Evaluate to Motivate

By Sergiusz Golec

Elevator Pitch

“Once, after performance tests, I’ve reported 26 bugs in one go - nothing was fixed & stakeholders were far from happy. Now - I do it the smart way.”

Soft skill session - how to give Feedback like a Pro, so the other side is happy about it?

Tips & Tricks.

Description

Good and bad practices with examples (based on previous 50+ speeches in a mixed audience and years of experience in 6 countries). Tips & Tricks. Try & Try.

Plan:

  • Few stories.
  • Examples, Examples, Examples.
  • Try & Try.
  • Analysis of good & bad parts. Body language, Vocal variety, … .
  • Round table.

Notes

Session time can be: (minimum 30 and max 120 minutes). Optimally - 60 min.

Since 2014 /2015 we (Serg and Monika) belong to a rhetoric club (worldwide known as Toastmasters). We completed 70+ projects, and received:

  • Bronze (ACB) certificate (2020) - Monika.
  • Silver (ACS) certificate (2018) - Serg.

We took part in different Toastmasters conferences in Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Poland, etc. We enjoyed Toastmasters meetings all over the world, including Japan, Singapore, …Switzerland. Now, we plan to share a few tips and tricks with testers.

Note: The Toastmasters name can be skipped upon the request (as it can be treated as advertising of a third party).

Sample of one of the stories (to be customized to the audience members): Link to Google Docs Document with the Story

The results, accomplishments and their significance:
Evaluations - we’ll explain by examples the importance of evaluations content (based on speech /bugs) and delivery (“how to present them”).