Agile Cheer - Bring It On!
"You better bring it!
Oh, it's already been broughten!"
The purpose of cheerleading is to support and encourage their team to achieve peak performance - they give the team the extra oomph to carry them over the goal line! The cheerleaders not only support and celebrate the wins, they also encourage the team when they need to push through their trials and tribulations. Cheerleaders build the hype of the team fans by creating infectious energy - just imagine your stakeholders hyped up because of your awesome team!
In this session we will take lessons from professional cheerleading and apply them in an agile team context.
We will cover the 3 pillars of agile cheerleading – dance, chants, and emotions and explore the fundamentals and benefits of an agile cheer so that you can super-charge your teams.
BE! AGILE! BE! BE AGILE!
Outline/Structure of the Skills Workshop
- [0:00-0:05] 5 min - Introduction
- [0:05-0:13] 8 min - Fundamentals of cheer overview
- Synchrony
- Eliciting emotion
- Contrast
- Formation
- Music
- Energy
- [0:13-0:20] 7 min - The "why" of cheering
- Celebrate the team
- Support the team
- Encourage the team
- Hype the stakeholders
- [0:20-0:26] 6 min - Apply cheering to agile teams
- Chant
- Dance
- Symbol
- [0:26-0:33] 7 min – Exercise – Participants learn and practice fundamentals of agile cheering
- [0:33-0:40] 7 min - Demonstration of 3 Agile cheers
- “Writing User Stories”
- “Prioritizing the Backlog”
- “Programming”
- [0:40-0:44] 4 min - Demonstration of chanting Agile cheer where participants join in
A-G-I-L-E!
Give me an A! Give me a G! Give me an I! Give me an L! Give me an E!
What's that spell? Agile! Agile!
'Cause we are Agile
And we're riding high, so
A-G-I-L-E! - [0:44-0:46] 2 min - Audience is asked to identify 1 thing they are awesome at
- [0:46-0:50] 4 min - Participants then create their own cheer
- [0:50-0:55] 5 min - Open demonstration where participants can choose to demo their cheer
- [0:55-0:59] 4 min - Example of cheerleading rock-paper-scissors game
- [0:59-0:66] 7 min – Everyone to cheer all together (the fundamentals, the Agile cheers, then their own cheers)
- [0:66-0:70] 4 min - Conclusion
- Remainder of total timebox - Q&A
Interaction of Facilitators and Participants
Roz and Alex are partners in this session! We equally share our stories and speaking about the concepts in the deck. A large portion of this is activity based, and this is where Roz shines. Roz brings her years of professional sports team cheerleading experience to the workshop and guides everyone, including Alex, in the actual cheerleading. The video link we have provided for this proposal is a great example of Alex and Roz interacting and enjoying working with each other. As for the participants, no mobility is required for them to engage in the cheers. The activity and the engagement of people cheering together can be a wonderful experience, especially in our time of mostly remote working.
Video of Exemplar Dancing Session
[NOTE - the video samples included here are for our "dancing" session and are examples of how we interact with each other and the participants. It is not a video of our new "cheering" session]
https://youtu.be/Oz_dc7HXc6Y - This is the official video of our dancing session at WildCard Singapore 2020. The best parts are when participants show off signature moves, they are great!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/72dipcl4dnuyoqr/Gallery%20view.mp4 - This is the same session at WildCard Singapore 2020, but it's the gallery view of the participants. You can see everyone dancing!
Relevance
High-performing teams is what every agile coach, agilist, and organization hopes to help teams become. High performance is more than just efficiency, productivity, and delivery however. A high-performing team might need a little support and encouragement along the way! Our session focuses on how the team itself can become their own cheerleaders, creating a culture where they actively cheer themselves on to success and high-performance.
Learning Outcome
Participants will:
- practice bringing it by cheering
- summarize the benefits of cheer for team performance
- create your own agile cheer that you can share with your team
- reflect on those moments when your team would benefit from an awesome agile cheer
- use the fundamentals of professional cheerleading to encourage, support, and celebrate your team
Target Audience
Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile Coaches, Managers, Executives, Change Agents
Prerequisites for Attendees
No prerequisites
Links
Presentation History of this Session
- Agile2022 (Upcoming)
Bio of Roslyn
Roslyn Martin is a former professional dancer turned Product Manager. Having danced for over 15 years, Roslyn was an award-winning cheerleader for the National Rugby League and National Basketball League in Australia. She attained her qualifications to teach classic ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance, then turned her focus towards a career in finance where she became a Product Manager with a stint in Customer Experience. She enjoys experimenting with mixing principals of dance with those of corporate world to increase engagement and performance of teams.
