Category: Current Events

Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 21 through Sunday, February 27, 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 list’s page on Global Nerdy often!

Monday, February 21

Group	Event Name	Time
RGANetwork.net	South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Coaching for Everyone: Sarasota-Manatee	GSCA February 21st “Virtual” Meeting	11:30 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Machine Shop Milling 101 (Members Only)	9:00 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	South Tampa Referrals	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	South Tampa Business Networking Lunch	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
Tampa St Pete Stocks and Options Trading Group	Vantage Point – Weekly Market Recap & Outlook of Future Market Conditions	2:00 PM
SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club	EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS	4:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Magic Mondays	5:00 PM
Tampa# – C# and .NET	Group Code Challenge [Virtual]	5:30 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480	6:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Cape Coral Toastmasters Club #9051	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	N Pinellas – Monthly TBCoR Humanist Social Dinner	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay DevOps Meetup	TBDevOps monthly meeting	6:30 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
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	ZOOM MEETING ONLY TONIGHT at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Lightroom Study Group	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game Night at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Tampa Flutter Meetup Group	In-Person Meetup	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	ZOOM MEETING ONLY TONIIGHT at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
Tampa Area Crypto And NFT IRL	Tampa Area Crypto and NFTs – Share and Learn Group	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)	6:00 PM

Tuesday, February 22

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
BNI Legends	BNI Legends – Business Networking	7:30 AM
Toastmasters Division I	Lake Mary Toastmasters	7:30 AM
Business Game Changers Group	Clearwater Breakfast Mastermind Village Inn	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Clearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome	7:30 AM
Abundance Networking – Events & BNI Meetings	BNI Abundance – Networking, Introductions, and Business Referrals	8:00 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Enhancing threat detection with user behavior analytics (UBA)	8:00 AM
Bootstrappers Breakfast® – Tampa Bay Area	East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast®	8:30 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Coffee and Introductions	9:00 AM
Front End Creatives	Salary Negotiations	10:00 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Basics of Programming in Unity	10:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch	11:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect!	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	11:30 AM
The Lab Orlando	#CommunityConversations @ The Lab Orlando	11:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Seminole Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Suncoast Business Network	Business Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	Funding 101 for Tech Entrepreneurs	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	12:00 PM
Orlando Power BI User Group	Lunch and Learn: Performance Tuning Power Query And Dataflows In Power BI	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Westshore Toastmasters	12:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking	[Online] Public Speaking and Your Success As a Communicator	7:30 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Still Waiting To Discover Your Path In Life? Find Out The Exact Steps How To	3:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic Society	Light Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.	4:30 PM
To Play (DM) or not to Play (DM)	D&D First Meeting	5:00 PM
Sassy Sisters Inc Spirited Networking for Professional Women	Sassy Sisters Sarasota Happy Hour Social	5:30 PM
Writers on the Air	Writers on the Air meets every Tuesday	5:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	The Sarasota Creative Writers	6:30 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	6:30 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:00 PM
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read	The Book of Lost Names for February	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Flesh & Blood Armory Night	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Get Rid of Negative Thinking and Negative Emotions	7:00 PM
Central Florida Computer Society	Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
The Orlando Python User Group	Pythonic Monthly Meeting	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Winter Springs Toastmasters Club	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	7:00 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement	How to Be a More Confident Communicator	7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL	[Online] How to Increase Your Self-Confidence in Public Speaking	7:30 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at Muddy Water!	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network	How to Master Sales WITHOUT Being “Salesy” | Nancy Matthews	8:00 PM
Tampa Bay Data Science Group	TBDSG: The Rise of Immediate Intelligence, Intro to Apache Druid	6:00 PM

Wednesday, February 23

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	1 Million Cups Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Network After Work	Network After Work Tampa at WXYZ Bar at Aloft Tampa Downtown	6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Girl Develop It Orlando	JavaScript Fundamentals I	12:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers	11:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Tarpon Spring’s Craig Park	9:00 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Brandon Business Professionals Carrabba’s Italian Grill	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	11:30 AM
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Fin Series – Part 5 of 5 – Financial Forecasting in A Post-Pandemic Economy	12:00 PM
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group	Lunch Hour Meetup	12:00 PM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	[1/3] Tools every wanna-be designer needs to know about 🔍: Figma!	12:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	😎 Unity Orlando | Central Florida Monthly “CatchUp” Meeting 👀💯	12:30 PM
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	Heart of Agile MONTHLY Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Heart of Agile Monthly Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
Microsoft Tech Talks – Florida	Microsoft Defender for Containers	1:00 PM
Tampa Bay WaVE	Over the Waves Workshop	2:00 PM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Cloud security – Azure fundamentals	2:00 PM
The Woman Entrepreneur Network	Can you Guarantee Results for your Clients? – What would change if you could?	3:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[HISTORIC] Storm King’s Thunder Tier 2 – DM Robert	5:00 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group	TBDEG – Kickoff Event!	5:30 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	VS. System Wednesdays	6:00 PM
Around The World: International Book Club – Metrowest	POLAND: The Things We Cannot Say – Kelly Rimmer	6:00 PM
Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople	Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople (Cigar City Brewing, Tampa)	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Gatlin Hall Brewing	6:00 PM
Thoughtful Writing	Philosophy in Writing	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Lutz /Land O Lakes /Odessa /Trinity Evening Networking Dinner All Welcome	6:30 PM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Wednesday Evening Business Networking Dinner	6:30 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Understanding Landscape Photography	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	6:30 PM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Business Networking Evening Dinner at Brick City Eatery	6:30 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	6:30 PM
Central Florida CitySec	CitrusSec Meetup	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Open Yourself Up and Connect with People	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code Python for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	Orlando Word Lab	7:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Book Club – An Absolutely Remarkable Thing	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting – VIRTUAL	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code challenge bi-weekly coding session	8:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	11:30 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	11:30 AM
North Port Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	Networking Meeting- Weekly	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[In-Person] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	6:30 PM

