{"id":562,"date":"2011-07-07T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agilepartnership.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2011-07-07T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T14:06:43","slug":"agile-coach-camp-2011-in-montreal-an-organizers-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.agilepartnership.com\/fr\/agile-coach-camp-2011-in-montreal-an-organizers-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile Coach Camp 2011 in Montreal \u2013 An organizer’s experience."},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s this movie<\/a> with a famous saying\u00a0: “Build it and they will come”. That was pretty much our thinking for Agile Coach Camp 2011 in \"\"<\/a>Montreal over a year ago. The initial idea to hold the 2011 Coach Camp in Montreal was spawned by Ellen Grove<\/a> (who lives in Ottawa, Canada) and suggested it to some folks in Montreal. I had agreed to help out with the project but quickly became the lead organizer.<\/p>\n

Where are they?<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Build it and they will come” seemed more and more far fetched as March and April came around. We had a cool Web site<\/a> (thanks Guillaume<\/a>) but no sponsors<\/a> and maybe 4 or 5 registrations<\/a>. We had to change gears and start promoting! Ellen and I started tweeting our little hearts out and just getting the word out.\u00a0 It created some movement but nothing this ad hoc “marketing” team could brag about.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The sponsors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since registration is free, sponsors are essential and getting every cheap is a must. The initial budget was set at approximately $7500.00 but I had to cut it down to about $5500.00, for obvious reasons. \u00a0In a moment where I was feeling kind beaten down with the cost of creating a memorable event, Berteig Consulting came around with a Gold sponsorship<\/a>.\u00a0 Of course the money helped a lot but I must emphasize the fact that it also made the event more “official” or might I say,\u00a0 legitimate.\u00a0 It felt like it was suddenly being recognized by the Agile coaching (business) community. Slowly thereafter came our other sponsors whom I will never thank enough!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Lyssa Adkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another defining moment was Lyssa Adkins’ registration to Coach Camp. Let’s be honest, when a coaches coach signs up to your event, it creates a buzz and from that moment, registration picked-up. Yes Lyssa! You had that effect \ud83d\ude09 Seeing this, Ellen Grove had another great idea (she knows how to get me in trouble!) : Why not tack on a Coaching Agile Teams<\/a> Training with Lyssa just before Coach Camp? Made sense, so we did.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Just the two of us<\/strong><\/p>\n

By mid-June, Coach Camp is full, Coaching Agile Teams training is sold out and I’m still wondering if \u201cthey will come\u201d. Coach Camp was just 2 weeks away and I’m thinking : what if everyone cancels? Silly I know, but none the less. This is when Fran\u00e7ois Beauregard<\/a> (a former colleague, a friend and Coach Camp facilitator) said to me : \u201cIf it’s just the two of us that show up, it’ll still be a success\u201d.\u00a0 Suddenly, I had one less thing to worry about. Thanks Frank!<\/p>\n

\u00a0The event<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m obviously leaving out a lot of the details this roller-coaster ride had to offer, but suffice to say that we built it, and they came!<\/p>\n

I’ll let the pictures (here<\/a> and here<\/a>)\u00a0 and a great video<\/a> by Thanou Thirakul do the talking.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone<\/a> for making this event a huge success.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to :<\/em><\/p>\n

Ellen Grove<\/a>, Fran\u00e7ois Beauregard<\/a>, Glen Waters<\/a>, Vincent Cl\u00e9roux<\/a>, Lyssa Adkins, Michael Spayd<\/a>, Isabelle Therrien<\/a>, Guillaume Petitclai<\/a>r and Patil Tatoulian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See ya next year at Agile Coach Camp in Toronto! (And maybe an AgileGames in Montreal… \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

Eric<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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