Posted by: sarah on: March 9, 2012
Recently, I was talking with a local guy who wanted to get more involved with the community, as he wants to eventually go the MVP route with hopes of one day working for Microsoft. He mentioned that some people told him about conferences like TechEd and VSLive. While those are great conferences, they’re also expensive [...]
Posted by: sarah on: October 30, 2011
Yesterday, I was up in Ann Arbor, Michigan for their Day of .NET event at Washtenaw Community College. I wanted to thank some of the organizers - Jason Follas, Jay Harris, and Scott Zischerk - for making this happen. I know how much work it takes to get one of these together, and without them, [...]
Posted by: sarah on: August 20, 2011
Last day of devLINK… I started off in Open Spaces, giving John Kellar and Leanna Baker live feedback on the conference. It was great to hear how planning worked this year, and I gave them some suggestions for next year. After giving feedback on the conference, I was off to the Mobile Smackdown. First of [...]
Posted by: sarah on: August 18, 2011
Standing room only at 8am… what a way to wake up! Thanks to all of you who attended my “Develop IT - Intro to PowerShell” talk at 8am. It was great to share my love of PowerShell and how to get started with those who wanted to learn more. We started at the basics and [...]
Posted by: sarah on: August 17, 2011
After spending time with friends yesterday, I needed to take the morning off to catch up on my talks. After reading my abstracts, I realized that my first presentation wasn’t setup right - it was more setup for a .NET developer user group and not purely intro level. I reworked that talk to be purely [...]
Posted by: sarah on: August 16, 2011
While planning for devLINK this year, I figured that I’d get there a day early to meet up with friends for lunch, maybe catch a summit in the afternoon, and then head to the VIP dinner on Tuesday. Well some of that happened and some didn’t - for me, meeting up with friends started with [...]
Posted by: sarah on: August 3, 2011
This past weekend, I saw how my project managing skills would fare at Cleveland GiveCamp. First of all, if you aren’t familiar with GiveCamp, check out GiveCamp.org for a basic explanation. Now for a basic overview of Cleveland GiveCamp, check out this post from Bob at Simplex-IT or even this video made by my favorite [...]
Posted by: sarah on: July 28, 2011
Cleveland GiveCamp starts tomorrow afternoon, and I’m excited that it’s finally here. This year, I am working as a business analyst/project manager for two different charities. I’ve talked about ASL Advocates; however, I’ve also taken on another one, so that we can help multiple non-profits. My Other Non-Profit My other non-profit this year is the American [...]
Posted by: sarah on: July 14, 2011
This year, I’ve been asked to use my business analyst/project management skills for a group. I asked for this group in particular because once I saw them, I knew it’d be a non-profit that I believe in. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be working with ASL Advocates - a group that promotes American Sign [...]
Posted by: sarah on: May 3, 2011
I’ve recently found out that I’ve been selected to speak at devLink 2011. This is my 3rd year in a row speaking at devLink, and I’m incredibly honored to have been selected. This year, I have 2 talks, and they are both on PowerShell! Tech editing and writing a PowerShell book really inspired me to [...]