- The document discusses using gamestorming techniques to help introverts network and get outside their comfort zones at conferences.
- It proposes starting the conference with brainstorming exercises that produce "props" or cue cards to help people break the ice and start conversations around shared conference topics and problems.
- The goal is to give attendees permission, props, and prompts to venture beyond their normal circles and make new connections that could generate ideas and opportunities.
Have you ever felt trapped in a bad PowerPoint presentation? Ever listen to a speaker drone on like a zombie? Do boring uninspiring slides leave you feeling like the walking dead? Don’t be a PowerPoint zombie! Here are 6 tips to avoid Death by Powerpoint!
Talk given for Microsoft and NCVO for voluntary and community organisations. London 10 June 2008. Podcast available at http://www.theinternationale.org/theinternationale_microsoft.mp3
SharePoint projects are wickedly complex. Among the reasons: You are dealing with loosely defined big-picture issues like collaboration, information sharing, portal navigation and information organization; and you are trying to define these solutions within the context of the social complexity that exists in all organizations. The result is that you end up with solutions that may satisfy some of your stakeholders, but which leave others disengaged, disenfranchised and disappointed. Getting to success is dependent on reaching a shared understanding, followed by a shared commitment from all of the participants and stakeholders.
We have discovered that visual tools can very quickly allow groups of people to get to shared understanding and commitment. We will share our techniques with you and teach you how to use free or very inexpensive tools that allow you elicit your clients' goals. We then show you to prioritize, map and construct the solution.
We will cover the use of Gamestorming and Innovation Games, which use the concepts of games to get to serious results in a much less painless way than the usual planning and requirements workshops. We will demonstrate the use of mind mapping for navigational design, taxonomy design, prioritization and capturing the thought process of a team via an interactive process.
Have you ever felt trapped in a bad PowerPoint presentation? Ever listen to a speaker drone on like a zombie? Do boring uninspiring slides leave you feeling like the walking dead? Don’t be a PowerPoint zombie! Here are 6 tips to avoid Death by Powerpoint!
Talk given for Microsoft and NCVO for voluntary and community organisations. London 10 June 2008. Podcast available at http://www.theinternationale.org/theinternationale_microsoft.mp3
SharePoint projects are wickedly complex. Among the reasons: You are dealing with loosely defined big-picture issues like collaboration, information sharing, portal navigation and information organization; and you are trying to define these solutions within the context of the social complexity that exists in all organizations. The result is that you end up with solutions that may satisfy some of your stakeholders, but which leave others disengaged, disenfranchised and disappointed. Getting to success is dependent on reaching a shared understanding, followed by a shared commitment from all of the participants and stakeholders.
We have discovered that visual tools can very quickly allow groups of people to get to shared understanding and commitment. We will share our techniques with you and teach you how to use free or very inexpensive tools that allow you elicit your clients' goals. We then show you to prioritize, map and construct the solution.
We will cover the use of Gamestorming and Innovation Games, which use the concepts of games to get to serious results in a much less painless way than the usual planning and requirements workshops. We will demonstrate the use of mind mapping for navigational design, taxonomy design, prioritization and capturing the thought process of a team via an interactive process.
I gave this talk at an awesome little conference called QCMerge, in Cincinnati, OH, in May, 2013.
My goal for the talk was to send the audience home with a tangible action item - something each individual could take away and DO. Assuming *some* portion of the crowd accepted my challenge, my hopes are that this talk will directly result in a better community for the Cincinnati area and its surrounding communities - i.e., more successful entrepreneurs and startups, leading to a stronger local/regional economy.
The bigger the company, the more likely you are to get dragged into meetings that waste your time, waste your talent, and waste your company's money. Sure, it's great to be included in the process, but wouldn't it be even nicer if the process didn't waste your time? In this session Emma Jane Hogbin show you five simple tips to make your time in meetings more efficient. Want to dig deeper? She'll explain why these five tips work and show you how to make more of your interactions with (difficult) people more efficient and enjoyable.
Resources for Lawyers to Help Create SpaceJack Pringle
The legal profession faces a bewildering array of challenges. And when new computer technologies, evolving client expectations, and competition force changes on the profession and the way we do business, some of the tools that have served us well in the past may fall a little short. As a result, managing change when the “new” becomes “the normal” can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, too many attorneys react to the distresses of the law practice by isolating themselves and turning to unhealthy and dangerous actions and habits.
