My post yesterday featuring guest blogger Rebecca Bond was such a hit, that I thought I’d try again.  My plan is to post something from each of the final contestants who took part in the DB2Night Show’s “DB2’s Got Talent” Competition.  I’ve introduced you to the contestants in a series of blog entries, so I hope you feel like you “know” these people by now.

Here’s JB:

I would like to say a few words (I have a lot to say!, but I will try to keep it short) about the DB2 Night Show’s world wide db2 talent contest which concluded last Friday after several successful weeks and with many, many great DB2 tips and lots of useful information.

First, I would like to talk about my experience as a participant in this contest. This was my first time participating in such an event and it was such a positive experience for me. Apart from learning so many brilliant new ideas and creative ways of using DB2, this show has done so much to improve my personal skills in effective communication and has shown me how much more I can improve in that area just by listening to the other contestants.

I have listened to all the contestants from the beginning of the show and I am planning to do so again because some of the ideas were such brain teasers that I cannot resist going back to it. For example Ahmad’s tips on the high speed text search is going to be very useful to me and I am sure to everyone else working with XML data.

And I am going to miss Mary’s presentations, she has a unique style of presenting and I hope I can learn to be so creative in my future presentations. Norberto has a lot of expertise in visual communication skills apart from all his great technical tips and so on. I can keep going on all the contestants, everyone had something that I could learn from and I am sure all the audience feel that way too!

I want to thank the host of this event Scott Hayes and IDUG for a very unique experience! I think this was an innovative idea of conducting a contest through a webinar which I can predict is going to get very popular among all the technical communities!!

Thank you to all the judges Susan, Martin, Klaas and Cristian for their wonderful critique, it kept me motivated throughout this contest!

I still have a lot to talk about but I promised to keep it short , so I will stop here!

Susan, Thank you for letting me share my experience on this great show!

Have a great day everyone and don’t forget to register for the April 8th DB2Night Show event!

Hope to see everyone there!

Warm Regards,

JB

Thanks JB!

She didn’t suggest that you watch the replays and vote, so I’ll do that!  You’ll really enjoy the presentations and the tips you’ll learn.  And as JB says, you can learn from the presenters to fine tune your presentation and teaching skills.

Susan