Oct

09


2013

2012 October Meetup

Wed (06:00 PM - 08:00 PM)

Summary

This October, we invite you to discover the power of Innovation Games with Ryan Haney. These games can transform the way your team collaborates, helping to define better products, save time, and foster more effective communication. But how do you introduce these games to an organization that’s new to the concept—or resistant to change? Ryan will share practical strategies for overcoming those hurdles, getting stakeholder buy-in, and incorporating games into your everyday meetings. Whether you’re new to innovation games or have tried them with mixed success, this session will provide you with the tools and confidence to bring these fun and effective techniques to your team. Join us for a collaborative, hands-on session that will leave you with new strategies for enhancing teamwork and driving better results!

Programme

Game On: From Game-Zero to Gaming in No Time
Innovation games work and are a great addition to your Agile tool-kit. They save time, help to build better products, can help difficult teams to collaborate and generally are more fun. But introducing these games to an unreceptive or even receptive organisation can be a challenge. Knowing which games to use and when to use them, getting stakeholder and team member buy-in, and bringing games out of product definition workshops and in to everyday/weekly meetings can feel like an uphill battle. In this collaborative session we'll explore ways to overcome these hurdles. We'll look at strategies to get comfortable with playing games as well as ways to get your entire organisation to embrace them.
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Ryan Haney
Ryan Haney, A User Experience Specialist and facilitator at Red-Gate software where he leads Collab Lab, an experimental facilitation group.