tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post3377135703241773851..comments2024-01-03T13:12:30.352-05:00Comments on Wise man or Wise guy? You decide: SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando What We Can Do BetterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597545408348167623noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-90881764266150138762009-10-29T19:29:10.752-04:002009-10-29T19:29:10.752-04:00Point Taken Joe. Perhaps also listing what went w...Point Taken Joe. Perhaps also listing what went well would have been better. Here's a link to the event evaluation post, http://blog.sqlsaturday.com/2009/10/sqlsaturday-21-event-evaluation-results.html. Those were positive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597545408348167623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-84026081851018680932009-10-29T16:37:55.991-04:002009-10-29T16:37:55.991-04:00If I read the review above I'd think the event...If I read the review above I'd think the event was questionable. But I was there and know better. Self-flagellation is all well and good, and its nice to let folks know you're mortal. But you should more overtly showcase the awesome job you did, and the fantastic community effort that was applied.Joe Healyhttp://www.devfish.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-73785134057777848132009-10-23T12:57:22.705-04:002009-10-23T12:57:22.705-04:00Steve,
All good ideas.
1. I think this is def...Steve,<br /><br />All good ideas. <br /><br />1. I think this is definitely something we should look into. I don't know if other events have had the same issue, but even just for Orlando it would be worth it.<br /><br />4. Counts would definitely help. Maybe base it on the evals submitted. A place on the SQLSaturday site for evals would be nice.<br /><br />7. We actually looked at an SMS app for evals this year. Of course the big issue is that the raffle is incentive for you to fill out the eval so how to keep that incentive and still make it better.<br /><br />Definitely be talking with Andy about this stuff after PASS.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597545408348167623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-51122796086584526632009-10-23T12:52:43.185-04:002009-10-23T12:52:43.185-04:00Andy,
Yeah I think the PayPal integration glitch ...Andy,<br /><br />Yeah I think the PayPal integration glitch can be fixed, but I like the idea of giving attendees some responsibility there.<br /><br />The volunteer scheduling is almost a no-brainer and I wonder why we never thought of it before. Of course you do need to have a couple of floaters who just take care of things.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597545408348167623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-14080904840786551462009-10-23T12:21:57.725-04:002009-10-23T12:21:57.725-04:001. Have speakers click on something at the top of ...1. Have speakers click on something at the top of a few emails to confirm receipt. Not perfect, but if you haven't heard from someone, you'll know to ping them.<br />4. You need counts from previous events to guess here.<br />7. build a twitter/SMS app for voting?Steve Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169768977524144602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106689659668378141.post-50276775554378585612009-10-23T11:44:44.356-04:002009-10-23T11:44:44.356-04:00Jack, that is a good list. On the lunch tickets we...Jack, that is a good list. On the lunch tickets we could set it up to email them something on our side and I think that makes sense to cover the few cases where someone paid and we don't show it (but I think we can fix the glitch too!).<br /><br />I think volunteer scheduling strikes me as a big win, worth a lot more thought, and could change the game if we could do it wellAndy Warrenhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/itdependsnoreply@blogger.com