My 2014 Community Activity Recap
Happy Holiday Season!
Did you see me speak in the last 12 months? If not, I haven’t been doing a great job letting you know where I’ve been. Take a look at this recap of activity to get an idea of where you might find me in the next 12 months.
I’ve been measuring my community impact on a 12 month basis from October to November. What do you think? Am I applying my talents and experience to the right places? Would you like to see more or less of my contributions in any of these areas? For example, next year, I’m thinking about doing more video webcasts and recordings.
Highlights
21 in-person presentations at 16 events to a combined audience of around 1100 people. Helped organize 11 Tuesday night meeting of the San Antonio SharePoint User Group. SharePoint 2013 Inside Out last year has gotten great reviews and Microsoft Press delivered many copies to business users’ hands. Gained more than 1000 Twitter followers. My blog page views increased by 45% this year to an average of 12,000 views per month after migrating from SharePoint to WordPress on Azure.
Some recognition from Microsoft has been especially welcome. I received my second MVP award in January. Also, my MVA Jumpstart for SharePoint Developers and my TechEd presentation were recorded. The set of 7 new videos published to Microsoft’s Channel 9 have received more than 70,000 views. Thanks, Microsoft!
I’d also like to thank Jive Software. I love the people and the products of Jive and they’ve been very supportive of my SharePoint Community work.
Speaking Conference
SharePoint Saturday Chicago
November 2013; Topic: SharePoint for DBAs
https://twitter.com/SPSChicago
Triangle SharePoint User Group
December 2013; Develop a SharePoint App in 45 Minutes
Link: http://www.meetup.com/TRISPUG/events/149678912/
H-SPUG
February 2014; Blogs – From SharePoint to WordPress 4.4/5
Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/blogs-from-sharepoint-to-wordpress-tickets-9990296245
SATNUG
February 2014; Azure Web Sites 101 w/PHP and .Net Web Forms
Link: http://www.meetup.com/SATNUG/events/159467352/
CodeUP Coding Boot Camp
April 2014; Web Development Career Path
https://twitter.com/gocodeup/status/454680482723426305
SPTechCon San Francisco
April 2014; Topic (s): “SharePoint Administration: Talk the Talk” 3.7/5, “A Practical External Data Source Example” 3.9/5 and “Planning Site Content” 3.7/5
Link: http://sptechcon.com
Innotech San Antonio
April 2014; Topic: “Enterprise Social Panel”
Link: http://www.innotechconferences.com/sanantonio/
Microsoft TechEd North America 2014
May 2014; Topic (s): “A Practical External Data Source Example” 3.2/5
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2014/OFC-B311#fbid=
H-SPUG
May 2014; Ask the TechEd Panel of Experts
http://events.chron.com/houston_tx/events/show/370452343-ask-the-teched-panel-of-experts
Pittsburgh SharePoint User Group
May 2014; Administration Talk the Talk and Planning Site Content
http://tomresing.com/2014/05/09/upcoming-speaking-events-may-and-june-2014/
SharePoint Fest NYC 2014
June 2014; Topics: A Practical External Data Source Example 4:20-5:20PM, 6/19 ~40; Develop a SharePoint App in 45 Minutes, 6/20, 10-11:10AM ~20 attendees; Keynote Panel – Hybrid SharePoint and Office 365 ~300 attendees
http://www.sharepointfest.com/NYC/
San Antonio SharePoint User Group
June 2014, Topic: Blogs: From SharePoint to WordPress
5 point average feedback from 12 attendees
San Antonio SharePoint User Group
July 2014; The New Azure SharePoint Farm Option
SharePoint Fest Denver
September 2014; Develop a SharePoint App in 45 Minutes, ~30 attendees; A Practical External Data Source Example, ~50 attendees
Austin SharePoint User Group
October 2014; A Practical External Data Source Example
https://www.facebook.com/Austinspug
InnoTech Austin
October 2014 Topic: Enterprise Social Panel
http://www.innotechconferences.com/austin
JiveWorld 14
October 2014
The When, Whys and Hows of integrating SharePoint with Jive, recording and slides
Jive and SharePoint – peaceful co-existence, recording and slides
SharePoint Saturday DC
October 2014; A Practical External Data Source Example
User Group Leadership
Role: Lead Organizer of the San Antonio SharePoint User Group since January 2009
This year we started a true organizing committee. Together, we recruit and coordinate the speakers and sponsors, help arrange the venue, dinner, giveaways and SharePint. Many speakers were authors, MVPs, MCMs or Microsoft employees.
Link: http://sasug.net
Members: 838 members in mailing list
Meeting Schedule: 10+ Meetings a year
Approx Number of Attendees per meeting: 30
Forum Answerer
Answer questions in the SharePoint 2010 and 2013 forums
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/tom%20resing%20mcm
Answer Questions and Editor on SharePoint.stackexchange.com
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/2899/tom-resing
Answer SharePoint Questions and Editor on stackoverflow.com
http://stackoverflow.com/users/17063/tom-resing
Blogging
Tom Resing’s SharePoint Blog: http://www.tomresing.com
Reach: Blog page views increased 45% this year to 12K per month
I migrated my blog to run on Azure Web Sites in December 2013
Publishing
Co-author of SharePoint 2013 Inside Out published by Microsoft Press
Published: June 2013
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-2013-Inside-Out/dp/0735666997
Microsoft Press Blog Post: From the MVPs: Why SharePoint on Azure?
Published: June 2014
Videos/Podcasts/Webcasts
Microsoft Virtual Academy Jumpstart
December 2013; Developing SharePoint Server Advanced Solutions
1150 live viewers, 65% Very Satisfied
5 star review from 10 reviewers
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Developing-SharePoint-Server-Advanced-Solutions
63,847 views
SMiLE Webinar 5: Making SharePoint Social
July, 2014
Social Media
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/San-Antonio-SharePoint-User-Group-1194427
https://www.facebook.com/spssanantonio
Other
Hands On Lab moderator at Microsoft SharePoint Conference, Answering questions about the Hands On Labs, March 2014
Microsoft MVP Summit in Redmond, November 2013
Tom Resing's Collaboration Blog
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