Mark Kilby, Stephanie Davis & Rick RegueiraUser Group Dying? Time to Start a State-Wide Learning Network

What we’ll share

3 user groups in Florida

•Agile Orlando

•Tampa Bay Agile

•South Florida Agile Association

How we collaborate as Agile Florida

What’s next?

Agile Orlando – 3 iterations

Agile Orlando - results

~50 members

~100 members

~500 members

Agile Orlando – what works

Minimum Viable Meetup – Lean Coffee & Evening with Experts

Social Media connections: Twitter, LinkedIn, Meetup

Personal connections: Meet people where they are!

•meet speakers at conferences

•go to other meetups to see what challenges they faced

• In organizing and maintaining their group

• Challenges they had learning about agile

WIIFO – What’s in it for others?

•Seek ways to serve (talk at other meetups, mentor)

•Seek ways to partner

Tampa Bay AgileTimeline

Tampa Bay Agile

Tampa Bay Agile

South Florida Agile Association

What does fast growth look like?From zero to over 1000 in < 3 years!

A not-for-profit self-organizing community, to promote innovation in our local area through Agile.

We believe in nurturing local talent through agile education and networking

Lesson #1 Unifying vision

South Florida Agile Association

Lesson #2 Organize Events Providing ValueLike Story Sizes, Hold Different Sized Events

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• Lean Coffee

• Book Club

• 10-15 attendees

2-4 times / month

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• Educational workshops

• 60-100 attendees

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• Annual Conference

• ATS2014 / ATS2015

• 640 attendees (2015)

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Lesson #3

Seed from

Community

Lesson #4 Go Where Members Are

Four Groups & Growing

Lesson #5 Experiment &

Aim Big

Collaborate: Cross-promotion

Collaborate: plan/participate

How We Collaborate?

2014> 90 participate2015

> 160 participate

What’s Next?

• Help other agile user groups get started

• over 21 tips in our paper

• AgileGainesville inspired by Agile2014 OpenJam meeting

• Connect with other tech meetups in our area (Ruby brigades,

JUGs, Lean Startup groups, IIBA)

• Share sessions remotely - Webex (SFAA presents LeSS 06/15)

• Plan next AgileOpenFlorida for >250 participants

• In Orlando for Fall 2016

• Virtual cross-Florida meetups

• Propose a User-Group support system through Agile Alliance

• Next Agile Coach Camp in Florida?

We would like to thank…

Agile Orlando Tampa Bay AgileSo. FL Agile Association

Sarah Baca

Ken Nordquist

Esteban Garcia

(NebiaTech)

Ryan Dorrell

(AgileThought)

Ryan Dorrell

(AgileThought)

Phil Zofrea

Veronica Stewart

Adam Ulery

SFAA board and

volunteers

Deema Dajani (Rally)

Tony diPerna

Alex Funkhouser

Marcelo Lopez (3Back)

Nadzeya Statkovich

Q&A

Thanks!

Agile Florida contacts

Or see us in OpenJam later today, or

connect @AgileFlorida or visit AgileFlorida.com

Mark KilbyAgile Orlando

Stephanie DavisTampa Bay Agile

Alex KanaanSo. FL Agile Association

AgileOrlando.com

@mkilby

Markkilby.com

mark@markkilby.com

iamagile.com

@iamagile

meetup.com/tampa-bay-agile/

@alexkandu

arkanaan@gmail.com

www.meetup.com/South-

Florida-Agile-Association/

@southfaa