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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the A tester's role in continuous quality course.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Introduction to software development and testing course.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Introduction to accessibility testing course.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Cognitive biases in software testing course.
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Bug reporting 101 course.
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Repping MoT at A11y North
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Discussing all the accessibility content on the Ministry of Testing at A11y North 9th meet-up
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This badge is awarded to members who complete the Prompting for testers course.
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Everyday accessibility and advocacy: a conversation with Wayne Pulford
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Thank you for being part of the MoTaCon 2025 Event Team. 🏆Thanks for supporting all the Day 1 workshop facilitators and attendees. We appreciate the effort that went into it, particularly having to manage the excess demand.
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What’s one way you’ve seen responsibilities for quality change?
is Open to Meet at MoTaCon 2026
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TWiQ: Testing in production - EP 107
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Celebrate the launch of This Week in Quality as the community tests a new platform, shares MoTaCon highlights, and reflects on how quality connects us all.
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We’re grateful you joined the stage for This Week in Quality and shared your MoTaCon reflections with the community.
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They just kept turning up!
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02/10/25.
It's Thursday. The time is 16:03. It's Day 2 of MoTaCon. And I've never seen the 99-Second Talks queue grow so quickly. And even after this photo more people turned up.
Such is the...
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Thanks for going above and beyond in September 2025. Your community contributions create sparks and support many good things. 🤩
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"Sorry I missed the memo and thanks for the gift "
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THANK YOU
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Big thanks to everyone who supported us through this wild year of building Epic Test Quest from early interviews to testing our prototypes and giving us honest feedback.
It was amazing to meet so ...
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"Simon Tomes, and they said there wasn't a simple definition of software testing! "
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"Thanks Simon, that brought me sunshine :) "
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Enjoying the banter, chemistry and passion for testing, quality and people, from the, err, Morecambe and Wise of our industry ⭐️👏🏽
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Classy double act
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Scott and Ady take the stage at MoTacon 2025
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Thank you for talking at TestBash 2025
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Enjoying the banter, chemistry and passion for testing, quality and people, from the, err, Morecambe and Wise of our industry ⭐️👏🏽
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Ady and Scott talk in general
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Scott and Ady take the stage at MoTacon 2025
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We will, we will, STEC you!
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Early start for the event team
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The MoTaCon (nee TrstBash) event team were on site from 7am getting everything ready. Hope you enjoyed the day?
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awarded Rahul Parwal for:
It’s great to learn from Rahul in person after taking his courses online.
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Goodbye TestBash, welcome MoTaCon
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TestaBash is no more as we move to a quality first focused community. It is the era of MoTaCon.
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A tech conference to help you navigate the ever-shifting landscape of Quality Engineering, AI, Leadership, Product, Accessibility and Security.
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The calm before the storm
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A virtually empty Brighton Dome main stage awaits 500+ eager minds ready to learn all the things
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First class trip to TestBash
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Scott and I are heading to Brighton and taking advantage of first class between Leeds and London. Hopefully no problems like yesterday.
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MoT Leeds partners with Hippo
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MoT Leeds embarked on a new partnership with Hippo IT Services and Consultancy holding the September meetup in their community space.
On LinkedIn they said;
What a brilliant evening with the Min...
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MoT Leeds embarked on a new partnership with Hippo IT Services and Consultancy holding the September meetup in their community space.
On LinkedIn they said;
What a brilliant evening with the Min...
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Quality people, all aboard the TestBash train! - Ep 106
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Feel the MoTaverse energy as quality people prepare for TestBash, share accessibility stories, and swap career advice.
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Great Scott it’s MoT Leeds time!
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