I will use Bill Graziano, Ken Henderson, and Fernando Guerrero as my examples for this:
Pick a good topic, cover it thoroughly, and try to provide more than what's expected (Graz, Ken, Fernando) Create good slides that are descriptive enough so that notes aren't required (Graz, Ken, Fernando) Provide handouts anyway, in case you want to take notes (Graz, Ken) Allow for a Q&A session (Ken), or allow attendees to ask as you present (Graz).
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If you want to learn things about SQL Server that you'll never find anywhere else, you must read Ken Henderson's Guru's Guides to SQL Server. I just got his most recent book, The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals, and like his previous books it is amazing.
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...but endlessly cool nevertheless:
http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/1/2003/10/02/story001.html
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As Damian pointed out, you can do a lot of cool things with DOS command-line functions. Lately I'm particularly enamored of the for command.
The DOS for command works like a for.
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Figured no one would remember this blog next year during the presidential election... :)
So now our rampant SQL Team egos can rant unchecked by the need to remember we too were once SQL n00bs who didn't know anything!
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