NORTH - Useful Tools for DBA and SQL Developer Work - Jay, Mike, Joe

Teams link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDYzNjU2MTQtNDI4My00NjZhLWIzNDgtZDIyN2EzMjA1YTFl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%225b66b6f0-5001-457f-943f-c0b8c254c315%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2239ec95d6-9aa0-48a1-99b3-23a1c2fb9650%22%7d

** Online only presentation **
NEW SPEAKERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, plus anyone outside of Austin. We are looking for 10 presenters.

A 5-10 MINUTE PRESENTATION about a tool that you find useful in your DBA or SQL Developer work. There is no wrong answer, just tell us one tool you find useful and how you use it. This should be just an introduction to the tool and one or two things you find useful about it. At one time you didn’t know about this tool. And there are lots of other people who also do not know about this tool. The one restriction is to not choose SSMS. We will have a different lightning talk about SSMS tips.

HOW TO SIGN UP TO TALK: Join the Austin SQL Server Meetup group and add a comment with the tool you will talk about. Check the comments to avoid talking on the same tool.

https://www.meetup.com/Austin-SQL-Server-User-Group/events/pttzvqybckbcc/

WHY SIGNUP: Share your knowledge. Tell your boss you presented at a user group. So that we can trick you into trying presenting and maybe liking presenting and then you will want to present another topic. Your presentation could give someone else the courage to present.

WHAT IF YOU’RE UNEASY: Someone out there doesn’t know about your tool or uses it differently. The goal is to present good information, not to impress the smartest person you can think of. There is no wrong answer, just tell us one tool you find useful and how you use it. There is a full skill set range of people who attend, and everyone has different experiences, so there are people out there who have never used the tool you talk about. Or someone who doesn’t know a feature you quickly highlight in your talk.

TRICKS TO PRESENT ONLINE IF YOU ARE SHY: You don’t have to worry about looking at the audience. You can stare at your screen the whole time. You don’t have to show your webcam. Make a full introduction slide, and that can easily take 2 minutes of your time. You can write out some possible questions to help you feel prepared. It is very normal to say that you don’t yet know or haven’t tried something if someone asks you a question you don’t know the answer to. You can even send a few canned questions to us so we can ask you to create a controlled back-and-forth discussion.

HOW TO PRESENT: You can share your screen with a PowerPoint slide deck. Or share your screen walking through the tool. Or record a video of you using the tool and you can share your screen and play the video. If you are worried about screen sharing, let us know and we can put your visuals on our screen, and you can just talk.