Day 1 content, Tuesday Oct 14

Goal:

The OCTO team leaves with a shared understanding of a defined list of prioritized FY24 initiatives.
The OCTO team bonds with new team members in person to improve our virtual communication, relationships, and culture.
Dependent OCTO sub organizations develop an in-person bonds that support positive virtual sub-organization communication, relationships, and culture.
OCTO employees, especially those, that have not had an in-person experience since joining the team feel welcome and leave more connected to their coworkers.
Set a positive tone for the offsite.
OCTO employees are inspired by what they do with their time in-person together, contributing to their sense of purpose.

Draft schedule:

[ ] Opening remarks — Where have we been, where are we at, where are we going (Charles)
[x] Block 1A (Kevin): Annual retrospectives from portfolio and CoP leads (same as 2022)
[ ] Block 1B (Lesley): Exercise for getting to know each other/how to work with me (@lropp)
[ ] Block 1C (Kevin & Leah): Inspiring panel — goal is inspiration aligned to OCTO goals or pain points with IN PERSON speaker panel
- Option: working with OIT and VEO partners: VA Digital Experience Intake Panel: BIOS, SPM, VEO, and VES representation about Digital Experience intake (this idea is a maybe, Mike Land would organize) -- perhaps this idea would be better as a team meeting take over since none of the speakers will be in Philly? We should take advantage of the in-person time.
- Option: Maintaining quality and building trust through rapid growth
- Option: Something else -- what do people need inspiration on?
[ ] Closing remarks -- Charles (and Kevin doing feedback plus/delta exercise)

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