Women In Tech June 2019 - Negotiating For Fun And Profit

Name: Women In Tech June 2019 - Negotiating For Fun And Profit
Start: 2019-06-06T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2019-06-06T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Antenna Nottingham

Hosted By

Helen J. and 2 others

Women In Tech June 2019 - Negotiating For Fun And Profit

Details

Don’t Forget - We’re Now At Our New Venue, Antenna

This month we are really excited to welcome Ashley Smith (https://twitter.com/TuffersTests) to speak at Women in Tech!

As always, there'll be free drinks and food for all thanks to our fantastic sponsors Capital One, Commify, JH and MHR!

Everyone is welcome and there are no tickets required. Just turn up - it's entirely free!

Full event details: https://www.technottingham.com/events/wit-june-2019

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Negotiating For Fun And Profit
by Ashley Smith

Some words and phrases you may have heard when people describe negotiating: "scary", "it's cheeky to ask", "uneasy".

The need to negotiate is something we all face in our lives and this month's speaker Ashley Smith is here to help us switch our perspectives and start seeing it as something fun!

In this talk we'll look at statistics around negotiating and go through some practical steps you can take to prepare yourself. Ashley is a big believer in getting comfortable with something in order to do it well, so be prepared for some audience participation, as well as having space to share your experiences.

While you don't have to rush out for a negotiation straight after this talk, you'll be more confident and better prepared the next time an opportunity to negotiate presents itself!

About Ashley

Ashley has been working in tech for the past 7 years, in a variety of test related roles. She strongly believes in the importance of testing in software development, and has implemented various testing strategies during her career. She is currently an Automation Tester at Optix, where she spends most of her time writing automated tests, learning new stuff and talking about automation to anyone who will listen!

Ashley is also the co-founder of Women in Tech York and Test York; they run free monthly events where anyone interested in tech can share their passion and experience.

She loves to run and will eat all the popcorn should you ever attend the cinema with her!

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