Presentation History of Roslyn
- Professional cheerleader for National Rugby League [NRL] Cronulla Sharks 2005-2015
- Professional cheerleader for National Basketball League [NBL] Sydney Kings 2006-2008
- WildCard Singapore 2020 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Agile2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Agile Coaching Lab Collective 2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Agile2022 – Upcoming Workshop Facilitator
- Roslyn presents and leads multiple workshops internally at her employer, Macquarie
Presentation History of Alex
- Agile Open Northwest 2012 - Session Leader
- Übermind ÜnConference 2012 - Session Leader
- MobileUXCamp Seattle 2012 - Session Leader
- Seattle Kaizen Camp 2012 - Session Leader
- MAQCon 2012 - Cofounder
- MobileUXCamp Seattle 2013 - Session Leader
- Seattle Kaizen Camp 2013 - Session Leader
- MobileUXCamp Seattle 2014 - Session Leader
- Seattle Kaizen Camp 2014 - Session Leader
- Construx Software Executive Summit 2014 - Facilitator
- Shell Developers Summit 2015 - Keynote Speaker
- Scrum Coaching Retreat Seattle 2015 - Volunteer
- Un:Conference Canberra 2016 - Session Leader
- Agile2016 - Volunteer
- UX Australia 2016 - Speaker, Reviewer
- Agile Coach Camp Sydney 2016 - Session Leader
- Agile Tour Sydney 2016 - Facilitator
- StartCon 2016 - Pitch Competitor
- Global Scrum Gathering San Diego 2017 - Reviewer
- Global Scrum Gathering Singapore 2017 - Speaker (Rating = 4.5/5)
- Agile Coach Camp Sydney 2017 - Session Leader
- Scrum Gathering India 2017 - Speaker, Facilitator, Coaches' Clinic
- Lean Agile Systems Thinking Canberra 2017 - Organizer, Speaker (Rating = 5/5)
- Lean Agile Systems Thinking Melbourne 2017 - Speaker (Rating = 5/5), Facilitator (Rating = 4.4/5)
- Lean Agile Systems Thinking Sydney 2017 - Speaker
- Scrum Gathering Melbourne 2017 - Speaker (Rating = #2 at conference), Coaches' Clinic
- AgileNZ 2017 - Speaker
- Scrum Gathering South Africa 2017 - Speaker
- Business and Enterprise Agility Conference India 2017 - Speaker
- Business Agility Conference NYC 2018 - Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering Nepal 2018 – Accepted Speaker
- 1st Conference Melbourne 2018 - Facilitator
- Lean Agile Systems Thinking Sydney 2018 - Speaker
- Agile Impact Jakarta 2018 - Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
- Business Agility Conference Sydney 2018 - Reviewer, Chief Facilitator, Organizer
- XP 2018 Porto - Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
- Lean Agile Systems Thinking Melbourne 2018 - Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
- Agile2018 San Diego - Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Sydney 2018 - Speaker, Coaches' Clinic
- Agile Tauranga 2018 - Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering South Africa 2018 - Speaker
- Agile Impact Jakarta 2018 - Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
- Business Agility Conference Sydney 2018 - Reviewer, Chief Facilitator, Organizer
- Sydney Scrum User Group 2019 - Workshop Facilitator
- Global Scrum Gathering Austin 2019 – Reviewer, Accepted Speaker
- Business Agility Conference Sydney 2019 (cancelled) - Reviewer, Chief Facilitator, Organizer
- Agile Australia 2019 - Reviewer
- Mile High Denver 2019 - Speaker
- Agile Coaching Retreat Kuala Lumpur 2019 - Organizer, Advisor
- Agile Coaching Retreat Sydney 2019 - Organizer, Advisor
- XP 2019 Montreal - Industry and Practice Co-Chair
- Agile2019 Washington D.C. - Workshop Facilitator
- Agile India 2019 - Workshop Facilitator, Speaker
- LAST Melbourne 2019 - Speaker
- LAST Sydney 2019 - Workshop Facilitator
- Scrum South Africa 2019 - Speaker
- CBA Agility Day 2019 - Keynote Speaker
- Scrum Tokyo 2020 - Speaker
- Agile Australia 2020 - Reviewer
- Macquarie Perspective – Workshop Facilitator
- Agile on the Beach New Zealand 2020 – Workshop Facilitator
- Scrum NYC 2020 (cancelled) - Accepted Speaker
- Scrum Australia 2020 (cancelled) - Accepted Speaker
- Agile 2020 (cancelled) – Accepted Workshop Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering Nigeria 2020 (cancelled) – Accepted Workshop Facilitator
