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Why Agile Leadership Requires Doing the ‘Hard Stuff’

Why Agile Leadership Requires Doing the ‘Hard Stuff’

As a leader, from the moment you engage in your first work exchange to when you close your computer, every day can feel like a trade-off between technical project delivery items made to the humans yo…

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Becoming a speaker, with a little help from friends

Becoming a speaker, with a little help from friends

Have you ever thought about becoming a public speaker and presenting a topic close to your heart at a professional conference like Agile Testing Days ... but never pursued it? If yes, have you reflec…

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Happy 15th Anniversary, AgileTD!

Happy 15th Anniversary, AgileTD!

... or why you should attend AgileTD 2023!

The Agile Testing Days is Europe’s greatest agile testing event for software testers and QA professionals. Every…

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Defeating Imposter Syndrome Workshop

Defeating Imposter Syndrome Workshop

At Agile Testing Days 2022 in Potsdam, Germany, we facilitated a workshop, “Winning with imposter syndrome: A community effort”. In our introduction, we shared Harvard Business Review&rsq…

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Tipps & Tricks for AgileTD's Call for Papers – Reviewer Perspective

Tipps & Tricks for AgileTD's Call for Papers – Reviewer Perspective

The announcement for this year’s Agile Testing Days program has been a rollercoaster for many people who have sent in their ideas for our 2022 Call for Papers. There were people who were happy,…

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Have You Been to the Agile Testing Days Before? Here Is Why You Should Attend Again

Have You Been to the Agile Testing Days Before? Here Is Why You Should Attend Again

Let me start this blog post by asking some questions, and I want you to be honest: Have you attended the Agile Testing Days before? Have you attended this world-famous testing festival only once…

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Backstage with a Conference Speaker

Backstage with a Conference Speaker

an interview with Alexandra Schladebeck - CEO, Head of Quality, International Tech Influencer & Conference Keynote Speaker

I (Uwe Gelfert in the Name of AgileTD) had the wonderful chance to in…

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Psychological safety and mental health in times of crisis

Psychological safety and mental health in times of crisis

On the 13th of May I did a talk online. This post is about the talk, some questions, and resources that came out of it. If you want to read about the thougths and emotions before and after the talk, …

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What a Journey! From Conference Participant to Keynote Speaker

What a Journey! From Conference Participant to Keynote Speaker

“Hi, my name is Lisi, and I’m a tester.” This is how I start all of my conference sessions these days. My sessions? My very own talks and workshops? It still feels strange to think …

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To Agile Testing Days and Beyond: From Volunteer to Speaker

To Agile Testing Days and Beyond: From Volunteer to Speaker

Taking My Chance: Being a Volunteer

Four years ago, I found out about the Agile Testing Days for the first time. I was working for almost 2 years as a tester and Scrum Master and I was trying to f…

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Call for Papers Submission Pitfalls & How to Do it Better! Tales from a Conference Organizer

Call for Papers Submission Pitfalls & How to Do it Better! Tales from a Conference Organizer

In 2018 my colleague Sabine wrote the blog post “It always starts with an idea…”. In this blog post, she gave some great hints on how to write better proposals for conference sessi…

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AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 4 - Into the Chatbot

AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 4 - Into the Chatbot

Having covered off the basic forms of Machine Learning in the previous third vlog episode, we’ll now take a dive into the heart of a commercial chatbot, considering how they work, and how they …

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AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 3 - Classification with AI

AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 3 - Classification with AI

We’ve previously created regression types of Machine Learning in the second part of this vlog series. In this section, Mike will introduce you to examples of classification. We’ll start b…

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AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 2 - Our First Machine Learning Model

AI and Testing and Chatbots... Oh My! Part 2 - Our First Machine Learning Model

In the second part of this vlog series, Mike will take you through the “Hello World” of Machine Learning! We’ll work through an example in Python where we’ll collect data on h…

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Travel Tips for AgileTD: From Righteous to Ridiculous

Travel Tips for AgileTD: From Righteous to Ridiculous

Coming to the Agile Testing Days for the first time can be intimidating. If you are a native European, you just fly into Tegel or Berlin Schönefeld, catch a train, and walk from the tram or bus …

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It Always Starts with an Idea...

It Always Starts with an Idea...

... or How to Write a Successful Proposal

 

Do you wish to speak at your favorite conference? I have a quick fix for you: become a speaker. That's easier said than done, but nothi…

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