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The SmartBear team at MoTaCon25, thanks for sponsoring and being there!
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
The SmartBear team at MoTaCon25, thanks for sponsoring and being there!
Wonderproxy teaching quality people to juggle.
Wonderproxy teaching quality people to juggle.
A photo of duck stickers on a black table.
Rosie Sherry
Rosie Sherry
At MoTaCon we love ducks and so do Wonderproxy! Thanks for sponosring MoTaCon25
Wonderproxy and their word magnets on a table with magnets.
Wonderproxy and their word magnets. Thanks for sponsoring MoTacon25!

Quality Leadership

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Speaking of my first Quality Podcast
Joining Stuart Day on the Quality Talks Podcast made me look back at how my QA career started. How change shaped it then and still sha...
A diverse group of adults is seated at round tables in a large, bright room with wood-paneled walls and tall, leaded-glass windows, engaging in a discussion or workshop. On a projector screen at the front, a slide titled "Identity in transition" is visible, showing bullet points about "Self-reflection" and "Generating new ideas". In the foreground, one table is the focus, where several people are looking at each other and talking, with coffee cups, bottles, and papers scattered across the white tablecloth. A man in a light grey shirt stands to the right of this table, speaking or listening intently to the group. The atmosphere appears to be one of collaborative learning and networking.
30/09/25, Brighton, UK. Barry Ehigiator creates an immersive experience for the Leading With Quality participants. At this points fol...

A dark purple background with small white stars and a larger purple and pink circular shape in the upper right. A white speech bubble in the center contains the quote: "Take care of yourself, take care of your colleagues, take care of your team and good quality products normally come out the other end." Below the quote, aligned to the right, is "- Nicola Sedgwick". In the lower left corner is a cartoon brain wearing glasses and a bowtie, with two black circles below for eyes. In the upper right corner is a logo for Ministry of Testing.
Nicola Sedgwick shared these wise words during a TestBash talk in Brighton in 2016. And Rosie Sherry recently reminded us that "At the he...
Picture from the London Festival of Engineering Leadership 2025, aka LeadDev3x. Christine is in red jacket centre stage surrounded by other people who are in leadership.
Went to hear Christine Pintos headlining talk on Quality at the Festival of Engineering Leadership in London 2025 - such a great talk and...

Meetups

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A Halloween-themed presentation slide with silhouettes of leafless trees, grass, and flying bats against a purple forest background. The text reads: “Terrifying Tales of Testing in Production — Jenny Bramble, Sr Manager QA – Avidxchange.”
Loved being able to hear Jenny Bramble's discussion on Testing in Production. Her talk was inspiring, thought-provoking, and very goth as...
Ash, Nadja and Ashutosh taking a selfie with the MoT Berlin meetup audience. The room has black chairs lined up, half of them occupied. The audience looks happy and ready for more!
Our very first Meetup at Assecor GmbH is in the books! Thanks to everyone attending, I had so much fun 😊 I hope we can do it again soon! ...
A meetup banner showing the Ministry of Testing logo next to the Assecor logo, titled with Ministry of Testing Berlin meetup #48. Listed are the speakers and the when-and-where information. Please check out the meetup link in the commentary to get all the details!
We are back! Our summer break is finally over, the suitcases are heavy with TestBash swag (MoTaCon swag, actually), and we can't wait to ...
A website page showing a grid of eight different events and meetups, each with a title, short description, and an image of the speakers or attendees. A bug, a seagull and a duck character have been hidden in the image.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull have taken over the MoT meetup takeover. Can you find them?

Where's Bug?

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Eamon Droko and Ayesha Saeed posing at MoTaCon.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are causing mischief again.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are hiding at MoTaCon and surrounding the good SmartBear people.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are causing trouble again. Can you find them?
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull hidden within MoT Athens Lean Coffee gathering.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are celebrating MoT Athens Lean Coffee. Can you find them? 🕵🏽‍♂️
The top section of a Ministry of Testing profile page for Ady Stokes. There is a grid of badges. A bug, a space duck and a space seagull have been hidden in the image.
Bug, Space Duck and Space Seagull are celebrating Ady having too many badges to fit on the lead newsletter image. 🤩 Can you find them? ...

Firsts

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Stuart Thomas on stage at MoTaCon25, he looks chill and in control.
Stuart Thomas did what was, we believe, his first real on stage talk. Bug congrats, and here's a memory of it to last you a life time. ...
A person wearing jeans and a black t-shirt on stage at MotaCon 25, giving a 99-second talk.
Yesterday I gave my first 99-second talk at my first MoTaCon on disaster management! When things have gone completely wrong, remember: -...
Graphic for Ministry of Testing Cincinnati meetup. The word ‘MoT’ is written in white with a blue planet forming the letter ‘o,’ followed by the word ‘Cincinnati’ in sleek white text. At the bottom, a smiling cartoon astronaut stands holding an American flag against a purple starry background.
Judy Mosley
Judy Mosley
Finally made it to my first MoT Meetup! Tony was a great host, and I really appreciated the talk on Load Testing led by Gui Padua. Nice t...
A brown woman wearing glasses, smiling as she delivers a talk in front of an audience.

She is holding a microphone in her hand.
Really great to see Preeti taking the stage in front of a big audience for her first 99 Second Talk 🙌🏿👏🏿
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