ATD 2023 – I don’t have enough words to describe the joy, the human connections, the learning. I think I do have words to share some of my biggest takeaways. For this first part, I’m going to share some things I learned about AI in workshops and open space sessions. Note that there were many […]
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Recently, Melissa Fisher asked a Slack community I’m in for ideas on creating successful workshops. Community members who are highly experienced in delivering excellent training and workshops shared some excellent tips, I asked them if I could share them here too. They agreed, so here goes. Training from the back of the room Ahsley Hunsberger […]
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This is the second in a series of posts sharing takeaways and experiences from ATD USA 2023 conference. I shared some already in Part 1 of this series. Unexpected insights at the Business Agility Lab I had seen the Business Agility Lab “bonus session” advertised before the conference. In my mind’s eye, I pictured executives […]
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I attended my first testing conference back in the early 90s. I can only remember one woman speaker, and she made such an impact on me, I still remember the session well – it was about how to test requirements. I have used those ideas ever since! Thanks in large part (in my opinion, anyway) […]
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More memories from Agile Testing Days 2017 Another 7 am walk followed by Lean Coffee got me going for day two of the conference. One of my takeaways from Lean Coffee was from Viktorija Manevska, who started asking her team this question every day at standup: “What did you learn yesterday?” Though her team treated […]
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Thanks to everyone who posted ideas on ways conferences can be more inclusive of newcomers and avoid the perception of having “cliques” of speakers and veteran attendees, in response to my post. I’d like to share some of them here. Liz Keogh‘s keynotes and workshops are always so inspiring and helpful to me. A few […]
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