Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, March 28 through Sunday, April 3, 2022.
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.
It’s the list’s fifth anniversary!
This list turns 5 this week! Since late March 2017, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. My goal was to help geeks of various stripes in this very geographically spread-out area know what’s going on, and help grow “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast” as a place for people working in technology and related fields to live, work, and play!
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 the latest version of this week’s list here on Global Nerdy!
Monday, March 28
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| RGANetwork.net | South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli | |
| Tampa Cybersecurity Training | Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks | 9:00 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM |
| Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | South Tampa Business Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | South Tampa Referrals | 11:30 AM |
| Entrepreneurs’ Empowerment Empire | Entrepreneurs Empower Empire- Official Meeting | 11:30 AM |
| Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Magic Mondays | 5:00 PM |
| The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night | 5:30 PM |
| Bunker Labs Tampa | Bunker Connect – Tampa | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| Learn-To-Trade Crypto – Online (As Seen on Orlando Sentinel) | Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE) | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Open Play | 6:00 PM |
| Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session | 6:00 PM |
| Toastmasters Division G | Radiant Ridge Toastmasters | 6:00 PM |
| Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [IN PERSON] DDAL05-07 – Chelimber’s Descent (Tier 1, FR, historic) | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Cool, Confident & Politically Imperfect Toastmasters | 6:45 PM |
| Tampa Cryptocurrency Group | Discussing the world of crypto | 7:00 PM |
| Orlando Stoics | ONLINE: “Your Brain on Fear” (Part 1) | 7:00 PM |
| Florida Center for Creative Photography | FREE Lightroom Study Group | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Flutter Meetup Group | In-Person Meetup | 7:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Sharpen Your Presentations at South Tampa TM Before Going Live! | 7:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Board Game Night at Armada Games | 7:00 PM |
| Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Tuesday, March 29
Wednesday, March 30
Thursday, March 31
| Group | Event Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Roamin’ with Roman Digital Photography Meetup Group | SW Florida Bird Photography Workshop Sarasota Area | 6:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM |
| Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM |
| Pasco County Entrepreneurs Meetup | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM |
| Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals | Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US! | 7:30 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM |
| TampaBayNetworkers | Sun Coast Networking Meeting | 8:30 AM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
| University of South Florida Muma College of Business | Thought Leader Series Featuring adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
| Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM |
| Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM |
| Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum | HireUP Tampa Bay | 11:00 AM |
| Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM |
| Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM |
| Tampa Bay RPA | Virtual Immersion Lab: Innovating the DMV with Intelligent Automation | 12:00 PM |
| Toastmasters District 48 | Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters | 12:00 PM |
| Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games | 1:00 PM |
| Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup | How to spot attackers in your Active Directory | 2:00 PM |
| Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 3:00 PM |
| Hourglass Brewing Axe Club | Hourglass Longwood Axe Club | 4:00 PM |
| Tampa !p | Community Round Table | 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
| Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM |
| The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Playing Games in the Alley | 5:00 PM |
| Tampa !p | Building the Soaring City !p | Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT |
| West Orange Comics & Video Games | Thursday Night Yu-gi-oh! | 6:00 PM |
| Library Book Clubs – OCLS | Virtual Event: Winter Garden Book Club | 6:00 PM |
| Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 6:00 PM |
| Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM |
| Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at the Collective | 6:00 PM |
| St. Petersburg Gnostic Association | Corresponding lecture of the program | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Business Club/Networking After Hours | Downtown After Hours At Lit Cigar & Martini lounge | 6:00 PM |
| Tampa Business Club | Downtown Networking After Hours @Lit | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
| Tampa Bay Python | Tampa Bay Python’s first hackathon! | 6:30 PM |
| Eccentricity Club (Foodies and Fun) | Great Italian at Tornatores | 6:30 PM |
| Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes | Off-camera lighting demonstration (small group) | 6:30 PM |
| Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co. | 7:00 PM |
| Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM |
| Entrepreneurs with ADHD | Webinar: The basics of a social media strategy | 7:00 PM |
| Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful | 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Friday, April 1
Saturday, April 2
Sunday, April 3
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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