
I wish I’d seen this image before managing a booth at PyCon — I would printed up my own version!
I wish I’d seen this image before managing a booth at PyCon — I would printed up my own version!
When | What |
1:00 p.m. | Opening Remarks by Jill St. Thomas, CEO, Tampa Bay Tech |
1:05 | Welcome to St. Pete! Welcome and overview |
1:15 | Blockspaces & Cogent Bank All things blockchain, crypto, NFTs |
1:35 | Accenture Meet me in the metaverse |
2:05 | AWS Tech for good |
2:25 | Hays & Synapse The state of talent |
2:45 | Break |
3:00 | Tampa Bay Business Journal / Tampa Bay Inno “The future is female-led” panel |
3:30 | ARK Invest & Metacity Fireside chat with Cathie Wood, founder/CEO of ARK Invest and Joe Hamilton, Head of Network, Metacity |
4:10 | CISO Panel: Cisco, Moffitt Cancer Center, Nielsen, and TD Synnex |
4:55 | Closing remarks and happy hour kickoff by Jill St. Thomas, CEO, Tampa Bay Tech |
5:00 – 6:00 | Happy hour |
The event will also feature:
poweredUP will feature some interesting people, including Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest, who moved their office from New York to St. Pete in October 2021. ARK Invest made their name by investing primarily in disruptive technologies: cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, DNA sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, robotics, electric vehicles, energy storage, fintech, 3D printing and blockchain technology.
The session will cover today’s big tech trends: cybersecurity, the metaverse, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, sustainability in tech, tech for good, DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion,) leadership, the current state of our tech workforce.
It’s also a great chance to catch up with local techies again, after having to shelter in place during the pandemic! I’ve been to previous poweredUPs, and in every case, I’ve either re-established an old connection or made a new one.
Ticket sales end Friday, May 13, so register now!
Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, May 9 through Sunday, May 15, 2022.
As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:
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.
If you’re looking for an adventure, a chance to test your startup skills, and an experience that will make your résumé stand out, join me on StartupBus Florida, which departs Tampa Bay on July 27, when it sets course for Austin, Texas!
On this three-day journey, “buspreneurs” will form teams, create a business idea, build a software demo for that idea, and develop pitches for that idea. When they arrive in Austin, they’ll spend two days pitching their startups to a panel of judges.
I was a “buspreneur” on StartupBus Florida in 2019, the last time the event took place, and our team made it to the finals and got the runner-up position. This time, I’m a “conductor” — one of the coaches on the bus — and our team is here to help you rise to the challenge.
Want to find out more?
I try to keep this list up-to-date. I add new events to this article as soon as I hear about them, so be sure to check back here throughout the week!
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Rafael Stuchiner | How to Make the Crypto Markets Work For You~~~Tampa, FL | |
Front End Creatives | Tampa Bay’s Job Seeker Coffee Talks | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Laser Cutter Orientation | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | In person at Fords Garage St Pete | 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday | 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Virtual Networking Lunch Monday | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design? | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers | Writing Club | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
BerLagmark – Sarasota Amtgard | Monday Night Fighter Practice! | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | MTG: Commander Night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar | Weekly Game Night! (Lazy Moon Location) | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Hobby Night! at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Beginning Web Development | Weekly Learning Session – Flexbox and CSS Grid | 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
RedCarpetMonday Business Networking Group | RedCarpetMonday Orlando Business Networking Event hosted at American Social | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers | Monday Feast & Game Night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!! | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters Division G | Triple Crown Toastmasters Club 4147 (Virtual) | 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Bradenton Photo Group | A Complete Guide to Photogrpahy | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only) | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Time to Take Speaking Your Passion to the Next Level at South Tampa TM! | 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Sharpen Your Presentations at South Tampa TM Before Going Live! | 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM EDT |
Orlando Web 3.0 Meetup Group | Orlando Web3 Meet-Up | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop for Emerging Pros | Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Brandon WordPress Meetup | TBA: Regular WordPress Meeting | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots | 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Tampa Bay Atlassian Community Events | A Great Dinner so we can meet again in person! We have two events this week! | Check with organizer; the time posted on Meetup is clearly wrong. |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Clearwater/Largo Professionals Networking Breakfast All Welcome | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Tampa Bay Agile | v-Lean Coffee | 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Breakfast with professionals at Perkins!!! New Location! | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Breakfast Mastermind Village Inn | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Clearwater/Largo Professional Networking Breakfast Tuesday Mornings | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Tampa Cybersecurity Training | Leveling Up on LinkedIn | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Tampa Bay Latin Chamber | cafe con conexiones | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Oldsmar Professional Business Networking lunch | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Orlando Unity Developers Group | Virtual Event: Blender Fundamentals | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Upper Pinellas, Oldsmar,Safety Harbor, Westchase Business networking lunch | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Find Product Market Fit Quickly | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Global Networking Summit | Networking Brunch | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club | Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere. | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Melrose Makers | Virtual: 3D Printer Orientation | 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT |
Florida CFO Group | Florida CFO Group: Grow, Optimize, Protect| A Speaker Series | 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM EDT |
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | Marvel Crisis Protocol Night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Cool Stuff Games: Board game night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup | A Disquisition on Demand Side Economics | 6:00 PM to 6:45 PM EDT |
