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Since I was a child I always loved to tell stories, to entertain people, to share my knowledge, and to act and perform.
But it took a pretty long time until I realized that presenting at conferences or meetups is or can be – at least for me and in the way I do it – nothing else than story-telling and acting in a professional work-setting.
Since I did my first public talk at DOAG 2018 I’ve spoken at several usergroup meetups and conferences – and I have always enjoyed it!
Entertainment is always part of the Goal
First of all, Tech-Talks are about teaching. People attending a talk at a conference or during a meetup usually expect to learn something.
My goal, in all of my talks, is to teach something in an entertaining way. This has a number of reasons, for example, because we human beings learn a lot easier when our brains are engaged, and entertainment does engage our brains so that things might stick better. Adding some fun to my talks also has the benefit that even if people can’t connect to the topic I’m presenting, I want them at least to have a good time (that might not always work, but it’s the best bet I can do).
Last but not least, the vast majority of talks I do are without compensation. I often do it for free, do the (extensive) preparation in my free time, so I want the talk to be fun for me, too. Adding special effects, talking plush animals and all kinds of shenanigans to my presentations is something that brings me enormous joy.
Here are some impressions of how my talks might look like:
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Upcoming Talks
- 🇬🇧 Trouble in the Old Republic (Keynote) – German Testing Days, May 7th
- 🇬🇧 The Owl Problem – Musical – Agile Testing Days, Nov 20th
- 🇬🇧 Code Reading Session – Agile Testing Days, Nov 22th
Talks I’ve done
2023
🇬🇧 Don’t go Breaking my Code (Keynote-Musical)
🇬🇧 Meeting Facilitation – dealing with the uncomfortable (Full day tutorial)
🇬🇧 Code Reading for Testers ▶️
- ATD Open Air, June 13th – 15th
- ATD Webinar, July 19th
- The Evolution of QA: Bug Hunters of Tomorrow 2023 Online conference, November 7th – 8th
- QM Talks, July 21st
🇬🇧 Workshop: Meeting facilitation – from ok to great
🇬🇧 Testing in the Imperial Database 📖▶️
- Automation Advocates Karlsruhe Meetup, March 14th
- Ministry of Testing Abu Dhabi Meetup (online), Feb 23rd
- DWP Engineering Practice (Internal Conference), April 25th
- QM Talks, December 15th
🇬🇧 Panel discussion: Become a public speaker – with a little help from friends
2022
🇬🇧 Trouble in the Old Republic (Keynote) 📖
Agile Testing Days, Nov 21st – 24th
OCT EMEA Tour, LVOUV, Oct 13th (online)
🇩🇪 Continuous Improvement auf der Todesstern-Datenbank 🔀
- IT After Work Pforzheim, Sep 7th
🇬🇧 Testing in the Imperial Database 📖▶️
- TestBash World, June 22nd – 23rd
🇬🇧 Workshop: How To Make Team Meetings Not Suck
- Agile Testing Days Open Air, May 17th – 19th
🇩🇪 Datenbank-Security – Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Hacker (Keynote) ▶️
Apex Connect 2022, May the 4th
🇩🇪 Software-Testing und -Qualität in der Imperialen Datenbank™ 📖▶️
- Apex Connect 2022, May 3rd – 4th
2021
🇬🇧 Testing in the Imperial Database 📖▶️
- Agile Testing Days, November 15th-18th
- SAST Q4 Digital Testing conference, Nov 30th
🇬🇧 Testing with utPLSQL – Live-Coding in an unknown codebase ▶️
- Oracle AskTom Office Hours, Nov 26th
🇬🇧 Why oh why don’t we test our code (more)? Guest Speaker ▶️
- Feuertips #28, Oct 21st
🇬🇧 Why To Aim For Testable PL/SQL – And How To Do It ▶️
- Apex Connect Online, May 4th, 16:00 CET
- ODTUG KScope Virtual, June 24th, 12:40 CET
2020
🇩🇪 Continuous Improvement der Todesstern-Datenbank
Frankfurter IT-Tage, December 10th, 13:00 CET
🇦🇺 But that worked yesterday! Testing with utPLSQL
AUSOUG Virtual Connect, November 10th, 5:30am CET
🇩🇪 Stabil unterwegs – Automatisierte Tests in der Oracle Datenbank (2-Tage Workshop)
DOAG Expertenseminar (Online)
🇬🇧 It works, but it hasn’t been tested – Panel Discussion
Oracle Groundbreakers EMEA Tour (Online)
🇬🇧 But that worked yesterday! Testing with utPLSQL
Oracle Groundbreakers EMEA Tour (Online)
🇬🇧 Continuous Improvement of the Death Star Database ▶️
AccentoDev (Online)
🇬🇧 “We ain’t Got No Time!” – Pragmatic testing with utPLSQL
- Apex Connect 2020 (Online)
- Oracle Groundbreakers Yatra (Online)
🇩🇪 Test-Driven PL/SQL: Ein pragmatischer Einstieg mit utPLSQL ▶️
DOAG Webinar
🇩🇪 “Wir haben doch keine Zeit!” – Pragmatisch testen mit utPLSQL
APEX-Meetup Frankfurt (Online)
2019
🇩🇪 “Wir haben doch keine Zeit!” – Pragmatisch testen mit utPLSQL
DOAG Konferenz + Ausstellung
🇩🇪 Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Hacker – PL/SQL Security
DOAG Konferenz + Ausstellung
🇩🇪 “Aber das hat gestern noch funktioniert!” – Testing mit utPLSQL
- Apex Connect
- DOAG Regio Karlsruhe
- APEX-Meetup Stuttgart
- APEX-Meetup NRW
- APEX-Meetup Dresden
🇬🇧 Improving Tech with Compassionate Coding (Lightning Talk)
Apex Connect
2018
🇩🇪 “Aber das hat gestern noch funktioniert!” – Testing mit utPLSQL
DOAG Konferenz + Ausstellung