I want to wrap up the notes on SQLSaturday by writing about my approach to managing events that I’ve evolved at SQLSaturday but definitely applies to most events and...
2020-01-03 (first published: 2019-12-16)
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Feb 29, 2020 is the date for SQLSaturday Tampa, number 951. The call for speakers is open through January 10th, so you don’t have much time to get something...
2019-12-27
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One of the choices you make as an organizer is whether to buy anything that you want use or give away at the end of the event. Owning nothing...
2019-12-20 (first published: 2019-12-02)
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One of the things we’ve done most years in Orlando is to print poster sized schedules. This started out as a supplement to giving everyone a printed schedule and...
2019-12-09
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We just had our final event of the year and looking back, not bad at all. No event in June or November, but 18 overall (16 listed below, plus...
2019-12-05
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For the past few years we’ve had a a local sponsor provide cupcakes as the “sweet treat”. We started with mid afternoon but found it worked well if we...
2019-11-25
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We hold our event at a local college. The way it works is our contact tries to reserve ALL of the rooms in the building because we will end...
2019-11-18
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I like to say that the goal for any event is to meet the expectations of attendees. The trick is to set the expectations because if you don’t, they...
2019-11-11
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The last two years we did Family Feud as part of our end of day gathering. Fun, exciting, and energetic are all words I’d use to describe it. Definitely...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
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This year for the first time in a long time we pre-printed the SpeedPASS for all attendees and we did it on perforated paper. This was really all about...
2019-11-05
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