"Software engineering today is every bit as much about the people as it is about technology - empowered teams don’t appear overnight. We need to oil the wheels of collaboration so they roll smoothly." @InfoQinfoq.com/minibooks/emag…#InternalTechConf
"The format you choose for your internal tech conference depends on what you want to achieve from it: it can be "by the people for the people", or a showcase to celebrate achievement." Matthew Skelton and Victoria Morgan-Smith
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"Cross-pollination of knowledge across teams and organizations is important in achieving collaboration and work towards the common goal of solving problems for users." Abhijith Krishnappa and Thomas Betts
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"Lots of people were on board with the idea of running an internal conference in principle, but as we got into the details we started to come across stumbling blocks. Would we run the event in person, virtually or hybrid?" Co-op
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"Once those in leadership positions had been convinced of the value and decide to hold one for their own organization, then we'd encourage the creation of the event itself to be carried out by practitioners from within the department" Victoria Morgan-Smith
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"What might become possible if both our online and offline meetings were carefully designed with intent, purpose and awareness of structure from the outset?"
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‘The informal interaction during the internal tech conference day is where people build up a healthy balance of “social capital”. Each time social capital is boosted it is like an influenza jab, inoculating them against later conflict when a more difficult time appears.’
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