This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my year. I like data and numbers, so I’m looking at a few aspects of life this year with data I’ve compiled from previous years.
Today I’m looking at my speaking efforts in 2024. Since I finished all my commitments in November, this is an easy post to write.
Speaking Stats
Here are the gross stats for public speaking, as free and paid events.
- Events: 37
- Talks: 68
- Virtual talks: 7
- free, community events (non UGs): 9
- user group talks: 3
- Redgate events: 20
This was also a year when I spoke at two events that repeated during the year. THAT! Conference was in Austin and Wisconsin Dells and I was honored to go to both. I was also at both of the Denver Dev Days (May and Oct).
Lots of these required some trips, but some were local or remote, so this didn’t feel like a big speaking year.
In terms of sessions, I delivered 19 different talks throughout the year, with a number of repeats. I like having 5-6 current talks that I can repeat at different events as this helps me practice them and deliver a smoother performance.
Most of my talks with smaller, < 100 audiences, but I did have a few keynotes this year with some audiences in couple of hundred attendees. Maybe my largest talk was to about 300 people + hundreds online at DevOps Days Minneapolis.
Many of these events were great, and I’m looking forward to more in 2025. A few that I’m hoping to get back to in 2025:
- VS Live (none in 2024 other than Live 360)
- THAT Conference
- DevOps Days (either Minn or elsewhere)
- SQL Sat Baton Rouge – one of my favorites and I hope to get back in 2025.