Headshot

This is the increasingly outdated photo I use as a headshot because I'm too lazy to have a professional portrait made.

Speaker Bio

For more detail, see my resume.

Alan Stevens is a father, geek, vegan and software artisan living in Knoxville, TN. Alan regularly speaks at industry conferences and user groups.  Alan is an Open Space Technology facilitator. Alan is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in C#. Alan is a member of ASP Insiders. When Alan is not playing with his kids, enjoying a fine cigar, singing or playing his acoustic guitar, he occasionally updates his blog at http://netcave.org.

Open Space Technology

I have received great personal satisfaction from facilitating Open Space Technology meetings. This is a photo of me facilitating the opening circle at Devlink 2008.

Interesting Fact

I have a Masters of Science degree in Curriculum and Instruction. After graduation, I quickly determined that I would not have a long term career in Education. During part of my transition from teacher to software developer, I worked as a mason and built two chimneys on a restored Victorian home. I am very proud of these constructions.

Coding In Public

Scott Walker was kind enough to record my Coding in Public talk given at the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group meeting on the last night of a three day tour of Ohio User Groups. You can also view the slides.

March 26, 2009
Alan Stevens - Coding In Public

Oxite Retrospective

Weston M. Binford III recorded the Open Space session that I convened at ALT.NET Seattle 2009 to discuss the community reaction to the release of Oxite. WARNING: This conversation contains strong language (most of it by me).

February 28, 2009
AltNetSeattle: Oxite Retrospective

Alan Stevens leads a round table discussion on the reaction to the Oxite sample application released by Microsoft.

.NET Rocks!

I had the pleasure of being interviewed on .NET Rocks! about my activities in the developer community.

February 13, 2009
Show #420 (63 minutes)
Alan Stevens on Community 2.0 MP3 Download

Carl and Richard talk to Alan Stevens about his involvement with the .NET community, and the wider developer community.

David Giard Interview

I did this interview with David Giard about Open Space Technology at the awesome CodeMash 2009.

February 12, 2009
Alan Stevens Discusses Open Space Technology

I've attended two conferences where Alan Stevens helped to make Open Spaces a success. In this interview, Alan describes open spaces technology and explains his role in the process.

Nine Questions

I sat down with Chris Williams at PDC 2008 for his Nine Questions series.

October 31, 2008
Video NINE Questions with Alan Stevens

While at PDC08, I managed to get a few interviews on video. Alan was the first of those and probably one of the best. Without any further delay, here are NINE Questions with Alan Stevens.

Fox Show

I spoke with Andrew McNeil of the FoxShow over breakfast at the Southwest Fox 2008 Conference for Visual FoxPro developers in Mesa, AZ.

October 23, 2008
FoxShow #58 (Extra)
Discussion with Alan Stevens MP3 Download

I didn't want to do a full show on this little interview but wanted to put it into the stream because I think it's really valuable for developers to hear. It's a discussion Alan Stevens and I had one morning at Southwest Fox 2008. It was held after his talk on Agile and I had some specific questions we wanted to get into. There is some background noise as we were talking outside at the breakfast table. If you've never heard Alan speak, this is a great way of getting a feel for his sessions. Enjoy!