Jay Smith

Devlin Liles on his blog just announced the Visual Studio 2010 Installfest and Board Game Geekout for April 17, 2010.   This is going to be an awesome day spent talking about Visual Studio 2010 and playing games.  Plans are in place for Xbox, PS3, Wii, Settlers of Catan and D&D games to be enjoyed by all attendees.

This a free event happening in Springdale,  AR.  You can register for the event here http://vs2010installfest.eventbrite.com/.

I’ll be there, hope you will be as well.

Please register at http://vs2010installfest.eventbrite.com/

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I just became aware of WordCamp Fayetteville, Arkansas’s first WordPress-related conference.  I am very excited to see this event come to our area.  This is a great opportunity for bloggers in the Northwest Arkansas Area together and learn and share.

The event scheduled for May 29 and 30 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The main conference will be held Saturday at the Fayetteville Town Center, but don’t miss the ‘unconference’ day Sunday at The New Design School.

You can register for the even here, tickets are $30.

I am contacting the organizers to find out more about the event and what their volunteer needs are.  I will update this post with any new information I find.

I look forward to seeing you at this event.

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GiveCamp Dallas, a.k.a. the We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend is ramping up for another amazing event!  If you’re interested in participating as a volunteer, visit http://wearemicrosoft.com, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Start Here” link underneath the Volunteer sign.

You can also find out more information at http://wearemicrosoft.com and http://givecamp.org.

We have had a great presence at this event in years past.  If you are interested in attending please let me know.

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SharePoint Saturday Ozark is a one day educational, informative, and lively day filled with sessions from respected SharePoint Professionals and MVP’s. The event was held on July 18^th at the South Campus of the North Arkansas College in Harrison, AR, a beautiful vibrant city located in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. The event was organized by Mark Rackley, The SharePoint Hillbilly and member of the Ozark .Net User Group. Over 75 attendees turned out for over 25 sessions covering all aspects of SharePoint from custom development, administration, and branding. There were even a few sessions for .NET Developers.

The event was fantastic, not only where the sessions awesome in every track, it was a great to see how the SharePoint community is coming together and growing. There were lots of great conversations regarding SharePoint and community going on outside the sessions and continued at the SharePint. A SharePint is an after party event where attendees and let their hair down and relax. The SharePint for this event was held at Hotel Seville which was built in 1929.

To find out more about SharePoint Saturday or to get started organizing one in your area be sure to check out the SharePoint Saturday website at http://sharepointsaturday.org. The SharePoint website also list dates and locations for other SharePoint Saturday events. Mark has also posted a great article titled Organizing a SharePoint Event: What you need to Know to help get you started, it is a great overview of the process of putting on a regional event.

I would like to thank Mark Rackley and the SharePoint Saturday event staff for putting on an awesome event and I look forward to SharePoint Saturday Ozarks 2010. I hope to see you there.

This write up also appears on the INETA August Newsletter: here

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Mark Rackley, The SharePoint Hillbilly, not only put on a great SharePoint Saturday Ozarks event, but has written a blog post to let everyone know what you should consider if you are thinking about putting on an event like this.  The great thing is that what he discusses could apply to any regional event.

He has great advice on recruiting speakers, sponsors, selecting the venue, website, and day of venue organization.

Mark thanks for putting on a great event and sharing your experience with the community.

Check out the full article here: Organizing a SharePoint Event: What You Need To Know

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