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#StartupBusForNOLA: Friday, Oct. 15 @ Green Bench!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date October 11, 2021

StartupBus — the annual hackathon where techies, idea people, marketers, and creatives board a bus bound for New Orleans and build an application and the business around it while on the bus — is giving back to the city that has given so much to it. They’re holding an event called #StartupBusForNOLA this Friday, October 15th at Green Bench Brewing Co. in St. Pete!

Their goal is to raise $5,000 for NOLAvate Black, an organization whose goal is to build a more sustainable, accessible, and diverse technology ecosystem in the Greater New Orleans region. NOLAvate Black was founded by Sabrina Short, who served as a judge in the last StartupBus finals in 2019 (where my team and I were one of the finalists).

New Orleans has been through a lot of challenges, including Hurricane Ida, which blew through in late August. They could use our help, as StartupBus founder Elias Bizannes explains:

And that’s why we’re holding #StartupBusForNOLA this Friday at Green Bench!

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 11, 2021)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date October 8, 2021

Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 11 through Sunday, October 17, 2021.

This is a weekly service from Tampa Bay’s tech blog, Global Nerdy! For the past four years, I’ve been compiling a list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events happening in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. There’s a lot going on in our scene here in “The Other Bay Area, on the Other West Coast”!

As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:

Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
Tech project management / agile processes
Video, board, and role-playing games
Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
Toastmasters (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
Anything I deem geeky

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

This week’s events

This list contains only events that are outdoors or online for the time being

The COVID-19 case rates are dropping from their all-time highs, but we’re still a hotspot and they still need to continue trending downward. With that in mind, I’ve chosen to limit the events listed to outdoor or online events. Be safe, be responsible, get your shots, and we can get back to those better numbers that we had in the spring and early summer!

This week’s events

Monday, October 11

RGANetwork.net	South Tampa Professionals Networking Lunch Wrights Deli	See page for details
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Buidling Trading and Profiting	Live Crypto Trading	8:00 AM
The Age of Gaming – Retro Computer Club	Membership Drive	9:00 AM
South Florida Professional Traders Club	ZOOMTradeAlong	9:00 AM
Tampa Virtual Real Estate Investor Meetup	Marketing Mastermind	10:00 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday	11:30 AM
Prism of Possibilities POP Networking	Online Luncheon via Zoom	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
South Fl Public Relations and Marketing	Monday and Wednesday Business Introductions	11:30 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Technical Project Management with Thinkful	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Technical Project Management with Thinkful	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FIU	Empowerment for Anxiety	3:30 PM
Amtgard of Brandon – Falling Fire	Practice	4:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	Cybersecurity Cohort	5:00 PM
Have fun speaking! Motorola Communicators Toastmasters #9745	Join Toastmasters to improve your communication and public speaking skills!	5:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to Data Science: The Art of Visualizations	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to Data Science: The Art of Visualizations	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Coastmasters of Palm Coast	Coastmaster bi-monthly meeting	6:00 PM
Future of Data: Orlando	Special Edition Meetup: Celebrating International Day of the Girl	6:00 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Gainesville Girl-Time Book Club	Let’s Discuss Nives by Sacha Naspini!	6:30 PM
South Florida FBA – Amazon Sellers	How to use Keepa: Fast Data Analysis for Retail and Online Arbitrage Sellers	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual)	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division H	We Can Speak-Podemos Hablar Toastmasters Club	6:30 PM
Grammerhub – Hands-On Software Development	Grammerhub Peer Programming Nights	6:30 PM
OWASP Jacksonville Chapter	OWASP Monthly Online meeting	6:45 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek	7:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	🕹 GAconf 2021 – Advancing accessibility for gamers with disabilities 👀	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Failure Isn’t the Opposite of Success…It’s a Part of It at South Tampa TM!	7:00 PM
The Real Estate InvestHER MeetUp – Miami FL	Raising private money with Amy Mahjoory, best selling author & HGTV personality.	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Anime Watch Party	7:00 PM
ShutterObi – Orlando Photography Group	Weekly Photography Challenge- Upload Your Images & Vote For A Winner: Learn More	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Southeast Book Club	7:00 PM
Busy 9 to 5ers Hive: Employees Transforming to Entrepreneurs	The 5 Things You Need to Have in Place BEFORE You Leave YOUR 9 TO 5	7:15 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \| UX/UI Design Vs. Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \| UX/UI Design Vs. Web Development	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa \| Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar \| UX/UI Design Vs. Web Development	8:00 PM
Cardano Blockchain of Sw Florida	SW Florida Cardano/Bitcoin & cryptocurrency	8:00 PM

