I arrived with the presidents of the Nashville IASA Chapter to B. B. Kings in downtown Nashville.  At first, my observations made me doubt that this was a good venue for an IT meeting, but as I found the reserved spacious room in the rear of the building with tables, chairs, and a buffet, my opinion quickly switched from doubt to excitement.  I knew the event was going to be

spectacular.  Although the food was good, I didn’t get much of it because I tried to talk to everyone as they arrived.

The Nashville chapter has had two previous meetings, but this was to be their “kick-off” event and I was honored to be a part of it.

My presentation seemed to be well received by the audience and that was confirmed by some of the feedback directed my way.  It was a very enjoyable experience and I will remember it for a long time.

I have been asked to speak at the International Association of Software Architects (IASA)  Nashville Chapter.  I met the chapter’s president at IASA’s first annual IT Architect Regional Conference in Atlanta.

I am to speak on the Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) program in which I was a recent participant.  What it is, where to find out more, how to participate, was it worth it… I need to answer all of these questions and more.

So I am sitting in my living room on Saturday preparing my presentation for Monday’s event.  I have known about this since September or October, but I always put off the actual making of the presentation until the last minute.  This is partly because I am a procrastinator at heart, but mainly because I always present better when the presentation was a fresh creation.  I have in mind what I want to say, when each slide appears, because it was want I wanted to say when I created the slide.

I guess I should get to it.