Events
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Upcoming Events
Lunch and Learn - Agile Roadshow
Overview
IndigoBlue’s Lunch and Learn is a series of events designed to provide industry leading insight into Agile and the challenges of successful Agile adoption. Delivered free of charge, on your site, ideally over the lunchtime period, the events are designed to provide a valuable learning opportunity with least disruption within your teams.
Each event topic (discussed below) focuses on a key area of Agile. They are educational sessions and are appropriate for all programme roles, from Executive Steering and Divisional Management through to development and test. There is no sales content in the presentation whatsoever.
Each event comprises of a one hour presentation followed by questions. We ideally like to restrict it to 90 minutes but are happy to be flexible to suit your needs. Where time constraints exist the event can be conveniently packed into an intense, one hour session. If you are interested in one or more of the events, please contact Jason Smith or Christina Canter on 020 7692 4832.
The current Lunch and Learn events are listed below. However, if there’s a particular topic you’re interested in that is not covered, please suggest it. Our expert consultants are usually happy to oblige.
Agile Business Conference 2013
Overview
Following the success of previous years, IndigoBlue is delighted to again be a Platinum Sponsor of this year's Agile Business Conference.
The Agile Business Conference is a major, two-day annual event held in London, providing a single forum for everyone interested in the effective application of Agile. The theme for the 11th Agile Business Conference will explore Agile as the mature and inclusive approach for the management, development and delivery of Projects, Programmes and Products in any sector from any culture. The program will include keynotes, presentations, workshops, interactive sessions and open spaces. There will be five tracks focusing in depth on the following areas:
- Agile in Complex Environments
- Agile and Infrastructure
- Working Together and Growing Together
- Proving Agile Works and Scales
- People are Key to Agile Success and Agile is Key to People Success
The Conference provides you with an opportunity to meet experts, to learn from and share practical experiences, to network with experienced Business and Technical Practitioners, to learn how to overcome the challenges in adopting Agile
09 and 10 OCT 2013 | Conference | City Road, London
Harnessing the Web 2013
Overview
Following the success of last year's conference, Harnessing the Power of the Web, this year's event promises to be even better with IndigoBlue's Managing Director Rob Smith will again be presenting a keynote session.
Rob's Keynote is entitled Harnessing the Power of Your Web Platform:
Few organisations are yet to fully unlock the massive potential of their web platform and are therefore missing significant opportunities to optimise delivery of online value. This presentation will discuss the out-of-the-box features offered by modern web content platforms to support customer centric delivery, effective indirect marketing, and emerging digital trends. Drawing on a range of practical examples Rob will discuss the positive impact this could have for your organisation’s engagement strategy, and the wider implications for your CRM.
Website Development Using Agile Techniques
Overview
Agile project management techniques are ideal for web projects - they are normally divisible into separate features, that can be assessed for business value and cry out for early delivery through incremental development.
IndigoBlue consultant Denis Howlett is the trainer on the very popular Econsultancy Web Project training courses:
Towards a Digital Future
Overview
Many organisations within the Not for Profit sector have begun to realise the transformational effect of the web. The introduction of personalised websites offering an array of online services have significantly changed and improved member engagement, reduced back-office administration and changed the way organisations think and operate. But where next?
In the private sector we have seen organisations transform themselves into digital business, providing true customer-centric engagement and significantly increased customer value. This breakfast session will discuss how this can be achieved, and the practical steps to implementation. It will also provide a forum for attendees to share experiences, challenges and opportunities.
Past Events
Second Wednesdays Breakfasts
Overview
IndigoBlue's Second Wednesdays are monthly breakfast discussions between Senior Business and IT Stakeholders in complex organisations. By invitation only and limited to 10 guests, the discussions are open and candid.
Chatham House rules apply: no presentations, no publicity, no recordings, no vendors. Simply an engaging, informative discussion in a convivial atmosphere with excellent food.
Harnessing the Web to Drive Membership Value and Growth
Overview
In late 2012 the MemberWise Network consulted with over 3,000 membership and associations to understand how the membership sector harnesses the power of the web to drive membership value and growth, and its plans for the future. The results contained within this survey make for compelling reading and are both unique and statistically significant.
Sponsors of the report, IndigoBlue, and the MemberWise Network held an evening seminar dedicated to the launch of the survey report. This free event provided unique insights into current and proposed usage of the web in driving online member value. Richard Gott of MemberWise presented the report with insight provided by IndigoBlue’s Managing Director, Rob Smith.
Harnessing the Web to Drive Membership Value and Growth
23 OCT 2012 | MemberWise Conference | Hotel Russell, LondonRedefining Membership Strategy to fully Encompass the Web and Drive Results
Overview
IndigoBlue's Managing Director Rob Smith presented a keynote session at MemberWise's conference in October.
Based on current and recent work across the membership sector, Rob provided an insight into how organisations should be using the web to increase membership value, reduce costs and utimiately to increase membership.
Rob identified the key digital trends that are most important to membership organisations. He then drew out how these trends, together with the organisation's business strategy, inputs into the digital strategy to provide a roadmap for the organisation's approach to the web and social media.
Slides: Redefining Membership
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PREVIOUS SPEAKERS
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John Seddon
Professor John Seddon is the author of the best-selling Freedom from Command and Control, John has a reputation for being controversial, but informed. Whilst his main body of work studies the knock on effects of inefficiencies at the transactional edge of Service Organisations, his more recent work focuses on Public Services with even more compelling arguments.
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Steve Dale
Steve Dale is the architect of the award winning Community Platform – the local government online community of communities. Communities Platform currently has over 96,000 registered users and 1,500 communities. Steve will talk about how you encourage a community to work together to share information and create a truly dynamic website.
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Don Reinertsen
Don Reinertsen is recognised internationally for his ground-breaking work on the management of product development. Combining intellectual rigour with inspiration from a surprising variety of disciplines such as Modern Warfare or Queuing Theory, Don brings invaluable clarity of thinking in complex decision making in a language understandable by all change stakeholders.
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Neil Kleiner
Neil is UK Head of Social Media at Havas Media.
His background (after giving up trying to be a music journalist for his own independent music magazine) is with digital agencies and digital consulting.
He advises leading brands on the effective use of social media and the level of engagement needed.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING
I get asked the question ‘who is your favourite 19th century Prussian Field Marshal’ quite a lot, as I suspect you do as well. There are of course several great contenders for this title, but my vote has to go Helmuth Von Moltke the Elder. Why? Because of his contribution to the concept of dynamic planning! Trying to convince people that planning is a continuous and never ending process and not something that’s completed at the start of a project is a constant challenge for me and I will grab any support I can get.