These materials are a compendium of short pieces and resources that have helped me create some practical strategies for surviving- and hopefully thriving- in an uncertain world.
Imposter Syndrome is a condition in which one feels like they aren't qualified to do what they've been tasked to do or have gotten to where they are through sheer luck. Not only have I personally experienced this and continue to almost 20 years into my career, but almost every developer I've ever met has dealt with it.
When developing/designing/managing/cooking, do you ever feel like:
- You are faking your skills
- You are only where you are due to circumstances and/or luck
- Anyone could do what you're doing
- You don't understand why you're being trusted with the task
- At any moment, someone is going to discover how bad you are at your job
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. Congratulations. Acceptance is the first step to recovery.
In my presentation, I'll talk about common ways that Imposter Syndrome expresses itself and some concrete tips & tricks on how to deal with it, both for yourself and coworkers or employees.
Presentation from October 4, 2015: Arts Midwest Orchestras 20/20: Context, Connection, Collaboration. An attempt to lay out the context of audience, competition, technology and strategy - then a set of practical steps to get things done.
You're organised, you love spreadsheets, you're a great cheerleader, you handle a backlog with superhero skills, and now you're faced with managing a Drupal project and everything just feels foreign. It's not you, it's Drupal. The mix of site building, front end development, backend development, and over 20,000 contributed modules makes project management for Drupal exceptionally frustrating for people who've not worked with Drupal before.
This session will cover:
- the basic Drupal development workflow (from a developer's perspective, but without using developer jargon)
writing useful tickets which developers can accomplish
- estimation tips for multi-discipline tickets (design / back end / front end)
- ideal team structures -- and what to do if you can't get them
Updated from DrupalCamp London to include the truisms I've learned about being a first-time project manager.
Bug reports, standups, issue queues, retrospectives, pull requests, code reviews, flame-outs. We're constantly communicating and if we don't take the time to stop and think about what state of mind will be most productive, we can sometimes say things that put us further behind. Nothing disrupts flow like unproductive communication! In this session Emma Jane Hogbin Westby will show you a new way of thinking about how people behave in the workplace. She will walk you through three types of thinking strategies; and show you how to apply these strategies to create more productive interactions with your co-workers.
I gave this talk at an awesome little conference called QCMerge, in Cincinnati, OH, in May, 2013.
My goal for the talk was to send the audience home with a tangible action item - something each individual could take away and DO. Assuming *some* portion of the crowd accepted my challenge, my hopes are that this talk will directly result in a better community for the Cincinnati area and its surrounding communities - i.e., more successful entrepreneurs and startups, leading to a stronger local/regional economy.
The bigger the company, the more likely you are to get dragged into meetings that waste your time, waste your talent, and waste your company's money. Sure, it's great to be included in the process, but wouldn't it be even nicer if the process didn't waste your time? In this session Emma Jane Hogbin show you five simple tips to make your time in meetings more efficient. Want to dig deeper? She'll explain why these five tips work and show you how to make more of your interactions with (difficult) people more efficient and enjoyable.
Resources for Lawyers to Help Create SpaceJack Pringle
The legal profession faces a bewildering array of challenges. And when new computer technologies, evolving client expectations, and competition force changes on the profession and the way we do business, some of the tools that have served us well in the past may fall a little short. As a result, managing change when the “new” becomes “the normal” can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, too many attorneys react to the distresses of the law practice by isolating themselves and turning to unhealthy and dangerous actions and habits.
These materials are a compendium of short pieces and resources that have helped me create some practical strategies for surviving- and hopefully thriving- in an uncertain world.
Imposter Syndrome is a condition in which one feels like they aren't qualified to do what they've been tasked to do or have gotten to where they are through sheer luck. Not only have I personally experienced this and continue to almost 20 years into my career, but almost every developer I've ever met has dealt with it.
When developing/designing/managing/cooking, do you ever feel like:
- You are faking your skills
- You are only where you are due to circumstances and/or luck
- Anyone could do what you're doing
- You don't understand why you're being trusted with the task
- At any moment, someone is going to discover how bad you are at your job
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. Congratulations. Acceptance is the first step to recovery.
In my presentation, I'll talk about common ways that Imposter Syndrome expresses itself and some concrete tips & tricks on how to deal with it, both for yourself and coworkers or employees.
