Notes From The August 2012 OPASS Meeting

Luis Figueroa did a nice job presenting on Master Data Management. It’s nice to see the tools evolving, though I’ll confess to thinking that MDM is one of those dreams that is rarely achieved in most organizations. Jen Underwood did a presentation on predictive analytics. Lots of good background on the terminology, nice demos, and […]

OPASS Meeting W/ Luis Figueroa & Jen Underwood–August 22, 2013

Luis Figueroa will be presenting Getting started with Master Data Services 2012 and then Jen Underwood will be presenting Practical Predictive Analytics – looks to be a nice evening of learning! Get all the details on the oPASS site.

Five Weeks Until SQLSaturday #232 In Orlando

Time has flown by and we’re just five weeks from SQLSaturday #232 on September 14th, 2013. It’s a time of excitement and a bit of chaos for those of us on the organizing team. We’re trying to finalize the budget, order shirts for the speakers, get evaluation cards printed, and all the rest of the […]

Speakers Announced for SQLSaturday #232 in Orlando

It’s done, finally! The sessions for SQLSaturday #232 have been selected and the schedule is available for viewing. We have 8 tracks this year, 6 slots per track, for a whopping 48 sessions this year. It’s an amazing list of speakers – go take a look, you’ll see! If you’re attending, or haven’t made up […]

Notes From The January 2012 OPASS Meeting

OPASS meetings are held at Logans Roadhouse in Sanford now, I think the fourth location over the past couple years, but maybe the best so far. Easy access, plenty of parking, the only downside for me is that it’s all the way across Orlando from where I work. Took an hour to make the drive […]

Last Call To Register for SQLSaturday Orlando

This coming Saturday (September 29th) we’ll be having our sixth annual SQLSaturday at Seminole State College (our site partner since the beginning) with 7 great tracks of free learning. Pay the lunch fee of $10 and you’ll get a knock your socks off BBQ lunch plated up by the speakers, all wearing….SQLSaturday aprons! If you’ve […]

Schedule Announced for SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando

We had 45 speakers submit sessions this year. Sticking to our tradition here in Orlando, we accepted as many speakers as we could – all of them. We like the diversity and networking that happens with a large number of speakers and we’re lucky enough to have attendance levels high enough that every session will […]

Marketing Ideas for Chapters & SQLSaturday

I’m part of the team putting together SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando this year, and one of the things Kendal Van Dyke asked if I could work on was marketing ideas. How do we reach more of those interested in SQL Server in or near Orlando? The task is to come up with ideas, then the […]

Notes from the January 2012 oPASS Meeting

It’s been quite a while – where did the time go? – since I had done a presentation for oPASS, so when I heard in December that our planned January speaker had cancelled I was happy to volunteer to fill in. The presentation they picked was the one I did at the Summit last year […]

Presenting at OPASS on January 10, 2012

I’m stepping out of blogging-break mode for a few minutes to share that I’ll be presenting Building Your Professional Development Plan to the members of oPASS on January 10, 2012. It’s obviously not a technical presentation, but one that has always been well received by technical audiences and one that is fun for me to […]