Tuesday, October 12

Tampa Bay Agile	v-Lean Coffee	7:30 AM
BNI Legends	BNI Legends – Business Networking	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Tuesday & Thudsday	7:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Virtual Networking Breakfast Tuesday & Thursday’s in October	7:30 AM
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Buidling Trading and Profiting	Live Crypto Trading	8:00 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Tools Of The Trade: Digital Marketing	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Tools Of The Trade: Digital Marketing	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	Writing Resumes that Work!	10:00 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Unity Fundamentals Class Series – Class 3 – Basics of Programming in Unity	10:00 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to Data Science: Python Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to Data Science: Python Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
PDM-SWUG, SolidWorks User Group	Jeremiah’s favorite tips and tricks w/in the PDM Admin tool	12:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Westshore Toastmasters	12:00 PM
Orlando Power BI User Group	Lunch and Learn: Creating Accessible Power BI Reports	12:00 PM
Lean Startup Orlando	Startup Quick Pitch- Lunch and Learn	12:00 PM
South Florida Career Changers – Learn About IT Careers	How to Break Into the Information Technology Industry	1:00 PM
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at FIU	Virtual Conversation Circle!!😀🎉	1:00 PM
CREATIVITY ACTION HOUR	QUIT SAYING YOU’RE GOING TO START THAT ART/CREATIVIE PROJECT & JUST DO IT!	1:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
Come Write This Way	Writing in The Fifth Dimension	5:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Data Science Fundamentals: The Pandas Library	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Data Science Fundamentals: The Pandas Library	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	Salesforce Administration Cohort	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Toast of Celebration Toastmasters	6:45 PM
Gainesville Hackerspace	Tuesday Virtual Open House	7:00 PM
St Augustine Coders Night	Hang out and code	7:00 PM
Lakeland Note Investing Group	Lakeland Note Investing Meetup Group	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 1)	7:00 PM
Friendly Toastmasters of Fort Lauderdale	IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
St Pete .NET Meetup	Get Git in 45 minutes with Jesse Liberty	7:00 PM
Comics and Animation Meetup	Joker	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \| Data Analytics: Diving Into SQL Joins	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \| Data Analytics: Diving Into SQL Joins	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa \| Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar \| Data Analytics: Diving Into SQL Joins	8:00 PM