Thursday, February 24

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Business and social networking	Business and social networking happy hour! Evie’s Tavern & Grill on Main Street	11:30 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	The need for proactive and reactive approaches to cybersecurity	2:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Bayview Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday All WElCOME	7:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	7:30 AM
ONETUG – Orlando .NET User Group	Feb 24th 2022: Poornima Nayar – REST, GraphQL and gRPC – A Comparison	8:00 AM
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	Business Morning Boost: Microsoft Excel Series	8:30 AM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only	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
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Front End Creatives	How to Stand Out in Your Job Search	12:00 PM
“Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking	Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking!	12:00 PM
Big Data and Analytics Tampa	Intelligent Data Summit	1:00 PM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	Protect yourself from these 5 common cyberattacks With ADSelfService Plus	2:00 PM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	IBM Data Science Community: Text Extensions for Pandas	2:00 PM
StartUp Xchange	Startup Strategy Office Hours	2:30 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
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	Learn the Basics of Python Programming from an Industry Expert📊	4:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show	5:00 PM
Tech On Tap Tampa	TECH ON TAP hosted by Robert Half Technology	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online] DDAL06-02: The Redemption of Kelvan	6:00 PM
Tampa Business Club/Networking After Hours	Sunset Networking After-hours @The Current Rocky Point. Buy tickets, link below	6:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	Breaking Down the Last Barrier to Black Wealth	6:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	Central Florida Board Gaming at the Collective	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Thursday Night Yu-gi-oh!	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Crypto Meetup	Discuss most interesting DeFi investment strategies for 2022	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	6:00 PM
SRQ Cloud Computing Meetup	Cloud Computing Hot Topics 2022 Kick Off Meeting	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	40K Thursday at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	6:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Winter Garden Book Club	6:00 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Python	Unit testing in Python 3: Beyond the Basics	6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48	St Pete Beach Toastmasters In Person + Zoom Group: Improve Your Public Speaking!	6:30 PM
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup	PM Brew UX Meetup	6:30 PM
The Neon Temple	Defending the Home Front: Practical Wi-Fi Defense	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printing Guild	7:00 PM
WordPress Clearwater FL	WordPress Monthly Meetup	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	2022 restart! [biweekly] Server-side Development Study Group	7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Technology Center	WordPress	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Graffiti Junktion 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Modern Minimalism	Cal Newport’s book “Digital Minimalism” (Chap. 7 – Finale!)	7:00 PM
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM
Jamaa’aatul Asr	Reading “Revolution by the Book, the Rap is Live”	7:30 PM
A Path to Sustainability Community	Can I Recycle This? Book Review	7:30 PM
Real Life Trading – Tampa FL	Real Life Trading Tampa	8:00 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	How To Start A Successful Print on Demand Store On ETSY – Almost Zero Outlay	8:00 PM

Friday, February 25

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner	Advantage Talks: Apple Devices Overview	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Networking Leads	2.25.22 NETWORKING EVENT	12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	7:15 AM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Coffee for All Things Agile (Westshore)	7:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Agile Orlando	Agile in the Morning	7:30 AM
Brandon Biz Pros	Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros	8:30 AM
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers	Virtual Coffee	9:00 AM
Toastmasters District 48	Real Talkers #7306	9:15 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	9:25 AM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	Modern Job Titles in Marketing	10:00 AM
Palm Harbor BrainUP	Palm Harbor BrainUp Monthly Meetup	10:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	International Professionals Networking Meeting	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Friday Business Introductions!	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Friday International Business Introductions at McAllisters Westshore	11:30 AM
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	Let’s Do Lunch and Network! – Tampa	12:00 PM
Orlando Houdini User Group (OHUG)	Orlando Houdini Users Group Meeting #13 – Chris Chapman	12:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays!	5:30 PM
3D Printing Orlando	3D Printing Hang Out	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM	6:00 PM
Remote Workers Coffee Club	Happy Hour at Motorworks Brewing	6:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Positively Speaking Toastmasters	6:15 PM
Magic the Gathering: Maitland Magic	Friday Night Magic: Maitland	6:30 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Friday Night Magic	6:30 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Blockchain/Crypto Happy Hour at M Bar Lounge	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	The Practicing Stoic – Chapter 3 continued	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	3D Printing Guild Hangout	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty FNM Draft	7:00 PM
Gen Geek	Paint and sip with me (Darth Vader)	7:30 PM
Read Between The Wines // Sarasota, FL	FEBRUARY MEETUP // “Where The Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens	6:00 PM

Saturday, February 26

Group	Event Name	Time
Doris Muller for NPI Westchase Chapter	Business Networking Event for Local Professionals
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	7:00 AM
Toastmasters Division G	Early Bird Ocala	8:00 AM
The Tampa Bay Strobist and Photoshop Collective	YES! The Vikings are COMING… To Medard Park for our Strobist Group.	9:00 AM
Gen Geek	KPB: Gandy Beach Cleanup	9:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Steel TIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	9:00 AM
Pinellas Writers	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	9:30 AM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Critical Heat BattleTech Alpha Strike Tournament At Critical Hit Games	9:30 AM
Critical Hit Games	Critical Heat BattleTech Alpha Strike Tournament	9:30 AM
Chess Republic	Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown	9:30 AM
3D Printing Orlando	3D Printing Boot Camp	10:00 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays	10:00 AM
Coffee Lovers Unite	Coffee Class!	10:00 AM
St. Petersburg Photography Group	DinoVenture – Dinosaurs at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature – $10	10:00 AM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Saturday Gaming	10:00 AM
MahjCon Mah Jongg Tourney, The Villages FL	Learn to Play American Mah Jongg	10:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)	10:00 AM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Bravo Group Campaign Continues	11:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	A Day at the Races . . . Horse Racing at Tampa Bay Downs	11:00 AM
New Wealth CoLab	New Wealth CoLab GRAND OPENING LAUNCH PARTY	11:00 AM
Purpose Driven Divergent Thinkers	Purpose Driven Business Meetup	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	February – N. Pinellas Book Club	12:00 PM
Lithia Chess Meetup Group	(Chess in the Park) Chess at Park Square Plaza	12:00 PM
Women’s Prosperity Network | Fort Lauderdale Chapter	Online | VIRTUAL Mastermind Experience: Connecting, Creating & Collaborating	12:00 PM
Aspiring Black Coders	ABC virtual meet up – Salary Negotiations!	12:00 PM
Suncoast Makers	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	1:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Advanced Articulators Toastmasters	1:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Mad Hippo Saloon 2 PM Start	2:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Beyond Camera Basics	2:30 PM
Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”	ONLINE: “Critical Thinking: 500 Years of Human Imagination”	3:00 PM
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild	RIFTs (Palladium Games)	6:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Community Hang-out Night	7:00 PM
Riverview Cryptocurrency Meetup Group	Wings and Crypto	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	THE ONE-SHOT GUILD	8:00 PM

