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I am honored to present Some Thoughts on Managing Teams at the Fall 24 Hours of PASS event 15 – 16 Sep 2010. Are you a member of a team of database professionals? Are you part of a developer team? Do you manage or lead a team? This presentation is for you! I share experiences, …
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  Introduction Andy Waren (Blog | @sqlAndy), Jack Corbett (Blog | @unclebiguns), and Kendall Van Dyke (Blog | @SQLDBA) have been busy. They’re working on SQLRally – a regional PASS event scheduled for May 2011 in Orlando. Andy does a good job explaining the thinking behind the event in his 31 Aug 2010 post: Positioning …
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Andy Warren [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Douglas McDowell [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Geoff Hiten [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Mark Ginnebaugh [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] The links …
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  Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Andy Warren [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Douglas McDowell [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Geoff Hiten [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Mark Ginnebaugh [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] The …
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Andy Warren [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Douglas McDowell [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Geoff Hiten [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Mark Ginnebaugh [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] The links …
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Andy Warren [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Douglas McDowell [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Geoff Hiten [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Mark Ginnebaugh [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] The links …
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Introduction The PASS Board presents the following candidates for the 2010 Election: Allen Kinsel [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Andy Warren [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Douglas McDowell [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Geoff Hiten [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] Mark Ginnebaugh [My original interview | PASS Elections Portal] The links …
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Introduction I had an opportunity to meet with members of both the PASS Board of Directors and Nominations Committee this past weekend at SQL Saturday #51. You’ll never believe what we talked about…   The PASS Board Elections 2010 Yep, you guessed it. We talked about the election process. What follows is what I gleaned …
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Introduction  As many of you already know, I followed this year’s PASS Election cycle fairly closely. I interviewed all the PASS Board of Directors applicants so that you, my loyal readers (both of you!) could get to know these people interested in leading part of our community. You can read those interviews here: Allen Kinsel …
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Another Thought In his latest book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, Clay Shirky (Twitter) makes the following statement about social systems: “Social systems have two modes — dynamic and dead.” Static isn’t anywhere in that list. Well it is, it’s just spelled d-e-a-d. Folks in other communities want what we have in the …
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