SQL Tact

Looking forward to speaking in Seattle at next week's PASS Data Community Summit by Redgate. I'll be speaking both as a represe...

I'll be presenting at 7AM Central Time in the first timeslot of the main three-day PASS Virtual Summit 2020 conference. It's long b...

This is a fairly poignant issue for many technical community leaders who feel alone in what can be a thankless job. Let's talk about som...

Not being able to find a good, affordable venue to host a SQLSaturday is a show-stopping problem that is common to a lot of events, especial...

Thanks to the 56 of you who joined and actively answered my nerdy sample cert exam questions in the #PASSMarathon webinar "Think Like ...

Join me for my new webinar "Think Like a Certification Exam" at #PASSmarathon taking place on October 10! One of my favorite non...

Was honored to speak to fellow User Group leaders at the PASS Summit User Group leader meeting on Tuesday. Here's detail and links to so...

At the SQLSat Organizers and UG Leaders Meetings at PASS Summit meetings last week, we were given an opportunity to share "tips and tri...

We just completed our 9th annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge . In my post-mortem of the event, I've updated and tweaked the living, breathin...

In a blog post on the Sparkhound website , I laid out the strong case for a sponsor's Return on Investment (ROI) for sponsoring local SQ...

Slack is a popular tool for team interaction. To describe it quickly, it's a feature-rich persistent chat room, with threads, multimedia...

SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2015 was our 7th annual event, but we're still learning lessons. Here's my official Planning Committee Chai...

Thanks to all 130+ folks who joined, suffered my jokes and handwriting, and asked fantastic  questions during my presentation to the SQL PAS...

I am honored to be the very first presenter of the new PASS chapter in Lafayette, Louisiana this Tuesday, presenting on SQL Server Permissio...

I will be speaking and whiteboarding for Data Architecture Virtual Chapter meeting on February 27, 2014 on the fitting topic of Applicati...