Around The World: International Book Club – Metrowest | Dinner With Swapna!! | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Weekly Open Make Night | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup | May Classics Book Club | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Pinellas Writers | Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome! | 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Florida Podcasters Association | Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!! | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa eMarketing Groups | Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest! | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Communication Skills for Quiet People | The Guide to Beginning a New Relationship for Introverts | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Lakeland Note Investing Group | Lakeland Note Investing Meetup Group | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [Online SEASONAL] Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – DM Canon (Tier 2) | 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults | St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Woodshop Safety (Members Only) | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship nights | Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Florida Center for Creative Photography | AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group | Let’s play chess at Muddy Water! | 7:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa | Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom | 7:45 PM to 9:15 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Entrepreneur Collaborative Center | 1 Million Cups Tampa | |
United Inventors Association | United Inventors Association – Roadmap to Success | |
RGANetwork.net | Carrollwood Professionals Networking Lunch Join us! All Welcome | |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR! | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
1 Million Cups – Orlando | 1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
North Tampa Networking Group | Business networking | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
Tampa Bay WaVE | Open/FREE Coworking for Women Tech Entrepreneurs | 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI North St. Pete Networkers Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM to 12:45 PM EDT |
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa Business Professionals | Lutz, Wesley Chapel, New Port Richey Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
North Sarasota Happy Hour Networking | Business Networking Lunch | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton | Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch! | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Learn Data Analytics With Thinkful | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Success Strategies for Business Owners | Marketing Series – Part 1 of 4 – Is Print Marketing Dead? | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | New Port Richey Professional Business Networking Lunch Widow Fletchers | 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | Wednesday Business Networking Lunch New Port Richey at Widow Fleatchers | 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Startup Founder 101 | How to Raise a $13M Series A, with Liza Rodewald (CEO of Instant Teams) | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Work From Home -Online Business Opportunities and Networking | Learn Print ON Demand – A Masterclass | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Unity Developers Group | Virtual Event: Blender-Rigging a Character | 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events | Building a Multi-Six Figure Business through Social Media Marketing | 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
The Woman Entrepreneur Network | Bust Your Limiting Beliefs in 60 Minutes or Less | 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
The Public Speakers Community of Tampa Bay | Speaking Jitters or Limiting Beliefs? | 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Atlassian Community Events | Let’s have Lunch in person! We have two events this week! (Dinner and Lunch) | 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Brandon Boardgamers | Board Gaming – In Person | 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | FREE WEBINAR: How to Outsource Development of Your App | 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Explorations in Philosophy | Introduction to philosophy Ch.3: How do we Know? Hume’s ‘Of Miracles’ | 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Central Florida CitySec | SwanCitySec Meetup | 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Sarasota Business Exchange Club | We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant | 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
Thoughtful Writing | Philosophy in Writing | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Brews N Board Games | Board Game Night at Gatlin Hall Brewing | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Evening Networking Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | Board Game Night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play | Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Science vs. Data Analytics | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Full Stack Meetup | Full Stack Meetup | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | Business Networking Evening Dinner at Brick City Eatery | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Gaming Guild | Pathfinder 2nd Ed. Society Intro: Year of Shattered Sanctuaries | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org | Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Lutz /Land O Lakes /Odessa /Trinity Evening Networking Dinner All Welcome | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes | Off-camera lighting demonstration (small group) | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Writers Alliance | Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
The Weirder Things Book Club | Nocturnal by Scott Sigler midway point | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Nerdbrew Events | Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night | 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT |
Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando | Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Bitcoin | [Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Communication Skills for Quiet People | How to Communicate Effectively | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Downtown Tampa Software Developers | Armature Works Developer Hangout | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Community of Investors | Wednesday Real Estate Online Mastermind for Florida | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM MST |
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild | New Beginnings & Old Rivalries | 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts | The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Suncoast Developers Guild | Open Code | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Broward Drupal Users Group | Call for presenters | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Introduction to Fusion 360 | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Castaways Euchre Club | Castaways Euchre Club | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Gen Geek | Weekly Team Triva! | 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Florida Scrum Master and Product Owner Training | Agile Team Actors in Sustainable Value Delivery | 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Tableau Basics | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Bianca Baez with United Wealth Educators | Business Networking event | |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Thursday Morning All WElCOME | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Virtual Networking Breakfast Thursday’s | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Pasco County Entrepreneurs & Business Owners All Welcome | Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking | 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Toast of the Bay Weekly Toastmasters Meeting – Join Us! | 7:30 AM to 7:30 AM EDT |
