Summary

If there was ever a month not to miss at Agile Yorkshire this is it. We've a double bill of high profile speakers that you'll not catch again. Definitely not for free. Clarke Ching, writer and agile expert, author of two books and regular conference presenter is coming. Plus, Lee Jackson, motivational, inspirational and educational speaker; in demand all across Yorkshire and expert in communication. If you haven't yet submitted a lightning talk idea for December there's a good chance Lee will prompt you to question that decision. See you there.

Programme

Cash-Flow Driven Development
What if your software development team's job was to make your business more money? And, what if, by doing so, they started truly enjoying their work once again?
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Clarke Ching
Clarke Ching is an expert in the application of Goldratt's Theory of Constraints to Agile software development. He is author of Rocks into Gold and Rolling Rocks Downhill (BETA). He gained Scrum certification from Ken Schwaber in Scotland in 2004 and now works as a Agile Leader at Royal London Group. Clarke focuses on Cash-Flow-Driven-Development & the use of positive psychology to help development teams flourish.
Communication, Why it Matters Today + Tips for Success.
And now for something completely different... Top presentation coach and one of Yorkshire's most in demand speakers Lee Jackson is here. He's come to cheer on our December Lightning Talkers and inspire us all into why great communication matters to today's professionals and give some top tips for success. Agile Yorkshire is all about personal and organisational growth. It's about motivating people to build software in the most commercially effective way and our raw materials are ideas, creativity and learning. Engineers love tools but communication trumps everything when it comes to inspiring people and getting thing done quickly. Even the Agile Manifesto says so. We want to grow our speakers from within and give local practitioners a platform. Lots of people have already committed to speaking at our Lightning Talks session in December; but we still want more. Plus we're committed, as a group, to supporting them in any way we can.
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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson is a motivational speaker, PowerPoint surgeon, presentation coach and author. A former youth worker (and Hip Hop DJ!), he now works in businesses, schools and colleges helping people get the best out of their time there. He is also a fellow of, and President of the Professional Speaking Association in Yorkshire He lives with his wife and twin girls in West Yorkshire and loves circuit training, good comedy and the NBA.