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James Serra
Big Data Evangelist
Microsoft
JamesSerra3@gmail.com
JamesSerra.com

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 Microsoft, Big Data Evangelist
 In IT for 30 years, worked on many BI and DW projects
 Worked as desktop/web/database developer, DBA, BI and DW
architect and developer, MDM architect, PDW/APS developer
 Been perm employee, contractor, consultant, business owner
 Presenter at PASS Business Analytics Conference, PASS Summit,
Enterprise Data World conference
 Certifications: MCSE: Data Platform, Business Intelligence; MS:
Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, Design and Implement Big Data
Analytics Solutions, Design and Implement Cloud Data Platform
Solutions
 Blog at JamesSerra.com
 Former SQL Server MVP
 Author of book “Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012”

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Agenda
 Why present?
 My history
 Goal Setting
 Always Be Thinking of Presentation Topics
 Promote your presentation
 Where to present?
 Tips to getting your abstract chosen
 Creating your presentation
 Preparing for your presentation
 Pre-presentation Tips
 In-presentation Tips
 Post-presentation Tips
 Final thoughts

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• http://www.jamesserra.com/presentations/

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• The path to a great presenter starts with their first
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• Have fun!

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James Serra, Data Platform Solution Architect
Email me at: JamesSerra3@gmail.com
Follow me at: @JamesSerra
Link to me at: www.linkedin.com/in/JamesSerra
Visit my blog at: JamesSerra.com (where this slide deck is posted under “Presentations”)