October Meeting: Capital One Teaching Agile in Schools and You Can Too!

Here at Capital One, we believe in not only pushing ourselves to excellence, but also staying in touch with the community to improve the surrounding area.

In an effort to give back to the teaching and school community, we have launched a new, multifaceted initiative to bring Agile to the classroom.

Agile for Learners inspires students and teachers by educating, mentoring, and empowering them to be successful with project-based learning and provide the foundation to improve their communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creative thinking skills using Agile principles and tools.

Join us as we share information about what we are doing in the classroom and what you can do to help adoption of agile in our schools.

This will be an interactive session, with activities and inputs from the audience driving discussions, so be prepared to engage!

Note: Please have handy 10 - 20 sheets of letter-size paper for a planned activity (the paper may be scrap).

Bio: Patty Thompson is a Portfolio Solutions Communications & Operations Manager, supporting Capital One’s Card Tech by equipping teams to be their best while naturally creating portfolio intelligence to equip leaders to be their best.

Patty is a passionate Agile enthusiast who believes the Agile framework has applications far beyond software development.

Patty serves as a Core Team Member for Capital One's Agile for Learners Program. The mission of Agile for Learners is to inspire students and teachers by educating, mentoring, and empowering them to be successful with project-based learning and improve their communication skills using Agile and Scrum.

Michael Vizdos is the creator of ImplementingScrum.com, a Certified Scrum Trainer with the Scrum Alliance, and has been in the industry for over thirty years.

He is an early agile pioneer and co-authored a book with Scott Ambler. He works with and collaborates with a team of trusted advisors and colleagues from around the world.

Michael is the Scrum Master in Residence at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) and an Agile Coach for Blueprint Education.

You can learn more about his journey collaborating with schools at ScrumInSchool.org, and are encouraged to join other agile practitioners / passionate educators from around the world at AgileInEducation.org.

Michael offers training, mentoring, and consulting services. He also delivers workshops and speaks at user groups — such as Agile Richmond / Scrum RVA — & conferences internationally.