>>>Lisa Slater Nicholls is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated talents in our industry.
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>She was *very* highly respected in the Fox world after which I think the decision to step back from the limelight was her own.

She was very highly respected in the Fox world but has also made a name for herself in the SQL/SSRS world with a steady stream of deep-dive SSRS blog posts.

As far as stepping back, I think maybe it's more a matter of shifting focus. I don't believe she does as much public speaking as she did years ago - but again, take a look at what she's blogged about over the last several years.


And in a way, I can relate - from 2005 to last year, I did somewhere between 250 and 300 community sessions, and roughly 30 conference sessions. I've stopped because it took too much of a toll on me, but I'm still writing and doing webcasts.

"Limelight" is kind a funny word - when I write an article for CODE, potentially over 50,000 see it. (Sure, not all of them read it). Soon I'm going to have some MSDN webcasts up - those usually generate a healthy # of views. All of those without having to leave my home. :)

So like I said, Limelight is a funny word