PASS – Becoming a Master

SQL Saturday Oregon and SW Washington

Michael Wall November 03, 2022 0 Comments

I know, it's a little confusing. This event, one of the oldest SQL Saturdays, is going to once again be held in Vancouver, WA. Why? Portland, in the kindest way I can phrase, has become a challenging place to find meeting spots. Three of the Leadership members of Oregon Data Community live in Vancouver, all of us have an association with our site, Clark College, and Vancouver is just a fun city...

Being a Speaker – PASS Summit 2022 (yay!)

Michael Wall October 10, 2022 0 Comments

I was once again honored by the session evaluation team for PASS Summit to be chosen to speak this year at Seattle. I'm super excited as I will be doing my Professional Development presentation on Becoming a Master! There's still plenty of time to sign up for Summit, but hurry up as it's only going to get more expensive and harder to find lodging. You can sign up right here: PASS Data Community...

Being a Speaker – PASS Summit 2020

admin November 30, 2020 0 Comments

As I mentioned in an earlier post (I know, way earlier), I was honored to speak again at PASS Summit, the first virtual one. First of all, the PASS team worked their collective tails off to make sure everything went smoothly. I KNOW there were technical difficulties. I felt them myself. I KNOW my demos were a little hard (more than a little) to see on the darned window that wouldn't expand. For...

Speaking at PASS Summit 2020

Michael Wall August 03, 2020 0 Comments

First of all, thank you for picking me to speak at PASS Summit again. I am honored and grateful and very appreciative of the chance to pass on knowledge to all my many peers out there in the world. And this time, it really will be out there in the world with the event going virtual!! I will be speaking on Polybase, which is a really fascinating tool for SQL Server that could use a little more...

PASS – Show us the numbers (you need)!!!

Michael Wall July 01, 2020 0 Comments

Let's face it, we're all data geeks. We love numbers, we love visualizations, we love dashboards (or at least know how to make them!). The PASS board said that they need a "certain amount of registrations to break even and a certain amount to make sure they keep the coffers full for next year". (paraphrased). In fact, an email even came out last week promising some numbers. Great! What are those...

Keeping the PASS dream alive

Michael Wall June 24, 2020 2 Comments

I went to a couple of sessions yesterday hosted by the PASS executive leadership and the board. Sadly there weren't that many leaders in the morning session, but the afternoon was more lively. A big thanks to the PASS leadership for putting on the time to do this. Remember, they are all volunteers as well and do have "day jobs". It was refreshing to have such a down to earth conversation with...

On PASS and what it means to me

Michael Wall June 20, 2020 0 Comments

I admit that I haven't been to many PASS Summits (two!), and most of my involvement with PASS has been on the sidelines, but my experiences with the SQL (ne Data now) Community have been almost without exception positive. I have been to many many SQL Saturdays and user group meetings and met so many quality, passionate, and kind people it's amazing. But, what has brought all of these people...