Because I own the Phoenix Silverlight User's Group, I got an email this morning from O'Reilly about a survey they're doing.
The intent was to get it to the User Groups, of which O'Reilly is very supportive.
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If you run a user group and are NOT in contact with O'Reilly, you should do so!
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I've cleared the blogging of this with them, and will do the same thing I did with the User Group. I'll post the body of the message and if you decide to go there or not, it's your decision having been given all the information:
O'Reilly Media is conducting research about in-person, live workshops on
software and business topics, and we'd really like your opinion. If you
live in the United States and work in the tech industry, please consider
taking our 19 question survey to help us understand what you look for in
a live training course what motivates you, what you expect to get out
of a workshop, what topics you'd like to see, and so forth.
To participate, please go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3bFGXzVnXige7WrPdJ0wAQ_3d_3d
To show our appreciation, we'll select 10 people at random to receive a
free book of your choice. The drawing will happen on Friday, October
17, so you'll need to complete the survey by that date to enter. The
last question on the survey will ask for your e-mail we'll use that
only to contact the randomly selected winners and your responses will
remain anonymous.