Wednesday, October 13

IrisReading.com	How To Improve Your Focus and Limit Distractions – Tampa	See page for details
Polk’s Nature Discovery Center	2021- 2022 Water, Wildlife, and Wilderness Field Studies (Grades 3- 5)	See page for details
Toastmasters Division E	World Toasters	7:10 AM
Prime Time Business Network	Prime Time Business Network Midtown	7:30 AM
Toastmasters, Division D	Trailblazers Toastmasters	7:30 AM
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Buidling Trading and Profiting	Live Crypto Trading	8:00 AM
Women Business Referrals	Breakfast meeting	8:15 AM
Jax Code And Coffee	Virtual Code and Coffee	8:30 AM
Toastmasters Division G	Talk of the World Toastmasters	8:30 AM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	9:00 AM
1 Million Cups – St. Pete	1 Million Cups St. Pete	9:00 AM
1 Million Cups – Tampa	Math Bricks, LLC and Startup Success Platform	9:00 AM
The Age of Gaming – Retro Computer Club	Membership Drive	9:00 AM
Women’s Prosperity Network \| Baton Rouge Chapter	*FREE Tele-Class with Nancy Matthews – WOW* Wednesday**	8:00 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
Fort Lauderdale Business Strategy Meetup Group	What do They Buy and Why do They Buy It?	9:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday	11:30 AM
South Fl Public Relations and Marketing	Monday and Wednesday Business Introductions	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Fine Tuning Your Business – Branding	12:00 PM
Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	Lunch and Learn: On-Site Optimization Basics	12:00 PM
Miami Dade Public Speaking Group	Miami Dade Weekly Toastmasters Meeting	12:00 PM
Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando	Heart of Agile Weekly 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
Women Wednesdays	Women Wednesdays Weekly Speakers Series	1:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	🧑‍🎓 C# Prog. in UNITY – What the heck are ENUMS !? [ Unity Tutorial] 👀	1:00 PM
TampaBayNetworkers	Let’s Talk Business- Tampa Bay Virtual Meetings	2:20 PM
Cannabis Entrepreneurs & Investors	U.S. Hemp & Delta 8 Industry Briefing – Free Webinar	3:00 PM
Jobs App Startup-Applicacion para Trabajos	App opportunity-Participe de nuestra aplicacion	3:00 PM
Goodwood Museum & Gardens	Goodwood’s Got Game	4:30 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online-Masters] Dreams of the Red Wizards04: DM Calvin (Tier 3)	6:00 PM
Central Florida Options Group	Monthly Meetup- Online	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division H	Transformation Toastmasters Club Virtual Meeting	6:00 PM
Comics and Animation Meetup	The Chuckling Whatsit	6:00 PM
Lakeland Black Professionals	LBP Oct Virtual Meeting	6:00 PM
Full Stack Meetup	Full Stack Meetup	6:00 PM
American Business Women’s Association, Northern Palm Beach	Northern Palm Beach American Business Women’s Association Oct Monthly Meeting	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us Weekly Meetup	6:30 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	6:30 PM
Women Who Code Tampa	Lightning Talks	6:30 PM
Wealth Building 101 Online Meetup	Learn How To Accelerate Your Debt	6:30 PM
GDG SunCoast	Android Study Jams	7:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	IT Project Management	7:00 PM
Sawgrass Toastmasters Meetup	We Are Meeting Online!	7:00 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
The Art of Photography (U.S.)	Presenting WED 10/13 – 7:00 PM – OVERVIEW OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY – PART 1	7:00 PM
Orlando 3D Printing Meetup	2nd Wednesdays: 3D Printing Basics	7:00 PM
Palm Beach Public Speaking (Toastmasters)-Royal Palm Beach	RiverWalk Toastmasters (Royal Palm Beach) – Palm Beach Public Speaking	7:00 PM
Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings now conducted Online using Zoom	7:00 PM
Suncoast Developers Guild	Open Code	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	Orlando 3D Printing Meetup	7:00 PM
Orlando Elixir Users Group	Functional Data Structures in Elixir	7:00 PM
The Orlando Writers Meetup Group	Orlando Writer’s Meetup Group meets via Zoom monthly.	7:00 PM
Social Entrepreneurs Business Startup Network	Social “Hump Day” Wednesdays	7:15 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \| Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \| Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa \| Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar \| Build a Web App with JavaScript & jQuery	8:00 PM
Miami Entrepreneurs Tech Startup Ventures MasterMinds Group	MasterMinds Tech Startup Accelerator #56 Fun Entrepreneurs Q&A and Networking!	8:00 PM
Windermere Personal Finance Meetup Group	Business Expansion Webinar	9:00 PM

