21 FEBRUARY 2020 08:30
HAGLEY OVAL PAVILION
Conference
Past events have been held in:
- Dunedin on 24 May 2019.
- Christchurch 22 February 2019.
- Tauranga on 29 September 2017.
- Hamilton on 27 October 2017.
- Christchurch 23 February 2018.
- Dunedin on 25 May 2018.
We are a not for profit organization that simply wants to promote Agile Software in the New Zealand community because we believe in it.
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Conference Details
Hagley Oval is located in South Hagley Park – 63 Riccarton Ave.
- 08:30 Doors Open
- 08:50 Welcome: Joe Kearns
- 08:55 A word from our sponsors.
- 09:15 Evan Leybourn: TBC
- 10:00 Tea Break
- 10:15 Sandy Mamoli: TBC
- 11:00 TBC: TBC
- 11:45 TBC: TBC
- 12:30-13:00 Lunch (Provided)
- 13:00-16:00 Openspace Event
- 16:00 Close
Full Price: $150 (Ends TBC)
Late Price: $250 (End TBC - Will only be released if all the Full price ones are sold - limited due to venue)
https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/agile-christchurch-2020-tickets-77427741459
Speakers
Evan is the Founder and CEO of the Business Agility Institute; an international membership body to both champion and support the next-generation of organisations. Companies that are agile, innovative and dynamic - perfectly designed to thrive in today’s unpredictable markets. His experience while holding senior leadership and board positions in both private industry and government has driven his work in business agility and he regularly speaks on these topics at local and international industry conferences.
As well as leading the Business Agility Institute, Evan is also the author of Directing the Agile Organisation and has just published his next book on #noprojects.
I'm a former Olympian, a geek, a gadget junkie, international speaker and author of "Creating Great Teams - How Self-Selection Lets People Excel". I have a masters degree in artificial intelligence and I know quite a lot about Agile.
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Sponsors
Our culture
Culture is people. At Media Suite, our people are the core of what we do.
Culture isn't something you can manufacture or force. We believe in hiring the right people who will contribute to, and evolve, the core principles our culture is based on.
- flexibility and accountability
- learning and growth
- people and community
- value and integrity
We are one of the city’s largest businesses and the second-largest employer in the South Island, with more than 3,000 staff working in sites across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula.
We provide services and facilities to more than 380,000 residents, plus visitors. From rubbish collection and recycling, to cycleways, libraries, sports and recreation facilities, events and festivals we do it all – and a lot in between.
Our vision is to make Christchurch a city of opportunity for all – open to new ideas, new people and new ways of doing things – where anything is possible.
Stratos Technology Partners launched in 2011 with a small team working around David’s kitchen table. Initially working with a small group of Christchurch based clients, Stratos has grown to provide a full range of Software Development and SharePoint technology services to clients across New Zealand and Australia.
Our team has a range of expertise and experience you would expect to find in larger service providers, however we still use a personal touch when partnering with clients. Taking the time to understand our clients business is at the centre point of everything we do.
In 2017 Stratos was accepted into the Christchurch NZ High Growth Launch Programme and followed this up with the Amplifer Programme in 2018. This has been instrumental in developing our long term growth strategy and increasing the capabilities of our team.
We are involved in many community IT groups including Canterbury Tech, Microsoft Communities and local user groups. Stratos are members of the Microsoft Partner Network.
Openspace event
It can be used with groups from anything between 10 and 1,000 people.
In Transition it is particularly important because it enables people with ideas and energy to connect creating the opportunity to turn ideas into action.
It is the foremost tool used by Transition groups to move from ‘we have no idea’ to action.
2. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
3. Whenever it starts is the right time
4. When it’s over, it’s over
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Butterflies.
- These people hang out, maybe drinking tea, and don’t appear to do much
- However they may just be involved with the most important discussions of the day
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Bees.
- They flit from conversation to conversation bring new ideas, and fresh eyes to the table
- They can also encourage mingling for those for whom the Law of Two Feet feels a bit rude
- Lots of marker pens
- Lots of pieces of paper to write questions on
- Big pieces of flipchart paper to record discussions
- Blutack
The question you ask and how you frame it will determine who comes so be mindful of this.
It can be tempting to just want people who agree with you to turn up, but this will limit the diversity of your group and the success of Transition!
Usually this is in the title of the event as it helps set the ground for what is to be under discussion at the session.
Some examples from Transition Town Totnes have included:
- How Will Totnes Feed Itself Beyond the Age of Cheap Oil?
- Powering Totnes Beyond Cheap Oil . . .
- The Economic Revival of Totnes – how can we build a sustainable, equitable and healthy economy in Totnes?
It is important that the question is stated clearly on the invitations and all publicity.
- Large enough to take those who attend sitting in a large circle
- Has walls on which you can stick things
- Has enough space for several discussions to happen
- In the centre of the circle is a pile of sheets of A4 paper and pens, and on the wall or floor have an empty timetable with the timings of the different sessions on left and the various discussion areas on the top like on the Left
- Explain to people the four rule, the Law of Two Feet, the insects and how to record discussions.
You also might include a bit about how to facilitate at the tables.
For instance making sure one or two voices don’t always dominate discussions, or the art of making people feel safe and welcome so they have the confidence to take part. -
Then offer people the opportunity to propose a question, if they do this then they must:
- Host that discussion
- Record the conversation themselves or arrange someone else to do it for the benefit of anyone unable to participate
- Write their name on the sheet
- Then they post the question on the timetable.
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Then say “Go!”.
This is the nerve-racking bit.
You may worry that no one will come forward, but then one person does and often loads more then follow.
Then the following needs to happen:- Ten minutes of people proposing questions and sticking them up on the timetable
- You may well end up with more questions than you have slots available, in which case put those on similar topics together
- Once your timetable is full, allow people a few minutes to look at it and work out what they want to go to, and then ring a bell, or something similar, to announce the start of the first session
- People then go to the space where there question is being hosted and the discussions begin
- In theory, the rest of the day will organise itself as long as you do the following:
- Ensure each break-out space has plenty of flip-chart paper and pens
- Tell people when each session starts, and remind them about the Law of Two Feet
- At the end of each session, ring a bell to let people know it is finished
- Go round and collect up the note filled sheets
- Put them up on the wall in the area you have pre-designated as the ‘Market Place’
- You may also choose to have someone typing up the sheets, if you are posting the proceedings live on the web or if you want it typed up to send out quickly
- Leave 30-40 minutes or so at the end to allow one person to feedback from each discussion and for everyone to feedback on the process
- The notes generated can be typed up and circulated to everyone who attended
Future activities might well emerge from the session, but you might want actions to be agreed and taken forward.
This will determine what shape the closing session takes.
It could be a brief thank you and hope you had a good time, to a more specific planning,setting up working groups or anything else that needs to happen. In which case more time is needed to come to agreements.
Open Space is surprisingly easy to run, and an amazingly powerful way of exploring issues.
What it does is draw out all those who are really passionate about a subject.
For your first one you might find it useful to have someone with prior experience of running Open Space to facilitate it, but once you have a successful Open Space under your belt, you’ll marvel at how simple it is!