Jeff Hicks jdhitsolutions

Public Presentation Policy

I have been an IT professional for over 30 years. I have been speaking publicly and presenting at conferences, user groups and technology events for probably 25 years. I have presented to all types of groups, from small user groups to large conferences, literally around the world. As I enter the last part of my IT career, I am re-assessing what role conferences and public presentations will play, and where I want to devote my energy and financial resources. The truth is, that as much as I enjoy presenting and meeting people, there is always a trade-off between the time and money spent on conferences and the value I get from them.

Beginning in 2024, I have made some hard decisions. If you are involved in a conference or event where I have presented in the past, this may be of interest to you. The bottom line is that I am now very selective about what events and conferences I will present at. Let's dive into some details, and of course there will be exceptions, which I'll cover in

	MIT License

	Copyright (c) 2025 JDH Information Technology Solutions, Inc.


	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
	of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
	in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
	to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
	copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

	#requires -version 7.5
	#requires -module pwshSpectreConsole

	Function Out-SelectFile {

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Select files from a SpectreConsole list
	.DESCRIPTION
	Select files using Read-SpectreMultiSelection from the pwshSpectreConsole module. Selected objects will be written to the pipeline.

	#requires -version 7.5
	#requires -module pwshSpectreConsole
	Function Import-LocalModule {
	[cmdletbinding()]
	[alias('ilm')]
	Param(
	[Parameter(Position = 0, HelpMessage = "The path to the module data JSON file")]
	[ValidateScript({Test-Path $_})]
	[string]$DataPath = "c:\scripts\LocalModuleData.json",
	[switch]$Passthru

	Empty File#requires -version 7.5
	#requires -module pwshSpectreConsole

	Function Select-ToDelete {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Select files to delete.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Pipe files to this command which will use SpectreConsole to present a choice menu. The command has an automatic timeout of 15 seconds.
	.PARAMETER InputObject

	#requires -version 7.2
	<#
	this is a variation of what you could do comparing text files
	using Compare-Object. The only difference really is how this
	script formats the output.

	This should be considered a PROOF-OF-CONCEPT

	#>

	<!--
	history.format.ps1xml
	Format type data generated 11/19/2024 11:19:23 by PROSPERO\Jeff

	This file was created using the New-PSFormatXML command that is part
	of the PSScriptTools module.

	https://github.com/jdhitsolutions/PSScriptTools

	To use, import this file into your PowerSHell 7 session:

	#requires -version 7.4
	#requires -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Crescendo

	#this demo assumes you have copied the du.exe utility from Sysinternals to a folder in your path

	#the name of the module to create
	$ModuleName = "FolderUsage"
	#the parent folder for the module
	$ModulePath = "C:\temp"

	return "This is a demo script file."

	# Find Me: https://jdhitsolutions.github.io

	# Any one can learn syntax and mechanics.
	# Let's focus on the squishy bits - what you should write
	# and what not to write

	#region Essential rules

	#requires -version 7.4

	<#
	This function requires the gh.exe command line tool.
	You many encounter API rate restrictions under heavy use.
	#>

	#load the custom formatting file
	Update-FormatData $PSScriptRoot\ghLabelStatus.format.ps1xml