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Professional Development

MSSQLTips 2013 Champion Award

Mar 21 2013

MSSQLTips 2013 Champion Award

I was caught off guard yesterday when a box arrived from my friends at Edgewood Solutions.  You may know Edgewood better by the site they run, MSSQLTips.com.  Shortly after my first writing “gig”, an article for Simple-Talk back in 2007, I was approached by Jeremy Kadlec and Greg Robidoux at Edgweood about writing for their [...]

By Tim Ford • MSSQLTips, Professional Development • 6 • Tags: MSSQLTips

The Art of Conversation & PowerPoint

Mar 8 2013

The Art of Conversation & PowerPoint

  PowerPoint, Hammers, Processed Mac n’ Cheese, and Presentation Arts I’m taking a new approach to producing presentations. In the past I’ve always come up with an idea and then spent countless hours in PowerPoint designing, writing, and conceptualizing the full presentation.  Converting what may start out as fresh food for thought and over-processing it [...]

By Tim Ford • Professional Development, SQL Saturday, Syndicated • 4 • Tags: #SQLSat206, #SQLSat211, powerpoint, SQL Cruise, SQLCruise

How I Architect A Technical Slide Deck

Sep 13 2012

How I Architect A Technical Slide Deck

Each presenter I know has their own style for developing ideas, organizing their message, and delivering it.  My only aim in this post is to explain my process and present the case for why I follow this new tack.  I am not hear to cast derision on any others’ methods, style, and content. I’ve been [...]

By Tim Ford • Presentations, Professional Development, Syndicated • 2 • Tags: bullets, comprehending, listening, powerpoint, Presentations, Professional Development, SQL, Tips and Tricks

The Natural Side of Micro-Management

Sep 4 2012

The Natural Side of Micro-Management

Welcome to Hell. It’s Beautiful and the Coffee is Terrible. Last month I enured the most grueling (physically and mentally) experience of my life to date with the possible exception of the experience of watching my youngest son languish in a hospital bed for almost six weeks back in 2011. I spent fourteen days with [...]

By Tim Ford • Professional Development, Rants, Syndicated • 1 • Tags: #sqltrevor, Buck Woody, micro-management, micromanagement, Professional Development, SQL, SQL Server

T/SQL Tuesday – A Day in the Life

Jul 17 2012

T/SQL Tuesday – A Day in the Life

Woke Early Fueled Up Let’s Go Backstory This month’s T/SQL Tuesday challenge was from Erin Stellato (blog|twitter) of SQLskills. She asked us to document a given day last week and then craft your post around what happened in order to provide an idea as to what a typical Day in the Life for a SQL [...]

By Tim Ford • Professional Development, Syndicated, T-SQL Tuesday • 1 • Tags: #telecommuting, DBCC CHECKDB, tsqltues

Wisconsin Here We Come

Apr 19 2012

Wisconsin Here We Come

Tomorrow I’ll be packing up my youngest son, aka #SQLTrevor, and heading to the land of Milk and Honey Beer to present at SQL Saturday 118 being held in Madison.  This is my first trip to Madison, but if it’s at all like just a portion of what I’ve heard it described as it sounds [...]

By Tim Ford • Presentations, Professional Development, SQL Saturday, Syndicated, Travel • 0 • Tags: #SQLSat118, Presentations, SQL, SQL Saturday, Templates, Tim Ford

The Divide

Jan 9 2012

The Divide

Today marks the first day of a much needed vacation.  It comes on the heels of a very successful SQL Saturday I was able to take part in at Colorado Springs, CO.  Besides delivering a successful presentation for the locals of Colorado Springs, Denver, and the surrounding area I was able to help out a [...]

By Tim Ford • Professional Development, SQL Saturday, Syndicated • 2 • Tags: #SQLFamily, #SQLSaturday104

Dec 8 2011

A Good DBA Doesn’t Exist

That line is all about context.  Am I saying there is no such thing as a good DBA?  I hope not.  I’m referring to the fact that a successful DBA is invisible to those users that unknowingly rely on him or her daily – as mythical as the Chupacabra, free love, and universal phone charger [...]

By Tim Ford • Professional Development • 1 • Tags: DBA, SQL

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