Sunday, February 27

Group	Event Name	Time
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google AdWords Tutorial & Walk Through in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] How Google Works Ranking Websites in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] How To Optimize & Rank YouTube Videos in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google Analytics Beginners Tips & Tricks 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] 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] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Keyword Research 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 SEO Masterclass] Google Search Console Tutorial in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Rank #1 on Google Maps & Yelp: Local SEO in Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Honeymoon Island / Dunedin Causeway	9:00 AM
Toastmasters District 48	Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club	9:30 AM
Jane of All Trades Orlando Women’s Workshops	The Basics of Tools, A Workshop for Women	10:30 AM
Geekocracy!	Beach day at Fort DeSoto	11:00 AM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Games at Table Talk Board Game Bistro	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Dungeons and Dragons at Table Talk Board Game Bistro	2:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	2:00 PM
Dialogue and Human Experience.	Happiness & Contentment	2:00 PM
Four Corners Writing and Social Development Workshops	Writing workshops and development grouo	2:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco	Weekend Game Day	2:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	Pasco Sunday Game Day at Dented Keg	2:00 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Game Night at The Juniper General Store	3:00 PM
Orlando Business Leadership and Development Meetup Group	Get to Know You Session	3:00 PM
Gen Geek	Studio 666	4:30 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Paddy Wagen Davenport 4:30 PM Start	4:30 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Cryptos, Forex & Futures – (ONLINE)	5:00 PM
Young Entrepreneurs of Tampa	Young Entrepreneurs Event Dinner	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	February New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild	5E (ish) AD&D – Humble Beginnings Campaign (Trouble in Elm).	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Alphabet Soup | Finding Letters in the World Around Us	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	9:00 PM

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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, February 14 through Sunday, February 20, 2022. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!

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 14

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
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks	9:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	South Tampa Referrals	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Port Richey Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire	Office Hour	12:00 PM
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
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
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual)	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
Tampa Flutter Meetup Group	In-Person Meetup	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game Night at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Sharpen Your Presentations at South Tampa TM Before Going Live!	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
Brandon WordPress Meetup	TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: “3 Major Stoics + 4 Virtues”	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Beginning Web Development	Intro to Git: What You Need to do Your Job	9:00 AM

Tuesday, February 15

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Omni Public / Industrious	Omni Public Presents: Brunch with the Brightest	10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Military Spouse Professional Network	Everyone is an Entrepreneur	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
PDM-SWUG, SolidWorks User Group	PDM SWUG’s Live portion of 3Dx World!	11:30 AM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	1:00 PM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Clearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome	7:30 AM
Toastmasters Division I	Lake Mary Toastmasters	7:30 AM
BNI Legends	BNI Legends – Business Networking	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay DevOps	Cyber Security Summit	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Agile	v-Lean Coffee	7:30 AM
Toastmasters, Division D	CEO Toastmasters	8:00 AM
Abundance Networking – Events & BNI Meetings	BNI Abundance – Networking, Introductions, and Business Referrals	8:00 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Coffee and Introductions	9:00 AM
E-Community Connect Group	E-Community Networking – Maitland, FL – Online	9:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	Top Interview Questions: What They Mean & Why They’re Asking	10:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch	11:00 AM
A Social Gathering-Mahjong players	Mah Jongg players- new and some experienced players	11:00 AM
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch	11:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect!	11:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	11:30 AM
The Lab Orlando	#CommunityConversations @ The Lab Orlando	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Ladies Entrepreneurs of Dr. Phillips	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Westshore Toastmasters	12:00 PM
Manatee River Business Exchange Club	Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!!	12:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	The Guide to Beginning a New Relationship for Introverts	7:00 PM
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Orlando/Tampa Meetup	[Live Webinar] Intelligent Automation: 2022 Trends	2:00 PM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	User essentials for efficient hybrid password management	2:00 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Learn What It Takes To Get The Mind Of A Successful Entrepreneur	3:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic Society	Light Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.	4:30 PM
Writers on the Air	Writers on the Air meets every Tuesday	5:30 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG)	TBSSUG Monthly Meeting: IN PERSON – Armature works	6:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Lancer RPG at Nerdy Needs	6:00 PM
Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group	Feb Book Club	6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	6:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Tampa Investor/Training Meetup	Tampa Bay Investor Training	6:30 PM
Orlando Writer’s Critique Group	Orlando Writers Critique Group	6:45 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Toast of Celebration Toastmasters	6:45 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Let’s Talk: Love, Reconstructed-Podcast Discussion Group	7:00 PM
TampaBay Timebanks	Monthly Meeting in Tampa	7:00 PM
Polk County BiggerPockets Members Networking Group	Polk County BP Members Networking Meetup	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Flesh & Blood Armory Night	7:00 PM
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Self Assignment Photo Challenge – Red Reflections	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Prerelease	7:00 PM
Punta Gorda Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	Networking Meeting- Weekly	7:00 PM
DOUX — Downtown Orlando UX Meetup	[Online] Organizing your Artboard / Canvas: Making sense of what could be chaos	7:30 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking	[Online] Tips for Confident Public Speaking	7:30 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at Muddy Water!	7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL	[Online] How to Be a Confident Communicator	7:30 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement	Learn and Practice Communication For A More Confident Approach	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club	Basic Crypto Charting 102	6:30 PM

Wednesday, February 16

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	1 Million Cups Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
JobFairX	Tampa Job Fair – Tampa Career Fair	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST
Tampa Bay Wave	Fireside Chat with Tampa Bay Startup Pioneers	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
TechDeLand	Digital DeLand Monthly Meeting	7:00 PM
Girl Develop It Orlando	JavaScript Fundamentals I	12:00 AM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	7:00 AM
Networking 4 Profit	Referral Networking Meeting Orlando Area	7:30 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FCCP 2022 Virtual Photo Challenge 2. Take A Photo a Day for 10 Days	9:00 AM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	9:00 AM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Ed Radice Sport Park	9:00 AM
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	Create and launch your own NFT Collection in 7 days 💡 – Part 2	12:00 PM
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Fin Series – Part 4 of 5 – Understanding Financial Statements & Sustainability	12:00 PM
Work From Home – Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Learn How to Deal in Stocks and Shares: What to Buy, When to Sell, Minimize Risk	2:00 PM
The Woman Entrepreneur Network	You CAN Guarantee Results for Your Clients with the Emotional Resilience Formula	3:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 PM
Continuous Improvement Network (CI Net)	C.I.NET MeetUp – Discuss Blog Set Up and Business Goals	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online] Dreams of the Red Wizards05: DM Calvin (Tier 3)	6:00 PM
Synapse Summit 2022	VIP Party (VIP registration for Synapse Summit 2022 required)	6:30 to 9:30 PM
Go Tampa	Feeling Fuzzy	6:30 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade – In The Zone (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Communicate Effectively	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers	7:00 PM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	Investing Amid Climate Change	7:30 PM
Tampa Startup Founder 101	Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner, Online	8:00 PM

Thursday, February 17

Tampa Bay’s big tech and business conference, Synapse Summit 2022, takes place today.

Group	Event Name	Time
Synapse Summit 2022	Synapse Summit Main Day (Here’s the agenda)	8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (plus after parties)
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
NETCOM LEARNING	Unlock the Value of ITIL 4 with 5 Key Takeaways That Can be Used Today	1:00 PM to 1:40 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) – InLab	HCC InLab Patenthon–NASA Technologies, Design Thinking & UNSDG’s	Sat, Feb 19, 2022, 2:00 PM EST
Tampa Devs	Tampa Devs – Networking @ Channelside Foodtrucks	7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Learn Cybersecurity Skills – Orlando	Python for Cybersecurity 101	2:00 PM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	Synchronize IAM and HRMS for seamless employee life cycle management	11:00 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Exploring the 5 most common types of cyberattacks	2:00 PM
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	Happy Hour Networking – Cigars, Fine Wines and Brews	5:00 PM
Titans of Amazon FBA | Clearwater, Florida	Titans of Amazon FBA | Clearwater, Florida	5:00 PM
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	Virtual Writing Get Downs	6:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay AWS User Group	Securing AWS – Presented by Orca Security	6:00 PM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club	NFT’s for creatives: Promotional strategies	6:00 PM
Network & Social – Tampa/St. Pete Networking Events	Tampa Networking Mixer at The Aloft Hotel Downtown	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Microsoft 365 User Group	Keeping up with change in the Microsoft Cloud with Daniel Glenn	6:00 PM
New Yorker Magazine Discussion Group Pinellas County	January 31 Edition Discussion	6:00 PM
West Orlando WordPress Meetup	Joe Casabona – Building Your Own Platform as a Creator	6:00 PM
Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	Getting The Most From Your Google Business Profile with Steve Scott	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)	6:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)	7:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	7:00 PM
Orlando Developers Meetup	ODevs February Social Meetup	7:00 PM
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers	Book Review: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary	7:00 PM
Tampa Devs	TDevs: Networking – Foodtrucks @ Channelside	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Stocks, Options & ETFs- (ONLINE)	7:00 PM

Friday, February 18

Group	Event Name	Time
Career Fair Connection	Tampa Career Fair	9:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner	Advantage Talks: iOS and iPadOS	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	5:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	The Wealth, Health and Growth Summit	8:30 AM
Tampa Drones Meetup	FCDI/AMRoC STEAM Fest incl. Tampa Drones @ Florida State Fair (Feb 18th-21st)	11:00 AM
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Anti-Networking Networking Club – Tampa Bay Digital	February Meetup – Pinellas County	5:00 PM
Central Florida Social Club	Get Social and Play Board Games (Cool Stuff Games Maitland)	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Draft Launch Party At Critical Hit Games	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Draft Launch Party	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Electronics Guild Meetup – In-Person!	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online] DDHC Tomb of Annihilation – DM Matt (Lvl. 1 Only)	7:30 PM
Gen Geek	Uncharted	7:30 PM

