Women in Agile is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and collective effort to recruit, network, promote, and support the work of outstanding women in the agile community through blogging, speaking at events, and building a network surrounded by people of all genders.
Our Mission
We believe diverse connections lead to diverse solutions. Together, we can change the future of the workplace.
The Women in Agile community drives toward equality and inclusion of diverse representation, expertise, and involvement in the agile community.
We value the representation of diverse ideas and perspectives within the agile community, and believe everyone is better off when more ideas are openly shared.
Common Values
- Enable diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
- Be a source of connecting others at the local and global level.
- Learn from others and share your knowledge freely.
PROGRAMS
How We Serve
Launching New Voices
We seek to bridge gaps and create platforms for more women’s voices, providing a path to support and amplify a diverse and empowered community.
Seeding Local Communities
Local communities are key to building a sustainable network that extends support year round to women and allies in their community.
Conference Allyship
Consultation and education positively impacts our community by creating and expanding a consistent experience. Women in Agile supports conferences with the purpose of making gatherings more safe, inclusive, diverse, and worthwhile for all.
Scholarship Awards
The primary mission of the Scholarship program is to enable deserving members to break financial constraints to acquire training or attend a conference that would promote their professional growth in the Agile community.
WOMEN IN AGILE PROMISE
Build Personal Empowerment — Surround Yourself With Growth-minded People — Change The Status Quo
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Scholarships increase accessibility to training/conferences, and promote professional growth in instances where there are financial barriers. (Program development in progress)
NEWS! Ten Scholarship award winners were announced for the recent application period.
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JOIN
Become a member. Join Women in Agile to receive our newsletters, impact our mission, and be eligible for our other member benefits (it’s FREE).
VOLUNTEER
We believe that diverse connections lead to diverse solutions. Be a part of the change you want to see and help to achieve our mission of inclusiveness!
DONATE
Donation support funds our various programs and efforts to recruit, network, promote, and support the work of outstanding women in the agile community.
SPONSOR
The generous support of the organizations who contribute time, space, and money allows Women in Agile to achieve significantly higher impact through our programs and outreach.
LATEST ARTICLES
Announcing the “Coaching Agile Teams” Podcast Mini-Series
In May of 2010, Lyssa Adkins released the book Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in TransitionTeam to the world. Since then, Lyssa has established herself as one of the most respected and followed female stalwarts in our industry. She was there at Scrum Gathering 2013 in Las Vegas…
WIA EVENTS REPORTS
Organizer Thoughts: 5th Anniversary of Flagship Women in Agile Conference
By Natalie Warnert Looking back on the five years of the Women in Agile (social movement turned nonprofit) partnership with the Agile Alliance is a wild ride. Starting out with our first event in 2016 in Atlanta, we had no idea that the event would triple in size in two years and continuously sell out…
PODCASTS
The Women in Agile podcast series in support of the growing movement to amplify the work of outstanding women in the Agile community. Passionate, creative, and intelligent people from all genders come together in these inspiring conversations to advance equality and inclusion for all.
This podcast series is brought to you in partnership with Accenture | SolutionsIQ.
Suggest a topic
We are always seeking new contributors to the podcast series. Do you have an idea for a podcast topic, or are you interested in being a guest on one of our episodes? If so, please e-mail podcast@womeninagile.org. Someone from the team will be in touch with you soon.
Our Supporters
It is with great pleasure we thank our sponsors and donors for their outstanding support of the Women in Agile mission. Interested in helping?
