You can find videos of past presentations and interviews on YouTube, see: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuCpdH5spDxlRozQJj48WHcxsxpgmR4h8
2021
Conference: FailQonf
June 2021
Talk: Project Doom: Lessons Learned as a QA Manager
Virtual Event
2019
TestingUnited 2019 Keynote: What We Bring Across Industries
November 2019
Vienna, Austria
2018
Agile & Automation Days
Keynote: Making Automation Visible
You Tube recording
October 2018
Krakow, Poland
EuroStar
Keynote: What Is Your Overall Career Goal?
November 2018
The Hague, The Netherlands
2016
Chicago Quality Assurance Association
Influencing your Team Towards BDD & Agile Practices
January 2016
Chicago, IL
QA or the Highway conference
Opening Keynote: How Nancy Drew prepared me to become a software tester
on Slide Share
February 2016
Columbus, OH
STPCon Spring
Opening Keynote: How Nancy Drew prepared me to become a software tester
April 2016
Millbrae, CA
Romanian Testing Conference
Opening Keynote: Solving Problems
Workshop: Thinking Skills
May 2016
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
KWSQA 2016
Closing Keynote: Solving Problems
on You Tube
September 2016
Kitchner Ontario, CA
2015
EuroStar: Mobile Deep Dive 2015
November 2015
Maastricht, The Netherlands
CAST 2015
Keynote: Moving Testing Forward
Recorded and posted on YouTube
August 2015
Grand Rapids, MI
TestBash 2015
Presentation: The Art of Asking Questions
March 2015
Brighton, UK
Recording available – registration is required but free.
Register here
Listen & watch here
.NET Rocks!
An Interview
Mobile Testing Strategies with Karen Johnson
March 2015
2014
Tester Love Developer
A Venn Diagram of UX & Software Testing (recording on Vimeo)
Oredev 2014 Conference, conference theme: Man Love Machine
Malmo, Sweden
November 2014
Let’s pair UX & Testing (on YouTube)
Foo Cafe in Malmo Sweden
November 2014
Workshop: Thinking Skills
EuroStar Conference
Dublin, Ireland
November 2014
Opening keynote: Explaining Testing
QA Summit for Digital Marketing
Chicago, IL
October 2014
On Slideshare
Invited Speaker: Bridging to Offshore Testers
Workshop: Thinking Skills: Bridging Skills from Theory to Practical Use
PNSQC conference
Portland, Oregon
October 2014
Webinar: Managing Outsourcing
STP Leadership Summit
September 2014
Workshop: The Art & Science of Thinking Skills
CAST 2014 conference
New York, New York
August 2014
Presentation: Managing Your Offshore Testing Team
Chicago Quality Assurance Association – CQAA
Chicago, Illinois
June 2014
EuroStar Conference
Webinar: The Art of Asking Questions
online event, recording available here
The slides on Slideshare:here
May 2014
Webinar: Managing Outsourcing
2013
Building a Thinking Portfolio (keynote)
Building a Thinking Portfolio (workshop)
TestNet
October 2013
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Build Your Mobile Testing Expertise (tutorial)
Discovering New Test Ideas: Getting that Burst of Creativity (tutorial)
Build Your Personal Portfolio of Thinking Skills (presentation)
StarWest
September/October 2013
Anaheim, CA
Mobile: New Testing Techniques for our One Hand, One Eye Users (keynote)
Test Istanbul
May 2013
Istanbul, Turkey
Build Your Mobile Testing Knowledge (tutorial)
Creative Techniques for Discovering Test Ideas (tutorial)
StarEast
April/May 2013
Orlando, FL
Build Your Mobile Testing Knowledge (tutorial)
Creative Techniques for Discovering Test Ideas (tutorial)
Quest Conference
April 2013
Chicago, IL
2012
The Discipline Aspect of Software Testing (keynote)
Software Testing Heuristics and Mnemonics (presentation)
STP Conference
Miami, FL
October 2012
Strengthening Your SQL Skills (tutorial)
Brainstorming Exercises to Discover New Testing Ideas (tutorial)
