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Jira Fundamentals Online Training 

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July 28-29, 2026
 

Overview
6-hour training course for Jira Fundamentals. Come check out the training recently given to 1,000 USAF Personnel which received rave reviews

 

Training Schedule
Training Class Day 1: Tuesday, 28 July 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Training Class Day 2: Wednesday, 29 July 2026 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST


JIRA Fundamentals
Jira fundamentals training is targeted for team members and those in an oversight role for technology delivery and sustainment programs. The hands-on training teaches students how to use Jira to manage and track their work in an immersive environment that simulates a large, diverse organization. The course covers Jira fundamentals such as how to create and search for issues, as well as how to use popular Agile methods Scrum and Kanban while putting them in a practical context. Thoughtfully configured and enhanced with a carefully curated set of plugins, the training highlights lessons learned and best practices, demonstrating how smooth and effortless Jira can be.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how to create, manage, update and search Jira issues
  • Understand the hierarchy of Jira Issues and when to use each type of issue
  • Learn issue linking and understand where and how it is important for decomposing larger issues, capturing related issues, and capturing dependencies
  • Understand best practices for Epics, Components and Labels
  • Understand how Jira features map to Agile / Scrum ceremonies
  • Use Jira Scrum and Kanban Boards to enter and update their work
  • Advance work items through their workflows and understand the significance of each step
  • Estimate and track work; create simple issue queries
  • Read Jira reports to gain visibility into their individual and team progress
  • Understand how Jira Versioning works and how to use Jira in a real-world workday

 

Who Should Attend:

  • Any knowledge worker who plans to use Jira to manage their workflow (operations, software, legal, HR, finance, pharma, etc.).
  • Those in an oversight or governance capacity for teams using Jira to manage workflow.

Certifications:

  • You may use this course to receive 6 PDU credits from PMI = 5 Technical & 1 Strategic
  • 6 Scrum Education Units (SEU) are granted by the Scrum Alliance and count towards maintaining your CSM, CSP, CSD, CSPO, and other Scrum Alliance certifications.
  • You may also use this course to receive 16 Scrum SEU credits for Scrum Alliance under the Learning category.

 

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Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #2 (Guest Speaker: Troy Magennis)

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Organizations around the world have used Flight Levels to untangle complex communication paths and accelerate decision-making. From large global enterprises to innovative tech companies, the approach has helped leaders resolve systemic blockers that team-level frameworks alone can’t fix. Flight Levels is particularly helpful for organizations struggling with siloed execution, unclear priorities, or slow feedback loops between strategy and delivery.

 

This meetup welcomes practitioners from all backgrounds, including those who work with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, TameFlow and other Agile frameworks and flow approaches. Flight Levels doesn’t replace these frameworks and approaches methods — it complements them by operating above and across teams to create focus. Whether you’re scaling Agile practices or simply looking to create more alignment between leadership, product, shared services, and delivery teams, you’ll gain insights that you can apply immediately in your organization.

We invite new and returning community members to participate, contribute, and even present their own experiences with Flight Levels or related collaboration practices. Our group alternates between virtual sessions and in-person meetups, sometimes in New York City and other times in locations throughout the Midwest.

 

This meetup will be co‑moderated by Craeg Strong, CTO at Ariel Partners, and Dave Steege, Flight Levels Professional and Enterprise Agile Coach at TruStage. Each session begins with an industry leader or community member topic, then transitions into open discussions where participants propose areas they’d like to explore. Together, we’ll dive deeper into these topics, exchanging ideas and experiences.

 

Come join us, share your ideas, and help expand a growing community of professionals passionate about organizational agility and flow!

 

New to Flight Levels? Here is a brief introduction: LINK

 

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Craeg Strong, CTO of Ariel Partners, Speaking at Flight Levels Day Online Conference

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May 7, 2026

 

What does it take to restore flow when IT delivery breaks down? Craeg Strong, CTO of Ariel Partners, will answer this question at Flight Levels Day, a global online conference focused on helping organizations better connect strategy to execution, improve cross-functional coordination, and deliver work more effectively.