Presentation from October 4, 2015: Arts Midwest Orchestras 20/20: Context, Connection, Collaboration. An attempt to lay out the context of audience, competition, technology and strategy - then a set of practical steps to get things done.
You're organised, you love spreadsheets, you're a great cheerleader, you handle a backlog with superhero skills, and now you're faced with managing a Drupal project and everything just feels foreign. It's not you, it's Drupal. The mix of site building, front end development, backend development, and over 20,000 contributed modules makes project management for Drupal exceptionally frustrating for people who've not worked with Drupal before.
This session will cover:
- the basic Drupal development workflow (from a developer's perspective, but without using developer jargon)
writing useful tickets which developers can accomplish
- estimation tips for multi-discipline tickets (design / back end / front end)
- ideal team structures -- and what to do if you can't get them
Updated from DrupalCamp London to include the truisms I've learned about being a first-time project manager.
Bug reports, standups, issue queues, retrospectives, pull requests, code reviews, flame-outs. We're constantly communicating and if we don't take the time to stop and think about what state of mind will be most productive, we can sometimes say things that put us further behind. Nothing disrupts flow like unproductive communication! In this session Emma Jane Hogbin Westby will show you a new way of thinking about how people behave in the workplace. She will walk you through three types of thinking strategies; and show you how to apply these strategies to create more productive interactions with your co-workers.
Many of the new fangled front end development efficiency tools require you to drop into the Command Line. For those who are accustomed to using a Graphical User Interface, this can be a frustrating and demoralizing experience. The Command Line User Experience (CLUE) may be archaic, but it is also a very efficient way to work.
This session will uncover some of the mysteries of the command line, and unpack the psychology behind your frustrations with it. We'll dive into details necessary to enhance your appreciation of this simple tool by touching on the following topics:
why you're right to hate the command line (and how you can get over your hatred and get on with your job)
the features of a well-written command line utility (so you can distinguish between the good ones and the ones that ought to make you curl your toes in frustration)
the benefits of working at the command line when things are going wrong (and why things are more likely to go *right* when working from the command line for certain kinds of tasks)
and finally, some simple tips to make your time at the command line more bearable
By the end of this session you should be equipped to tackle command line tasks. Specifically, you will be able to:
create a mental model of the tasks you need to complete while at the command line
locate the command line on your computer
complete tasks using relevant commands
identify and apply troubleshooting techniques if things go wrong
safely exit the command line when your tasks are complete
Yes, this is an introductory session. This is for people who feel shame that they don't know how to "just see Dee into yer root durrr" and get mad when people say "just diff me a patch" as if it's as easy as playing with a kitten. No, you don't have to have Git, or Grunt, or Sass installed to attend (you don't even need to know what they all are--bonus marks if you do though). You don't even need to know where the command line is on your computer.
You've just been handed a gorgeous, static Photoshop file. By tomorrow it needs to be a flexible, extensible, and compatible Drupal theme for some Web site you've never seen. Oh and they said something about it needing to be responsive to 508 or something like that? *gulp* The problem with creating a Drupal theme is —once you know how—it becomes intuitive. Themers spontaneously transform design files into complete Drupal themes without realizing all of the little steps their brain takes to achieve the final solution. It's sort of like those “learn to draw a cat” books where it takes you from a basic circle to a cat with beautiful fur in four simple steps. It's never four complete simple steps though. It's two steps of making circles and then some kind of crazy artist voodoo that makes a complete cat by the last step. In this session Emma Jane Westby (of Front End Drupal fame) will walk you through the steps ... all the steps ... of converting a design into a theme.
Without missing any steps, Emma will walk you through:
the benefits of theming by component
what you need to have in place before you start
what's worth keeping from SMACSS (and what's just overhead)
how to refine her simple procedure so it works for your team, and with any version of Drupal
You are a clever and talented person. You create beautiful designs, or perhaps you can architect a system that even a cat could use. Your peers adore you. Your clients love you. But (until now) you haven't *&^#^ been able to make Git bend to your will. It makes you angry inside that you have to ask your co-worker, again, for that *&^#^ command to share your work.
It's not you. It's Git. Promise.