- Sydney Scrum User Group 2020 (virtual)– Workshop Facilitator
- Agile Coaching Retreat Live Online 2020 (virtual) – Organizer
- Regional Scrum Gathering Colombia 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Hyderabad 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Nepal 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Agile Denver Coaching 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Agile Coaching Exchange: SoCal 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Agile Z-Day 2020 (virtual) – Speaker (Rating = #1 at conference)
- Agile SEA 2020 (virtual) – Keynote speaker
- mini-LAST #2 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- WildCard Singapore 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- FlowConf Istanbul 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Calcutta 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Círculos de Agile Coaching LATAM 2020 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Tokyo 2021 (virtual) – Speaker
- Sydney Scrum User Group 2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Business Agility Conference Global 2021 (virtual) – Organizer, Chief Facilitator APAC
- Agile Coaching Retreat Mandarin 2021 (virtual) – Organizer, Advisor
- Agile Coaching Retreat Russian 2021 (virtual) – Advisor
- Scrum Australia 2021 (virtual) - Speaker
- Scrum South Africa 2021 (virtual) – Speaker (Rating = 4.6/5)
- Melbourne Agile and Scrum User Group 2021 (virtual) - Speaker
- Agile2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Agile Brisbane 2021 (virtual) - Speaker
- AgileNCR Delhi 2021 (virtual) – Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Singapore 2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering Pakistan 2021 (virtual) – Speaker
- Mile High Agile Denver 2021 (cancelled) - Accepted Speaker
- Agile Coaching Lab Collective 2021 (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Agility Today 2021 (virtual) - Speaker
- Agile Coaching Café Sri Lanka 2022 (virtual) – Speaker
- Lean Agile Exchange 2022 (virtual) – Accepted Reserve Speaker
- Agile Virtual Summit 2022 (virtual) –Speaker
- Regional Scrum Gathering Egypt 2022 (virtual) –Speaker
- Scrum South Africa 2022 (virtual) – Speaker (Rating = 4.8/5)
- Calgary Agile Methods User Group (virtual) – Workshop Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering Nepal 2022 (virtual) – Speaker
- AIESEC UNSW Heading for the Future 2022 – Workshop Facilitator
- Global Scrum Gathering Denver 2022 (virtual) – Upcoming Speaker
- Agile2022 – Upcoming Workshop Facilitator
- Regional Scrum Gathering Sri Lanka 2022 – Upcoming Keynote Speaker
Speaking References for Alex
- Jeremie Benazra - [email protected]
- Simon Bennett - [email protected]
- Steve McConnell - [email protected]
- Ed Wong - [email protected]
Videos of Alex
- https://youtu.be/i4ewZ3xvhi8 - Agile NZ 2017
- https://youtu.be/_71MvT1muKc - Agile India 2019
- https://youtu.be/3FqrPRjj9VA - Construx Brain Cast on Lean Coffee
- https://youtu.be/J6cMUrI2Lqk - Regional Scrum Gathering India 2017
- https://youtu.be/YCxDe_dtH2Y - Construx Brain Cast on Value Story
- https://youtu.be/Kero6-tjoOY - Construx Brain Cast on The Agile Pyramid
- https://youtu.be/lXTEn4iV_Yg - Construx Brain Cast on Mad Sad Glad Afraid
- https://youtu.be/N9_LlnLkODM - Construx Brain Cast on The Decider Protocol
- https://youtu.be/qG5GZs3D_kY - Construx Brain Cast on Emotional Seismograph
- https://youtu.be/mVo8YW3WqWo - Construx Brain Cast on Ouija Board Estimation
- http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conferences/uxaustralia-2016/presentation/value-story/ - UX Australia 2016
Slide Samples
- http://tinyurl.com/agile2019ls - Agile 2019
- http://tinyurl.com/AgileDammitJim - LAST Brisbane 2019
- http://tinyurl.com/CBA2019TheEnd - CBA Agility Day 2019
- http://tinyurl.com/AI2019MagicNumber10 - Agile India 2019
- http://tinyurl.com/BrainTransplantMH19 - Mile High Agile Denver 2019
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