Thursday, October 14

Platinum Business Referral Networking	Breakfast Networking & Referrals -BOO$T your Closed Business This Year!!!	7:00 AM
Palm Beach Elite Networking	Palm Beach Elite Thursday Weekly Speed Meeting ONLINE!	10:45 AM
Power Business Networking	Power Business Networking Thursday 11:45 am 2021 10 14	11:45 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Orlando Unity Developers Group	🥽 Intro to VR: Build an Alien Shooter – 📅 Oct 14th, 3 PM 👀	12:00 PM
Virtual Meeting Toastmasters Art of Speaking Hollywood	ZOOM ART OF SPEAKING – PUBLIC SPEAKING -TOASTMASTER	12:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| A Day In the Life: Data Scientist	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| A Day In the Life: Data Scientist	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Latinas in data	ASK A DATABASE SCIENTIST PART ONE	7:00 PM
Boynton Beach Photography Classes Meetup	Join us to learn to become a better photographer	7:00 PM
High Fantasy Book Club: Malazan Book of The Fallen	Memories of Ice: Chapter 7	7:00 PM
ONETUG – Orlando .NET User Group	October 14th 2021: Sam Basu – Mobile & Desktop Apps with Blazor!	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division B	Toast-Stars Toastmasters Club	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	[repeating] Server-side Development Study Group – AWS 12 week series	8:00 PM
GROWTH-BY-REFERRALS Business Networking Group	Bitcoin & Cryptos (Networking)	8:00 PM
Eric Leuthardt Photography Club – Miami	Speedlight Photography and the Basics of Off Camera Flash	8:00 PM

Friday, October 15

Café con Tampa	“Providing Community Centric Services” — Ocea Wynn, City of Tampa	8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Mandel Public Library Lectures and Entertainment	Flex-It Fridays- Yoga	2:00 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	🥽 Circuit Stream Demo Day – 📅 Oct 15th, 3 PM EST 👀	3:00 PM
Glazer Children’s Museum	An Evening of Play	6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| What is UX/UI Design?	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| What is UX/UI Design?	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orlando Stoics	How To Think Like A Roman Emperor (Chapter 2 continued)	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase	11:59 PM

Saturday, October 16

Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	7:00 AM
South Florida Agile Association	FREE REMOTE \| Agile Coaching Clinic	8:30 AM
Geekocracy!	Tampa Bay’s Taco Fest	10:00 AM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Beginners Guide to Flying Your Drone in Florida	10:00 AM
Looking for Role Players	Dark Days Ahead – Game 1 [One open player spot]	10:00 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – Building Skills with Alexa Part 2	10:00 AM
The Art of Photography (U.S.)	SAT 10/16 at 10 AM FREE WEEKLY ONLINE MEETUP PROGRAM	10:00 AM
► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	Hang out in Beach Sand of Honeymoon Island, safely	10:30 AM
Soul Sistas : Women’s Network Group	Self Worth – How to know who you are and what your worth is?	11:00 AM
The Sarasota Book Club Meetup Group	October Book Club	11:30 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Boost Your Online Learning	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Boost Your Online Learning	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Comics and Animation Meetup	Monstress Vols:1-3	12:00 PM
Creative Writing in our Chaotic World	Pitch Your Writing Project!	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay Geek Association	DC FanDome 2021	1:00 PM
SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS OWNERS	Seminar – How your customers can tell you what they want without you asking?	2:00 PM
Socrates Cafe – “The unexamined life is not worth living”	What Makes You, You?	3:00 PM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	BETTERINVESTING HOUSTON CHAPTER MODEL INVESTMENT CLUB	3:00 PM
Tampa Games Developer Guild	Game Project Therapy (Virtual)	4:00 PM
Toastmasters Division B	Peace Talkers Toastmasters Club	4:00 PM
Blockchain Miami	NFT 101	6:00 PM
Kitchen Table Book Club: Year of Afrofuturism	“An Unkindness of Ghosts”- Rivers Solomon (2017)	6:00 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| What Tech Career Is Right For You?	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| What Tech Career Is Right For You?	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Get-Together in Tampa :)	Tampa – Saturday Free Online Guided Meditation- Beginners and Above	9:45 PM

Sunday, October 17

The Art of Photography (U.S.)	SUN 10/17 at 10 AM FREE WEEKLY ONLINE MEETUP PROGRAM	10:00 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Tools Of The Trade: Digital Marketing	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Tools Of The Trade: Digital Marketing	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Book Vs. Movie Club	Candyman / The Forbidden	12:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Weekend Toastmasters	3:00 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Data Science with Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar \|\| Learn Data Science with Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, October 4, 2021)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date October 1, 2021

Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 10, 2021.

