STAREAST 2017 - Women Who Test Session
Friday, May 12
Creative Trespassing: How to Sneak Creativity into Companies, Jobs and Life
Tania Katan knows a little something about sneaking principles from art into the tech space in order to start social media revolution! As the Brand Evangelist for Axosoft she co-created the internationally viral campaign #ItWasNeverADress and now she has a map for you to use to find your creativity too! She will share uniquely developed exercises for flexing your creative muscles, funny stories from the front-lines of an everyday disruptor and enough empowering quotes and inspirational shouting (GO get ‘em, Creative Tiger!) to make your high school soccer coach crack a smile. You will...
Women in Leadership in Software Testing
Are women testers valued in the software industry? Are women leaders making a mark in the software industry? Absolutely! Join Madhu Das as she discusses her personal and career journeys—from a child growing up in India, to becoming a software professional, her journey from India to the U.S. and her growth as a leader in the male-dominated world of software testing. She speaks of her experiences, the successes she discovered as a woman leader in the world of agile software testing, including the challenges she faced and how to surmount them. Through stories from the trenches at multiple...
The Power of Collective Experience
Bring your biggest challenges to this session and tap the wisdom of others. In this immersive session, you will tackle some of the most widely mentioned challenges brought to light from the group. Whether it’s a software testing conundrum, a project setback, a management blocker, a group or team dysfunction or an interpersonal hurdle, all of these can slow our progress and reduce our effectiveness. And when we hunt for options, we all have blind spots and biases that prevent us from thinking out of the box and finding new and different solutions. Typically the best ideas come from...
Panel–Career Superpowers
Let’s discuss and define the most important career superpowers for women. Hear what industry professionals, leaders, and idea disruptors think the important career superpowers are for women in 2017 and going forward.
Building your Personal Brand for Success
Building the right personal brand is one of the critical success factors in today’s workplace. Organizations develop a brand and image, but not many individuals think about their personal brand and how it can affect their career. As we interact with people, we want to influence them to support our efforts—approving projects, budgets, and funding; supporting our next career move; or recommending us for that promotion or raise we want. As a professional, it is critical to understand how you are being perceived by your “target audience.” During this interactive session Jennifer shares...
Wrap-up and Ongoing Informal Discussion with Speakers and Attendees
This concludes the Women Who Test events.