Closson Wendy – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org Networking Events for Agilists, Agile Software Development, GamingWordPress Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://agilenewengland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-ANE_Logo_512x512Transparent-32x32.png Closson Wendy – Agile New England https://agilenewengland.org 32 32 Lightning Talks! Highlights from the Agile Games & Mob Programming conferences https://agilenewengland.org/lightning-talks-highlights-from-the-agile-games-mob-programming-conferences/ Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:37 +0000 https://dev.agilenewengland.org/?p=9224 This was a joint presentation with the Agile Games and Mob Programming 2017 conferences, held at the Microsoft NERD center in Cambridge, not at Constant Contact in Waltham!

This a special edition of Agile New England! We’re hosting the Agile Games and Mob Programming conferences during the week of April 6.  That’s the same week as our monthly meeting. We’ll share highlights from both conferences via a series of lightning talks.

Want a quick taste of Agile Games? Curious about Mob Programming? Join us April 6, and you won’t be disappointed.

Featured lightning talk speakers include:

 

Kim Pfluger, Agile marketer, manager, master of organizational change, and musician

 

 

2017-04 Kim Pluger

 

 

Jon Odo, Agile coach and recovering program manager

 

 

Wendy Wong, head of program management at Constant Contact Download the slides

 

 

 

Woody Zuill, keynote speaker, co-originator of Mob Programming, and author of Mob Programming: a Whole Team Approach

 

 

 

Gillian Lee, ICAgile certified coach at Rangle.io, co-organizer of the AgileTO Meetup and lead facilitator for bi-monthly interactive breakout group activities such as Lean Coffee, Lego Shared Visioning, Decider Protocol and Resolution Protocol the Agile Work Game and Retrospectives

 

Harold Shinsato, keynote speaker, founder of the Montana Code School, and co-author of The OpenSpace Agility Handbook

 

 

2017-04 Harold Shinsato

 

 

 

Marah Rosenberg, Artist and agilist

 

 

2017-04 Marah Rosenberg

 

 

David Grabel, enterprise Agile coach bringing agile beyond engineering at Vistaprint, introduced Scrum, Kanban, XP, and SAFe to organizations of sizes varying from single team startups to large organizations with over 500 teams

 

 

2017-04 David Grabel

 

Wendy Closson, Lead Code Whisperer at Corgibytes

 

 

 

 

Llewellyn Falco, technical coach extraordinaire

 

 

2017-04 Llewellyn Falco

 

 

 

]]> Five Tricks to Up Your Retro Game https://agilenewengland.org/five-tricks-to-up-your-retro-game/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 15:07:36 +0000 https://dev.agilenewengland.org/?p=8418 Has your retrospective been stuck in missionary position? Does your team have trouble transitioning from postmortem to action? How effective are you at prioritizing the best action to take? In this session, you will learn simple ways to shake up your retrospective. We will cover key blocks to improvement including skin deep obsessions, complacency, and accountability. You will learn easily accessible methods that blend ideas from executive coaching, over a decade of Wendy’s Agile experience, and the application of mindful practices to business. Whether you are new to retrospectives or you are a seasoned agilist, you will walk away with novel ways to push the value of your retrospective to the next level.

About the speaker:

Wendy Closson has over a decade of experience immersed in development and championing agile practices. After surviving a rare and highly aggressive cancer, she traded her keyboard for a yoga mat and set out to find health. Through her travels, she gathered a unique tool set to overcome overwhelm, create clear communication, and increase business influence. Fusing her expertise together, Wendy coaches technology leaders and teams to manage effectively, respond reasonably, and navigate the choppy waters of business. She is a certified Naam Yoga teacher with over 1000 hours of training in holistic methodologies such as meditation, spiritual counseling, and non-violent communication.

2016-11 Wendy Closson

 

 

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