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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, February 7, 2022)

Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 7 through Sunday, February 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.

The mandatory omicron variant announcement

Prior to the omicron variant, there was still a pretty good chance that you didn’t personally know someone who’d caught COVID. Today, thanks to its contagiousness, omicron has made it so much more likely that someone you personally know has caught it — and probably has it now.

Omicron’s out there, and it’s not as “mild” as some people have described it. Be smart and responsible — get your booster, mask up in crowds, favor outdoor and online events, and we can get back to what passes for normal sooner!

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 page often!

Monday, February 7

GroupEvent NameTime
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Financially Free ForeverFree OPEN Passes to DeveloperWeek 2022 (Feb 7-9)7:00 AM
Tampa Bay Azure User GroupFree OPEN Passes to DeveloperWeek 2022 (Feb 7-9)8:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity TrainingTampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks9:00 AM
Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup GroupOption Trading Strategies Meetup (Online)11:00 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa BayLive Online Connection Meeting- Monday11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.netSt. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s11:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business ConnectionsSouth Tampa Professional Networking Lunch11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & BradentonVirtual Networking Lunch Monday11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business ProfessionalsLutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking GroupSouth Tampa Referrals11:30 AM
Tampa St Pete Stocks and Options Trading GroupVantage Point – Weekly Market Recap & Outlook of Future Market Conditions2:00 PM
SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles ClubEUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS4:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video GamesMagic Mondays5:00 PM
The Remote Work Collective | Sarasota | 20s/30s/40s/Happy Hour @ Daquiri Deck Siesta Key Village5:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of PlayCritical Hit Games: Board Game Night5:30 PM
Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & EducationNetwork & Learn with Founder of Bugz Rule5:30 PM
Critical Hit GamesMTG: Commander Open Play6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild[FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1)6:00 PM
Tampa Bay TabletoppersMonday Feast & Game Night6:00 PM
Beginning Web DevelopmentWeekly Learning Session6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!Open Painting at Warehouse 516:00 PM
Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St PeteCommander Night6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game BoxcarWeekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz MeetupTrivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show6:30 PM
New Wealth CoLabHow to Manage: Non Fungible Tokens6:30 PM
New Wealth CoLabTampa Real Estate Investing Club WEEKLY Introduction6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!6:30 PM
Florida Center for Creative PhotographyFREE Lightroom Study Group7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM!7:00 PM
Tampa Flutter Meetup GroupIn-Person Meetup7:00 PM
Nerd Night OutNB Online Anime Watch Party7:00 PM
Orlando StoicsONLINE: “Momento Mori & Its History”7:00 PM
Tampa HackerspaceIntro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment GroupFREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division ELakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #22627:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards GuildWorld of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots7:30 PM
North Florida Stock Investing EducationNorth Florida Chapter Model Investment Club7:30 PM

