Our stage at Agile 2009 wants your proposals. The name is a little obscure and some people are having a hard time deciding if their talk belongs there. Here's the deal: "This Stage is all about tools and techniques for rapidly developing a deep understanding of the empirical Agile mindset, and then rapidly applying it—as individuals, and as groups. We are looking for hard-hitting sessions focused on enabling immediate understanding and effective application of the Agile approach."

Among the types of sessions we're looking for are:

• Cognition and Psychology- techniques and tools that develop awareness and cognition of real Agile thinking at the individual and group levels. Also subject matter on group dynamics and group psychology. This includes material on behavioral topics such as belief change, cognitive psychology, and group-level dynamics and behavior.
• Learning and Education- effective classroom and experiential learning techniques that manifest a real embrace of Agile’s core and essential concepts. Experience reports are of particular interest here. We are looking for sessions on best practices in Agile education and learning.
• Applying Agile to non-IT Domains- Agile, empirical techniques are effective in many non-IT situations. We are actively seeking experience reports and sessions on how and where real Agile techniques are being applied effectively OUTSIDE of IT. We are looking for hard-hitting material on the use of Agile techniques in the domains of business, academia, non-profit organizations, and other places outside of IT where people organize to do work.

Among the sessions proposed so far: Learning: the best approaches for your brain (my own with Linda Rising), Scrum in Church: Saving the World One Team at a Time, Journeyman Tours: How Apprentices Hit the Road, ... (N.B. you need to create an account on the conference website to see and comment on the proposals).

So beat the rush, submit before Feb 13th (the hard deadline) and give the stage reviewers (like me) the time to comment on your proposal. The sooner it arrives the more feedback you will get.

See you in Chicago.

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