SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 48
This past Saturday we held our eight annual SQLSaturday. I’ll write some notes about the event and post today or...
2014-09-29
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SQLAndy
Four Big Things PASS Could Do Next Year
Here’s my wish list:
Fix the membership problem. One voter, one vote. That’s what we want. The current hack of requiring...
2014-09-25
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 47
Notes:
We sent out a final you haven’t paid for lunch reminder on Wed, asked for a reply if they were...
2014-09-25
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 46
Registration count after some cancellations now at 577, way above my goal of 500. We’ve decided not to spend on...
2014-09-24
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Why I’m Only Casting One Vote This Year in the PASS Election
First, a reminder/disclaimer that I am serving on the PASS NomCom this year. The four candidates in the election are...
2014-09-26 (first published: 2014-09-23)
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Launching PASSWatch
I’ve wanted to do this for a while, decided to make the time commitment and see what happens. See the...
2014-09-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 45
It’s Saturday a week out and I’m trying to finish up messages for the week. A lot to send this...
2014-09-20
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The Student To IT Pro Seminar We’re Doing at SQLSaturday Orlando
Ever since SQLSaturday #1 our venue has been Seminole State College (Seminole Community College back then), provided graciously and perhaps...
2014-09-19
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 44
More notes:
Registration at 520. Not as big a bump this week as we expected, probably due to the message going...
2014-09-18
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Why I Support PASS & Why I Criticize PASS
A friend recently asked me about my involvement with PASS, and that lead to the two questions in the title....
2014-09-17
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