Business Networking Weekly Meeting for Local Professionals | Business Networking for Local Professionals | 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Belix Parks | Minority Business Round Table & Expo | 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup | SEO Strategies to Improve Your Google Rankings | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Block Co-op – Crypto Blockchain Orlando & Beyond Club | Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only | 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO | How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%! | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited! | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
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 to 12:30 PM EDT |
Business Game Changers Group | Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) | NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking | Search Engine Optimization for Developers 🚀 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Free Crash Course: JavaScript Fundamentals | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
“Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking | Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking! | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Front End Creatives | Lunch & Learn – How to Successfully Pull Off a Career Change | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
UiPath RPA Tampa | Accelerating RPA Deployment with UiPath and CyberArk | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Options Trading Group for Monthly Income | The Bionic Bull Option Strategy! | 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
VetCoin Foundation | Leave No Veteran Behind: Using the Blockchain to Improve Veterans’ Lives | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet | YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents | 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Explorations in Philosophy | Introduction to philosophy Ch.3: How do we Know? Hume’s ‘Of Miracles’ | 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup | Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show | 5:00 PM to 6:15 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Agile | Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Downtown St Pete) | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D Group | 1st ed AD&D Campaign. | 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup | Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective | 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Enhancing Your Career With Mindfulness | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Land O Lakes Cigars and Networking Group | Cigars, Networking, Referrals – | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” | Bowling Night | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Business Club | Westshore NETWORKING After Hours | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Eccentricity Club (Foodies and Fun) | Korean at Korea House in Longwood | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Ybor Free Writing Group | Writing Meetup | 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Live streaming production and talent | Live streaming production and talent | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers | Martinis and Book Recommendations | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Developers Meetup | ODevs IRL in May | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason | Rational Irrationality: Stuart Vyse on the Uses of Delusion | 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | THURSDAY Game Night @ de Bine Brewing Co. | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Bitcoin | [In-Person] Bitdevs Tampa Bay *DEVS WANTED* | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Builders Meetup | Saint Petersburg Business Builders | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
3D Printing Orlando | Basic 3D Design | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only) | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Gen Geek | Mr and Mrs crabs 🦀 | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Designing A UX Case Study | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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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 to 8:45 AM EDT |
Agile Orlando | Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando | 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM EDT |
Laid Back Leads Group | Laid Back Leads Group | 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Dr. Phillips Chamber of Commerce | Business Speed Networking – of Dr. Phillips | 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Brandon Biz Pros | Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros | 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
Entrepreneur Collaborative Center | IN-PERSON – Local Stories Live! Celebrating Asian American Entrepreneurs! | 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM EDT |
Project Codex: Orlando Junior Developers | Virtual Coffee | 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT |
NTi Port Richey, FL | NTi New Port Richey – Business Referral Network | 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Real Talkers #7306 | 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM EDT |
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay | Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence | 9:25 AM to 10:55 AM EDT |
Front End Creatives | Panel Discussion: Building a Career in Digital Marketing | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Computer Advantage, Apple Premier Partner | Advantage Talks: So many passwords! HELP! | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Orlando Unity Developers Group | Virtual Event: Blender-Painting Weights | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
MilitaryX | Tampa Job Fair – Tampa Career Fair | 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections | International Professionals Networking Meeting | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up | International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Young Professionals of Tampa Bay Networking Group | Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers | Friday Business Introductions! | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
The Orlando Python User Group | Python Lunch & Learn | 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | Friday International Business Introductions at McAllisters Westshore | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net | In PERSON Networking Lunch Sabal Park/Brandon Reserve your seat | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro To Data Analytics: Excel Basics | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | MESSAGE CRAFTERS | 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Gaming Guild | Friday Board Game Night | 5:30 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to Data Analytics: SQL Fundamentals | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Positively Speaking Toastmasters | 6:15 PM to 7:45 PM EDT |
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” | Join our Facebook group! | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) | Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night | 7:00 PM to 11:59 PM EDT |
