Let’s Play Rhetoric for All Things Testing

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Let’s Play Rhetoric for All Things Testing

The world of remote screen sharing allows us to try out Rhetoric, the Public Speaking Game. We’ll play an adapted version, where we can queue as many volunteers as the timeframe of the session allows, with topics framed around sharing two-minute talks on All Things Testing!

In each round, players roll the dice and the space the marker lands indicated the type of speaking challenge:

TOPIC gives a framing word to speak on, with option of 6 constraints: tell a story; use a quote; evoke the senses; draw an analog; use humor; call to action

CHALLENGE gives you a specific constraint.

QUESTION is an audience prompt for your topic, with option of 6 constraints: good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; past, present, future; one, two, three; pros, cons; and choice of any of the other five

REFLECTION is your chance to speak on anything

CHOICE allows you to pick any of the four others

About the Speaker

Maaret Pyhäjärvi is an exploratory tester extraordinaire with a day-job at Vaisala as Development Manager. She is a tester, (polyglot) programmer, speaker, author, and a community facilitator. She has been awarded prestigious testing awards, Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person 2016 (MIATPP) and EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award (2020), Tester Worth Appreciating (2022), and selected as Top-100 Most Influential in ICT in Finland 2019-2022.

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