Building a Local Testing Community

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Starts a local group called We Test workshops in Wellington (launched Oct 2011) and grows it to 200+ members in under two years. Runs events every six weeks with an invite-only Kiwi format capped at 20–30 people to preserve interaction. Sessions use short experience reports (10–15 minutes) followed by 45–90 minutes of open discussion, no PowerPoint, pizza for socializing, high first‑time retention, promotion via Meetup and active shoulder‑tapping for presenters.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 1:17Building a local testing community
3. 3:49Bringing people in
4. 6:15Experience reports
5. 10:43What to avoid

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