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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results matching tags 'Conferences', 'Best Practices', 'Quest Software', and 'Speaking'</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;tag=Conferences,Best+Practices,Quest+Software,Speaking&amp;orTags=0</link><description>Search results matching tags 'Conferences', 'Best Practices', 'Quest Software', and 'Speaking'</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>Upcoming SQLSaturday Events in Omaha and Atlanta!</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2011/08/17/upcoming-sqlsaturday-events-in-omaha-and-atlanta.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:37857</guid><dc:creator>KKline</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/91/schedule.aspx"&gt;&lt;img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/omaha-300x250.jpg" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1776" title="omaha" alt="" height="250" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've had enough time off from traveling after my &lt;a href="http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/docs%5Cdocuments%5C38.htm#umbilical" title="Eeeew! Gross!" target="_blank"&gt;surgery&lt;/a&gt; to finally travel again.&amp;nbsp; First on the circuit , set for August 27th, is Omaha, Nebraska and &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/91/eventhome.aspx" title="SQL Saturday in Omaha" target="_blank"&gt;SQL Saturday #91&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
 As a former Crimson Tide alum, I was stoked about going to the 
University of Nebraska, our once and future rivals on the Grid Iron.&amp;nbsp; 
But after a moment's confusion, I remembered that the Huskers are over 
in Lincoln, not Omaha.&amp;nbsp; (May &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bear_Bryant" title="Paul &amp;quot;Bear&amp;quot; Bryant" target="_blank"&gt;Bear&lt;/a&gt; have mercy on my soul.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Almost
 all of the speakers are friends.&amp;nbsp; Many are Microsoft MVPs.&amp;nbsp; So it'll be
 great to catch up with these fine folks and, I hope, get a chance to 
meet many attendees.&amp;nbsp; I'll be doing three of my favorite presentations: 
SQL Server Internals &amp;amp; Architecture, &lt;a href="http://kevinekline.com/slides/end-to-end-troubleshooting/" title="Kevin Kline's End-to-End Troubleshooting for Microsoft SQL Server" target="_blank"&gt;End-to-End Troubleshooting for Microsoft SQL Server&lt;/a&gt;,
 and Top Ten Most Crucial DBA Mistakes.&amp;nbsp; As I write this, I realize that
 I've got to get busy and post those other slide decks in the slides 
section of my website!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'll also be visiting a few customers for 
the two days before hand, signing a few books, and otherwise trying to 
be productive.&amp;nbsp; In the parlance of my employer, that means helping with 
sales.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/89/eventhome.aspx"&gt;&lt;img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/atlanta-300x240.jpg" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1777" title="atlanta" alt="" height="240" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next month, on September 17th, I'll be speaking at the &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/89/eventhome.aspx" title="SQL Saturday in Atlanta" target="_blank"&gt;Atlanta SQL Saturday #89&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;
 I'm presenting just one session at the event itself, though I'll be 
hanging out at the Quest booth much of the time. If possible, I'm also 
going to spend as much time as I can in &lt;a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=89&amp;amp;sessionid=5212" title="Bob Ward, Microsoft Customer Support Services" target="_blank"&gt;Bob Ward's sessions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In
 addition, I'll be presenting a full day pre-conference seminar on 
Friday, September 16th covering all sorts of SQL Server performance 
tuning and optimization content.&amp;nbsp; There are only a few seats left, so if
 you're so inclined &lt;a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1796682927/efblike" title="A Full Day of SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization Training" target="_blank"&gt;REGISTER HERE ASAP&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; All attendees will be getting a big goodie bag with posters, a signed copy of one of my books, and a T-Shirt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atlanta
 is an easy 4-hour drive from Nashville.&amp;nbsp; And the weather is usually 
great in September.&amp;nbsp; So this should be a fun event in every way!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow me on &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/kekline" title="C'mon. You know you want to!" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Kev&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>