SQL Server with Mr. Denny » SQL Server Days

Presenting is Actually Hard Work

Denny Cherry — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:09 +0000

As I’ve been going through the process of getting my slide decks for Tech Ed, SQL Server Day 2012 and SQL Rally I’ve recome reminded that this whole process of writing presentations is actually pretty hard work. Writting abstracts and getting them submitted is the easiest part of the entire process. After that comes the nerve racking step of waiting for the approvals to be sent out.

Once you have been approved it’s time to being the brutal part of preparing the slides and demos and getting them submitted to the conference for their approval. While it may appear like there is lots of time between the session abstracts being submitted and the conference actually happening, you can’t actually wait all that long to get everything completed. This is because the side decks are due long before the actual conference happens. This is done to ensure that the slides are complete, correct, and are ready to be used at the conference. Speakers are obligated to submit their slide decks on time, and basically complete on what ever date the conference has specified.

It doesn’t really matter what level of conference you are dealing with, or how much experience you have as a speaker you must, as a speaker, have your matterials done on time and ready to be completed. While you can always make minor tweaks and changes to the presentation the bulk of the presentation shouldn’t be changing after it is submitted and approved.

Slide Decks for SQL Server Days

Denny Cherry — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:49 +0000

This week I spoke at two great events. The first was SQL Zaterdag (SQL Saturday in Dutch) and the second was SQL Server Days. These were both great events that I am so happy to have been a part of. For those that attended SQL Zaterdag you’ll find my slides for those sessions on this other blog post. Below you’ll find the slides for the sessions I did at SQL Server Days.

Indexing Internals

Optimizing SQL Server Performance in a Virtual Environment

Table indexing for the .NET Developer

I hope that everyone enjoyed these two events as much as I did. I look forward to seeing all my crazy new European friends at the SQL PASS summit or the next time I make it out to Europe.

Denny

SQL Server Days Early Bird Discount Ends Friday

Denny Cherry — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:24 +0000

If you haven’t had a chance to get signed up for SQL Server Days in Belgium (November 14th and 15th) now is the time. The early bird discount ends Friday meaning that when you remember to sign up on Monday the price goes from €79 to €99.

Now if you aren’t interested in saving €20 then by all means wait until Monday, but if it was up to me I’d want to save that €20 for someone else (good beer comes to mind), so go and sign up now. I’ll wait.

Not sure why you want to go to SQL Server Days?

The answer to that is simple. There is a lot of top name speaker talent flying in, and they want to meet you at the event. You’ve got some of the biggest speakers in the community speaking at this event. Chris Webb (blog) is going to be speaking on SQL Server Analysis Services and the new DAX queries. Jennifer Stirrup (blog | @jenstirrup) will be talking about the iPad and PowerPivot and how to get BI solutions into the hands of mobile users. Kevin Kline (blog | twitter) will be talking about thoubleshooting SQL Server and much, much more.

Now stop reading and go sign up already and save yourself the €20. I’ll see you there on the 14th and 15th.

Denny