Saturday, February 19

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Media Mastery 360	Orlando – Design Your Best Life	9:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Photography Class: Beginning Better Composition in Your Photos	9:00 AM
Pinellas Writers	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	9:30 AM
Chess Republic	Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown	9:30 AM
Orlando YouTube Meetup Group	Orlando YouTube Group Meetup (February 2022)	10:00 AM
Lakeland Black Professionals	Black History Festival (Vendor Opportunity)	10:00 AM
Critical Hit Games	Warhammer 40K Ball and Chain Tournament	10:00 AM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Warhammer 40K Ball and Chain Tournament At Critical Hit Games	10:00 AM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Beginners Guide to Flying Your Drone in Florida	11:30 AM
Geekocracy!	Channel Head Park off Waters Ave Leisurely Stroll on Upper Tampa Bay Trail	12:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	February Book Club	1:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Let’s Play Scythe the board game!	2:00 PM
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	Gilead by Marilynne Robinson	3:00 PM
Orlando Escape Room Meetup	The Escape Company- Suburban Serial Killer Room	4:25 PM
Gen Geek	Pirate taxi excursion 🤗	4:30 PM
Orlando Stoics	IN PERSON: The Lived Philosophy of Lao Tzu (Part 2)	5:00 PM
Kitchen Table Book Club: Year of Short Stories	In Love & Trouble by Alice Walker	6:00 PM

Sunday, February 20

Group	Event Name	Time
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google AdWords Tutorial & Walk Through 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 Analytics Beginners Tips & Tricks 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] How To Optimize & Rank YouTube Videos in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Link Building Strategies 101 in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Get More Targeted Instagram Followers in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] On Page SEO Strategies for Google in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Facebook Marketing Tips, Tricks & Tools in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Keyword Research 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 SEO Masterclass] Google Search Console Tutorial in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Rank #1 on Google Maps & Yelp: Local SEO in Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Suncoast Social Philosophy	Stoicism – Judgments and Externals	2:00 PM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve	9:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Personal Photographic Projects: discovering your own vision	9:00 AM
Gen Geek	Mr and Mrs Crab 🦀 @pinellas	12:00 PM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Games at Table Talk Board Game Bistro	12:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	A little Bit of Everything Party	1:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Private Event	3:00 PM
Lakeland Black Professionals	Feb Meeting & Book Club	4:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Cryptos, Forex & Futures – (ONLINE)	5:00 PM

Do you have any events or announcements that you’d like to see on this list?

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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the final full week of January 2021 — Monday, January 31 through Sunday, January 30, 2022.

This coming week includes the start of Lunar New Year (which you might also know as “Chinese New Year”)! It starts on Tuesday, February 1, and it will be the Year of the Tiger, and more specifically, the Year of the Water Tiger.

(If you want to know the various new year’s greetings in Mandarin and Cantonese, this page has you covered.)

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, January 31

Group	Event Name	Time
Rafael Stuchiner	Blockchain, Bitcoin, Crypto! What’s all the Fuss?~~~Tampa, FL
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Rita Karpel	Pre-IPO Accredited Investor Luncheon in Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Sarasota “Doctor Who” Fan Meetup	January Viewing Party	7:00 PM
Thoughtful Writing	Philosophy in Writing	2:00 PM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks	9:00 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	South Tampa Referrals	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Monday Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday	11:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	South Tampa Professional Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire	Office Hour	12:00 PM
Tampa St Pete Stocks and Options Trading Group	Vantage Point – Weekly Market Recap & Outlook of Future Market Conditions	2:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Open Painting at Warehouse 51	6:00 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	ACE Your Contest: A 5th Monday Panel Discussion	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	Commander Night	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual)	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
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Lightroom Study Group	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: “The Stoics & Cynics: How Diogenes Influenced Zeno”	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Anime Watch Party	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club, NEA Big Read: Call of the Wild	7:00 PM
Tampa Flutter Meetup Group	In-Person Meetup	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	5:30 PM
Divi Tampa	Divi Tampa: January 2022	6:30 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Magic Mondays	6:00 PM
Tampa Cryptocurrency Group	Discussing the world of crypto	7:00 PM

Tuesday, February 1

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	10:00 AM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	8:00 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	9:00 AM
Toastmasters Division I	Lake Mary Toastmasters	7:30 AM
Abundance Networking – Events & BNI Meetings	BNI Abundance – Networking, Introductions, and Business Referrals	8:00 AM
Write the Docs Florida	Morning social	8:30 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Coffee and Introductions	9:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	How to Beat the Applicant Tracking System	10:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect!	11:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Westshore Toastmasters	12:00 PM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement	Learn and Practice Communication For A More Confident Approach	7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL	[Online] How to Be a Confident Communicator	7:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic Society	Light Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.	4:30 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
Central Florida Crypto Club	Central Florida Crypto Club IN PERSON Meetup @ Ace Cafe – Grand Opening Night!	6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Card Game Night at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Toast of Celebration Toastmasters	6:45 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Flesh & Blood Armory Night	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	The Guide to Beginning a New Relationship for Introverts	7:00 PM
Punta Gorda Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	Networking Meeting- Weekly	7:00 PM
3D Printing Orlando	3D Printing Basics	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Winter Springs Toastmasters Club	7:00 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at 54th Kava House!	7:30 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking	[Online] Tips for Confident Public Speaking	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	v-Lean Coffee	12:30 PM
Airbnb Hosts of Tampa	Airbnb Host Meetup at Southern Brewing & Winemaking	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Young Sharks	Waterfront Young Professionals Networking Event With Complimentary Drink	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay IRA Investing Group	Webinar – Strategies to Navigate the Turbulent 2022 Market	5:30 PM