 

Craeg will share how Ariel Partners applied Flight Levels thinking in a real-world enterprise environment, helping address delivery bottlenecks, improve alignment, and support stronger business agility. His session highlights the kind of practical transformation work Ariel Partners brings to complex organizations that need better visibility, smoother coordination, and more effective execution. 

 

The event also features an international lineup of speakers including Peter Faulks, Dave Steege, Lúcia Palma, Dr. Andreas Rein, Philipp Pichler, Russell Hill, and Christoph Dibbern, offering attendees practical insights drawn from real organizational experience. 

 

Flight Levels Day is ideal for leaders, change agents, and delivery professionals looking for actionable ways to improve collaboration and business outcomes. Contact Ariel Partners to ask about available complimentary tickets.

 

A limited number of free tickets are available! Contact us for more information.

 

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Crain’s Forum: Hospital CEOs at The New York Athletic Club

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March 25, 2026

Crain’s New York Business is launching its inaugural Hospital CEO Breakfast at a defining moment for New York City health care, with several major systems under new leadership and priorities being reset. Join healthcare leaders for high-value networking and a candid, CEO-level panel on the forces reshaping the city’s hospital sector—and what comes next.

 

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“Rebalancing Your Work Portfolio” Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #3 (Guest Speaker: Dave Steege)

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Agust 4, 2026

 

Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather than adding more processes or roles, Flight Levels increases transparency of value streams to ensure that teams are working on the right things, at the right time, to deliver real business impact.

 

 

Organizations around the world have used Flight Levels to untangle complex communication paths and accelerate decision-making. From large global enterprises to innovative tech companies, the approach has helped leaders resolve systemic blockers that team-level frameworks alone can’t fix. Flight Levels is particularly helpful for organizations struggling with siloed execution, unclear priorities, or slow feedback loops between strategy and delivery.

 

This meetup welcomes practitioners from all backgrounds, including those who work with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, TameFlow and other Agile frameworks and flow approaches. Flight Levels doesn’t replace these frameworks and approaches methods — it complements them by operating above and across teams to create focus. Whether you’re scaling Agile practices or simply looking to create more alignment between leadership, product, shared services, and delivery teams, you’ll gain insights that you can apply immediately in your organization.

 

We invite new and returning community members to participate, contribute, and even present their own experiences with Flight Levels or related collaboration practices. Our group alternates between virtual sessions and in-person meetups, sometimes in New York City and other times in locations throughout the Midwest.

 

This meetup will be co‑moderated by Craeg Strong, CTO at Ariel Partners, and Dave Steege, Flight Levels Professional and Enterprise Agile Coach at TruStage. Each session begins with an industry leader or community member topic, then transitions into open discussions where participants propose areas they’d like to explore. Together, we’ll dive deeper into these topics, exchanging ideas and experiences.

 

Come join us, share your ideas, and help expand a growing community of professionals passionate about organizational agility and flow!

 

New to Flight Levels? Here is a brief introduction: LINK

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“Captivating and Activating Company Strategy” Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #4 (Guest Speaker: Craeg Strong)

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October 7, 2026
 

Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather than adding more processes or roles, Flight Levels increases transparency of value streams to ensure that teams are working on the right things, at the right time, to deliver real business impact.

 

Organizations around the world have used Flight Levels to untangle complex communication paths and accelerate decision-making. From large global enterprises to innovative tech companies, the approach has helped leaders resolve systemic blockers that team-level frameworks alone can’t fix. Flight Levels is particularly helpful for organizations struggling with siloed execution, unclear priorities, or slow feedback loops between strategy and delivery.

 

This meetup welcomes practitioners from all backgrounds, including those who work with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, TameFlow and other Agile frameworks and flow approaches. Flight Levels doesn’t replace these frameworks and approaches methods — it complements them by operating above and across teams to create focus. Whether you’re scaling Agile practices or simply looking to create more alignment between leadership, product, shared services, and delivery teams, you’ll gain insights that you can apply immediately in your organization.

