Community Meetings - Past and Upcoming

Written By Allison Pollard

Photo by Will Lion

I am very fortunate to live in a community with multiple agile user groups that provide amazing learning opportunities, and I just have to share the goodness.

DFW Scrum hosted a meeting last week with Eric Nusbaum speaking on Creating a Culture of Quality in Scrum that was quite popular, and the presentation and additional resources have been posted on the group blog.  

Next month, Dallas is going to be wowed with meetings on Portfolio and Program Management--DFW Scrum will have Kenny Rubin speak on Portfolio Management, and the Dallas Agile Leadership Network will have Brian Adkins and Susan Fojtasek with a Reality Check for Program Management.  Both topics become challenges when scaling scrum, and both meetings should prove to be insightful.

Lastly, there's a new agile meetup group for those who are just outside of DFW and wish to meet on the weekends: Servant Leadership & Scrum -- Giving Back to the Community.  The group organizer, Cherie, is a fantastic coach, and I look forward to seeing the group form and grow.

Allison Pollard

Allison Pollard is a coach, consultant, and trainer who brings the power of relationship systems intelligence to go beyond tasks, roles, and frameworks to create energy for change. She engages with people and teams in a down-to-earth way to build trust and listen for signals to help them learn more and improve. Allison focuses on creating alignment and connection for people to solve business problems together. Her experience includes working with teams and leaders in energy, retail, financial, real estate, and transportation industries to help improve their project/product delivery and culture. Allison currently volunteers as program director for Women in Agile’s mentorship program. Her agile community focus is championing new voices and amplifying women as mentors and sponsors for the next generation of leaders. Allison earned her bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mathematics, and English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a foodie, and proud glasses wearer. Allison is a prolific speaker at professional groups and international conferences, including Scrum Gatherings and the Agile Alliance Agile20xx conferences. Allison is co-owner of Helping Improve LLC.

http://www.allisonpollard.com
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