September 28, 2016 at 11:38 am
GilaMonster (9/28/2016)
Reposting from twitter:"I'm looking for examples of extremely big or extremely busy relational database systems doesn't have to be SQL Server."
Case studies or similar, don't need detail, just
It's for a university lecture I'm giving next week, on the data-side of the IT industry. I'm finding that the grads from the local universities know a fair bit about the job opportunities on the software development side, but are woefully ignorant of the data side (relational, no-sql, Big Data, machine learning, data visualisation, etc)
Help?
Is this for you, Gail? Or someone else?
September 28, 2016 at 11:53 am
For me, sorry I thought the second paragraph would have made that clear.
Also, sorted enough. Got some stats from SQLCat and a few other places, and got enough examples to make my point.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 28, 2016 at 1:59 pm
Man, I hate when my Google-Fu has an off day...
Spent a chunk of the morning fighting with a DB restore on a Devs stand-alone, Google'ing like mad to find the problem, only to throw in the towel and post here.
And get a reply that exactly describes the problem and the simple resolution of patching the SQL to the current SP and CU...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1821699-3411-1.aspx
September 29, 2016 at 2:48 am
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?
Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
September 29, 2016 at 3:20 am
BLOB_EATER (9/29/2016)
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
I'm definitely no vet but
Practice, practice, practice and then practice again. (Continually check timing for pace.)
in front of a mirror? Definitely.
smile? Humour? No humour? Be yourself, smiling can't hurt.
Occasional eye contact will all attendees, nothing worse than permanently looking at and talking to prompt cards or worse reading of projection with your back to the audience.
Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.
September 29, 2016 at 3:27 am
Rehearse the presentation. To the wall, to your pets, to a willing victim. Doesn't matter, just make sure you run through it a few times.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 29, 2016 at 3:31 am
Thanks both. I will select some victims to practice, bribe them with a starbucks.
September 29, 2016 at 3:41 am
BLOB_EATER (9/29/2016)
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
Agree with what the others have said: Rehearse. I persoanlly never used either a mirror or a practice audience, I would just rehearse while sitting in my office. I know that lots of presenters do rehearse for a test audience (sometimes cats or dogs, sometimes real persons that are then even excpected to give feedback); I guess different things work for different people.
Speaking out loud during the rehearsal is best, but even trying to speak "in your head" at speaking pace works. WHen speaking for the audience, talk a bit slower than yoou normally do; try to do that in the rehearsals as well.
Most important reasons for rerhearsing:
1, Getting to know your material. You should know what's on the next slide before you show it; know what's in the next demo before you open the script. (Oh, and if you do have demos, then script everything, including a script that sets up a clean demo database; and run the scritps a few times in order before stating the presentation).
2. Check the timeing. If the session is 60 minutes, then you should aim for 50 minutes content to leave 10 minutes for Q&A - either throughout the session or at the end. When practicing you should finish in at most 45 minutes, as real delivery is always slower. For sessions of different length, adjust as needed.
3. Get a feel for the timing throughout the session. You should have a few points in your presentation where you know approximately at what time you should be there; during the delviery this gives you opportunity to check the time at that point and adjust the pace if needed.
More generic: Do not try to mimics anyone style when presenting. As much as you perhaps would love to present like Grant, or like Kimberly, or like Brent - you'll never be as good as being Grant as Grant himself is. And you are especaily good at being Blob_Eater, so focus on that.
And finally: Rememeber that the audience is not an enemy. An audience of 40 people may seem threatening, but they are not. They do not come there to mock you, they come there to learn something from you. So they want you to succeed just as much as you want to succeed.
Good luck - and most of all enjoy the presenting experience! 😉
September 29, 2016 at 3:50 am
Hugo Kornelis (9/29/2016)
BLOB_EATER (9/29/2016)
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
Agree with what the others have said: Rehearse. I persoanlly never used either a mirror or a practice audience, I would just rehearse while sitting in my office. I know that lots of presenters do rehearse for a test audience (sometimes cats or dogs, sometimes real persons that are then even excpected to give feedback); I guess different things work for different people.