We'll kick off this session with an explanation of why Git is so freaking hard to learn. Then we'll flip the tables and make YOU (not Git) the centre of attention. You'll learn how to define, and sketch out how version control works, using terms and scenarios that make sense to you. Yup, sketch. On paper. (Tablets and other electronic devices will be allowed, as long as you promise not to get distracted choosing the perfect shade for rage.) To this diagram you'll layer on the common Git commands that are used regularly by efficient Git-using teams. It'll be the ultimate cheat sheet, and specific to your job. If you think this sounds complicated, it's not! Your fearless leader, Emma Jane, has been successfully teaching people how-to-tech for over a decade. She is well known for her non-technical metaphors which ease learners into complex, work-related topics that previously felt inaccessible.
Yes, this is an introductory session. No, you don't have to have Git installed to attend. You don't even need to know where the command line is on your computer. Yes, you should attend if you've been embarrassed to ask team-mates what Git command you used three weeks ago to upload your work...just in case you're supposed to remember.
If you're a super-human Git fanatic who is frustrated by people who don't just "git it", this session is also for you. You'll learn new ways to effectively communicate your ever-loving Git, and you may develop a deeper understanding of why your previous attempts to explain Git have failed.
Does Git make you angry inside? In this workshop you will get a gentle introduction to working efficiently as a Web developer in small teams, or as a solo developer. We'll focus on real world examples you can actually use to make your work faster and more efficient. Windows? OSX? Linux? No problem, we'll get you up and running with Git, no matter what your system. Yes, this is an introductory session. This is for people who feel shame that they don't know how to "clone my github project", wish they too could "get the gist", and get mad when people say "just diff me a patch" as if it's something as easy as making a mai thai even though you have no rum. No, you don't have to have git installed to attend. You don't even need to know where the command line is on your computer.
Is your theme folder filled with files like this: page.old.2.bak.php? Does Git make you angry inside? Do you resent that everyone except you regularly visits the magical place referred to as "The Command Line"? Are you afraid of the vagrant who stole your puppet? In this workshop you will get a step-by-step introduction to working efficiently as a Drupal developer in small teams, or as a solo developer. We'll focus on real world examples you can actually use to make your work faster and more efficient.
Full workshop available at: http://designtotheme.com/workshops/work-flow-solo-developers-and-small-teams
The handout and video are also available for this presentation.
http://munich2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/evaluating-base-themes http://munich2012.drupal.org/sites/default/files/slides/basethemes-handout-munich_1.pdf
One of these themes is not like the other: Mothership, Zen, Omega, Bartik, Fusion. Since writing my first book, Front End Drupal, Drupal base themes have matured significantly. Some of these base themes have evolved to the point of having the learning curve of a theming engine rather than a set of preset markup defaults. In this session we'll explore the base theme ecosystem. You'll get a biased view of how I evaluate base themes and which themes come out on top for the "themer experience". You'll find out why there can be no single base theme to meet the needs of every themer and why the base theme you're using might not be right for you.
Bring your questions (and your flame thrower) as we romp through the valley of Drupal base themes.
The theme of your website has the capacity for beautiful, semantic markup...and also the hacky HTML soup. You can build a new theme by downloading a free theme and tearing out its guts--or you can learn how to become a theme surgeon.
In this session you will learn two key techniques needed to build a successful theme: crime scene investigation (identifying Drupal page elements in your design files) and power tools for copy-cat theming (things you need to recreate your design using Drupal). From start to finish we will transform a design file into a Drupal theme. With special attention given to your all-important questions: how do I save time with grid-based design? Should I use Panels? How do I make this bit of stuff appear next to that bit? Yah, but how do I start?
[This presentation was given at DrupalCon Chicago but the recording failed. Slides are available from http://www.slideshare.net/emmajane/forensic-theming-for-drupal]
About The Presenter
Emma Jane Hogbin is well known in the Drupal community for her engaging presentations and kickass theming book, Front End Drupal. She is currently working on her second book, Drupal: A user's guide which is due out shortly after DrupalCon. Through her training company, Design to Theme, emmajane has empowered thousands of people to create the Drupal site of their dreams.
Intended audience
Small business site builders who partner with graphic designers but have no idea how to make Drupal look like a design file. Intermediate themers who start with a free Drupal theme that looks "close" to the final site and then start hacking to make their theme. The audience currently does not use base themes and are frustrated at how complicated all of the code is. They are looking for shortcuts and some quick-fix solutions to make theming faster and more profitable.
Questions answered by this session
What are the key tools I need to use to make themeing Drupal easier?
How can I make Drupal markup less yucky?
Where should I start when building a new theme?
Yeah, but how do I theme *that thing*?
I want to see how you build a theme: show me!
