Internal tech conferences can make a significant impact on an organisation's level of sharing, learning, and communication by accelerating multi-team learning across technology departments. An increasing number of enlightened organisations are using this powerful approach to spread and embed new ideas and practices.
In this talk, the authors of the book Internal Tech Conferences - Victoria Morgan-Smith and Matthew Skelton - share practical advice on how to prepare, run, and follow-up on an internal tech conference, together with some case studies from several organisations showing the approaches in common and the adaptations for each situation.
What makes a good internal tech conference? What are the key success factors? What things should be avoided? And what works best for online conferences versus in-person conferences? Find out in this talk from the people who have literally written the book on internal tech conferences!
Key Takeaways
- What makes a good internal tech conference?
- What are the key success factors?
- What things should be avoided?
- And what works best for online conferences versus in-person conferences?
Audience
Anyone involved in creating and sustaining a learning culture within the technology division:
- Team Leads
- Architect
- Team Manager
- Project Manager
- HR
- L&D
- Head of Department
- CTO/CIO
Anypoint Code Builder , Google Pub sub connector and MuleSoft RPA
Boost cross team learning and engagement with internal tech conferences
1. Boost cross-team learning
and engagement with
Internal Tech Conferences
Victoria Morgan-Smith and Matthew Skelton
Authors of Internal Tech Conferences
InternalTechConf.com | @IntTechConf
2. What we’ll cover in this talk
What makes a good internal tech conference?
What are the key success factors?
What things should be avoided?
What works best for online conferences
versus in-person conferences?
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3. Who we are
Victoria Morgan-Smith
Director of Delivery,
Internal Products at
Financial Times
@Victoria_JMS
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Matthew Skelton
Director and Head of
Consulting at Conflux
@matthewpskelton
8. “...a shared celebration and
examination of the current practices
and approaches within the
organisation, accelerating learning at
a time of rapid technological change.”
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Internal Tech Conferences, p.2
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LEVEL UP WEEK 2020: HOW
WE EVOLVED OUR INTERNAL
TECH CONFERENCE FOR A
REMOTE-FIRST WORLD
https://leadingagileteams.com/2020/12/15/level-up-week-2020-how-
we-evolved-our-internal-tech-conference-for-a-remote-first-world/
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Key learning from Red Gate:
1. We could deliver the conference content at a more sustainable pace
2. We could open the event up for our global Redgaters
3. We could record everything to allow people to catch-up at a time that
works best for them
4. We could provide something to suit a wider variety of learning styles
5. We could bring Redgaters together at a time when we really needed it
https://leadingagileteams.com/2020/12/15/level-up-week-2020-how-we-evolved-our-internal-tech-conference-for-a-remote-first-world/
86. Praise for the book
“Running an internal tech conference has made a big
contribution to changes in culture and approach at
the Financial Times. ... if you want a practical guide to
how to do something similar in your organisation, this
book is for you!”
-- Sarah Wells, Technical Director for Operations and Reliability,
Financial Times
“... Victoria and Matthew’s book provides valuable,
practical guidance that will help you plan, run and
capitalise on your own brilliant conference”
-- Chris Smith, Head of Product Delivery, Redgate Software
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