Tuesday, February 8

GroupEvent NameTime
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young AdultsSt. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division ILake Mary Toastmasters7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet UpClearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome7:30 AM
BNI LegendsBNI Legends – Business Networking7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking GroupClearwater/Largo Professional Networking Breakfast Tuesday Mornings7:30 AM
Toastmasters, Division DCEO Toastmasters8:00 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of CommerceMetrowest Exclusive Leads Group Meeting8:30 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHDCoffee and Introductions9:00 AM
Front End CreativesNetworking for Techies10:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & MixersUpper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch11:00 AM
Suncoast Business NetworkBusiness Networking Lunch11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs MeetupProfessional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business ProfessionalsNew Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa11:30 AM
Orlando Power BI User GroupLunch and Learn: Performance Tuning Power Query And Dataflows In Power BI12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48Westshore Toastmasters12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48MESSAGE CRAFTERS12:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond ClubBitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.1:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking EventsNetwork After Work Virtual Networking2:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/InternetSocial Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic SocietyLight Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.4:30 PM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and NetworkingOnline Alumni Panel: How Ironhack changed my mindset, career, and life!6:00 PM
Tampa HackerspaceWeekly Open Make Night6:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West PascoGame Day6:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) GamersPasco Game Day at Dented Keg6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!Card Game Night at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of PlayCool Stuff Games: Board game night6:00 PM
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup GroupThe Sarasota Creative Writers6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club Weekly Meeting6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Wargaming SocietyX-Wing game at Nerdy Needs6:30 PM
WordPress St. PetersburgAsk Us Anything: WordPress Support Crowdsourcing Meetup6:30 PM
Tampa Drones MeetupMeet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab6:30 PM
Florida Podcasters AssociationFlorida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!6:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz MeetupTrivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show6:30 PM
Tampa eMarketing GroupsLearn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!6:30 PM
Suncoast Developers GuildWordPress St Pete Meetup at SDG6:30 PM
Think Like a Coder!Let’s figure out how to code “Wordle”7:00 PM
Tampa HackerspaceWoodshop Safety (Members Only)7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment GroupFREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start7:00 PM
Punta Gorda Business Referral Networking Meetup GroupNetworking Meeting- Weekly7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet PeopleHow to Get Rid of Negative Thinking and Negative Emotions7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division GSpanglish Toastmasters Club 77037317:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative PhotographyAMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software7:00 PM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners ClubTechnical analysis 101: Crypto charting basics7:00 PM
Simplicity BrandonFlesh & Blood Armory Night7:00 PM
Lakeland Note Investing GroupLakeland Note Investing Meetup Group7:00 PM
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nightsCrypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights7:00 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup GroupLet’s play chess at 54th Kava House!7:30 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career AdvancementHow to Be a More Confident Communicator7:30 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking[Online] Public Speaking and Your Success As a Communicator7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL[Online] How to Increase Your Self-Confidence in Public Speaking7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® TampaOnline Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom7:45 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs NetworkUse stories to amplify the impact of your marketing messages | Janelle Anderson8:00 PM
Tampa Bay Writing, Publishing & Marketing MeetupStorytelling & Prose Open Mic – Guest Author Cooper Levey-Baker8:00 PM

Wednesday, February 9

GroupEvent NameTime
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center1 Million Cups Tampa 
United Inventors AssociationUnited Inventors Association – Roadmap to Success 
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Orlando Unity Developers Group🥽Best Practices & Tools For XR Design with Simon Frübis – Feb 9th, 2 PM 👀12:00 AM
Networking 4 ProfitReferral Networking Meeting Orlando Area8:00 PM
1 Million Cups – Orlando1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup9:00 AM
North Tampa Networking GroupBusiness networking9:00 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of CommerceWorkshops for Entrepreneurs & Representatives10:00 AM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and NetworkingCreate and launch your own NFT Collection in 7 days 💡12:00 PM
Tampa Bay AgileHeart of Agile Weekly Coffee Corner12:30 PM
Media Mastery 360Virtual – Oola Inner Circle Mastermind/Accountability1:00 PM
Big Data and Analytics TampaGoogle SLSA & NIST SSDF: Emerging Software Supply Chain Security Best Practices1:00 PM
The Woman Entrepreneur NetworkClient Results Guaranteed3:30 PM
Brandon BoardgamersBoard Gaming – In Person5:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of PlayPlaying Games in the Alley5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild[HISTORIC] Storm King’s Thunder Tier 2 – DM Robert5:00 PM
Lean Startup OrlandoState of Lean Startup 2022 – Rajiv Menon & Jared McGuire5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice ForumIntro to IT | Tech for Beginners6:00 PM
Project ANDWednesday Workshop6:00 PM
Full Stack MeetupFull Stack Meetup6:00 PM
Bradenton Photo GroupBeyond Camera Basics6:30 PM
Orlando StoicsIN-PERSON: Dinner at Baldwin Park6:30 PM
Suncoast Developers GuildOpen Code7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet PeopleHow to Open Yourself Up and Connect with People7:00 PM
Writers of Central Florida or ThereaboutsThe Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour7:00 PM
Tampa HackerspaceIntroduction to Fusion 3607:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community7:00 PM
Castaways Euchre ClubCastaways Euchre Club7:00 PM
Orlando IoTIntro to STM32 ARM-based Microcontrollers7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers MeetupCode challenge bi-weekly coding session8:00 PM

Thursday, February 10

GroupEvent NameTime
nkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
nkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
nkful TampaThinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Orlando Cybersecurity MeetupThree AD Tasks You Should Leave To Your Users2:00 PM
Front End CreativesLunch & Learn – Transferring your Personal Brand to your New Career12:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz MeetupTrivia Night – Early Show at Bunkers Bar Smartphone Trivia Game Show4:00 PM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and NetworkingLearn the secrets to building a tech career that you’ll love!4:40 PM
Tampa Bay AgileLean Beer for All Things Agile (Downtown St Pete)5:30 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group1st ed AD&D Campaign.6:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly MeetupCentral Florida Board Gaming at the Collective6:00 PM
Ocala BitcoinersBitcoin vs. Crypto6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin[In-Person] Bitdevs Tampa Bay7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) GamersTHURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.7:00 PM
ONETUG – Orlando .NET User GroupFeb 10th 2022: Al Rodriguez – CRUD Your Cloud with C# and Pulumi7:00 PM
3D Printing OrlandoBasic 3D Design7:00 PM
Tampa Startup Founder 101Startup Taxes & Financials 101 with Adam Spector, CEO of AbstractOps and Guests8:00 PM

