Design the session they need, not what the book says
Level up your retro's, team agreements, team forming, or any other session. Don't follow the pack - be the leader.
Something I've always done as an ATF is design my own team sessions - especially retro's - based around the teams needs. It wasn't until recently I realised this isn't what everyone does. I'm planning an interactive session where I can demonstrate and coach other's into designing more effective and engaging retro's etc.
(I realise you said 'no more retro stuff' in your submissions guideline - but hopefully this is more awesome and interesting than just talking about retros)
I've suggested Intermediate because I think it's better people have already facilitated retro's.
Outline/Structure of the Interactive
Introduction of how I design sessions and the process I go through (5ish minutes)
Ask for volunteers who would like to be coached into designing a session. (2-4 minutes)
Interactive design session with the volunteer (up to 15-20 minutes)
Q & A - 5 ish minutes.
Repeat.
Wrap up session with feedback and thoughts.
Learning Outcome
People to have fresh perspective on how to plan a session for better meeting outcomes.
Target Audience
Anyone who is stuck in the routine of following the books, or retromat, to the letter and feel there's better ways to plan sessions.
Prerequisites for Attendees
Have in mind a retro, team forming session, or similar they have upcoming to offer as an example.
schedule Submitted 4 years ago
Call for Proposals CLOSED
Ended on Jun 6 '18 11:30 PM AEST
This conference is about learning and sharing from our colleagues. Over the years we have come to value the following things;
- Interactive sessions over presentations
- Specific tools and techniques over general frameworks
- Learning from mistakes and failures over sharing sanitised success stories
- Diversity of content over following industry best practices
- Evidence based approaches over novel ideas
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
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