @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Adventurer’s Guild — Candlekeep (Masters) Level 4 Shemshime’s Rhyme @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- RedCarpetMonday Business Networking Group — RedCarpetMonday Orlando Business Networking Event hosted at The University Club @ 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Nerdbrew Events — Anime Watch Party @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Stoics — ONLINE: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Part 2) + After Party @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Join us at our OPEN HOUSE in person or on Zoom at our new South Tampa home! @ 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EDT
- Toastmasters Division E — Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262 @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | UX/UI Design: Creating a Design System @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 84 — Toastmasters Bi-Monthly Forum: @ 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, May 4
- Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group — Carrolwood Networking Breakfast @ 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT
- Free WordPress Website Help — Free WordPress Website Help with Cory – May 4th Event @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- JobFairX — Tampa Job Fair – Tampa Career Fair HIRING EVENT @ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Unity Developers Group — Virtual Event: Unity – Create a First-Person VR Game Level 1 @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Westshore Toastmasters @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- The Neon Temple — WebApp Workshop with Dr. Sunny Wear @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Hackerspace — Online Weekly Open Make Night @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Alchemist Nation – Building 100 Millionaires — 52 Weeks to Financial Fulfillment @ 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
- Code For Orlando — Community Action Night – Lightning Talks @ 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Startup Founder 101 — Meet the Florida Startup Community Leaders @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Suncoast Developers Guild — WordPress St Pete Meetup at SDG @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- WordPress St. Petersburg — Getting Things Done: Projects, Scoping & Working with Clients Tech Panel @ 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Investors & Traders — Stocktwits Meetups — Winning Wall Street’s Money with Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, etc @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Adventurer’s Guild — Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – (Tier 1, APL 2) – DM Canon @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
- MakerFX Makerspace — MakerFX 3D Printing Meetup @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Blacks In Technology – Tampa Bay — Microsoft TEALS – Volunteering as a Code Instructor @ 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Hackerspace — THS Annual Member Meeting Online @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Shut Up & Write!® Tampa — Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom @ 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT
- Nerdbrew Events — Tampa Board Games Online @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Entrepreneurs Network — Achieve your goals & dreams by becoming unstuck & unstoppable | Felicia Searcy @ 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech — Thinkful Webinar | Data Science vs. Data Analytics @ 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, May 5
- 1 Million Cups Orlando — Yale & Schwartz @ 9:00 AM EDT
- 1 Million Cups St. Pete — Arts in Letters @ 9:00 AM EDT
- 1 Million Cups Tampa — Gulf Coast Sourdough / FlowerFive @ 9:00 AM EDT
- North Tampa Networking Group — Business networking @ 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
- Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals — Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch @ 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Agile — Heart of Agile Weekly Coffee Corner @ 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM EDT
- Business Go-Getters (Service-Based Business Owners) — LIVE Q&A About How to Build Your Business @ 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Alchemist Nation – Building 100 Millionaires — Working With Real Estate Investors As Agents: Get The Deal, Close The Deal @ 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
- OK! TRANSMIT Art + Technology Meetups — Art+Tech Meetup No.21: VIRTUAL MEETUP / ARTIST TALKS! @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Adventurer’s Guild — Adventuring 331: Journies to the Beyond (Tier 3, APL 11) Historic Campaign @ 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Agile — Scrum Master Guild – An Evening with Mindset and Leadership Expert, Gil Broza @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters District 48 — Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings now conducted Online using Zoom @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- MakerFX Makerspace — Orlando 3D Printing Meetup @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Deals Meetup Tampa | Find & Pitch Deals Online — 🚨 [ONLINE] Deals Meetup: Find & Pitch Deals * Network Partner Invest (7pm EST) @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild — New Beginnings & Old Rivalries @ 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
- Orlando 3D Printing Meetup — 1st Wednesdays: 3D Printing Latest Developments + Show & Tell ! @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- CSNP – Orlando CyberSecurity — Data Protection 101 – Introduction to Data Protection @ 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Nerdbrew Evnets — Sarah’s Arts Crafts and Bad TV Hangout Night @ 8:00 PM to midnight EDT
- Sunshine State Startup: Idea to IPO — FREE! Pitch Practice: How to Pitch to Investors and Get the Deal @ 10:00 PM to midnight EDT
Thursday, May 6
- Free WordPress Website Help — Free WordPress Website Help with Cory – May 4th Event @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Orlando Digital Media Design Meetup — Virtual Event: Adobe InDesign 101 @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — The Job Seekers Lunch Hour @ 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
- Total Wellness Women — Wise Women Networking [Virtual Event] @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Investors & Traders — Stocktwits Meetups — Winning Wall Street’s Money with Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, etc @ 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
- Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education — Network & Learn: Virtual and In-Person @ 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT
- Drupal User Group of Tampa Bay — Drupal Live Forum / Q&A @ 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
Friday, May 7
- Elevated for Success Women’s Networking Group — Connect and Chat – Roundtable Mastermind @ 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
- Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers — Virtual Coffee @ 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT
- West Orlando WordPress Meetup — WordPress Collaboration Meetup ONLINE ONLY @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum — The Importance of Personal Branding with Martin Grobisen @ 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
- USWVDUG — USWVDUG: May Meetup @ 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
- Meeple Movers Gaming Group — Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays! @ 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
- Women in Solar — Women in Solar Network Event @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Investors & Traders — Stocktwits Meetups — Winning Wall Street’s Money with Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, etc @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- Orlando Adventurer’s Guild — Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour (Tier 3) – DM Canon @ 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT
Saturday, May 8
- Bitcoin Orlando — Bitcoin Orlando: Bitcoin Beginners @ 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
- Tampa Bay Investors & Traders — Stocktwits Meetups — Winning Wall Street’s Money with Stocks, Options, Futures, Forex, Crypto, etc @ 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
- World Of Darkness RPG Meetup — Mage 20th: The Magick Throne @ 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
Sunday, May 9
- The New Normal Book Club – Orlando — THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix E. Harrow @ 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
- Stone Hill — Stone Hill Monthly Virtual Meeting @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
- Toastmasters, Division D — Weekend Toastmasters @ 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
- Orlando Stoics — ONLINE: Presentation at Stoic Salon: SENECA THE STRIVER @ 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
- The Historical History Book Club — Book Discussion: A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel @ 5:30 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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