Speaking and Training

Training: In addition to our blogs, please visit Kevin’s YouTube channel for free SQL Server basics videos.  Feel free to request a topic!

Kevin also is now a Pluralsight author, with one course completed and others in the planning stages.

Kevin’s speaking and public* training schedule:

2020:

• <cancelled>August 15, Disaster Recovery is Everyone’s Job, Free, SQL Saturday Chicago

2019:

• July 13, Your SQL Servers are Mi$ConFiguReDed, SQL Saturday Austin, free
  • “Fast laptop that allowed presentation to continue.  Good Energy”
  • “Very Friendly”
  • “Well presented. Good pointers”
  • “Awesome presentation. It was very helpful”

June 1, Lunch Session, Your SQL Servers are Misconfigured, free, SQL Saturday Dallas.

• “Natural speaking Pro”
• I should learn his skill”
• “Amazing”
• “Very cool”

March 30, Lunch session, “Your SQL Servers are Misconfigured”, free, SQL Saturday Cincinnati

March 29, Pre-conference, “DBA Fundamentals”, $75, SQL Saturday Cincinnati (all proceeds to the Cincy user group)

2018:

• May 19, 2018, Disaster Recovery is everyone’s job!, Free, SQL Saturday Dallas
• May 18, 2018 – Pre-conference, DBA Fundamentals, $100-$140, SQL Saturday Dallas
• March 17, 2018 – 9:30am – SQL Server Security model, in plain English – SQL Saturday Cincinnati
• March 16, 2018 – Pre-conference, DBA Fundamentals, $125, SQL Saturday Cincinnati

2017:

• October 7, 2017 – SQL Saturday Minnesota:
  • Saturday session - Backups for non-DBAs, Why, not How?
    • “Very clear and entertaining”
    • “Very engaging! Lots of good stories and experience”
    • “Loved the explanations regarding DB & non-DB backup. Appreciated the info/perspective about small businesses”
  • Pre-conference DBA Fundamentals (October 6, $110)
    • “Very Good excitement & interest in topic”
    • “Very engaging, knowledgeable, friendly.  Good session”
    • “Very informative and gave real life experiences.”
    • “I enjoyed the broad explanations helpful to beginners as well as those who are already DBA’s.”

• September 15, 2017 - SQL Server DBA Fundamentals, Las Colinas, TX - Free
  • “Kevin/Instructor was very knowledgeable and the information shared in the presentation was clear; presented well. I like the fact that it included to bases for those that were new to SQL”
  • “Perfectly fits the entry level need for understanding SQL Server.”
  • “Easy to understand.”
  • “First 7 or 8 hour presentation that I have ever been to where I did not drift off from the presentation mentally. This presentation kept me 100% engaged every minute.”

• June 24, 2017 – SQL Saturday Chattanooga –  “SQL Server Security Model, in plain English”
• June 17, 2017 – SQL Saturday Houston – “Backups for non-DBAs, Why, not How”
• May-July 2017 – “DBA Fundamentals”, 5 week series, Richardson, TX

* private training is available on various DBA Fundamental topics