Presented at: http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/forensic-theming-key-techniques-building-effective-drupal-themes
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
2. Tuesday, 14 May, 13
For all of the obvious reasons, CMS Expo is one of my favourite conferences. John’s antics
aside, this conference is one of the best opportunities I’ve had to talk about content
management systems anywhere on the planet. Most other open source conferences that I’ve
been to are not focused on content management systems. There’s a lot of topics being
covered and it’s difficult to find your tribe. The first year I came to CMSX I most stuck around
with my tribe ... because I’m really bad at beginnings. But the second year I was able to
actually step outside of my tribe. I walked up and down CMS alley and talked to people about
the problems they were solving with their systems. I made amazing connections.
3. Tuesday, 14 May, 13
This is actually a big deal for me to step outside of my tribe. I’m not great at networking. I
love the bits in the middle of a conversation--but I find the beginnings (and endings) quite
difficult.
5. Tuesday, 14 May, 13
This is a typical shot of me at a technical conference. This is in 2004 in Bordeaux. I’m
completely content to be surrounded by my friends while hacking away at solving the world’s
problems.
6. Tuesday, 14 May, 13
Although I’m sure I used to be ENFJ. Times change, I guess.
7. 1/3 to 1/2 of the
population are
introverts
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
8. introverts: people whose
energy tends to expand
through reflection and
dwindle during interaction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
10. blah blah blah networking
blah blah blah
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
I’m not particularly afraid of people, I just find networking to be awkward and
exhausting....BUT...
11. Get out of your tribehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/5800455325
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
Last year at CMSX I really started to enjoy myself when I stopped trying to solve my own
problems and started trying to make connections for other people. I recognize this isn’t very
practical for most people. But if I could give you just one gift or one mantra for this
conference, it would be this: get out of your own tribe. http://www.flickr.com/photos/
garryknight/5800455325
13. Move one business to the lefthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/theeerin/4046166489/
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
I grew up attending trade shows with my mom. You’d sit in your booth for the week and do
your best to pitch your business. And over the course of the week you’d come to know the
pitch of your next door booth pretty well. In fact, by the end of the week you were pretty sure
that you could close more sales for them than you could for yourself.
15. Gamestorming
Gamestorming is a set of practices for
facilitating innovation in the business world.
A facilitator leads a group towards some
goal by way of a game, a structured activity
that provides scope for thinking freely, even
playfully.
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamestorming
http://www.gogamestorm.com/
17. Susan Cain:
The Power of Introverts
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
18. this is a hijacking.
get out your pens.
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
So instead of limiting myself to this one little time slot, I’m going to hijack the conference. So
the kickoff will be a series of brainstorming/gamestorming exercises that will result in
"props" (cue cards) that you can use as conversation starters for the remainder of the
conference.
19. wtf?
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
I'm aiming to give people (1) permission, (2) props, to (3) venture outside of their tribe so that
they may (4) find amazing new ideas and connections.
20. Gamestorm Structure
explore
open
close
experiment
(imagination)
examine
(observation & analysis)
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
Object of play: The key is the shared experience on the first day: people need to feel like
they're “in it together” and know that the person they're about to talk to will have a potential
"prop" that they can talk about. This is especially great for introverts and people who are
uncomfortable networking. It also gives people a way to cut *out* of a sales pitch by saying
"I'm trying to solve this thing on my cue card. Do you have any ideas?"
21. What is your biggest
CMS-related problem?
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
22. If you could represent
that problem as an
animal, what would it be?
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
23. List 3 questions you
would like to have
answered today.
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
24. If you had a magic wand,
what would you change?
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
25. How will you
measure your ROI
for CMS Expo?
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
share your metric with the table
26. Identify your personal
theme for the
conference.
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
Meet new people? Solve old problems? Find new vendors?
27. challenge:
five good ideas
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
Create space to receive five good ideas that you will take away from the conference. There
are post-it notes on the table. Take five. Each time you get a nugget of information over the
course of the conference CAPTURE IT. Then add your post-it note to the WALL. Think of it as
a job board of ideas. You can use words if you want. But don’t limit yourself. Draw a picture if
it suits the idea.
28. Find the people who
can solve your problems
and the problems of
“one business to the left”.
Tuesday, 14 May, 13
29. For more info...
• Gamestorming
http://www.gogamestorm.com
• The Power of Introverts:
http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com
Tuesday, 14 May, 13