SQL Server folks are by nature a generous bunch: We share our knowledge reflexively, documenting the tips and strategies that help out our fellow pros in webinars, blogs and at both global and local events. If you have ever found the solution to a vexing problem by watching a SQL Server guru’s detailed breakdown of a database fragmentation challenge, then you’ve been a been a beneficiary of our community’s giving spirit. From SQL Saturdays to Give Camp, chances are there is somebody out there who needs your knowledge. The holidays are a great time to reflect on how we can share it—and be amazed at what we get back when we do.

1. What SQL
Server Pros
Can Get By
Giving
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2. Give and Receive
As the holidays approach, remember
what SQL Server professionals can
get by giving.
SQL Server folks are by nature a
generous bunch: we share our
knowledge reflexively to help out our
fellow pros locally and globally.
If you have ever found a solution to a
vexing problem by watching a SQL
Server guru’s breakdown of a
database fragmentation then you are
a beneficiary of our communities
giving spirit.
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3. Give Camps
• We don’t reserve that generosity
just for fellow techies – as
evidenced by Give Camps across
the nation.
• Give Camp brings together
technology pros for intensive
weekend sessions that provide
solutions for under-resources
charities and non-profits.
• Wish lists are submitted & reviewed and then everyone gets together
for a weekend, rolls up their sleeves, and builds finished solutions by
the event’s conclusion.
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4. Give Camps
If you haven't participated in a
Give Camp there are three
reasons to do it:
1. You’ll help people.
2. You’ll get to learn and improve in a
uniquely and intensely cooperative
environment that you might not
experience otherwise.
3. It’s exhilarating.
This is what drew Colorado-based SQL Server developer, Gabe
Villa, to become an organizer of Give Camp for the past 3 years.
The most recent saw 20 volunteers serve 5 charities that wouldn’t
have otherwise found infrastructure, budget, or talent to meet their
needs.
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5. “There’s a lot of emotion, we started on
Friday night with no solutions, worked the
entire weekend, and were able to demo the
solutions by lunchtime Sunday.”
– Gabe Villa
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6. One team put
together a donor
management
solution for a
community theater
in Northern
Colorado.
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7. Another
executed a
database
system of
valuation
forms for a
charity that
mentors
middle schoolaged girls.
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8. SQL Server DBAs
and developers
alike got the
tremendous rush
of seeing how
their time and
talent can make a
difference.
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9. They also get the
learning and skills
boost equivalent
to a miniconference, as
well as a way to
work fluidly and
creatively.
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10. “There are no
bosses, no
management –
teams come
together
organically to
solve problems.”
– Villa
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11. Give Back
From SQL Saturdays to Give
Camps, chances are there is somebody out
there who needs your knowledge.
This holiday season is a great time to reflect
on how to share it – and be amazed at
what we get back when we do.
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12. Visit Our SQL Server
Community to Share
Your Knowledge
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