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On Day 3: Security
The last session of the conference for me is the repeat of Dana's security seminar. If you haven't seen Dana's sessions, you're really missing something. The main focus of his presentation was on using two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication...
Posted: Sep 10 2006, 01:43 PM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 3: CRM Project Planning
I sat in on Anne Stanton's CRM Project Planning session this morning. CRM is an avenue I'm looking into, and I've worked with Anne on a couple of leads for CRM application implementations. She focused specifically on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM product...
Posted: Sep 10 2006, 11:32 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 2: Entertainment
I had a wonderful opportunity this evening to really do something very cool, at least for me. I got to see my home town Texas Rangers play the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field . The game went thirteen innings, and while my team ended up losing, it was...
Posted: Sep 10 2006, 01:24 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 2: Vendoring Again
OK, so even though I thought I would attend sessions in-between the market expo times, once again I ended up spending the day as a vendor at the Community booth. The good news, I was able to move a number of books not only at the table but also to people...
Posted: Sep 09 2006, 04:15 PM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 2: Keynote
Day 2 of SMB Nation 2006 opened with a keynote speech from conference organizer Harry Brelsford on the global reach of Microsoft's Small Business Specialist certification program. Actually, it was more of a group participation effort than a talking slide...
Posted: Sep 09 2006, 10:57 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 1: Changes
Well, after the keynote session this morning, my experience at SMB Nation took a very quick left turn. As such, with the exception of participating in the MVP Panel session, I did not attend another session during the day tracks so, as such, I have nothing...
Posted: Sep 08 2006, 09:48 PM by eriq | with no comments
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On Day 1: Keynote
The conference is ready to start. Some folks had a bit of an adventure getting here via one of the shuttles, but I'm sure that story will appear in at least one other blog, and since it didn't happen to me, I won't recount it here. Enjoyed the SBSC breakfast...
Posted: Sep 08 2006, 11:04 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On Arrival
First, a disclaimer. When I originally booked my flight from DFW to SEATAC, it was before the London airline threat discovery and prevention and the related elevated security alerts. So, at the time, a 6:30am departure flight didn't seem like such a big...
Posted: Sep 06 2006, 05:59 PM by eriq | with no comments
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On Preparations
OK, it's that time of year again. Time to pack the bags and get ready for the annual venture otherwise known as SMB Nation. This year is a bit different for me than last year, for a couple of reasons: I'm staying longer. I'm presenting this year. Yep...
Posted: Sep 05 2006, 05:28 PM by eriq | with no comments
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