It’s that time of year again when data professionals from every corner of the world are gathering for PASS Data Community Summit and I’m already exhausted…and thrilled to go to Seattle. Between the keynotes, the sessions, and reconnecting with my Summit family, this week always feels like the ultimate data event that I must power through! I start the long week with SQL Saturday Oregon, the weekend before PASS Summit, as I’ll be the keynote speaker at this event and then many of us will head off to Seattle on the SQL Train on Sunday to begin the week of…
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I have the greatest respect for those that organize and create user group tech events. It’s an incredible challenge, especially having to compete with today’s huge, heavily funded, cloud vendor events, and due to this, one of the biggest challenges in running a tech event is driving attendance. The formula is familiar: great speakers, strong technical sessions, networking opportunities, and engaging social events. But somewhere along the way, as technology has advanced, one outdated tactic has lingered: using the presence of young women to attract a male-dominated audience. For women in tech, this is not a trivial issue, but can…
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I’m doing a mid-year review and want to get better about blogging again. I did an initial AlloyDB Omni post this last week and it reminds me about the session I’ll be doing at PASS Community Summit with Steve Karam with PostgreSQL with PGVector! I know, you’re all really confused now- The SQL Server folks are thinking, “I thought she was Oracle??” The Oracle people are thinking I’m just not loyal because I keep working with other database platforms…:) One of the great things about this event is that it’s welcoming to so many technologies and database platforms. I’ve been…
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I thought I would share the recommendations for the next day that I’m excited about this year at PASS Summit 2019! There are some really great sessions and as most attendees, I’ve focused the list on topics that I’m interested in or can help me in my role. Although Tuesday afternoon and evening may kill me with how many events are all planned, there’s still a lot going on for the rest of the week! Wednesday starts with my session with Denise McInerney, on Becoming a Technical Leader, so I don’t get to attend first, but will be presenting. This…
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The next nine days, I’m traveling to three cities for four events. We’ll just call this the 9-3-4 gauntlet of speaker life. I booked this travel as four, one-way flights to get the itinerary I needed to make the most of my schedule and will have breaks between each event to make sure I don’t kill myself my last two weeks at Delphix. GLOC Today I’m heading to the Great Lakes Oracle Conference, (https://gloc.neooug.org/) where I get to present on DevOps and hang out with all my Oracle peeps. GLOC is the second largest regional Oracle user group event and…
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I’m getting ready to get on a plane between two events today and have been so busy, that there’s been a break in blogging. That’s right folks, Kellyn has let a few things slide…. For those people on top of all the happenings in Kevlar’s life, I’ve been busy removing 15 years of possessions from my home so we can sell it in the next month, along with the purchase, upgrade and consolidation into a 42Ft. travel trailer. It’s quite an undertaking, so a few things have had to be put lower on the priority list to complete the rest.…
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Its been a couple years since I presented at UKOUG. After taking last year off to prioritize some projects with Delphix, I’m back to speaking and the event committee was gracious enough to offer a goth girl a couple spots on the schedule this year. The event is in Birmingham, and although I’ve never been there, I’m told by reports, it’s rather rainy and cold this time of year, so I better prepare, (nothing like people selling you on a location…:)) I have two sessions this year, the first one is on Super Sunday: Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 4pm in the…
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I know you’ve read the title and are thinking, “Great, I’m going to learn how to write better presentations!” The truth is, it’s about how conferences do call for papers timelines, abstracts, as well as how we manage our content. Timing Is Everything In recent years, there’s been a scramble to get on the schedule for the best speakers. I remember when I first started as the director for RMOUG’s annual Training Days conference. I had to keep the opening date for Call For Papers, (CFP) secret, since the moment I opened the portal up, IOUG, ODTUG and UKOUG were sure…
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I ended up speaking at two events this last week. Now if timezones and flights weren’t enough to confuse someone, I was speaking at both an Oracle AND a SQL Server event- yeah, that’s how I roll these days. Utah Oracle User Group, (UTOUG) I arrived last Sunday in Salt Lake, which is just a slightly milder weather and more conservative version of Colorado, to speak at UTOUG’s Spring Training Days Conference. I love this location and the weather was remarkable, but even with the warm temps, skiing was still only a 1/2 hour drive from the city. Many of…
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My sabbatical from speaking is about to end in another week and it will return with quite the big bang. Oct. 14th First up is Upper NY Oracle User Group, (UNYOUG) for a day of sessions in Buffalo, NY. I’ll be doing three talks: Virtualization 101 The Limitless DBA AWR and ASH with Database 12c Oct 25th-28th I’ll be at Pass Summit! I’ve been wanting to attend this conference since I was managing MSSQL 7 databases! I finally get to go, but as I’m newly back in the MSSQL saddle, no speaking sessions for me. I do have a number…
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So some unknowing fool gave me full access to a fridge of Starbucks caffeinated beverages, which should be against the law in this fine country. Needless to say, my ability to type approximately 180wpm has offered me the opportunity to catch up and blog about what it’s like almost a month in employed with Delphix. In just the last two weeks, a number of conference sessions have come about and events that I plan on being part of. Some of them are well known, some aren’t and some require a bit of promotion to make them even greater than they…
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I fly out tomorrow for NoCOUG’s Spring Conference, which will be held on Friday, the 13th in San Jose, California. If you were thinking of attending and needed an added incentive to attend, I’ll be putting on a FOUR hour Enterprise Manager 13c hands on lab, so admit it, you’re intrigued… 🙂 I want to thank Iggy Fernandez, who is the heart of NoCOUG, for contacting me and asking me to do the HOL, along with the folks from Oracle ensuring that I have the environment to offer the attendees to enjoy this great event! I’ll fly back out of San…
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I’m glad to be home after a couple weeks in Europe, speaking at both the Harmony 15 conference in beautiful Tallinn, Estonia and then as a keynote speaker at AOUG in lovely Vienna, Austria the week after. I get to pretty much stay close to home for the next two months, traveling only a bit, but I want to go over the upcoming conferences that I’ll be speaking at the next couple months. July 23rd, 2015, Georgia Oracle User Group’s Quarterly Tech Symposium I’ll be speaking, along with my peer, Loc Nhan at the event. I’m looking forward to seeing…
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I’m at HotSos Symposium 2015 speaking this week, so thought I would blog about the results of the conference I’m the director of and that finished up just two weeks ago. I’m not admitting to being overwhelmed by OEM questions here, as I’m rather enjoying it. I love seeing folks so into Enterprise Manager and look forward to more! Keep the ideas for more blog posts coming! I’ll write on all these great topics in upcoming posts. Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, (RMOUG) Training Days 2015 is over for another year, but the conference is a task that encompasses approximately…
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Collaborate 2015 at the Mandalay in Las Vegas is just around the corner and the sheer amount of Enterprise Manager focused content is phenomenal! Oracle partners and power users around the world come together each year to provide the lucky attendees the best in use cases, tips and technical know -how regarding the best infrastructure management tool in the industry. If you are one of the lucky masses who attend this incredible conference from IOUG, Quest and OAUG, you’ll be searching the massive schedule of sessions for the presenters that will get you to the level of expertise you desire…