Speaking out loud during the rehearsal is best, but even trying to speak "in your head" at speaking pace works. WHen speaking for the audience, talk a bit slower than yoou normally do; try to do that in the rehearsals as well.
Most important reasons for rerhearsing:
1, Getting to know your material. You should know what's on the next slide before you show it; know what's in the next demo before you open the script. (Oh, and if you do have demos, then script everything, including a script that sets up a clean demo database; and run the scritps a few times in order before stating the presentation).
2. Check the timeing. If the session is 60 minutes, then you should aim for 50 minutes content to leave 10 minutes for Q&A - either throughout the session or at the end. When practicing you should finish in at most 45 minutes, as real delivery is always slower. For sessions of different length, adjust as needed.
3. Get a feel for the timing throughout the session. You should have a few points in your presentation where you know approximately at what time you should be there; during the delviery this gives you opportunity to check the time at that point and adjust the pace if needed.
More generic: Do not try to mimics anyone style when presenting. As much as you perhaps would love to present like Grant, or like Kimberly, or like Brent - you'll never be as good as being Grant as Grant himself is. And you are especaily good at being Blob_Eater, so focus on that.
And finally: Rememeber that the audience is not an enemy. An audience of 40 people may seem threatening, but they are not. They do not come there to mock you, they come there to learn something from you. So they want you to succeed just as much as you want to succeed.
Good luck - and most of all enjoy the presenting experience! 😉
Great - I will print this off for future reference.
September 29, 2016 at 4:41 am
[ModenAnswer]
A column found on one of our tables. I absolutely promise we are not responsible for any cold calls received by members of the Thread.
How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537
September 29, 2016 at 5:27 am
BLOB_EATER (9/29/2016)
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
Do a video/webcam rehearsals in between other rehearsals then take it to the pub for criticism 😀
😎
Videos are very good tools when it comes to rehearsing, make certain there is a clock or a timer on the video, helps adjusting segments or text to specific slides.
September 29, 2016 at 5:31 am
BLOB_EATER (9/29/2016)
so....I will be doing a presentation in front of 40 people soon, I was wondering if the vets here have any advice? Practice in front of a mirror? smile? Humour? No humour?Yeah this is kind of new to me 🙂
Practice as much as you can. Yeah, do it in front of people or alone or whatever, but practice. Breath. A lot. Pause occasionally. Watch the room. Humor/no humor, that's a hard one. I've seen humor work really well and I've seen it fail horribly. You're better off erring on the side of no humor. Personally, I can't help it, I go for humor. It doesn't always work. In fact, it's gotten me in hot water a couple of times, so I don't advocate for it. I'll still do it though.
But basically, just relax. Most of the people in the audience want you to succeed and do well. Coming in the door, they're on your side.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
September 29, 2016 at 5:37 am
Just got a spam e-mail that starts with this:
"I am the only Daughter of my late parents Mr and Mrs Nelson Smith. My father was a highly reputable business magnet ..."
I must remember to watch out for business magnets in future, they sound very attractive..
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Martin Rees
You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
Stan Laurel
September 29, 2016 at 5:45 am
Grant Fritchey (9/29/2016)
Personally, I can't help it, I go for humor.
Same. I'm always going to be poking fun at something in a presentation (in the one I did this week I found a quote about my topic that was basically buzzword bingo, half the audience packed out laughing without me needing to say a word).
But, most of my 'jokes' are on-the-fly, not rehearsed, based on the feel in the room. Don't plan to put jokes into a specific point of a presentation just to make it funny.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 29, 2016 at 6:48 am
GilaMonster (9/29/2016)
But, most of my 'jokes' are on-the-fly, not rehearsed, based on the feel in the room. Don't plan to put jokes into a specific point of a presentation just to make it funny.
About 90% of the time, when I prepare a joke it falls flat.
About 60% of the time, when the joke comes up sponteaneously, it works.
I have learned to become *very* cautious about prepared jokes. Unless I have a very high confidence in them, I usually don't bother.
On the other hand, I do contiously remember which jokes (spontaneous or rehearsed) work vey well, and tend to reuse them.
Viewing 15 posts - 55,981 through 55,995 (of 66,749 total)
You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply