From john.voris at crowncork.com Tue Dec 30 10:26:03 2008 From: john.voris at crowncork.com (johnvoris) Date: Tue Dec 30 10:26:36 2008 Subject: [PhillyOnRails] ANN: Agile Philly meeting on Tuesday Jan 6th Jon Kern speaking Message-ID: Agile Philly Meeting on Tues Jan 6th Speaker Jon Kern, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, Founder of Togethersoft, Topic to be determined by you. RSVP mailto:agilePhillyCoordinators@yahoogroups.com?subject=RSVP:Jan2:Yes (To comment on the list of possible topics, go to http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/agilephilly Details of the January meeting: Date: Tuesday January 6th Time: Food & Networking 6:30 pm Presentation 7:00 pm Location: Devon Consulting, in the corporate park with the big "W" in front, next to the Devon Post Office known as "Southeast" Suite 2602 (484) 654-1400 Directions http://www.agilephilly.com/Directions%20to%20Devon%20Consulting.ashx Start-off of survey results and 7 minute time-boxed discussion of Feb and April topics. If you have not participated in the survey, click here http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZtIY8QvWHP7_2bDsqVJ7bRZA_3d_3d Our Host: Devon Consulting They have lots of temp and permanent assignments on their website, including an immediate need for a J2EE developer in Bala Cynwyd suburbs. -==========================================================- Our food sponsor for January is ASPE Technology, who are offering AgilePhilly members a $200 discount off Agile training courses for the Agile Philadelphia Group. They have announced an additional course in our area. Their upcoming courses on Agile Project Management will be on Agile Project Management - 14 PDUs & $1095 (Regular Price $1295) http://www.aspe-sdlc.com/courses/4170/index.html December 2-3, 2008 February 26-27, 2009 ScrumMaster Certification Workshop - 14 PDUs & $1195 (Regular Price $1395) http://www.aspe-sdlc.com/courses/4400/index.html February 12-13, 2009 Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile ? 14 PDUs & $ 1095 (Reg Price $1295) http://www.aspe-sdlc.com/courses/4815/index.html Contact April Walls toll free at 877-800-5221 or awalls@... with promo code AGPHI to register. http://www.aspe-sdlc.com/agiletraining.html Customized onsite training is also available. www.aspe-sdlc.com Teaching Individuals to Achieve... Helping Companies Succeed -==============================================================- Future meetings to announce & Time to step up and volunteer ? speaker, host company, or for a lightning talk! A tentative look at Upcoming Agile Philly meetings . . . * Tues Feb 3rd 2009: Agile Philly Tools to keep you Agile. By Bonnie Aumann. Somewhere along Rte 202 * Tues Mar 3rd 2009: Agile Philly Agile Transitions: How to move your team to Agile by Kirankumar Thakkar. Somewhere along Rte 202. * March 26 & 27 Philly Emerging Tech is in Conshohocken this year $245 by 2/25 http://www.phillyemergingtech.com Ask anyone who has gone before. http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/speakers.php It is worth it. * Thurs Mar 26th: Speaker from Philly Emerging Tech, Conshohocken * May 5th 2009: Agile Philly Open Topic, Open Speaker