We’re really excited about the classes we’ve got coming up and to say ‘thank you’ to the SQL community for all your support of SQLskills.com over the years, we’re running a competition.
The contest is now closed.
The Prize
The prize is a free seat in our class in our 5-day Internals and Performance class in Dallas, February 21-25. If you win the competition, you pay US$0 instead of the $2,995 early-bird price or $3,495 full price. You’ll be responsible for all travel expenses and your hotel bill. The class includes catered breakfast, catered lunch, bottom-less tea and coffee and tons of juicy content :-)
There may also be runner-up prizes…
The Challenge
All you have to do is write a blog post explaining why you want to come to a class taught by us and why you’d make the best use of the knowledge you’ll get from being in the class. We’ll pick what we consider to be the best entry.
The Rules
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Your blog post must go live before 11.59pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
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Your blog post must contain a link to the class details
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You must post a comment on this blog post that links to yours
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If you’re on Twitter, you must tweet your blog post using the #sqlskills hash tag
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If you win, you will be able to register for the class at the special price of US$0
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If you win, you will be responsible for all travel and hotel costs for attending the class
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If you enter the competition and you win a prize, we will include your name in a blog post announcing the lucky winners
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If you are a runner-up, you may win an unspecified prize…
The Summary
We’ll announce the lucky winner on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011.
Good luck and we hope to see you there!
39 thoughts on “Competition: win a free place in our class in February!”
http://www.sqldebacle.com/sql-server/why-i-want-to-attend-sqlskills-5-day-internals-and-performance-class-in-dallas/ has all my good intentions.
Nice giveaway.
I would love the opportunity. Here is my submission http://bit.ly/i8y7w2.
It has also been sent to the Twitterverse. (@meltondba)
Paul,
Here is why I should attend this Immersion class. http://sankarreddy.com/2011/01/why-do-i-want-to-attend-5-day-internals-and-performance-class/
Very nice. Can’t I just give you my first born?
I have posted my entry. Fingers crossed. I also wanted to say thank you for all that you do and for putting on this contest. I really appreciate it and have learned a lot from your group already.
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/dba/sqlskills-training-why-i-need-it/
Here is my blog entry… http://wp.me/pUhmf-FL
Crossing my fingers!!!
–Samson
I put up a post about why I would jump at this opportunity. I’m seriously psyched about the chance to learn from you guys!
Brilliant! Forgot the link to the post in my last comment. Here you go:
http://sqlserverstuff.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/i-want-to-go-to-dallas/
Bender
Great Competition – here’s my entry.
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/martin_catherall/archive/2011/01/23/internals-and-performance-class-in-dallas.aspx
When I first heard about this training, I signed up for it as soon as I could in January. I have blogged about it at http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/01/sqlskills-master-immersion-events-2011/#more-2018. I really look forward to attending in February.
Paul,
Brilliant idea.
http://ronalddameron.blogspot.com/2011/01/sqlskills-free-immersion.html
Regards,
Ron Dameron (@RonDBA)
Thank you for this awesome opportunity. This looks like some great training with some cool classmates lined up. I’ve read through all the submissions so far, there are some deserving folks out there. Best of luck to all of the contestants.
Here is my submission: http://bit.ly/gHfPG5
Also tweeted under @SQLAvenger
Thanks!
-Steven
I signed up for the Dallas Event on Internals and Performance. I’m looking forward to attending and learning a lot. I blog about it here. http://www.bradmcgehee.com/2011/01/sqlskills-master-immersion-events-2011/#more-2018
This is fantastic. Thank you. You can read about why I should attend in my blog below. A tweet will soon go out from me @SQLJana.
http://wp.me/p1e1lv-A
What a prize! Blog posted and tweeted by @Stogie_Maru.
http://arightkerfuffle.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/a-prize-offering-of-epic-proportions/
Good luck, everyone.
I’m very excited to hear about the seat give-away. Here’s my post:
http://ravenbrook.net/index.php/blog/dba-scared-sheepless/
Simply amazing.
