Category: Meetups

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 18 through Sunday, October 24, 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 includes in-person events as well as online events. The COVID-19 numbers are dropping sharply, but be smart and responsible — get your shots, mask up in crowds, and we can get back to what passes for normal sooner!

Monday, October 18

i-Tech Support, Inc.	Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 Bootcamp	9:00 AM to 3:30 PM EDT
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Create a LEGO Video Game 3 Days Class Series – Day 1	10:00 AM
Foundation of Associated Industries of Florida	2021 Florida Cyber Forum	Tue, Oct 19, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals	Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Tampa Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Virtual Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire	Office Hour	12:00 PM
Amtgard of Brandon – Falling Fire	Practice	4:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	Magic Mondays	5:00 PM
Tampa Bay Geek Association	Lowry Parcade 🎮🕹🏆	5:30 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Tabletop	Monday Feast & Game Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	MTG: Commander Open Play (At Critical Hit Games)	6:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location)	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Open Play	6:00 PM
Beginning Web Development	Weekly Learning Session	6:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	ACE Advanced Toastmasters Fall Contests	6:00 PM
Thoughtful Writing	Philosophy in Writing	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] DDAL05-06 – Beneath the Fetid Chelimber	6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48	North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	6:30 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek (Part 2)	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	7:00 PM
Davenport Book Club	October Book Club – The Guest List	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Anime Watch Party	7:00 PM
Think Like a Coder!	How I use Python and Jupyter Notebook to make the Tampa Bay Tech Events List	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Virtual Event: Hiawassee Book Club	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	NerdBrew Party Game Night	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to UX/UI Design: User Research	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to UX/UI Design: User Research	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to UX/UI Design: User Research	8:00 PM

Tuesday, October 19

Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Virtual Networking Breakfast Tuesday & Thursday’s in October	7:30 AM
BNI Legends	BNI Legends – Business Networking	7:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom Breakfast meeting!	7:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Tuesday & Thudsday	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Latin Chamber	Café Con Conexiones	7:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
BNI Abundance – Winter Park Professional Networking Group	BNI Abundance – Networking, Introductions, and Business Referrals	8:00 AM
The 360 Exchange – Winter Garden Location	The 360 Exchange – Where Referrals Come Full Circle	8:00 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Science: The Art of Visualizations	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Science: The Art of Visualizations	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Splunk Palm Harbor	.conf21 Virtual	9:00 AM
E-Community Connect Group	E-Community Networking – Maitland, FL – Online	9:00 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Create a LEGO Video Game 3 Days Class Series – Day 2	10:00 AM
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club	Free Crypto Set-up Workshop -Limited to 5 Seats Only	10:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch	11:00 AM
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together	SWAT Networking Bradenton Luncheon	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
TampaBayNetworkers	Join the BAYSIDE GROUP for great networking!	11:30 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Seminole Referral Pros Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Ladies Entrepreneurs of Dr. Phillips	12:00 PM
Manatee River Business Exchange Club	Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!!	12:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Post Toasters Toastmasters Club	12:00 PM
Downtown SRQ Happy Hour Networking	Happy Hour Networking is just that – Networking during Happy Hour!	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
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make 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
Tampa Entrepreneurship Group	Entrepreneurship Collaboration at HCC InLab	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay SQL Server User Group (TBSSUG)	TBSSUG Monthly Meeting	6:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Cool Stuff Games: Board game night	6:00 PM
Tampa Drones Meetup	Micro Drone Night @ AMRoC Fab Lab	6:30 PM
Saint Petersburg Book Club Meetup Group	Oct Book Club	6:30 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	Salesforce Administration Cohort	6:30 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Spirited Toastmasters	6:30 PM
Tampa Investor/Training Meetup	Tampa Bay Investor Training	6:30 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Castle Church Brewing	6:30 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
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	The Sarasota Creative Writers	6:30 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Toast of Celebration Toastmasters	6:45 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
Library Book Clubs – OCLS	Let’s Talk: Geoengineering the Climate: Podcast Discussion Group	7:00 PM
Orlando Young Sharks	Rooftop Young Professionals Mastermind	7:00 PM
Suncoast Gamers	Board Games for fully vaxed	7:00 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2)	7:00 PM
TampaBay Timebanks	Monthly Meeting in Tampa	7:00 PM
SWFL 20s and 30s Social Group	General Knowledge Trivia at The Standard (Downtown Fort Myers)	7:00 PM
Women’s Prosperity Network | Volusia County	Online | Zoom Networking with a Twist!	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	Online: Tampa Bay Technology Center (TBTC) Monthly Meeting	7:00 PM
Orlando Writer’s Critique Group	Orlando Writer’s Critique Group	7:00 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar | Data Analytics: Tools Of The Trade	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar | Data Analytics: Tools Of The Trade	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar | Data Analytics: Tools Of The Trade	8:00 PM