Wednesday, February 2

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	1 Million Cups Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:30 PM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	7:30 AM
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	Building Your Business Bankability	7:30 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	7:30 PM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	9:00 AM
The Lab Orlando	The Orlando Grants Meetup, Powered by The Lab Orlando	10:00 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Brandon Business Professionals Carrabba’s Italian Grill	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Agile	Heart of Agile Weekly Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers	12:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
Tampa Startup Founder 101	Learn How to Create an Admired Company Brand with Fabian Geyrhalter	1:00 PM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	FREE WEBINAR: How to Outsource Development of Your App	5:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Brooksville Writers’ Meetup	Brooksville Writers Group Meetup	5:30 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at CineBistro	5:30 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	Virtual Cocktails And Connections	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	VS. System Wednesdays	6:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Camera Basics	6:30 PM
Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	Orlando Florida Writer’s Association	6:30 PM
The Weirder Things Book Club	First meetup and book choice	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Wednesday Night DnD at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Communicate Effectively	7:00 PM
Girl Develop It Orlando	Intro to React	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Tampa Devs	TDevs – Intro to React and Git!	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code Python for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Orlando Crypto, Blockchain, NFTs Learning Group	Orlando Crypto Meetup	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	7:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	5:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Unity Fundamentals	12:00 AM
WordPress Tampa	To be announced: Scheduled Talk	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup	How to Sell 9 Figures on Amazon with Eric Weisser, Top 100 Amazon Seller!	5:00 PM
Tampa Bay WaVE	Open/FREE Coworking for Latino Tech Entrepreneurs	8:30 AM
ReactJS Tampa Bay	Intro to React and Git!	7:00 PM

Thursday, February 3

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	Selling for Startups – In-Person Event
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	Ironhack Tampa Open House: Why Tampa is great for growing a career in tech!	3:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Cult, Mystery & Suspense Movie Club	Modern Neo-Noir Thriller – A History of Violence	5:00 PM
BNI Professional Alliance – Business Referral Group	BNI Professional Alliance – A Business Referral Group	8:00 AM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club	NFT’s for Creatives: Share your NFT project	6:30 PM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday All WElCOME	7:30 AM
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup	Business Morning Boost: Microsoft Excel Series	8:30 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Importing Assets into Unity	11:00 AM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only	11:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	Lunch & Learn – Leveling Up on LinkedIn	12:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	3:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Stocks, Options & ETFs- (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	7:00 PM
3D Printing Orlando	Cura Slicer Settings – Fundamentals	7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.	7:00 PM
Books & Brews!	February – These Ghosts Are Family	7:00 PM
The Remote Collective – A Social Club For Remote Workers	Happy Hour @ PAW [Pinellas Ale Works]	9:00 AM
Sarasota Science and Technology Meetup Group	First Official Event – Lets meet over a drink!	10:00 AM
St Pete Networking	St Pete Networking	6:00 PM

Friday, February 4

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner	Advantage Talks: Apple Services Overview	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Tampa Japanese Meetup	FL JETAA Tsudoi	7:00 PM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Friday Weekly Leads Group of Dr. Phillips FACE-To-FACE Networking	8:30 AM
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers	Virtual Coffee	9:00 AM
Toastmasters District 48	Real Talkers #7306	9:15 AM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	Ask a Career Coach – Tampa Bay	10:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	Ask a Career Coach	10:00 AM
West Orlando WordPress Meetup	WordPress Collaboration Meetup ONLINE ONLY	10:00 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	How to Avoid an Intellectual Property Disaster	12:00 PM
US Azure Virtual Desktop User Group	US Azure Virtual Desktop User Group: February Meetup	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay IRA Investing Group	Pitch Promote and Prosper – IRA Investment Marketplace and Networking Forum	12:00 PM
Meet me locally Tampa bay	Fergs game night	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	USF Ice Bulls Hockey vs University of Florida	6:30 PM
Gen Geek	Sunrise Lanes	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Learn to Solder — Valentine Message Heart	7:00 PM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	7:00 PM
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers	Meet and Greet!	9:00 AM

Saturday, February 5

Group	Event Name	Time
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition	IHMC Science Saturday “Computer Game Design” @ 9 AM – Grades 3 and 4	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition	IHMC Science Saturday “Computer Game Design” @ 11AM – Grades 5 and 6	11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Esports Players Club Tampa	Grand Opening Apex Tournament	7:00 PM
Orlando Writer’s Critique Group	Orlando Writers Critique Group	6:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Machine Shop Lathe 101 (Members Only)	9:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Make THS Better Workday	9:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Beginning Photography Class, part 3 of 4 — ISO & Exposure	9:00 AM
Gen Geek	Breakfast by the Sea	9:30 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays	10:00 AM
Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime	Chapter Meeting – A View from the Bench	10:30 AM
Toastmasters District 84	How to Write a Winning Speech	11:00 AM
Critical Hit Games	Flames of War: The Battle of Kursk	12:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Boudoir Photography with Billy “D” Dzwonkowski	2:30 PM
Orlando Stoics	IN PERSON: The Lived Philosophy of Lao Tzu (Part 1)	5:00 PM

Sunday, February 6

Group	Event Name	Time
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] Increase Your Website Sales & Leads in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] Google AdWords Tutorial & Walk Through in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free SEO Masterclass] How Google Works Ranking Websites 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] How To Optimize & Rank YouTube Videos 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] On Page SEO Strategies for Google in Tampa
Brandon Leibowitz from SEO Optimizers	[Free Masterclass] SEO Link Building Strategies 101 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
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes	Boho-style Beach Sunset Workshop **Photographer Signup Page**	10:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FCCP – Practice Bird Photography at Riverhills Park Boat Ramp – Temple Terrace	9:00 AM
Suncoast Social Philosophy	First Meetup – On Judgments from Stoic Marcus Aurelius	10:00 AM
Gen Geek	Goat yoga	11:00 AM
Basically a Business Degree: Women In Business Book Club	Outliers, The story of success by Malcolm Gladwell	11:30 AM
Geekocracy!	Game Night at Southern Brewing	3:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Forex & Cryptos – (ONLINE)	5:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	5:30 PM

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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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the final full week of January 2021 — Monday, January 24 through Sunday, January 30, 2022.

This coming week includes National Florida Day, January 25th, which falls on a Tuesday this year. It celebrates Florida’s arrival as the U.S.’ 27th state in 1845. I plan on celebrating by using my Wintel gaming laptop as my primary computer that day (the IBM PC was born in Florida, on IBM’s Boca Raton campus) and possibly making questionable choices in the spirit of Florida Man.