My entry can be read here: http://wp.me/p7GaN-3n
Best regards
Jens (@vestergaardj)
I am attending the Dallas event and looking forward to it. Here is my blog post:
http://lakshmirandall.blogspot.com/
http://dnhlms.blogspot.com/2011/01/master-immersion-internals-and.html
I am in too.
Paul, thanks for providing this opportunity. Here is my entry: http://www.erichumphrey.com/2011/01/a-seat-at-two-masters-table/ –@lotsahelp
Your generosity amazes me – giving a seat at a class like this to one of the little sheep in your flock of SQL fans…
I posted an entry here:
http://ladyruna.blogspot.com/2011/01/mater-immersion-event-competition-entry.html
I posted once, and looks like it didnt appear. Trying again..
http://beyondrelational.com/blogs/diligentdba/archive/2011/01/24/why-i-am-attending-a-master-immersion-event.aspx
Hope I am not double posting. Hoping to make it to Dallas on way or another!
http://www.rodolforodarte.com/2011/01/rudy-an-mcitp-today-rudy-an-mcm-tomorrow/
In anticipation of this class exploding with information awesomeness, here is my "Pack the powder, light the wick!" post/entry:
http://datachomp.com/archives/pack-the-powder-light-the-wick/
Great idea to start this series!!
I might drop by for comic relief since I live ’round the metroplex:
http://dataminkin.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-sqlskills-master-immersion-event-on.html
Thanks for the great competition paul.
Here is my link:
http://www.sqlserverblogforum.blogspot.com/2011/01/sqlskills-master-immersion-events.html
Paul, here is my entry. It has sheep, rainbows, and Brent oh my… http://www.ryanjadams.com/2011/01/sheeprainbow/
Thanks for the opportunity Paul!
Here’s my entry: http://www.zero1design.com/2011/01/24/sql-obsession-smells-like-a-sweet-contest/
Seems as though my first comment will not appear, I’m sorry if I’m double posting.
Anyways, what a great opportunity and the challenge is hereby accepted :-)
The tweet is out and the blog post is here: http://tonehansson.blogspot.com/2011/01/challenge-accepted.html
Its really great competition.
Here is my entry (http://sqlhuman.com/2011/01/25/internals-and-performance-class-by-sqlskills/) for the contest and I hope it pleases the judges. Also tweeted under @RobertMiller.
Thank you for giving back to the community in this specific way and all the ways SQLskills gives to the community.
Great idea Paul!
Here is my submission: http://williamdurkin.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/am-i-charlie-bucket
Here’s my entry! http://www.littlekendra.com/2011/01/25/pageverify/
And here’s a record of my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Kendra_Little/statuses/29921598593044480
I’ve thrown my hat into the ring; http://sqlstephen.blogspot.com/ . Follow or harass me at @stevelarochelle .
Tada! (or not)
:)
http://dbadoof.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/internals-and-performance-opportunity-time/
Here is my entry.
http://bit.ly/eNSCvj
This is a superb idea and gift to whomever wins. Thanks for doing it.
Great idea!
Here is the link to my entry: http://feodorgeorgiev.com/blog/2011/01/the-talk-of-the-gods/
Paul,
I hope you find my submission "Accept"-able :-) http://sqlvariant.com/wordpress/index.php/2011/01/why-i-need-a-week-of-sqlskills-immersion/
Oh and here’s a PowerShell script to help you weed through the tweets!
$SearchHashtag = "sqlskills"
$wc = new-object net.webclient
$url = "http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23$SearchHashtag"
$OutFile = "c:tempDownload_$($SearchHashtag)_$([DateTime]::Now.ToString(‘yyyyMMddHHmmss’)).xml"
$wc.DownloadString($url) | add-content $OutFile;
$tweetxml = get-content $OutFile
$tweetxml.feed.entry | Format-List
($tweetxml.feed.entry).count
Hi Paul,
Here’s the link to my blog:
http://alexmacgregor.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/sqlskills-blog-contest-free-sql-immersion-event/
Best of luck to everyone & thanks for your generosity!