Tampa Stoics | IN-PERSON: Epictetus Discourses (Part 10) | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
MakerFX Makerspace | Laser Guild IRL Hang Out | 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [Online HISTORIC] Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3) | 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | MTG: Streets of New Capenna Game Day Draft | 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What Tech Career Is Right For Me? | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Central & North Florida HIMSS | CNFL HIMSS Nursing Informatics Bootcamp with Dr Newbold | Sat, May 14, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT |
Explorations in Philosophy | Introduction to philosophy | 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT |
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup | Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss. | 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Toastmasters Division G | Early Bird Ocala | 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Young Entrepreneurs of America | YEA Young Entrepreneurship | 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Robotics Badge Workshop (Daisies) | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Florida Center for Creative Photography | Learn Panoramic Photography | 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Black Billionaire Institute | Black Billionaire Institute Presents: The Startup | 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Chess Republic | Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown | 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
St. Pete Short Video Projects Meetup Group | Be an Active Member and Join Us For A New Project | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup | Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays | 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
Orlando Melrose Makers | In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab | 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Robotics & Makers Club | May 2022 Monthly Meeting | 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | Star Wars Legion: Daimyo Wars Tournament | 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) | Golf Group – Starfinder | 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Lithia Chess Meetup Group | (Chess in the Park) Chess at Park Square Plaza | 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Gen Geek | Ewok Bento Box | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Intro to HTML & CSS: Build Your Own Website | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network | Get More Clients (In Just 90 Minutes) With A Virtual Workshop | Liam Austin | 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Suncoast Makers | FREE Fab Lab Orientation | 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters District 48 | Advanced Articulators Toastmasters Club | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Nerd Night Out | NNO Book Club: Oona Out of Order | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Unity Developers Group | In Person: Unity – Input Actions | 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu) | Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome) | 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only) | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | Saturday MTG Draft at Hammerfall Games and Collectibles | 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers | Writing club | 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT |
3D Print Orlando – 3D Printing Community | 3D Print Orlando Community Meetup – May | 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild | [In-Person] The Wild Beyond the Witchlight – DM Calvin (Tier 1) | 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || What is UX/UI Design? | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Lithia Dungeons & Dragons And Gaming Guild | RIFTs (Palladium Games) | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Orlando Stoics | IN PERSON: The Most Meaningful Stoic Quotes | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
@Lina_Leone__ | Women About Business Info Dinner | 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Nerdbrew Events | Community Hang-out Night | 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Group | Event Name | Time |
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Toastmasters District 48 | Clearwater Sunday Speakers Toastmasters Club | 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT |
Jane of All Trades Orlando Women’s Workshops | The Basics of Tool, Take 2! | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT |
Gen Geek | Kayak Caledisi Island | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Pinellas Writers | ANNUAL PICNIC PINELLAS WRITERS | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Wireframes and Prototypes | 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Geekocracy! | Hot Ones – Let’s eat some hot wings! | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton | Games at Table Talk Board Game Bistro | 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Hackerspace | Family Open Make Day | 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Dialogue and Human Experience. | What “Hard Truths” Have You Learned In Life? | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! | D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers | Sunday Fun Day Tabletop Game Extravaganza! | 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Critical Hit Games | D&D Adventurers League | 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco | Weekend Game Day | 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
The Tampa Bay Movie Fans Meetup Group | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness @ AMC Veterans | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Tampa Otaku | Studio Ghibli Fest 2022: Ponyo (Dubbed) | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
Toastmasters, Division D | Weekend Toastmasters | 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT |
Tampa Bay Beach and Sunset Photography and Modeling Classes | Boudoir Studio Workshop and Shoot Photographer Signup Page | 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
The Historical History Book Club | Book Discussion: In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || Data Analytics: Tools of the Trade | 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Thinking While Drinking Tampa | Eastern vs Western Ideas of Happiness [ONLINE] | 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Nerdbrew Events | Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck! | 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
Nerd Night Out | A Duck Presents NB Movie Night | 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
Thinkful Tampa | Thinkful Webinar || UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System | 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM EDT |
Manatee County Parks & Natural Resources | Lunar Eclipse Watch Party | Mon, May 16, 2022, 1:00 AM EDT |
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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, May 2 through Sunday, May 8, 2022. That’s right, we’re going into a brand new month this week!
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:
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.
If you’re looking for an adventure, a chance to test your startup skills, and an experience that will make your résumé stand out, join me on StartupBus Florida, which departs Tampa Bay on July 27, when it sets course for Austin, Texas!
