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December 12, 2006

DAMA Day San Francisco

This week was my first trip out west to visit the San Francisco DAMA group. They made both myself and my family feel welcome. The guest speakers included Graeme Simsion and Danette McGilvray, both of which are excellent speakers. As usual, Graeme was as funny as he was delivering valuable messages on both hard and soft skills of data management. Danette delivered a wonderful message on data governance which is lacking in most major organizations. My two sessions focused on the business strategies of implementing enterprise metadata and integrating web 2.0 technologies. Both messages seemed to be well received and hopefully several people will alter their career planning in the near future.

As far as San Francisco goes, we had great food and despite the weather and Packer fans, the trip was perfect. Actually, both the San Francisco and Green Bay fans were cordial. Unlike I would have been if Dallas was in town and the Cowboys held Football 101 classes.

Posted by Todd at December 12, 2006 11:27 PM