Friday, February 11

GroupEvent NameTime
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier PartnerAdvantage Talks: Apple Apps are Great (and bundled)10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Agile OrlandoVirtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando7:30 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of CommerceFriday Weekly Leads Group of Dr. Phillips FACE-To-FACE Networking8:30 AM
Remote Workers Coffee ClubCoffee Hour at Achilles Art Cafe (Wilshire)12:00 PM
Critical Hit GamesMTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Prerelease2:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative PhotographyUSF Ice Bulls Hockey vs University of Miami7:00 PM
MARS ASTRONOMY CLUBChasing Uranus and Neptune (February MARS Meeting)7:00 PM
Orlando StoicsThe Practicing Stoic – Chapter 2 continued7:00 PM
Tampa StoicsIN-PERSON: Epictetus Discourses (Part 7)7:00 PM
Gen GeekTampa VIP Karaoke8:00 PM

Saturday, February 12

GroupEvent NameTime
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Bradenton Photo GroupSony Demos and Photo Walk Robinson Preserve7:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative PhotographyFREE Beginning Photography Class — The Camera, Part 4 of 49:00 AM
Tampa HackerspaceSolder Your Way to Power!9:00 AM
North Florida Stock Investing EducationComputer Aided Stock Analysis Class (CASA)9:30 AM
Tampa HackerspaceWood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)10:00 AM
St. Pete Short Video Projects Meetup GroupLights, Camera, Action!10:00 AM
Nerd Night OutNNO Book Club: Lakewood1:00 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs NetworkSource Government Funding for your Canadian Projects | Tarig Abdellatief1:00 PM
Girl Develop It OrlandoVirtual Cohort Class: Web Design Essentials II (4-class series)1:00 PM
Geekocracy!Chocolate Fest at Egypt Shriners1:00 PM
The New Normal Book Club – OrlandoTHE CITY OF BRASS by S.A. Chakraborty2:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of ReasonDarwin Day 2022: Eugenie Scott presents Darwin, Evolution, Myth – and Humanism3:00 PM
Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”ONLINE: “The Entangled Life – Funji Chemistry and Twitter Trends”3:00 PM
Bitcoin OrlandoBitcoins Lightning Network: The second Layer of privacy and expansion4:30 PM
Low Light Photography GroupSunset Under the Venice Pier5:30 PM
Esports Players Club TampaMadden Tournament 2/12!6:00 PM
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming GuildRIFTs (Palladium Games)6:00 PM
Gen GeekPASSWORD @abc seafood restaurant6:30 PM
Critical Hit GamesMTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Two Headed Giant Prerelease7:00 PM

Sunday, February 13

GroupEvent NameTime
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free SEO Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free SEO Masterclass] How Google Works Ranking Websites in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] Google AdWords Tutorial & Walk Through in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] How To Optimize & Rank YouTube Videos in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free SEO Masterclass] On Page vs Off Page SEO Strategies in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] Google Analytics Beginners Tips & Tricks in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] SEO Link Building Strategies 101 in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] On Page SEO Strategies for Google in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] SEO Keyword Research Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] How to Write SEO Friendly Google Content in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free Masterclass] Rank #1 on Google Maps & Yelp: Local SEO in Tampa 
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers[Free SEO Masterclass] Google Search Console Tutorial in Tampa 
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful TampaThinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Florida Center for Creative PhotographyVisit ZooTampa while the Weather is Cooler9:00 AM
Gen GeekWeedon island kayaking11:00 AM
Orlando Urban Professionals Meetup GroupBRUNCH N’ LOVE12:00 PM
Central Florida Computer SocietyJoin us for the Windows Special Interest Group1:30 PM
Dialogue and Human Experience.Topic To be determined.2:00 PM
Tampa StoicsIN-PERSON: A Walking Meditation – Causeway Trail5:00 PM

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