Toronto Agile Community Growing Agile locally

In addition to the main conference, the Toronto Agile Community is pleased to announce 4 parter workshops to provide in-depth learning opportunities to the community.

• Drama Tech - Discover the secret ingredients for high-performing Agile teams. Learn how to collaborate, communicate, and innovate using methods from the theatre.
  

We'll take a break during the summer to start the Pair Programming Party again in September. So that's an extra reason to show up next Tuesday and have some fun!

See you all at the Pair Programming Party, more info at http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=26

We are excited to announce the Agile Tour Toronto 2010 conference on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 featuring Martin Fowler as our keynote speaker. For more information please access our Agile Tour 2010 conference page. (N.B. Registration is not yet open)

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Thanks to the session conveners, some summaries of AgileOpen are already published on our website. Feel free to check them out at http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/ao2010/program

Both Agile and Enterprise 2.0 share a fundamental concept of emergence over
structure. The use of wikis, blogs, and group-messaging software is nothing new
to many forward thinking Agile Management advocates. In this presentation on
Enterprise 2.0 and Agile/XP, Robert Lavigne will further expand the mindsets and
toolsets available, while addressing some of the core cultural issues that have
halted expansion to the larger business community in the past.

A background presentation on Enterprise 2.0 is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY4OmjJesYU&fmt=22

Join us for the next Pair Programming Party at the Imperial Pub!

http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=22

See you all there!

Extreme Programming (XP) provides a set of principles and practices to apply to the problems of software development. But different situations require different solutions and some practices may yield more or less value depending on circumstance. In this presentation Marc Henderson and Michael Buckley of Intelliware Development will introduce the different Extreme Programming profiles that they’ve observed and discuss different situations where these profiles may be applicable.

More Information: http://www.xptoronto.com

Join us for the next Pair Programming Party in the Imperial Pub near Dundas Square in downtown Toronto. Please check out the event page for more information and free registration.

Hope to see you all in the Imperial Pub on March 9!

Have you ever wanted to create your very own conference filled with fascinating sessions focused on the topics that most interest you? Have you ever hoped to find a safe place to engage in a deep discussion with experts on a topic that you are just starting to learn? Have you ever wanted to wander a room sampling from a smorgasbord of tasty insights, juicy debates, and satisfying conclusions? You can do all these things at AgileOpen Toronto '10.

Playing the Quadrants of Effectiveness board game is a fun way to learn and practice The Eisenhower Method (used in time management and in Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) to become more effective. So join us and experience how play equals work! Fun guaranteed!

Format and length: 90 mins game, tutorial

Intended audience and prerequisites:
Anybody who wants to learn about how to effectively deal with a lot of tasks: developers, project managers, coaches, testers, ...

Presenter: Gino Marckx

Date: February 16, 2010 - 7 to 9 PM