{"id":715,"date":"2015-11-02T08:13:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T16:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/erin\/?p=715"},"modified":"2017-04-13T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:19:29","slug":"pass-summit-2015-the-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/pass-summit-2015-the-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"PASS Summit 2015: The Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another PASS Summit has ended, and again the days and evenings just flew by.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not intending this to be a long-winded post, just some notes and a few highlights.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see how I do.<\/p>\n<p>First, a huge thank you to those of you who attended my sessions on Wednesday.\u00a0 I had wonderful crowds and great questions &#8211; it is such an honor to present at Summit, and I so enjoyed both sessions.\u00a0 If you are looking for the decks and the scripts.\u00a0 I have sent updated slide decks to PASS (I admit, I tweak them until the very end).\u00a0 When they are uploaded you can pull them from the Summit site:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pass.org\/summit\/2015\/Sessions\/Details.aspx\">Kick and Screaming: Replacing Profiler with Extended Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pass.org\/summit\/2015\/Sessions\/Details.aspx\">Statistics and Query Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the demos, they can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/sql-server-resources\/sql-server-demos\/\">SQLskills Resources page<\/a>, under the PASS Summit 2015 section.\u00a0 The link is also listed in the slide decks.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago I had mentioned that I was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/costumes-pass-summit-and-argenis-without-borders-2-0\/\">supporting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/events.doctorswithoutborders.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.personalCampaign&amp;participantID=3260\">Argenis Without Borders 2.0<\/a> by wearing a costume at Summit.\u00a0 The cool news first: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.doctorswithoutborders.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.personalCampaign&amp;participantID=3260\">Argenis and Kirsten raised $25,000<\/a>.\u00a0 Yes I have the comma in the right place: TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.\u00a0 Ah-mazing.\u00a0 As for my costume?\u00a0 I went as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perry_the_Platypus\">Perry<\/a>.\u00a0 You may know that I take a stuffed Perry with me when I travel and take pictures of him to send to my kids, so why not dress up as him?\u00a0 It was great, and huge thanks to Jes (Wonder Woman in the photo below) for the help.\u00a0 Sadly, you can&#8217;t see my orange shoes in these pictures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-717\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo_a-e1446479859438.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo_a-e1446479859438-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Argenis (as Ted) and me\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Argenis (as Ted) and me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-716\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-716 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wonder Woman and Perry, supporting Argenis Without Borders 2.0\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/erin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/photo-225x300.jpg 225w, 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\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>On a final note, I saw on Twitter that <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/dmmaxwell\">David Maxwell<\/a> was the winner of Speaker Idol, meaning that he will present at the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pass.org\/AttendanEvent\/Conferences\/PASSSummit.aspx\"> 2016 PASS Summit<\/a> (to be held October 26-29, 2016).\u00a0 David has worked hard over the last couple years &#8211; presenting at user groups and SQLSaturdays &#8211; steadily working to improve and hone his skills and style.\u00a0 He is a great example of a community member that decided to step up and start speaking, and now he&#8217;ll have a spot at Summit next year.\u00a0 Congratulations David!\u00a0 And to those of you who have ever sat in a session and thought, &#8220;I could do that,&#8221; or &#8220;I would like to try that,&#8221; then let me ask you, &#8220;What are you waiting for?&#8221;\u00a0 There are many people in the community who are willing to help new speakers (including me), but you need 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