Stop! and Smell the Rose

AGENDA:
5:30 Welcome
5:40 Presentations
6:40 Q&A and Book giveaway
7:00 Mingle, network

ABSTRACT
The saying “stop and smell the roses.” doesn’t mean to simply smell flowers; it means to live in the moment with a great appreciation for the past, the present, the things around you and the future.

Year 2020 has been filled with many ups and downs for everyone. It’s very easy to get completely caught up in thinking of the bad and the ugly that we often forget to take the time to appreciate the wonderful things happening in our present lives and the beautiful dreams for the future. While it’s easy to thank others for their generosity, practicing self-gratitude often slips under the radar. In this session, we will use different different tools to explore how to turn that gratitude inward rather than outward.

BIO
Aanu Gopald is a transformational coach, speaker, trainer and a philanthropist, advocating for expansion of agile methods across the world. She is the founder of Africa Agility, an NGO using Agile methods for social good in West Africa. As the first black African Certified Agile Coach (CTC/CEC), she organized the Agile Africa Alliance, a virtual community of 1,000 agile practitioners. A champion of equity and inclusion, she also launched the Women in Agile chapters for both Nigeria and Dallas Fort Worth, USA. By trade, she works as an organizational coach for leadership teams at places like Toyota, Capital One, EDF Energy, TD Bank, AT&T and the UK Government.

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