{"id":670,"date":"2014-07-17T06:49:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T13:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=670"},"modified":"2018-10-18T07:41:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:41:49","slug":"helping-first-time-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/helping-first-time-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping First Time Presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nic Cain (<a title=\"Nic Cain on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirsql\">@SirSQL<\/a>) has a blog post that I highly recommend reading if you attend User Group meetings or SQLSaturdays: <a title=\"An Open Letter\" href=\"http:\/\/sirsql.net\/blog\/2014\/7\/16\/an-open-letter-to-sqlsaturday-user-group-organizers\" class=\"broken_link\">An Open Letter To SQLSaturday &amp; User Group Organizers<\/a>.\u00a0 I think Nic tells a good story with a very relevant example of how a new speaker could have a negative first speaking experience.\u00a0 And he has a great call to action for organizers and presenters.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest that we raise that call to action to include veteran speakers.\u00a0 For example&#8230;my local user group is the <a title=\"Ohio North SQL Server User Group\" href=\"https:\/\/ohionorth.pass.org\/default.aspx\" class=\"broken_link\">Ohio North SQL Server User Group<\/a>.\u00a0 To anyone who is also a member of this group and wants present at a local meeting: let me know.\u00a0 I am more than happy to help you get started, provide feedback, and be there for your first session.\u00a0 Further, I&#8217;m attending <a title=\"SQLSaturday 304\" href=\"http:\/\/sqlsaturday.com\/304\/eventhome.aspx\" class=\"broken_link\">SQLSaturday #304<\/a> in Indianapolis next month.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re presenting there for the first time and want me to be there for your session, let me know!<\/p>\n<p>This is an open offer, with no expiration, and I do hope that someone takes me up on my offer.\u00a0 And I would be remiss if I did not mention the following individuals who were there for my some of my first sessions and supported me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allen White (<a title=\"Allen on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SQLRunr\">@SQLRunr<\/a>) &#8211; my first session was at our user group in December 2010, and Allen stood in the back the entire time, in my line of sight in case I needed him<\/li>\n<li>Mike Walsh (<a title=\"Mike on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mike_walsh\">@mike_walsh<\/a>) &#8211; with whom I co-presented at my first SQLSaturday in Feburary 2011, something I would recommend new speakers consider (it&#8217;s not a great fit for everyone, but I enjoyed presenting with Mike)<\/li>\n<li>Kendra Little (<a title=\"Kendra on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/kendra_little\">@kendra_little<\/a>) &#8211; who sat in on my first solo session at that SQLSaturday in 2011, and laughed at my jokes \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>Rob Farley (<a title=\"Rob on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rob_farley\">@rob_farley<\/a>) &#8211; even though Rob fell asleep during my first solo Summit session (Friday afternoon, end of the week, jet lag, and too many late nights, etc. :), he provided feedback I still remember to this day<\/li>\n<li>Ted Krueger (<a title=\"Ted on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/onpnt\">@onpnt<\/a>) &#8211; he helped me fine tune one of my favorite sessions (during a speaker dinner no less&#8230;I still owe Jes for that) and then sat through it and helped fill in some gaps when I needed help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To those of you that have been speaking for a while, I encourage you to seek out potential speakers &#8211; whether it&#8217;s in the community or at your office &#8211; and offer your help.\u00a0 And for new speakers, <em>please<\/em> do not be afraid to ask for guidance.\u00a0 Everyone starts at the beginning, with the same pile of nerves and fears about what could happen.\u00a0 There are so many people who are willing to help make the process easier &#8211; seek them out, and have fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nic Cain (@SirSQL) has a blog post that I highly recommend reading if you attend User Group meetings or SQLSaturdays: An Open Letter To SQLSaturday &amp; User Group Organizers.\u00a0 I think Nic tells a good story with a very relevant example of how a new speaker could have a negative first speaking experience.\u00a0 And he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Helping First Time Presenters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Presenting for the first time to a user group or at a SQLSaturday can be overwhelming. 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