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, January 24

Group	Event Name	Time
Tampa Bay Times	Tampa Bay Job & Career Fair	10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	5:30 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)	6:00 PM
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
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Monday Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Magic Mondays	5:00 PM
Tampa# – C# and .NET	Group Code Challenge [Virtual]	5:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Open Painting at Warehouse 51	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[FR] Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – DM Carson (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
Thoughtful Writing	Philosophy in Writing	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
Nerdbrew Events	Anime Watch Party	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Fireside Lounge & Billiards 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: “The Stoicism of Ben Franklin”	7:00 PM
Coded For Money, Flow and Fame – Tampa Group	How to Get a Never-Ending Flow of Clients	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Lightroom Study Group	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Tampa Flutter Meetup Group	In-Person Meetup	7:00 PM

Tuesday, January 25

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
The Lab Orlando	Tap In Tuesday SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT with Sam Crowley!	6:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Feel More Positive and Free	4:30 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at 54th Kava House!	4:30 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:30 PM
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	The Sarasota Creative Writers	11:30 AM
Toastmasters Division I	Lake Mary Toastmasters	7:30 AM
Toastmasters, Division D	CEO Toastmasters	8:00 AM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Coffee and Introductions	9:00 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	How to Attract Customers and Scale Your Business Using LinkedIn	10:00 AM
Tampa Cybersecurity Training	How to Stand Out in Your Job Search	10:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	In Person Networking at the Great Catch ~~ Oldsmar All Welcome to connect!	11:00 AM
Shadow Dancers- A Social Gathering-Mahjong	Beginner Mah Jongg Players meeting Tuesday	11:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Toastmasters District 48	MESSAGE CRAFTERS	12:00 PM
ProductTank Orlando	Resistance Is Futile, Your Features Will Be Assimilated	12:00 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network	Apply The DAMN Plan™ To Cash Flow With Confidence | Kim Nagle	1:00 PM
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	7:00 PM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	The role of delegation and automation in IAM	2:00 PM
Confidence And Public Speaking	[Online] Public Speaking and Your Success As a Communicator	7:30 PM
Essential Communication Skills for Career Advancement	How to Be a More Confident Communicator	7:30 PM
Communicate with Self-Confidence Meetup, Tampa, FL	[Online] How to Increase Your Self-Confidence in Public Speaking	7:30 PM
Learn Cybersecurity Skills – Orlando	How To Pivot From Healthcare to Cybersecurity: A First-Hand Account	4:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
South Florida Photographic Society	Light Study Pro, Intermediate Lighting for Pro Portrait/Commercial Photographer.	4:30 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Card Game Night at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club	CryptoProCafe: Tools for Investors	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Bartow Toastmasters HYBRID Meeting	6:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Meet and Tweak Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup | Flatiron School	Virtual – Intro to Cybersecurity | Brute Force & Password Protection Workshop	7:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	📌 GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit – Jan 25-27 2022 – Absolutely FREE 🔥	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Dunedin Toastmasters Club #2166	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Best of British 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Entrepreneur Empowerment of Tampa Bay	The Metaverse & What Opportunities Await	7:00 PM
Central Florida Computer Society	Central Florida Computer Society TechSIG (Please join us!!)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade For Beginners – (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Flesh & Blood Armory Night	7:00 PM
The Orlando Python User Group	Building Rockets with RocketPy	7:00 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Orlando Young Sharks	Young Professionals Networking Event Hosted At The ICEBAR	6:30 PM
The Gloss: Orlando	January’s Book Club at 7:00 PM	7:00 PM
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read	Bel Canto for January	6:30 PM

Wednesday, January 26

Group	Event Name	Time
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center	1 Million Cups Tampa
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Best Hire Career Fairs	Tampa Job Fair January 26, 2022 – Tampa Career Fair	11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Movers and Shakers of Central Florida	Movers Meetup	8:00 AM
Manasota East Exchange Club	Weekly Meeting	12:00 PM
Women, Words and Wine	January Meeting :: The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud	6:30 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at CineBistro	7:30 AM
Toastmasters Division E	World Toasters	7:10 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Downtown St Pete Professionals Networking Breakfast	7:30 AM
Networking 4 Profit	Referral Networking Meeting Orlando Area	7:30 AM
The 360 Exchange South Downtown	The 360 Exchange – South Downtown	8:00 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	9:00 AM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Carrollwood Village Park	9:00 AM
The Lab Orlando	The Orlando Grants Meetup, Powered by The Lab Orlando	10:00 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Brandon Business Professionals Carrabba’s Italian Grill	11:30 AM
WESOS Clearwater	WESOS Clearwater: Identity Theft and How to Protect Yourself	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
North Port Business Referral Networking Meetup Group	Networking Meeting- Weekly	11:45 AM
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group	Lunch Hour Meetup	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Heart of Agile Weekly Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers	12:30 PM
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	Heart of Agile Weekly Coffee Corner	12:30 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: UV Mapping in Blender	1:00 PM
Crazy Cribbage Club	First Cribbage Meet	1:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
TampaBayNetworkers	Let’s Talk Business- Tampa Bay Virtual Meetings	2:30 PM
Media Mastery 360	Virtual – Oola Members Networking Event	3:00 PM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	Venture Capital Panel: Investment and Innovations in Health Tech	3:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[HISTORIC] Storm King’s Thunder Tier 2 – DM Robert	5:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Abundance Networking – Events & BNI Meetings	Mover Meetup	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Beer for All Things Agile (St Petersburg)	6:00 PM
Around The World: International Book Club – Metrowest	AMERICA: An American Marriage – Tayari Jones	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	VS. System Wednesdays	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Gatlin Hall Brewing	6:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	Network After Work Tampa	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	6:30 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Central Florida Facilitators Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	6:30 PM
Apopka Foliage Toastmasters	Apopka Foliage Toastmasters	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings now conducted Online using Zoom	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	Orlando Word Lab	7:00 PM
Entrepreneurs with ADHD	Group Coaching: Level 1 Innovators	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting – VIRTUAL	7:00 PM
Code Katas	Virtual – Monthly Code Kata sponsored by Proforma	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Wednesday Night DnD at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	7:00 PM
South Florida Poker, Music & Entertainment Group	FREE Texas Holdem Poker Tournaments at Barley & Hops 7 PM Start	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade – In The Zone (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code Python for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Central Florida CitySec	CitrusSec Meetup	7:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Book Club – Old Man’s War	7:00 PM
Social Entrepreneurs Business Startup Network	Social “Hump Day” Wednesdays	7:15 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code challenge bi-weekly coding session	8:00 PM
Windermere Personal Finance Meetup Group	Business Expansion Webinar	9:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM
Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	Why Brand Building Needs to Be Part of Your Amazon Advertising Strategy	6:30 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	5:00 PM