 

We invite new and returning community members to participate, contribute, and even present their own experiences with Flight Levels or related collaboration practices. Our group alternates between virtual sessions and in-person meetups, sometimes in New York City and other times in locations throughout the Midwest.

 

This meetup will be co‑moderated by Craeg Strong, CTO at Ariel Partners, and Dave Steege, Flight Levels Professional and Enterprise Agile Coach at TruStage. Each session begins with an industry leader or community member topic, then transitions into open discussions where participants propose areas they’d like to explore. Together, we’ll dive deeper into these topics, exchanging ideas and experiences.

 

Come join us, share your ideas, and help expand a growing community of professionals passionate about organizational agility and flow!

 

New to Flight Levels? Here is a brief introduction: LINK

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“What is Flight Levels and AI impacts on enterprise flow” Flight Levels® Flight Club — USA #1 (Guest Speaker: Klaus Leopold)

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January 15, 2026
 

Guest Speaker: Klaus Leopold, Creator of Flight Levels®, founder of FlightLevels.io and LEANability.com


Topic: What is Flight Levels and AI impacts on enterprise flow

 

Join us as we explore Flight Levels, the powerful organizational flow and alignment approach created by Klaus Leopold. Flight Levels helps organizations connect strategy to execution by visualizing how work moves — not just within teams, but across departments and the enterprise. Rather than adding more processes or roles, Flight Levels increases transparency of value streams to ensure that teams are working on the right things, at the right time, to deliver real business impact.

 

Organizations around the world have used Flight Levels to untangle complex communication paths and accelerate decision-making. From large global enterprises to innovative tech companies, the approach has helped leaders resolve systemic blockers that team-level frameworks alone can’t fix. Flight Levels is particularly helpful for organizations struggling with siloed execution, unclear priorities, or slow feedback loops between strategy and delivery.

 

This meetup welcomes practitioners from all backgrounds, including those who work with Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, TameFlow and other Agile frameworks and flow approaches. Flight Levels doesn’t replace these frameworks and approaches methods — it complements them by operating above and across teams to create focus. Whether you’re scaling Agile practices or simply looking to create more alignment between leadership, product, shared services, and delivery teams, you’ll gain insights that you can apply immediately in your organization.

 

We invite new and returning community members to participate, contribute, and even present their own experiences with Flight Levels or related collaboration practices. Our group alternates between virtual sessions and in-person meetups, sometimes in New York City and other times in locations throughout the Midwest.

 

This meetup will be co‑moderated by Craeg Strong, CTO at Ariel Partners, and Dave Steege, Flight Levels Professional and Enterprise Agile Coach at TruStage. Each session begins with an industry leader or community member topic, then transitions into open discussions where participants propose areas they’d like to explore. Together, we’ll dive deeper into these topics, exchanging ideas and experiences.

 

Come join us, share your ideas, and help expand a growing community of professionals passionate about organizational agility and flow!

 

New to Flight Levels? Here is a brief introduction: LINK

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NYC Contracting Summit: A New Era for Small Business

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January 14, 2026
 

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is hosting the NYC Contracting Summit: A New Era for Small Business!

Designed for operating businesses seeking to do business with the city.

Networking with contract agents from all levels of government, corporate partners and other small businesses:

  • City of New York government agencies and affiliated entities
  • Prime contractors performing on city contracts and corporate partners
  • Small business certifying partners – Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), New York State Empire State Development (ESD), NYC School Construction Authority (SCA), New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (NYNJMSDC)
  • Business service providers
  • Thousands of small business owners

Workshops providing information on:

  • Upcoming contracting opportunities across industry sectors
  • Successfully doing business with government agencies and other partner organizations
  • Selling to government and recertification best practices

Onsite Technical Assistance

  • Review your profile in the Online Directory of NYC Certified Businesses
  • PASSPort Accounts (the City’s end-to-end procurement and contracting platform)
  • Commodity code review
  • Selling to Government resources and platforms
  • Capacity Building, Financial Assistance and other Business Resources
 

About the NYC Department of Small Business Services

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting New Yorkers to good jobs, creating stronger businesses, and building thriving neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

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