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Come together with over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts from around the world to explore the power of MySQL and related technologies. The MySQL Conference & Expo, co-presented by O'Reilly Media and MySQL, happens April 12-15, 2010 in Santa Clara, California, at the Santa Clara Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. It is the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide, the event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The open atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals and community members to create the best database applications, tools, and software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily available MySQL developers, and guru business advice.

Happening March 30-April 1, 2010 at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose, California, Where 2.0 brings together the people, projects, and issues building the new technological foundations and creating value in the location industry. Join with other developers, technologists, CTOs, researchers, geographers, academics, business developers, and entrepreneurs to debate and discuss what's viable now, and what's lurking just below the radar.

The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference will be happening February 22-24, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Time Square in New York City, NY, to explore emerging trends around digital publishing.

Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy

Once in a generation, a book comes along that transforms the business landscape. Company strategy typically has been planned by corporate chiefs in annual meetings, and then dictated to managers to carry out. In The New How, Nilofer Merchant shows corporate directors, executives, and managers that the best way to create a winning strategy is to include employees at all levels, helping to create strategy they not only believe in, but are also equipped to implement.

In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For anyone else who talks and expects someone to listen, Confessions of a Public Speaker provides an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. You'll get new insights into the art of persuasion, based on Scott's 15 years of experience speaking to crowds of all sizes.

The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Presentation software requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology offers practical approaches that combine conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. Written by Nancy Duarte, the President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth.

O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

The O'Reilly School of Technology was built as a place to give aspiring programmers and administrators a ladder into the Information Technology and Systems industry. With unique, online, hands-on courses leading to certification from the world-famous University of Illinois, OST will help you gain an edge in your career -- on your own time, at your own pace. When you have completed our courses, you will not only have certification, but you will also have a portfolio of completed projects to show for your effort.

The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, by Jono Bacon, is a new source of knowledge about building strong, cohesive community. It could be the catalyst for many effective communities. In this book, author Jono Bacon offers a collection of experiences, observations, and thoughts from his decade-long involvement in building and managing communities for open source software. Currently, he's the Community Manager for Ubuntu, arguably the largest community in the open source software arena. His relationships with other community managers, along with his own experience, provide a rich and deep well of expertise.