Thursday, January 27

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
BNI Professional Alliance – Business Referral Group	BNI Professional Alliance – A Business Referral Group	3:00 PM
The 360 Exchange SEMINOLE!	The 360 Exchange SEMINOLE!	8:00 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs Meetup	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday All WElCOME	7:30 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	U.S. Visa Options for Int’l Tech Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Investors	12:00 PM
Entrepreneurs’ Empowerment Empire	Entrepreneurs Empower Empire Live Happy Hour	5:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 56: Texture	5:00 PM
Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete	Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)	5:00 PM
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire	Entrepreneurs Empower Empire Live Happy Hour	5:00 PM
The 360 Exchange Presents Cocktails and Contacts Happy Hour	Cocktails and Contacts; The 360 Exchange Networking After Work	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay AWS User Group	January AWS Social Reception	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	Virtual Synapse Volunteer Informational Session	5:30 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Entrepreneur Social Club	Entrepreneur Social Club at NOVA 535.	6:00 PM
St. Petersburg Crypto Investors and Miners Club	NFT’s for creators: How to come up with a great concept	6:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	BOT’s 2022 Kickoff Meeting	6:00 PM
The Lab Orlando	SPECIAL EDITION!! Move The Needle Thursday, Empowered by Sherloc!	6:00 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Poetry Group	6:30 PM
Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople	Lean Beer for Software Craftspeople (Crooked Thumb Brewery, Safety Harbor)	6:30 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Stocks, Options & ETFs- (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[In-Person] Bitdevs Tampa Bay	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Modern Minimalism	Cal Newport’s book “Digital Minimalism” (Chap. 6)	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	2022 restart! [biweekly] Server-side Development Study Group	7:00 PM
Women Who Code Tampa	Virtual Ladies Night – “Mix & Mingle”	7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.	7:00 PM
Agile Orlando	Lean beer	7:30 PM
StartUp Xchange	Product Discovery Coffee Chat/Monthly Video Conference	2:00 PM

Friday, January 28

Group	Event Name	Time
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner	Advantage Talks: Passwords, Security, and the Internet…help!	10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me?	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Hodge-Podge Board Games and Japanese Mahjong	Monthly Game Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	Let’s Do Lunch and Network! – Tampa	11:30 AM
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers	Virtual Coffee	6:00 PM
Gen Geek	Gen Geek goes camping (Devils Den Springs)	6:30 AM
Powerful Women Networking	S Orlando/Dr Phillips: Join us for fun connection growth & networking too!	8:30 AM
Agile Orlando	Agile in the Morning	7:30 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Friday Weekly Leads Group of Dr. Phillips FACE-To-FACE Networking	8:30 AM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	12:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	In-Person: Trigger Events in Unity	3:00 PM
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays!	5:30 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	The Practicing Stoic – Chapter 1 continued	7:00 PM
Saint Petersburg Introverts Socializing (Ages 25-40)	Meet and Greet @ Dave and Buster’s	7:00 PM

Saturday, January 29

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of Sisters in Crime	Author Signing Event – “There’s Something in the Water.”	1:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Keynotes and More Advanced Toastmasters 5th Saturday Meeting	2:00 PM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Online Meetup: Ticket to Ride	2:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FREE Beginning Photography Class, part 2 of 4 — Shutter Speed	9:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Robotics Badge Workshop (Cadettes)	9:00 AM
Nerd Night Out	Tampa Illuminerdy Brewery Invasion!	12:00 PM
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network	Launch a successful offer no matter the size of your list | Robbie Samuels	1:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Innistrad: Double Feature Two-Headed Giant	2:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	Call of Duty Warzone Tournament	7:00 PM
Stacia Pierce’s Entrepreneur’s Success Meetup	The Ultmate Success Tour: Purposefully Prosperous	7:00 PM
St.Pete & Tampa Work-From-Home / Teleworker Adventure Club	Explore the Chihuly Collection and Downtown Saint Petersburg	6:00 PM
Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”	ONLINE: “What did Emerson Say?”	7:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Canon Demo, Photo Field Trip, and Review	5:30 PM
Riverview Cryptocurrency Meetup Group	Wings and Crypto	7:00 PM

Sunday, January 30

Group	Event Name	Time
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design?	5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
Lakeland Black Professionals	January Monthly Meeting and Book Club	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Birds on a Budget	9:00 AM
Bradenton Photo Group	Bok Tower Gardens – Photo Walk	10:00 AM
Nerdbrew Events	Illuminerdy Trading Card Game Con Trip	12:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printer Orientation: Prusa mk3s Printer (THS Members only)	2:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco	Weekend Game Day	2:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Cryptocurrency (as seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Using Trading Systems – (ONLINE)	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	January New Player Nights – Various DMs (Tier 1)	6:00 PM
The Historical History Book Club	Book Discussion: My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad	7:00 PM

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