Wednesday, October 20

Cigar City Toastmasters	Cigar City Toastmasters
Valencia College-Center for Accelerated Training	Valencia College-Advanced Manufacturing Tours
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking & Professional Development	7:00 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI St. Pete Sunrise Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Manasota East Exchange Club	Weekly Meeting	7:30 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Coffee & Photography at O’Keefe’s Restaurant	9:00 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	9:00 AM
Suncoast Photo & Video Drone Club	Veterans Memorial Park Oldsmar	9:30 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Virtual Event: Create a LEGO Video Game 3 Days Class Series – Day 3	10:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group	Brandon Business Professionals Carrabba’s Italian Grill	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Virtual Networking Lunch Monday & Wednesday	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 || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Online Networking 3rd. Wednesday	12:00 PM
Business to Business Networking Group	B2B Networking Event	12:00 PM
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Fine Tuning Your Business – BMC	12:00 PM
TampaBayNetworkers	Pinellas Sales Force	12:00 PM
Tampa Bay WaVE	Tampa Bay Wave CORE Program “Ask Me Anything” Session	12:00 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
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	New Port Richey Professional Business Networking Lunch Widow Fletchers	12:30 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	LinkedIn Profile Page and Content Creation Mastery Workshop	3:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 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
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at CineBistro	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Digital Marketing With Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Digital Marketing With Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games	Board Game Night	6:00 PM
Continuous Improvement Network (CI Net)	C.I.NET MeetUp – Let’s Chat	6:00 PM
West Orange Comics & Video Games	VS. System Wednesdays	6:00 PM
SWFL Hackerspace Beer, Bits & Bytes	Hackerspace Meetup at Millenial Brewing Company	6:30 PM
SWFL Coders	Code Collab: Hacktoberfest 2021 🎃 ONLINE	6:30 PM
Central Florida CitySec	CigarCitySec Meetup	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	Orlando 3D Printing Meetup	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printing Orientation: Models and Slicers	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Wednesday Night DnD at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles	7:00 PM
Orlando 3D Printing Meetup	3rd Wednesdays: 3D Printing Hangout & Factory Tour	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay stock market & real estate investing & networking	Pasco County – stock market & real estate investing & networking	7:00 PM
Black Orlando Tech (BOT)	AWS Cloud Cohort	7:00 PM
Toastmasters District 48	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings now conducted Online using Zoom	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	7:00 PM
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	Wednesday Walkin’	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
GDG SunCoast	Android Study Jams	7:00 PM
The Psych Book Club for Millennials	The Four Agreements Book Discussion	7:30 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code challenge bi-weekly coding session	8:00 PM
Thinkful Tampa | Careers in Tech	Thinkful Webinar | Intro to HTML & CSS Build Your Own Website	8:00 PM

Thursday, October 21

Brandon free Business Networking Events Meetup Group	Quarterly strategy meeting	8:00 AM
The 360 Exchange SEMINOLE!	The 360 Exchange SEMINOLE!	8:00 AM
TampaBayNetworkers	Sun Coast Networking Meeting	8:30 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Unity Fundamentals Class Series – Class 5 – Controlling Animations in Unity	10:00 AM
Power Business Networking	Power Business Networking Thursday 11:45 am 2021 10 21	11:45 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Microsoft Tech Talks – Florida	Microsoft VIVA	1:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	South Orlando Board Gaming Meetup	3:30 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	FCCP Weekly Photo Assignment 42: Silhouette	5:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott	Optimizing Your Site for Multiple Languages with Steve Scott	6:00 PM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Dr. Phillips Chamber Business After Hours	6:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group	1st ed AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Southwest Florida Board Game Meetup	Meetup to Play Board Games	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Microsoft 365 User Group	Pragmatic Governance for Microsoft Teams	6:00 PM
West Orlando WordPress Meetup	The Business of Building WordPress Sites with Geno Quiroz	6:00 PM
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	Virtual Writing Get Downs	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)	6:00 PM
Pasco Options And Derivatives Trading Meetup Group	Monthly Squawk Box Futures and Options Educational Meeting	6:00 PM
Power Couples & Singles of Orlando	Thrive Thursday LIVE	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Data Science Group	TBDSG: Your Presentation Title HERE!	6:30 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Close-up, Macro Photography and Focus Stacking	6:30 PM
Riverview Card, Dice, Dominos and Misc Social Game Night	CARD NIGHT — Exploding Kittens!! Bring a Snack and Your Drink of Choice!	7:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking & Professional Development	7:00 PM
Tampa Devs	3rd Thursday Foodtrucks @ Channelside	7:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers	THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co.	7:00 PM
Latinas in data	ASK A DATA SCIENTIST PART TWO	7:00 PM
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	CHARITY MEETUP @ DRACULAS WINE BAR	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	[repeating] Server-side Development Study Group – AWS 12 week series	8:00 PM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT

Friday, October 22

RGAnetwork.net	International Professional Networking JOIN us to grow your business
RGANetwork.net	Professional Business Networking in East Tampa/ Sabal Park at Cafe Delanie
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	7:15 AM
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce	Friday Weekly Leads Group of Dr. Phillips FACE-To-FACE Networking	8:30 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers	Virtual Coffee	9:00 AM
TampaBayNetworkers	Networkers of Integrity and Excellence	11:15 AM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays!	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to JavaScript: Build a Virtual Pet	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Bruton Memorial Library	How to Get Started in Astronomy | Craig MacDougal
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	[Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Simplicity Brandon	D&D Adventurers League	7:00 PM
► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group	Evening Hangout on the Waterfront	7:30 PM
Geekocracy!	The Spice Must Flow: Dune at AMC West Shore	7:45 PM
Gen Geek	Dune	8:00 PM

Saturday, October 23

Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website	9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT
West Coast Photo Group	34th Annual All British Field Meet & Autojumble	9:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Lightroom Class at O’Keefe’s in Clearwater — Class 5 of 8	9:00 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays	10:00 AM
CS Lewis Book Club	Organizational Meeting	10:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	Wood Shop Lathe 101 (Members Only)	10:00 AM
Orlando YouTube Meetup Group	Orlando YouTube Group Meetup (October 2021)	10:00 AM
James Corwin Johnson Photo Experience	Intro to Digital Photography Class: Only $20	10:00 AM
CS Lewis Fans	Get started meeting	10:00 AM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Western Empires at TGG	10:30 AM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Bravo Group Campaign Continues	11:00 AM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Science: Python Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Science: Python Fundamentals	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	October – Center for Inquiry’s SHARE Book Club	12:00 PM
Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay	Writers 4 All Seasons Tampa Bay Zoom meeting	1:00 PM
Tampa Bay Geek Association	Replay Museum 🕹🥇	1:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
WordSmitten Writing Workshop	Meet John Grisham’s Marketing Consultant, John D. Pitts – Amazing!	2:00 PM
Bradenton Photo Group	Light Basics – Working with Flash	2:30 PM
Orlando Stoics	IN PERSON: Lived Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (Part 4)	5:00 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
Simplicity Brandon	Call for Duty Cold War Zombie Apocalypse Tournament	7:00 PM
Gen Geek	Undead In The Water	8:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Bootcamp Alumni Success Secrets	9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT

Sunday, October 24

Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg	Shut Up & Write! – October 24th at the Station House in St Pete	10:00 AM
Continuous Improvement Network (CI Net)	C.I.NET MeetUp – Kayaking at Weedon Island – Networking on the Water	10:30 AM
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science Fundamentals: The Pandas Library	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Data Science Fundamentals: The Pandas Library	12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Geek Association	Main Event – Arcades & Fun	1:00 PM
Book Reading and Discussion	TRUTH – degrees of probability – Books?	2:00 PM
Dialogue and Human Experience.	What does the phrase “Be Real” mean to you?	2:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Taps & Drafts	2:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Weekend Toastmasters	3:00 PM
Thinkful Orlando	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Technical Project Management with Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Thinkful Tampa	Thinkful Webinar || Learn Technical Project Management with Thinkful	6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	October 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
Tampa Hackerspace	Let’s Learn to Turn Pens!	7:00 PM

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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.

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