Lost your Focus? Personal KanBan to the Rescue!

Trouble getting work done? Never seem to have enough time? Working on the wrong things? Well, here's Personal KanBan to the rescue. In this session, you learn how to visualize work, improve your workflow, automate tasks, and get more done in less time. Focus will be on building a Personal KanBan workflow in Trello. You'll leave this session with all the tools you need to focus on what is important.

Rough Outline

1. Intro
2. Why you can't focus?
3. Multi-Tasking is not a thing
4. Treat your work like a Workflow
5. Personal KanBan Intro
6. Capture all.the.things
7. Deciding what's important
8. Putting it all together with Trello

No technical requirements- all demos will be recorded and used during sessions.
I've presented at :
Microsoft Ignite
TechMentor
TechEd
PowerShell+DevOps Summit
Microsoft Ignite - The Tour
PowerShell on the River

I am a seasoned presenter, video author, content creator and teacher. I've been teaching and presenting on Azure for close to 6 years, and PowerShell for 9 years.

Sky's the Limit...Level up your career to the Cloud

Cloud IS the buzz word of the day, everyday it seems. Many of us are tired of it, but we know it is the next evolution for all organizations. Whether your company is there or not. your career depends on you being successful in the cloud, In this session, you'll learn the skills you need, in the time you have, and how to level up for the next opportunity. Life long learning is the key. You'll still have to do the hard work, but I'll help you with the tools you need to make the change happen.

No Computer Necessary: Managing Azure with Azure Cloud Shell

It happens. You're not on call but you get 'The Call'. Stuff is down and you need to get it fixed, but you're at the mall with the family. What do you do? Azure Cloud Shell to the rescue Now you can administer your Azure instances with your smartphone or any web browser. This session will cover getting started with Azure Cloud Shell for Windows and Linux admins by showing both Bash and PowerShell options. You'll be immediately effective using this feature in your day-to-day administration world.

Session will be all of 3 slides and the rest will be hands on demo w/ time for questions. All code will be available to attendees from GitHub.

No technical requirements- all demos will be recorded and used during sessions.
I've presented at :
Microsoft Ignite
TechMentor
TechEd
PowerShell+DevOps Summit
Microsoft Ignite - The Tour
PowerShell on the River

I am a seasoned presenter, video author, content creator and teacher. I've been teaching and presenting on Azure for close to 6 years, and PowerShell for 9 years.

This talk was done at PowerShell+DevOps summit in 2019 and PowerShell on the River 2019.

Speaking AI: The Infrastructure Engineer's Guide to Prompt Engineering

"In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, Generative AI is transforming how we approach infrastructure management and IT operations. This session demystifies prompt engineering—the art and science of effectively communicating with AI models to achieve optimal results. Starting with a concise overview of how large language models work, we'll explore practical techniques for crafting prompts that deliver consistent, accurate, and useful outputs. Through live demonstrations using popular AI tools, attendees will learn how to leverage prompt engineering for automation, documentation, troubleshooting, and code generation. Walk away with immediately applicable skills to enhance your daily workflow and unlock the full potential of AI in your IT operations."

This session is targeted for every one in IT.
The session will be a combination of slides and demos. All code will be available to attendees from GitHub. Attendees will have activities to try on their own or they can follow along.

No technical requirements- all demos will be recorded and used during sessions.
I've presented at :
Microsoft Ignite
TechMentor
TechEd
PowerShell+DevOps Summit
Microsoft Ignite - The Tour
PowerShell on the River
Wisconsin Educators Day of AI - June 2024

I am a seasoned presenter, video author, content creator and teacher. I've been teaching and presenting on for close to 20 years.