Community Involvement

Last Updated on August 30, 2020 by John Morehouse

The SQL Server Community has enriched my career through leadership, tons of learning, speaking engagements and job opportunities.

Here are some of the ways that I have contributed back to the SQL Server community:

I rebooted the Omaha SQL Server User Group in 2007.  I successfully ran the group for 7 years, building up a distribution list of 800+ members.

I help run the Louisville SQL Server and Power BI user group since May 2016.

I answer SQL Server related questions on ask.sqlservercentral.com.  I am in the top 15 of individuals who answer questions there.

I blog here on my personal site.  My blog is syndicated on SQL Server Central and on Denny Cherry & Associates.  I also publish articles on C# Corner which gets thousands of views on a monthly basis.

I tweet about SQL, DevOps, and best practices.

I am a member of Speaking Mentors, which is a group of individuals around the world that volunteer their time to mentor new and upcoming speakers.

I give Microsoft feed back on SQL Server when I find things

I was a Regional Mentor for SQL PASS from 2014-2015 helping local SQL Server user groups get started.  I also help established groups with continued growth.

I help mentor individuals in their DBA career as well as upcoming speakers.  Two of which have become Microsoft MVP’s.

I produce videos to around Microsoft SQL Server content.

In October 2017, I became a Microsoft Data Platform MVP.

In February 2020, I became a VMWare vExpert.

I help software vendors make better SQL Server related Software:

I help to write books:

I help to organize and deliver SQL Saturday’s:

I speak at conferences:

I present to user groups and virtual chapters:

I give webinars & online chats:

I speak at SQL Saturday’s around the nation:

I give presentations internally at my employer(s) as well as other organizations:

  • February 22, 2017 – TEK Systems (Louisville) – Recruiting Data Professionals: SQL Server Focus
  • July 15, 2016 – Farm Credit Mid-America – SQL Server: In A Nutshell
  • September 26, 2014 – Xtivia Training Day – Real World SQL Server Solutions (all day training)
  • October 14, 2014 – Farm Credit Services of America – Entity Framework & the DBA: A Journey into the Abyss

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