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

This week’s events

This list contains only events that are outdoors or online for the time being

Monday, October 4

Tuesday, October 5

Wednesday, October 6

Thursday, October 7

Friday, October 8

Saturday, October 9

Sunday, October 10

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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Synapse panel: “A Tactical Approach to Supplier Diversity” (Tuesday, September 28)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 27, 2021

Synapse, the Florida-focused innovation hub based in Tampa behind events such as Synapse Summit, are hosting a panel discussion event tomorrow (Tuesday, September 28) at 4:30 p.m. titled A Tactical Approach to Supplier Diversity.

It’s a hybrid event — both in-person and virtual. I’ll be attending virtually.

Here’s their description:

Businesses with diverse partners are empircally more successful. But, the roadmap for building a strong and diverse network of partners and suppliers is not always clear. Join us for a tactical conversation about putting best intentions into best practices.

Here are the panelists:

Jocelyn Azada is the director of Business Diversity, Supply Chain ESG, and Risk at Nielsen. She’s passionately committed to creating solutions for environmental and social challenges through the power of procurement and global supply chains. She was a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the development of the ISO Standard for Sustainable Procurement, ISO 20400, and is on the Strategic Advisory Committee for the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Coalition. She also represents Nielsen as a founding member of the Global Impact Sourcing Coalition, a global network of leading companies including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, creating digital jobs for people with limited access to these opportunities.
A South Florida native, Avril Stinson moved to Tampa 18 years ago. Seasoned in investor/sponsor relations, and program management, she brings years of investor relations and sponsor engagement knowledge to the Tampa Bay Chamber. Stinson is passionate about powerful community support development and entrepreneurship, in addition to networking, programming, and strategic leadership within organizations.

Stinson has previously worked at Tampa Bay Wave, as Director of Development, and at the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, as the Investor Relations Director, leading their investor engagement and programming efforts. Additionally, Stinson holds a B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Florida and a Master’s Degree from Marshall University in Counseling. Stinson was also an integral member of the Junior League of Tampa’s Marketing and Diversity Committees, and currently serves on the Advisory Board for MetArena, the social media app for indie game studios, and Mentoring with Purpose Charity, as well as mentoring for USF’s Black Leadership Network. Stinson also serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida Business Development Corporation, as well as the Synapse Impact Board and is a founding member of the Synapse Inclusion Lives Here Committee. She recently joined Hillsborough Community College’s Art Gallery – Advisory Committee, as well as The Tampa Museum of Art’s Diversity & Inclusion Task Force. Avril is a founding member of the Synapse Impact Board’s Inclusion Lives Here Committee.
Nikki Pardo is the founder of Global Alliance Solutions, a consulting company that offers simulation-based customized diversity training for corporations, non-profit agencies, school districts, and law enforcement agencies. She also is co-founder of The Pack, a community-based project that hosts conversations linked to inclusion, equity and community throughout Detroit. Nikki has been featured in several publications, received Corp! Magazine’s Diversity Business Leader Award for 2017, facilitates trainings across the country, and is a trusted consultant on the topic of diversity, equity, inclusion, and implicit bias.

Nikki was appointed to the FBI-Detroit Division – Multi-Cultural Advisory Council, and is a graduate of the FBI Detroit Citizens Academy. She was also appointed to the Princeton University Prize in Race Relations – Detroit Committee, is a graduate of the New Detroit-The Coalition’s Multicultural Leadership Fellowship, and the national fellowship Seeking Education Equity and Diversity (SEED). She has served on numerous boards, and currently serves on Birmingham’s Race Relations and Diversity Task Force Board, and the Board of the Hispanic Police Officer Association – Detroit Chapter.

