community

Looking for the crowd-sourced mind map of the session? You can view/edit/copy/export it here. Empowered individuals. Creative, participatory decision making. Connectedness and care for each other. These words apply equally to an Agile organization as to a healthy community. What might happen if we applied Agile values and methods to transform communities? I will share [...]

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No place to go

by gerrykirk on May 06, 10

My experience of church growing up was that of an extended family. We attended small rural churches of no more than 50 people. Many a Saturday night after church (there was one paster for 4 parishes, Saturday at 5 pm was our time) was spent at someone’s house, where the adults chatted about deeper matters [...]

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This is part one of a three part series on creating an online presence to enhance the conference experience. In the first post, I outline needs for information and to connect conference goers which these tools can address. In part two, I’ll list my  digital tools of choice and then in the third segment I [...]

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Community and Sacred Spaces within the Agile community. This is a topic close to my heart and one that I am considering proposing for the Agile 2010 conference. I don’t have a format figured out yet. I’m looking for like-minded souls to say a) this is a good idea and b) help me flesh out the concept. I’m open to co-presenting with anyone.

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Can Agile transform faith communities?

by gerrykirk on Oct 08, 09

Last Sunday, I had one of my most rewarding experiences as an agile coach. This wasn’t with a software team, as I normally work with, but with a small group of adult friends longing to belong to a vibrant faith community. For a long time I have been disappointed and discouraged at the lost potential [...]

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It’s about relationships

by admin on Apr 20, 07

The following is a posting I made on the DeoWeb discussion group, which reflects my thoughts on where online communications in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie needs to shift (and DeoWeb‘s focus as a communications solution). Have you been enjoying the discuss taking place? Have you been pleased to meet new people through this [...]

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