Community Fun

Nov 13

It's only Tuesday night, and I've been to two user group meetings this week--last night was the Continuous Delivery Dallas meeting with Ken Collier, and tonight was DFW Scrum with Mary and Tom Poppendieck. Talk about thought leaders! I am so glad to be part of a community where we can host such leaders, learn from them, and ask questions. It's incredible to have these opportunities right here in my own city on a fairly regular basis.

I think the success of our community's user groups can be accomplished in other areas. Seth Godin is quite familiar with leading tribes and reminds us that, "Over time, an engaged and motivated base of followers is the single best way to earn more followers."

Seek others who are interested in learning and sharing to establish a strong user group; recruit members through actions like:

1. meet someone by shaking his/her hand

2. treat someone like a friend

3. introduce someone to your friends

4. introduce someone to your group

5. ask someone to join

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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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