BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100817T170320Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100909T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100909T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100817T170320Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100817T170621Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459128 DESCRIPTION:Clarity Rules: Six Collaboration Skills Critical for Team Suc cess\nPresented by Diana Larsen\n\n\nDates/Times: Thursday\, September 9 th\, 2010\; Networking @ 6:00 PM\; Seminar 7:00-8:00 PM \nLocation: Inte l Hawthorne Farms 3 (HF3) Campus\, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy\, Hillsboro\, OR 97124 - View Map\nDirections: From Cornell\, head South on NE Elam Y oung Pkwy (near Costco). Take the first left to turn into the Intel par king lot. The HF3 campus will be directly in front of you. Parking is available on both sides of the building.\n\n\nAbstract\nWe measure proje ct success by the team's ability to efficiently and reliably deliver val uable\, high quality software to the customer. \nIncrease the prospect for project success by ensuring team members have the skills for effecti ve collaboration and clear\, unambiguous communication. In this talk\, D iana Larsen will describe the six collaboration skills teams need and sh ow techniques to get them active in your team.\n\nSpeaker Bio\nDiana Lar sen is known in the software industry for conducting project retrospecti ves and transitioning groups to Agile processes. She is one of the foun ders of FutureWorks Consulting\, LCC where she consults with leaders and teams to create work processes where innovation\, inspiration\, and ima gination flourish. With more than fifteen years of experience working wi th technical professionals\, Diana brings focus to the human side of org anizations\, teams and projects. \n\nDiana co-authored Agile Retrospecti ves: Making Good Teams Great! She publishes articles and write occasiona l blog posts at “Partnerships and Possibilities”. Current chair of t he Agile Alliance Board of Directors\, she co-founded the “Agile Open Northwest” conference and the international “Retrospective Facilitat ors Gathering”.\n\n\nA Special Treat from PNSQC\nPlan on coming early! In collaboration with the Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) the SPIN meeting will have pizza and soda provided by PNSQC beg inning at 6:00 pm. \n\nPNSQC is the Pacific Northwest Software Quality C onference\, a group of volunteers interested in Software Quality. The Mi ssion of the PNSQC is to enable knowledge exchange to produce higher qua lity software. As a non-profit\, it seeks to promote software quality by providing education and opportunities for information exchange within t he software community. \n \nHow to Register\nThis is a FREE lecture spon sored by the Rose City SPIN. Please RSVP to rhea.d.stadick@intel.com so we know you’re coming! \n\n\nRose City SPIN\nThe Rose City Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) is a monthly forum for networking\, m utual support\, and promotion of effective software practices. We exchan ge practical experiences\, ideas\, knowledge\, wisdom\, and war stories about the technical\, business\, and human facets of software process im provement. The Rose City SPIN serves the software development community of the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Whether you work for a large com pany or a small one\, corporate or self-employed\, industrial or academi c setting\, you are welcome at the Rose City SPIN. \n\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459128 SUMMARY:SPIN Seminar: Diana Larsen on Six Collaboration Skills for Teams LOCATION:Intel Hawthorne Farms 3 (HF3) Campus: 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy\, Hillsboro OR 97124 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR