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Live Instructor Led Virtual Agile Certification Training

We are excited to provide live instructor led virtual training. We have taken great lengths to create a highly engaging virtual classroom experience.

In our courses, you have a live instructor who will use real world examples and answer questions live and we do project simulations and have breakout sessions where you get experience planning an actual Scrum project from the beginning while also learning virtual facilitation techniques.

We offer certification training on:

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Certified Agile Marketing Specialist (CAMS)
  • Personal Agility Recognized Practitioner (PARP)
  • Certified Agile Leadership (CAL)
  • And many other Agile training classes.. just ask!

Get a glimpse into our highly engaging training format!

Our most requested course is the Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) training class. The CSM course is valuable for people that are new to Agile and Scrum and can also help teams that have been already using Scrum as we really get into the key elements that help teams achieve higher performance as well as the best practices in the industry with real world examples and project simulations in class to illustrate the application.

We begin talking about empiricism and the core values and principles in the Agile Manifesto then we go deeper into the Agile Mindset for high performance talking with real world examples and application. We contrast traditional project management with Agile and go deep into the key elements of the Scrum Framework and how to leverage the best practices to get the results Jeff Sutherland talks about doing twice the work in half the time using Scrum.

We share facilitation techniques and walk through how to plan a Scrum project, write User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, Release Planning and a Project Simulation.

One of the biggest things we’ve been hearing recently about an added benefit from our training is the shared experience for the teams going through the class together and people leaving energized and on the same page to apply the techniques we share. The class format is designed to be very interactive and engaging to re-energize teams and bring them together with these practices.

Join one of our upcoming training classes at www.formulaink.com/events

Agile Training in St Pete/ Tampa Florida

We are excited to be offering a series of public Agile and Scrum Training classes in the central Florida area!

After traveling the globe for the past 5 years leading training in Shanghai, Singapore, Thailand, India, Nova Scotia, and several other locations, Maria Matarelli, Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) and Founder and CEO of Formula Ink landed in St Petersburg, Florida and will be leading a series of public training classes.

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Maria Matarelli pictured with one of our latest classes of Certified ScrumMasters! When people say this is the best training class they’ve ever been to, it might be because of the high level of engagement and carefully planned activities designed to make learning FUN!!!
Our training classes have a combination of group activities and discussions, multi-media presentations, project simulations, and hands on exercises that will show attendees specific techniques to apply in their work environment.
Guest speaker, Alistair Cockburn, Co-author of the Agile Manifesto and Creator of The Heart of Agile stopped by our Formula Ink training class to share insights and answer all Agile questions the class could think of!
Thank you to Alistair for bringing an extra level of fun to our class!
IIL Agile and Scrum 2019 Online Conference

Join Maria Matarelli as she gives a Keynote on Personal Agility: A Powerful Leadership Framework at the Agile and Scrum 2019 Online Conference. The Agile and Scrum Online Conference is an online conference where you have the opportunity to learn from and connect with people who are passionate about uncovering better ways to guide you on your agile journey.

Date: June 6th, 2019

Title: Personal Agility: A Powerful Leadership Framework

Session Type: Keynote

Summary: Discover the keys to truly embrace Agile values and uncover the power of gaining clarity around what really matters. In this session, you’ll learn how to create more alignment in your organization and apply Personal Agility as a leadership framework to guide your teams toward reaching a state of higher performance. 

Focusing on people over process through this simple framework will allow you to uncover better ways to identify obstacles, visualize what’s important, and focus on what really matters as individuals and as an organization.

For more information on this event or to register, click here.

Global Scrum Gathering Austin 2019

Join Maria Matarelli in Austin, Texas as she gives a workshop on Agile Conflict Resolution at the Global Scrum Gathering Austin.

Title: Agile Conflict Resolution 

Date: May 20-22, 2019

Session Type: Workshop

Summary: Agile conflict resolution is a workshop packed with powerful communication hacks that will allow you to better understand, empathize with, and motivate your team through daily situations from the most stressful to the most mundane. Learn how to identify and catalogue observable behaviors, separate them from personal feelings, and bond with your team around their needs with techniques that will allow you to drastically speed up your conflict resolution process. This experiential workshop will introduce a new twist on familiar concepts that we apply during the session and will impact every aspect of your life.

Learning Objectives: 1) Discover how you can identify and diffuse team conflict before it impacts team performance. 2) Learn three techniques that can be applied for conflict resolution. 3) Uncover how to identify and remove emotional roadblocks. 4) Practice applying these techniques in live exercises to improve your interpersonal relationships at work and at home. 5) Identify and leave better equipped to address conflicts that need resolving.

For more information on this event or to register, click here.

2019 AgileIndy Conference

Join Maria Matarelli as she gives a Keynote on Personal Agility at the 2019 AgileIndy Conference. The AgileIndy Conference is an annual one-day conference put on by AgileIndy in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the 7th year of the conference.

Date:April 26th, 2019

Title: Personal Agility: A Simple Framework for an Empowered Life

Session Type: Keynote

Summary: Discover the keys to a truly Agile lifestyle and the power of pushing past limiting beliefs. Learn how to apply Personal Agility in your life to achieve goals you may have never thought possible. Maria will help you uncover ways to identify obstacles, visualize what’s important, and focus on what really matters.

For more information on this event or to register, click here.

Certified Agile Leadership

We are excited to offer our next Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) course in February 2019 in Florida (winter get-away!) where you will have the opportunity to sign up to attend CAL1 + CAL2 in the same week for an Agile Leadership Bootcamp. These sessions are powered by Personal Agility where you can also become a Personal Agility Recognized Practitioner. We also have a CAL1 course available in Chicago in March 2019.

CAL1 + CAL2 + Personal Agility Training in Florida – February 2019

Read more details on this program here: Agile Leadership Bootcamp in Florida

CAL1 Training Course in Chicago – March 2019

Read more details on this program here: CAL1 Chicago

CAL1 and CAL2 training courses will be led by Certified Enterprise Coach, Michael Sahota.

Michael is a leading trainer for the Certified Agile Leadership (CAL1) Program through the Scrum Alliance. He has taught over 700 graduates worldwide. His classes are controversial and unique. This is what allows his students to flourish. He shows them what the missing pieces are to common organizational challenges. You can go back to your organization and implement right away.

He’s been in the Agile world for 20 years and is the expert in helping leaders bridge the gap between Agile and organizational reality.

Agile Leadership Bootcamp with Michael K Sahota Powered by Personal Agility

CAL1 + CAL2 + Personal Agility 5 Day Bootcamp

February 4-8, 2019

This workshop is designed to be an immersive experience and will begin at 9:00am and conclude by 8:00pm each day. Multiple breaks will be provided along with excellent meals.

“Agile” Culture & Leadership Training (CAL1)

Overcome 90% of the Challenges with Agile Transformation Using An Agile Mindset

Michael K Sahota’s “Agile” Culture & Leadership Training is an intense 2 days of deep exploration into leadership, organizational growth and culture to deliver high performance organizations. You will get the Certified Agile Leadership (CAL 1) credential from the Scrum Alliance when you complete it.

Advanced Culture & Leadership Training (CAL2)

Michael K Sahota’s CAL 2 is a continuation and extension of the Sahota CAL 1.

It is a deep dive into the concepts of the Sahota CAL1 that includes practical role-playing experiences and advanced personal growth skills. It also covers additional material that builds on CAL1 around organizational evolution and high performance.

It consists of a 3 day in person training/workshop followed by a 4-month integration program.

The training is an intense 3 days of deep exploration into leadership, organizational growth and the connection of culture to high performance organizations. During this experience, participants will undergo a process of letting go of existing behaviours that block their abilities to be an effective leader. You will learn how to master the playbook you learned in the Sahota CAL1 and take it to a deeper level.

Note: You need to have completed Michael K Sahota’s CAL1 to take the Sahota CAL2 as it builds on specific material only taught in his CAL1.

Personal Agility

Accelerate your Leadership journey with Personal Agility, a simple framework that helps you visualize, prioritize, and do more of what matters in your life while staying accountable to what you want to achieve.

We will cover the core principles and foundations of Personal Agility throughout this Leadership bootcamp and you will also gain access to the online portal with support for the next 4 weeks following the course. After applying Personal Agility for 4 weeks, you can fill out the Recognized Practitioner application and schedule a coaching call to become a Personal Agility Recognized Practitioner.

This workshop has been led for practitioners around the world with locations including Italy, Germany, Switzerland, India, Canada, and throughout the U.S. Feedback.

Three Package Options*

CAL1 + Personal Agility – While we highly recommend taking CAL1 + CAL2 this week, you are welcome to sign up for just CAL1 which will be the first 2 days infused with the Personal Agility content as well.

CAL2 + Personal Agility – If you have already taken CAL1 from Michael Sahota and are interested in CAL2, you may want to select this option which will be 3 days of CAL2 infused with Personal Agility. We do highly recommend attending the full week for a refresher of CAL1 which you may attend at 50% off (please contact maria@formulaink.com for this discount code).

