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Tag: SQL Saturday

  • More Than SQL

    SQL Saturday #52I am speaking at the upcoming SQL Saturday #52 – Colorado in the Denver Tech Center in a little over a week. I’m doing a presentation on The Modern Resume and a short mini-keynote talk at lunch time, and I’m joined by some amazing speakers, like Kevin Cox from the SQL CAT team, User group President Marc Beacom, and local MVPs Glenn Berry, Paul Nielsen, and Chris Shaw. We have some amazing people coming from out of town like Jack Corbett from Florida and Tim Mitchell from Texas, and Jason Strate from Miinesota. It’s a fantastic lineup with many more talented speakers and the chance for you to get a free day of world class training on things important to your career as a data professional.

    Those of us speaking are doing our part to give back to the SQL community, which is an amazing group of people that not only strive to be better at their jobs, but also engage and interact with one another, sharing that knowledge. I’ve learned a lot from many of these people, and hope that I can teach a little bit as well.

    However at this SQL Saturday, we are giving everyone the chance to do more than just learn about SQL. You can give back to this local community as well. We will be accepting donations of food that speakers will distribute back to the community food banks and victims of the fire near Boulder in Four Mile Canyon.

    There is more to life than our work. The SQL community is here to help you with your career, and we are happy to do that. This is a great way of also looking to give back to the local community in a way that I hope catches on at other events.

    Steve Jones

  • SQL Saturday #52 – Colorado

    I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #52 – Colorado in a little less than two weeks. I am giving my presentation of The Modern Resume and also doing a short talk at lunchtime on your career and trying to move forward. Hopefully it will go over well and if you’re not interested, take lunchtime to network with a few people. Either new contacts, or old ones, but take advantage of the time to meet with people outside of an office and talk some shop or career.

    There is a fantastic lineup of speakers, including a few highly respected speakers from out of town. Jason Strate ( LinkedIn | Blog | @stratesql) , Tim Mitchell (LinkedIn | Blog | @Tim_Mitchell), and Jack Corbett( LinkedIn | Blog | @unclebiguns) are coming from other states, as far away as Florida to give you some amazing training.

    From the local community, we have Chris Shaw ( LinkedIn | blog | @sqlshaw), Marc Beacom (LinkedIn | @marcbeacom), Carlos Bossy (LinkedIn | blog | @carlosbossy), and more.

    The event is on Sept 25th, and here is some information:

    8:00am – 5:00pm – Feel free to come a few minutes early to get registered and then network with other professionals from around the area

    Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church
    10150 E. Belleview Avenue
    Englewood, CO 80111
    sqlsat52

    This is just E of the Denver Tech Center, near Cherry Creek State Park and slightly SE of Cherry Creek High School.

    Hope to see you there!

  • SQL Saturday Advice – PhotoJournalism

    I try to carry a camera, and a video camera, most of the time when I’m traveling. I have a camera on my iPhone as well, and for all that, I tend to just forget to take enough images when I travel. Especially at events where I’m often talking to someone, and trying to engage.

    At various events I’ve seen the images and video handled different ways, but I think that SQL Saturday #28 set another bar by having a guy walk around all day, taking pictures, hitting every speaker in every session, and perhaps most importantly, getting a shot of every prize winner.

    Part of running a successful event is being able to market it. The enthusiasm, and the excitement so many people feel is infectious. I think it’s why we’re seeing this resurge in local events as the webinars and remote training, while good, lack some of the buzz and excitement of a live event.

    This is a great video from the SQL Saturday #40 team, and it’s something I’d like to see more of.

    http://www.gohardtv.com/mm_player.swf?http_base_url=http://www.gohardtv.com/&videoid=2584439

    Get some audio, video, images of your event. Post them on the site, make a slideshow, do a voice over, and publish it. You’ll inspire people in other areas, but you’ll also inspire others to support your events in the future.

  • SQL Saturday #28 – Keynote

    I was honored to be asked to do the keynote for SQL Saturday #28 in Baton Rouge recently. It’s taken me longer than expected to process this and upload it, but here is my keynote speech from a couple weeks ago:

    Part 1: The first 14 minutes or so with some introductory comments.

     

     

    I shot this with my Flip camera on a stand near the stage since there wasn’t a good place to put it. A large auditorium and I wandered out of sight quite a bit. I realize that I also need a better way to grab audio for various events like this, so I’m looking at a separate audio mic and recorder.