Welcome Joey D’Antoni to Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting
I’m pleased to announce that Joey D’Antoni will be joining Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting as a full time employee starting in January. Joey and I have consulted on projects together for several years now, and we have decided that the next step for both Joey and DC&AC was for Joey to join us full time. Joey […]
Farewell TechEd
Last month I had the privilege of speaking at what is supposed to be the last Microsoft TechEd conference at TechEd Europe 2014. I’ve been lucky enough to speak at both the North American and European Microsoft TechEd events for a few years now, having spoken at the 4 most recent TechEd North America events […]
Session’s Are a Specific Length For A Reason
Nothing irks me more when I walk into my session room than the prior presenter still standing up there doing his thing eating into my 15 minutes of prep/setup time. Conferences have fixed length sessions for a reason. So that the audience knows how long the session will be, so that the presenter knows how […]
Never Tempt the Demo Gods
Demos are one of the most fun parts of presenting, and one of the riskiest. This is because the demo gods have two options. They can smile upon you and give you a perfect demo, or they can piss all over you and your demo can crash and burn. How you handle those demo failures […]