CAL1 + CAL2 + Personal Agility – This is the most recommended package for the leader wanting to supercharge your journey of personal growth. The first two days will consist of CAL1, while the second part of the week (3 days) will be a deeper dive into the CAL2 content. Each day will be infused with Personal Agility principles and application for greater enhancement of your leadership journey.

*Super Early Bird, Early Bird, and Regular Pricing available for each package

To Register, Click Here.

Meet Your Instructors

Michael Sahota, Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC)

Michael believes people deliver astounding results when they have Passion and Purpose, Joy and Meaning, Creativity, Safety, Trust and Belonging. He believes we can foster work environments where people can grow and evolve to unleash their best every day.

Michael helps people cultivate their organizational culture, invite a more conscious way of being and relating, and evolve organizational structures and practices that foster new ways of working.

As a guide, Michael helps leaders navigate the world of organizational reinvention, supports learning and growth through: training, coaching, consulting, and facilitation. Michael focuses on increasing awareness of the connection between actions and outcomes, regularly inviting change, and he always walks the talk.

Maria Matarelli, Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)

Maria Matarelli, an Agile Coach and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST), is passionate about helping people reach a level of higher performance. While training leaders and teams around the world, Maria has noticed how powerful and essential the Agile Leadership principles are for true Agility. After attending four CAL1 trainings and CAL2 while applying the Sahota Playbook, Maria realized how important these practices are for people and organizations. While also exploring the application of the Personal Agility framework to her own life, Maria discovered how easily these two areas compliment each other for supergrowth in your own Leadership journey.

Maria travels to consult businesses and speak at conferences from Vancouver to Morocco, Sweden, New York, Hawaii, Istanbul and many other locations and has built a team of experienced, certified trainers and consultants available to guide people and organizations through achieving performance on a new level.

Agile Tour Bangkok 2018

Join Maria Matarelli as she gives a Keynote on Business Agility at Agile Tour Bangkok 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Agile Tour Bangkok is the not-for-profit Agile Conference coming back for the 7th year.

Date: Friday, November 2, 2018

Title: Business Agility | Empowering Organizational Effectiveness with Agile Marketing

Session Type: Keynote

Summary: Discover the possibilities of Agile Marketing and the power of applying Agile across your organization for full Business Agility. We’ll explore a case study of Agile applied to Marketing and discuss the benefits of aligning your organization’s use of Agile across departments along with the mindset shift necessary. Instead of focusing on who you can sell to, the focus is shifted to truly connecting with who needs your product or service most while leveraging rapid iterations for maximum output.

For more information on this event or to register, click here.

In addition, Maria Matarelli will be teaching a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) class and a Certified Agile Marketing Specialist (CAMS) class in Bangkok, Thailand.

Please click here to register for the CSPO class.

Please click here to register for the CAMS class.

eXperience Agile Personal Agility Keynote and Workshop

Join Maria Matarelli as she gives a keynote presentation with Peter Stevens on Personal Agility on October 1 in Lisbon, Portugal. Maria Matarelli and Peter Stevens are also leading a Personal Agility Workshop. Personal Agility is a unique one-day course where you will learn to develop agility starting with you and to embrace those changes in your team and your company. Through this experience, you will learn how to do more of what matters by increasing your personal productivity and how to use your time in a more efficient way and organize your tasks more logically.

For more details or to register click here.

Keynote Presentation by Maria Matarelli at Scrum Australia 2018

Join Maria Matarelli as she gives the Closing Keynote Presentation at Scrum Australia, held in Sydney on October 24-25, 2018

Scrum Australia is a Regional Scrum Gathering and promises all you expect from Scrum Gatherings and more:
-Quality keynote speakers: we have been proud to host some of the world’s most recognized authorities in Scrum and Agile in our past conferences, and hope that you’ll be just as impressed with our Keynote lineup for 2018.
-Workshops and sessions, for both beginners and the more advanced practitioners, are always of the highest calibre and encompass the latest trends.
-Open Space, which embodies two highly interactive, participant-led, half-day sessions that display self-organization at its finest.
-A Coaches Clinic that offers participants complimentary coaching with some of the most recognized Scrum coaches: from both Australia and overseas.

All of this is encompassed in a warm, inviting environment that will have you leaving with the feeling that you have just spent a couple a couple of days with a few hundred of your closest friends.

For more details –> Check out the conference site