Category: Training/Events

I presented two sessions this weekend in Birmingham AL at SQL Saturday 81.  I was in the first slot of the day with my “You Inherited a Database, Now What” session.  The room was pretty full so I was excited.  I had a great group that was very interactive. My next session was brand new […]

This has been a great week for me.  I had a lot of new faces come out for the Columbus GA SQL Users Group meeting Tuesday night as well as being notified that I have been made a PASS Regional Mentor for South Central US. Mark Ginnebaugh sent out the official communication to the Regional […]

A new feature has been added to SQL Saturday.  Now when you register for an event you can build your schedule on the website.  I used it tonight to build my schedule for SQL Saturday 81.  This will be a huge help for attendees in preparing for their big day of SQL learning.  Great job […]

SQL Saturday 81 is coming up this weekend in Birmingham AL.  This will be my 5th SQL Saturday to speak at.  So far I have spoken in Tampa FL, Columbia SC, Jacksonville FL and Pensacola FL.  I still get nervous getting up in front of some many people to speak, but at least I am […]

For me so far it has been the speaker selection.  Getting sponsors didn’t prove to be difficult, we have a great market being we are Atlanta GA.  Locating a venue to hold the event presented a few challenges but again we are a large area so there are several venue to chose from but boy […]

Why am I attending Kevin Kline’s pre-con on “Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2” at SQL Saturday #89 in Atlanta on September 16th?  For starters I am a production DBA.  Sure I create SSRS reports and build ETL processes with SSIS and the like, but at the end of the day I […]

On June 8th we announced SQL Saturday 89.  The call for speakers went out to all those who had submitted sessions at a previous SQL Saturday, an alert went out to sponsors and the event was live.  Immediately emails started coming in, people started registering and sessions were being submitted.  The event really took on […]

I spend a little time on AskSSC (that is the question and answer section on http://www.sqlservercentral.com).  Quite often the question “Where do I start learning more about SQL” will come up where someone has just taken on the role of DBA within his or her organization.  Or possibly it is from someone who has been […]