#3 - Building a Community

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#3 - Building a Community

Following the last event which was focussed around people & process this time we are diving into how to work with your teams and build a community feel to achieve the best collaboration from your teams inside and outside of work. These events are all about learning, asking questions, collaborating with likeminded individuals in the Manchester Tech Community then hopefully recycling these ideas into your squads.

Location: Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4AP
Building is next to the Crystal Maze, will include image with instructions

Rough Agenda:
5:30 - Doors open for pizza & networking
6:30 - First talk followed by questions
7 - Break for more pizza (if any left)
7:15 - Second & final talk followed by questions
8 - Wrap up & Networking
8:30 - Home time

Our speakers are...

Rick Garner, Technical Architect @ BrightHR
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickgarner/

Title: What is this amorphous thing Community anyway?
Talk: The term community means many things to many people, but what is The Developer Community? With over twelve years' experience running events in Manchester, Rick Garner reflects on what brings engineers together, what value it brings and shares his tips for running meetups.

Bio: Rick has twenty-five years' experience building software in dozens of companies of all shapes and sizes. He founded and runs DotNetNorth - a meetup group for Microsoft developers in Manchester which has been running for over a decade hosting talks and networking events. Rick regularly speaks at industry events and is a Microsoft MVP awardee.

Speaker 2: Si Kirkham, Chapter Lead @ JLR
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sikirkham/

Title: "Cultivating Collaboration: A Practical Approach to Building Team Culture"

Description: Ask any sports coach and they will tell you a team is more then a group of individuals. So what does a team look like and how do you go about creating one? These questions are not easy when people share an office, with remote and hybrid working it is even harder. So I want to share some pracitcal advice on how to recognise and promote team work in a fun way to get people working effectively together and enjoying it.

Bio: Helping engineers learn, grow and deliver for 15+ years

Any questions then please do let me know!

Look forward to seeing you all again soon!

Josh