On this three-day journey, “buspreneurs” will form teams, create a business idea, build a software demo for that idea, and develop pitches for that idea. When they arrive in Austin, they’ll spend two days pitching their startups to a panel of judges.
I was a “buspreneur” on StartupBus Florida in 2019, the last time the event took place, and our team made it to the finals and got the runner-up position. This time, I’m a “conductor” — one of the coaches on the bus — and our team is here to help you rise to the challenge.
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PyCon US 2022 is happening this week, with tutorials happening on Wednesday and Thursday, and the main conference starting on Friday and running through the weekend. It’s Python’s largest conference, and according to the venue’s events calendar, almost 3,500 people are expected to attend!
I’m sure that you’ve perused the schedules and picked out the ones that you’d like to attend (and hey, be sure to check out my teammate Jess Temporal’s talk on JSON Web Tokens — a.k.a. JWTs — on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in room 255DEF). Or perhaps you plan to hit some booth on the Expo floor (come by the Auth0 booth — I’ll be there!).
But have you planned out how you’re going to work the room?
It’s been my experience that some of the most important things I’ve learned and all the connections I’ve made at conferences didn’t happen at the presentations. Instead, they happened between presentations — in the hallways, lounges, lunches, and social gatherings, where I had the chance to chat with the speakers, organizers, and the other attendees. This observation is so common that it’s given rise to “unconferences” like BarCamp, whose purpose is to invert the order of things so that the conference is more “hallway” than “lecture theatre”.
It’s especially important to talk to people you don’t know or who are outside your usual circle. Books like The Tipping Point classify acquaintances with such people as “weak ties”. Don’t let the word “weak” make you think they’re unimportant. As people outside your usual circle, they have access to a lot of information, people, and opportunities that you don’t. That’s why most people get jobs through someone they know, and of those cases, most of the references came from a weak tie. The sorts of opportunities that come about because of this sort of relationship led sociologist Mark Granovetter to coin the phrase “the strength of weak ties”.
The best way to make weak ties at a conference is to work the room. If the phrase sounds like sleazy marketing-speak and fills your head with images of popped collars and wearing too much body spray, relax. Working the room means being an active participant in a social event and contributing to it so that it’s better for both you and everyone else. Think of it as good social citizenship.
If you’re unsure of how to work the room, I’ve got some tips that you might find handy…
A one-line self-introduction is simply a single-sentence way of introducing yourself to people you meet at a conference. It’s more than likely that you won’t know more than a handful of attendees and introducing yourself over and over again, during the conference, as well as its post-session party events. It’s a trick that Susan RoAne, room-working expert and author of How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections In-Person and Online teaches, and it works. It’s pretty simple:
My intro will be something along the lines of “I’m a rock and roll accordion player, but in my side gig, I’m a developer advocate for an incredibly cool company that helps make logins happen.”
At PyCon, you’ll probably see a group of people already engaged in a conversation. If this is your nightmare…
…here’s how you handle it:
Feel free to join me in at any conversational circle I’m in! I always keep an eye on the periphery for people who want to join in, and I’ll invite them.
Here’s more advice on how to work the room:
I’ll see you at PyCon, and if you see me or anyone else on the Auth0 team, please say “hi” — we would love to meet you!
Now that Twitter’s been bought by someone with a fifteen-year-old white suburban teen’s concept of free speech and who doesn’t understand how content moderation actually enables free speech, there are a number of people who are considering leaving the platform, in that same way when Donald Trump took the presidency on that bleak day in 2016.
To those people, I say: STAY.
Twitter is about to turn into Reddit from its freewheeling days of the early 2010s, when free speech absolutism was the rule of the day, and what did we get for it? A speaker’s corner for terrible people, a platform for harassment campaigns, a gathering place for bigots, and the birthing ground for Gamergate and the alt-right culture that it enabled.
In the face of this, the best thing to do is to STAY, be ready, organize, and follow the advice of Canadian author Dennis Leigh, which Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray adapted:
“Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.”
Or, since this is a site aimed at techies, here are some encouraging words from David “The 10th Doctor” Tennant said shortly after the UK vote for Brexit:
Here’s a transcript:
It’s all gonna be okay. Trust me, I’m a doctor.
But — it’s up to us to make it okay.
It’s time to be positively rebellious and rebelliously positive. As long as we stand up for what we believe in, don’t give in to anger or violence, look out for the little guy, keep an eye on the big guys, refuse to keep our mouths shut, and just generally try not to be dicks, everything little thing is gonna be all right.