Nikki is an avid researcher and earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Management/Leadership, a Master of Science in Administration degree with a concentration in International Administration, and a Bachelor of Science degree. She is also a nationally certified Global Career Development Facilitator, a member of the National Career Development Association, the National Diversity Council, and a Michigan-certified mediator. Nikki is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Jack and Jill of America – Oakland County Chapter.
Cesar Hernandez – Managing Director + CEO of Omni Public, Synapse Impact Board Member & President, Tampa Bay Latin Chamber – is a public affairs and public relations professional specializing in helping individuals/companies introduce and deploy new technologies, concepts, and ideas into the marketplace and engage with government, media, and industry.

He has worked with government agencies, public officials, political candidates, and past clients to interact with the media and launch initiatives with disruptive companies such as Tesla, Google, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Bird, and IBM.
Lauren Prager is privileged to meet the incredible and diverse talent across Florida’s innovation communities in her role as Synapse’s VP of Community Engagement. As a result, she cultivates strategic partnerships that strengthen innovation across the state. She also curates the stories that are shaping Florida’s growth and showcasing our talent on the various Synapse stages hosted virtually in in person throughout the year.

Find out more about the event and register on its EventBrite page.

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What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 27, 2021)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 24, 2021
1 Comment on What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 27, 2021)

Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 27 through Sunday, October 3, 2021.

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

This week’s events

This list contains only events that are outdoors or online for the time being

Monday, September 27

If you’re looking for work in tech, you should start your Monday at 9:00 a.m. with Rise and Grind, Computer Coach’s informal virtual “coffee talk” where they explore what works and doesn’t work in a career search. In each session, they cover a new topic related to career success, network with other professionals, support each other, build meaningful relationships and answer questions about job search strategies. Register on their EventBrite page here!

Tuesday, September 28

Synapse is holding a panel on Tuesday at 4:30, which will feature a panel discussing the topic of doing business with diverse partners. Find out more about the event on its EventBrite page.

Wednesday, September 29

On Wednesday, September 29 at 6:45 p.m., the ReactJS Tampa Bay Meetup will lead an exercise where participants will build a video chat app — very fitting during the pandemic — using Vue and the Daily API. Find out more on the event’s Meetup page.

Thursday, September 30

Friday, October 1

I’m part of this one! At 10:00 a.m. this Friday, Computer Coach will host a panel called State of The Tampa Tech Scene, where the organizers behind Tampa’s influential setups will talk about the current state of technology and the tech industry, as well as how you can get involved and grow your network. Find out more on the event’s Meetup page.

Saturday, October 2

Sunday, October 3

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Current Events Tampa Bay

What’s happening in the Tampa Bay tech/entrepreneur/nerd scene (Week of Monday, September 20, 2021)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 17, 2021

Here’s your weekly list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events — plus a little area tech news — for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 20 through Sunday, September 26, 2021.

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

This week’s events

This list contains only events that are outdoors or online for the time being

Monday, September 20

Tuesday, September 21

Wednesday, September 22

Thursday, September 23

Friday, September 24

Saturday, September 25

Sunday, September 26

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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Current Events Tampa Bay

Fe league’s “Women in Innovation” panel (Tuesday 14th @ 12:00 pm)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 10, 2021

On Tuesday at noon, Allie Felix, VP Platform at Tampa Bay’s own Embarc Collective, will join Eve Seib (CRP, GMS, CEO at OneSource Relocation) and Miriam Noble (Head of Sales, Southeast Greenfield at Amazon Web Services) in a panel hosted by Fe league: Women in Innovation.

Here’s their writeup for the event:

Fe league would like to invite you to our virtual event September 14th from 12-1pmEDT where we will be hearing from leading women and business owners on how innovation has helped shape their careers.
There is clear evidence greater gender equality leads to increased business innovation. In this discussion, we’ll talk about why that’s so true and what companies can do to make sure they reap the rewards. We’ll talk about what’s in the way and how we remove those barriers to ensure the future of women is in innovation.

Once again, this takes place online next Tuesday, September 14th, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT. You can register for this event on LinkedIn.