In this post, we look at four potential SQL Server problems you might be suffering with but with an unusual, at least unusual for us slant on it. We tell you about it in the form of PetchaKutcha Presentation

Four SQL Server problems you might be suffering from?

This presentation discusses potentially four problems a CTO, Head of IT, IT Director, IT Manager might be suffering from especially if they don’t have a SQL Server/Microsoft data platform specialist in their team on a full-time basis.

• Do you have the SQL Server skills in the team you need
• Are you suffering from performance problems?
• Is your data safe and secure?
• Is your SQL Server outdated and out of support?

I decided to talk about these using a PetchaKutcha presentation.

What is PetchaKutcha?

Have you ever heard of a PetchaKutcha presentation?

I hadn’t until I read Daniel Pinks To Sell is Human. So, I decided to explore further.

I’ll give you the basics, the bits I know. If you want to know more, have a google. There is a lot of material available on this subject.

It’s a presentation style intended to stop death by PowerPoint and force the presenter to be as succinct as possible.

Basically “Get to the point”

For those familiar with lightning talks, PetchaKutcha presentations are similar because they are short presentations, but there are some additional rules, mainly the 20×20 rule. You have 20 Slides and each slide will display for 20 seconds, and the slides automatically move on.

This means as the presenter you get 400 seconds or 6 minutes and 40 seconds to deliver your talk.

My first PetchaKutcha presentation attempt

I worked on a PetchaKutcha “Sales Pitch” over the last week, and I decided to record my first attempt and put it on YouTube and share it here. The first draft video went live over the weekend. I haven’t asked Mark to review or input on this yet, mainly because it has taken so long to get it right. I found getting the time right to my biggest challenge. I have posted the video in a raw form so I can get some feedback from a wider audience and see where I can do better. I know I have some work to do and I will likely re-record this, so it’s a bit more polished.

For me, it is a decent first attempt, although I’m a couple of seconds over and fall behind on some slides, which I will work on.

If you have any suggestions for improvements, I’m all ears. Leave me a comment on the YouTube video

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