The communication tools of Liberating Structures will teach you how to facilitate the discussions your org needs. I am going to demonstrate how to use these techniques in the workshop. And all the attendees are going to be fully immersed and ready to wield their new knowledge the very next day at work.

Come learn how to help your team(s), org(s), and company(ies)!!!

Target audience = Facilitators, Trainers, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches

Mechanics =

This session has been designed to be 99% practical application and 1% presentation slide deck.

Materials needed: The workshop will require 1 pad of sticky notes and 1 Sharpie per attendee. The facilitator will require an audible cue tool, such as a Tibetan singing bowl or Tibetan gongs, to be provided by facilitator.

Overview of the first Liberating Structure, 1-2-4-All, also includes instructions. This exercise is divided into 4 micro-timeboxes totaling 15 minutes or less.

Overview of the second Liberating Structure, Troika Consulting, also includes instructions. This exercise is divided into 4 micro-timeboxes totaling 15 minutes or less.

Overview of the third Liberating Structure, TRIZ, also includes instructions. This exercise is divided into 3 micro-timeboxes totaling 20 minutes or less.

The next structure can be added or deleted as needed depending on how we are filling our timebox.

Overview of the fourth Liberating Structure, 15% Solutions, also includes instructions. This exercise is divided into 3 micro-timeboxes totaling 10 minutes or less.

Concluded with summarization of Liberating Structures and pointers to references, including user groups, training, web sites, and the definitive book. The session is intended for a 90 minute timeframe but can be expanded or contracted as needed by adding or removing Liberating Structures.

An attendee will be able to immediately apply multiple Liberating Structures that they have practiced.

Learning outcomes =

Attendees will be introduced to Liberating Structures as a set of protocols for communication and collaboration. The purpose and intent of the protocols will be discussed and described. Attendees will actually participate in a variety of Liberating Structure exercises, enabling the techniques to be applied immediately. To summarize the session a set of online resources will be provided to the attendees so they can research further at their leisure.

Slides = http://bit.ly/2f4Bie8

Video sample = https://www.youtube.com/embed/UNOjqMUv8h0?feature=oembed

Presentation history of this workshop:

- A variety of client engagements since 2011
- Agile Tour Sydney 2016
- Global Scrum Gathering Singapore 2017
- LAST Melbourne 2017
- LAST Sydney 2017
- Regional Scrum Gathering India 2017
- Agile NZ 2017
- Regional Scrum Gathering Australia 2017
- Regional Scrum Gathering South Africa 2017
- Business Enterprise Agility Conference 2017

Alex's conference and presentation history:

• Agile Open Northwest 2012 - Session Leader
• Übermind ÜnConference 2012 - Session Leader
• MobileUXCamp Seattle 2012 - Session Leader
• Seattle Kaizen Camp 2012 - Session Leader
• MAQCon 2012 - Cofounder
• MobileUXCamp Seattle 2013 - Session Leader
• Seattle Kaizen Camp 2013 - Session Leader
• MobileUXCamp Seattle 2014 - Session Leader
• Seattle Kaizen Camp 2014 - Session Leader
• Construx Software Executive Summit 2014 – Workshop Facilitator
• Shell Developers Summit 2015 - Keynote Speaker
• Scrum Coaching Retreat Seattle 2015 - Volunteer Team
• Un:Conference Canberra 2016 - Session Leader
• Agile2016 - Volunteer Team
• UX Australia 2016 - Speaker, Reviewer
• Agile Coach Camp Sydney 2016 - Session Leader
• Agile Tour Sydney 2016 – Workshop Facilitator
• StartCon 2016 - Pitch Competitor
• Global Scrum Gathering San Diego 2017 - Reviewer
• Agile Australia 2017 - Reviewer
• JAFAC 2017 - Session Leader
• Global Scrum Gathering Singapore 2017 – Workshop Facilitator
• LAST Melbourne 2017 – Speaker, Workshop Facilitator
• LAST Sydney 2017 - Workshop Facilitator
• Regional Scrum Gathering India 2017 – Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Coaches’ Clinic Coach
• LAST Canberra 2017 – Organizer, Speaker
• Agile NZ 2017 – Workshop Facilitator
• Regional Scrum Gathering Australia 2017 – Workshop Facilitator
• Regional Scrum Gathering South Africa 2017 – Workshop Facilitator
• Business Enterprise Agility Conference 2017 – Workshop Facilitator
• Business Agility 2018 – Nominated Facilitator

References to Your Speaking Ability

• Jeremie Benazra - jeremie.benazra@gmail.com
• Simon Bennett - simon@lasting-benefits.com
• Steve McConnell - steve.mcconnell@construx.com
• Damian Troselj - damian.troselj@gmail.com