A bit of a silly title, but an interesting story. A few weeks back I posted a note about attending TechEd and how popcorn seemed to be a big hit when it was served one afternoon. Last week following the oPASS meeting one of our regulars – Bob Blaydes – asked if I’d like to […]
Read more "Popcorn Networking"I think we do a pretty good job of delivering technical content, but not such a great job at getting the attendees talking to each other. The speaker side of things has definitely turned into a social event, how do we do that for attendees? I don’t have the answer yet, but we’ve made a […]
Read more "Social Networking and SQLSaturday"Available for download by all PASS members (membership is free), this issue has Techies Talking to Non-Techies by Don Gabor. Don talks about the various conversation styles and how sometimes you have to adjust your style to have a worthwhile (reasonable) conversation. I totally agree on this, it took me a while to understand that […]
Read more "Latest Issue of The SQL Server Standard – Volume 7 Issue 3"Had this on my list for a while, thinking maybe it’s a way to leverage the investment in my (your) network. Setting up the poll is easy, enter a question and up to 5 choices, then you publish to your immediate connections for free, or pay $50 to reach a wider audience. If you just […]
Read more "Test Driving a LinkedIn Poll"I’m in charge of networking and social time for oPASS and I do what I can to help get our members (old and new) get better at networking while at our user group meetings. In the past we’ve done introductions and games and discussion about networking. Worth doing, and effective to a point. This month […]
Read more "The Name Game"I’m in Chicago for a couple days next week, flying in on Sunday. Anyone in the area available for dinner Sunday night?
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