Caleb Jenkins
Published Author, Engaging Speaker. Have a great time - learn something too.
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Caleb is a fantastic speaker: engaging, fun, entertaining and most of all - has lots of pertinent things to say. This guy has been there, done that and is here now to tell about it.
SDP 13, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Caleb Jenkins is a global Agile Coach at Sabre, the largest software company in the travel industry and Co-Chair's their Employee Innovation Council; he's also the CTO and Principal Mentor at Proaction Mentors.
As a long time community leader and former Microsoft Developer Evangelist Caleb is well known for his engaging speaking style, depth of knowledge and creative energy. Founder and Principal Mentor at Proaction Mentors, former Senior Architect for Six Flags Corporation, Caleb is an active national speaker for the International .NET Association (INETA), has received the Microsoft MVP award for the last five consecutive years.
Before starting Proaction Mentors, Caleb worked as the Senior Architect for Six Flags Corporation, and helped build the Microsoft practice at Improving Enterprises. He is an active national speaker for the International .NET Association (INETA), has received the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET for the last five consecutive years.
Caleb is a Certified Scrum Master and certified Professional Scrum Master, has worked as a technical editor and author for Wrox Press, and was a featured presenter on Adobe.TV.
He lives in the Dallas area where he continues to date his beautiful wife and busy himself playing Candy Land, Xbox 360 with his four incredible children. Occasionally he writes curriculum, speaks at conferences, and writes code for silly things like Twitter applications. Eventually hell post some of the gazillion interviews that hes recorded on http://wordpress.CommunityCast or blog more.
You can follow Caleb on twitter @calebjenkins or read his blog at developingUX.com
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Caleb is a fantastic speaker: engaging, fun, entertaining and most of all - has lots of pertinent things to say. This guy has been there, done that and is here now to tell about it.
SDP 13, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Caleb has incredible energy, humor and passion. He establishes an instant connection to the audience, and what he teaches is worth hearing.
SDP 13 Tel-Aviv Israel
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very energetic speaker, great examples, great ppt, great job
North Dallas .NET UG
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Caleb is a very dynamic speaker and his content is very easy to follow.
February 8, 2013; Dallas Day of Dot Net
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Engaging, relevant, informative, and entertaining. Awesome sauce.
Dallas Days of .NET 2013, Dallas TX
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Caleb's presentation was relevant, engaging, and the opposite of boring. His ability to get the room engaged and thinking about improving code and becoming better at our craft is excellent.
Dallas C# SIG
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Caleb is uber-entertainment. He exudes high energy, he is super articulate, he knows his material, chooses interesting topics, presents subjects in a highly innovative fashion, and [best of all] he really understands the needs of his audience. He tailors his presentation to the people he is speaking to. Whether developers, designers, or business personnel, he knows their language, understands what will keep them engaged, and presents his talks in a way that energizes and mobilizes them. No one walks out of one of Caleb's presentations wondering what they are supposed to do next. Their biggest challenge is figuring out how fast can they can get back to work so I can start putting his recommendations into practice.
Big Design Conference 2010 and 2012
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Caleb is an energetic, engaging, relavent speaker who consistently brings his love for technology to his talks. If ever you have a chance to attend one of Caleb's talks you can rest assure you will leave enlightened and entertained.
Tulsa TechFest 2010
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Caleb's talk on the importance of tdd was centered around the theme that code is naked without tests. Caleb is one of the only speakers who mentions -why- testing is a good habit to start, and what the goal of testing is. TDD was presented in English as testing for the 'given/when/then' concept, and dependencies were addresses as lego pieces. (Finally, something I can wrap my brain around.) TDD has been a pretty foreign concept to me, and Caleb helped demystify some of the simpler concepts.
10/5/12 Tulsa Tech Fest
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Anytime I go to any event, the first person I look to see if they are presenting is Caleb. I know two things will happen when Caleb talks; his classroom will fill up early, and he will make me learn something while making me laugh. I've seen hundreds of speakers, most of them dry and humorless. Not Caleb, he always makes me think about what I am doing, keeps things moving, and is always relevant to today's technologies. I would rate him the best speaker I have ever seen.
Microsoft, Improving Enterprises, various Tech Fests
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Caleb is a very engaging and energetic speaker. He always entertains the crowd while working his messages in with deft craftsmanship. In particular, I enjoy how Caleb is able to adjust his talk track, style and content to adapt to the needs of his audience.
Dallas, TX
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Caleb is an engaging, dynamic speaker with an uncanny ability to connect with the audience. His knowledge has many depths, and he tailors his presentations to the audience, keeping everyone involved and focused. Since this original talk, I've heard Caleb speak several times in both large and small venues, and he continues to wield his skill like a finely honed sword.
Dallas, TX - June, 2006
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Caleb is greatness. Very entertaining and educational. Great depth in his talks and he keeps people from every level involved in the talk, from BA and PM-types with just enough technical savvy to confidently show up for a tech talk to the hard-core devs who look forward to stumping the speaker. Everyone will take something away and look forward to catching him for another session. Caleb is awesome.
North Dallas .Net User Group
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I have always enjoyed learning from Caleb during his sessions. He has a fantastic way of combining information so each individual in a mixed audience will walk away with knowledge they can use. Not only does Caleb show up prepared with material to fit the audience but he also is fantastic at gaging and engaging the audience to be sure his talk is making the mark and he will adjust the content mid flow if he needs too.
As part of community events I have been involved with, I have had to choose speakers and content. Caleb has never failed to deliver. He has always received the highest marks from attendees and I have never failed to invite him back.
I have seen Caleb speak at many user groups, local and regoinal events.
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How many technical talks have you been to where you were about to fall asleep? Well if you attend one of Caleb’s that will not happen. Caleb is a very energetic speaker that passionate and knowledgeable about the skills needed to build great software. He is also one of the most popular Speakers in the South Central Region and on UserGroup.tv. His talks are "can’t miss".
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