In this interactive session, we will look at how a variety of nonprofit organizations have formed their Agile team(s), in order to help you find ideas based on successful implementations in other groups. We will walk through a facilitation method for building a team working agreement to help create shared understanding in your team(s) about why they will be working together and helping them identify the unique skills each team member brings to the team.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to form an Agile Team
- Learn what roles/accountabilities you want on your Agile team
- Learn how to highlight and utilize the unique skills of each team member

In this interactive session, we will explore practical strategies for giving and receiving constructive feedback in teams. This session will equip participants with tools to foster open communication, build trust, and enhance team collaboration through the use of feedback on the work the team is doing.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to build a team that has a culture of feedback
- Learn a variety of ways to ask for and gather feedback about your work
- Learn how to provide meaningful, candid feedback

To improve team collaboration and communication, discover how to apply the Agile principle of prioritizing “Individuals and Interactions OVER Processes and Tools.” This workshop will provide practical techniques to build effective, adaptable partnerships, whether for one-time projects or for ongoing initiatives. The session will utilize successful examples from recent case studies to foster inspiration for approaches on more human-centered and flexible collaboration within their teams.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to harness the Agile value of “Individuals and Interactions OVER Processes and Tools” in your collaborations
- Learn to build collaborations that are successful whether for one-time projects or for long-term initiatives
- Learn actionable ways to build human-centered and flexible collaborations

Have you heard things like this in your organization: “Wait? You’re working on that too?!?” OR “I’m not sure that is really the important thing to be working on right now…”
In this session, you’ll learn how to minimize the surprises of team work by learning how to make the team’s work visible. We will demonstrate numerous techniques for showing the same work in different visual ways so that you can engage input from a variety of stakeholders and also minimize the risk for frustration or rework by members of the team.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to make team workflows more visible in order to reduce surprises and improve collaboration
- Discover and learn how to apply various visual techniques to represent work, engaging different stakeholders and minimizing frustration or rework

It isn't a fairytale. Teams can work together in a sustainable way that maximizes the awesome skills of each team member AND deliver amazing programs/services/work products to their community and stakeholders. The key to achieving this outcome is focusing on continuous improvement of BOTH the work and the team itself. In this webinar, we will cover how to fit both types of continuous improvement into your team and organization.

Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to implement continuous improvement strategies that enhance both team dynamics and the quality of work delivered
- Understand how to balance the development of team skills with program/service improvement to achieve sustainable success in your organization