Chris is on the Cranky Middle Manager Show talking about Agile
If you want to hear Chris explain agile in layman's terms, have a listen to this episode of the Cranky Middle Manger Show, where Chris is the featured guest. The show is hosted by our friend, Wayne Turmel, who is jovially cranky in a way that only a stand-up comic-turned-management trainer can be. We did [...]
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Long Live Lucky Oliver
On Wednesday, I’m doing a presentation on doing presentations. One of the little gems that I was looking forward to passing on was Lucky Oliver. It has been my favorite source for images for presentations and the web. The quality and variety of the images has been consistently great, and the prices were more than [...]
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Technical Management Events and Such
Greetings! I’m back home, in the San Francisco Bay Area, after a couple of weeks on the road. I went to Chicago for the Scrum Gathering, where I presented Agile 101, and What Makes Agile Projects Succeed (or Fail)? I also facilitated a couple of open space sessions. Notes from one of those, Let’s Practice [...]
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Joel on Software… Demos
Joel has a good post on doing software demos. High points include: Tell stories! ‘Accidentally’ bump into all the nice little “fit and finish” features of your product If you really want to get serious about doing a great sales demo, check out Peter Cohan.
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Practice Practice! Practice!!
This coming Tuesday, I’ll be facilitating the first meeting of the Bay Area Engineering Managers Support Group. The event will start off with a short workshop focused on one of the key criteria for having successful meetings. Today was the day I practiced the workshop with a live studio audience. Overall, it went well, but [...]
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Presentation Time
Managers, as well as engineers, are occasionally called on to give presentations. Preparation and practice are the biggest ingredients in a successful presentation. You don’t want the big day to be the first time you’ve given the presentation. Practice out loud, first by yourself and then in front of some friends or colleagues who can [...]
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