balanced team nyc sunday salon april 13, 2014

NYC SUNDAY SALON

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Welcome

Balanced Team is

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A Conversation !

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Self Organizing !

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Global !

Range of folks (software professionals design, development, testing, product management, marketing, sales..) !

who are/want to make great products in a collaborative cross functional approach

Summit !

multiple days sharing info, case studies, pre arranged speakers

Salon !

one day sharing info informal after another event

personal side note

Issue of the Day: Agile & UX

No more Us and Them !@johannakoll

Culture

Culture

Any one who can, should !

Trust !

Iterative/collaborative !

Open space !

Participation range: bees/ butterflies !

Vote with your feet !

Carry information forward

Methods

Open Space

Standing Circle

Lighting Talks

Fishbowl

Nosh/Schmooze/Drink

Play

Agenda!

• 10:45 WELCOME (30m) Balanced Team history, introduce CONVERSATION ACTIVITY

• 11:15 GENERATE (30m) start to generate topics, (put topic and NAME OF PROPOSER on sticky)

• 11:45 DECIDE (15m) dot vote, assign topics and leaders to conversation areas

• 12:00 CONVERSATION ONE (30m): People start first break out sessions, facilitator makes poster

• 12:30 STAND-UP (15m): one speaker from group summarizes poster in a sentence. Next round of topics is circulated

• 12:45 BREAK (30m): snack, form 2rd groups

• 13:15 CONVERSATION TWO (30m): facilitator makes poster

• 13:45 STAND-UP (15m): each group gives a 1-sentence description

• 14:00 BREAK (15m): bring posters to central area, people can review/comment on posters

• 14:15 REASSEMBLE (15m): explain FISHBOWL

• 14:30 FISHBOWL (60m): moderated group discussion

• 15:30 CLOSING CIRCLE (30m): each person says one thing they will take forward

• 16:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Adios! What’s the next event? What’s the next bar? Off to the bar

Questions?