Lightning Keynote (available on Virtual conference, see website)
Testing in a Data Warehouse (presentation)
WREST Workshop
StarWest Conference
Anaheim, CA
October 2012
Practical Regulatory Compliant Software Testing (webinar)
Regulated Software Testing
sponsored by Polarion Software
recorded August 2012
An Interview by Michael Raveling and Emily Shebesta
Podcast Episode 36: An Interview Karen N. Johnson
recorded August 2012, also available in the iTunes store
Testing Mobile Apps & Mobile Websites (tutorial)
Brainstorming for Testers (workshop)
CAST Conference
San Jose, CA
July 2012
Mobile Testing: A Look at What Makes the Mobile Environment Different (webinar)
STP Summit
June 2012
Testing in a Data Warehouse (presentation)
Building a New Software Testing Practice (discussion forum)
QUEST
Chicago, IL
May 2012
Testing in the Mobile Environment (presentation)
WREST, regulated software testing (workshop)
StarEast
Orlando, FL
April 2012
Motivating & Managing Distributed Testers (webinar)
STP Summit
April 2012
Why it matters what I’m called: Quality Analyst or Software Tester (keynote)
Mobile Testing (tutorial)
Belgium Testing Days (BTD)
Brussels, Belgium
March 2012
Testing Mobile Apps & Mobile Websites (tutorial)
Working on a Virtual Team (presentation)
Testing on a Data Warehouse Project (presentation)
TISQA Conference
Raleigh,NC
February 2012
Mobile Testing (presentation)
NOSQAA
Cleveland, OH
February 2012
2011
The Discipline Aspect of Software Testing (presentation)
Data Testing on a Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Project (presentation)
Mobile Testing (tutorial)
STPCon 2011
Dallas, TX
October 2011
Working on a Virtual Team (keynote)
Test Strategy (workshop)
STANZ
Wellington New Zealand & Melbourne Australia
August 2011
Working on a Virtual Team (presentation)
Testing Mobile Apps & Mobile Websites (tutorial)
CAST
Seattle, WA
August 2011
The Strategy Part of a Test Strategy (presentation)
Functional Mobile Testing (presentation)
STPCon 2011
Nashville, TN
March 2011
2010
Test Strategy (tutorial)
STPCon 2010
Las Vegas, NV
October 2010
Reporting Skills & Software Testing (presentation)
What software testers can learn from journalism
The conference paper and the slides.
CAST 2010
Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 2010
Reporting Skills & Software Testing (presentation)
What software testers can learn from journalism
CQAA
Chicago, IL
June 2010
2009
Test Pairing (tutorial)
GLSEC
Grand Rapids, Michigan
November 2009
Building Alliances (invited speaker)
PNSQC
Portland, Oregon
October 2009
The talk was recorded and includes the audio, the video shows the slides from the talk. The recording can be downloaded and played through iTunes.
Reporting Product Status in a More Meaningful Way Using Storytelling Techniques (keynote)
Test Pairing (workshop)
Test Strategy (tutorial)
STANZ
Sydney, Australia and Wellington, New Zealand
August 2009
How to build a testing strategy (presentation)
QUEST
Chicago, IL
April 2009
SQL Database Fundamentals (tutorial)
StarEast
Orlando, FL
May 2009
2008
Storytelling Techniques (keynote)
ExpoQA
Madrid, Spain
November 2008
Storytelling Techniques (presentation)
Oredev
Malmo, Sweden
November 2008
How to build a testing strategy (presentation)
Storytelling Techniques (presentation)
PNSQC
Portland, OR
October 2008
How to Build a Testing Strategy (presentation)
Software Test & Performance Conference
Boston, MA
September 2008
Charting Performance Results, Part 1: Graphical Analysis (presentation)
Charting Performance Results, Part 2: Storytelling Techniques (presentation)
Building a Software Testing Strategy
Software Test & Performance Conference
San Mateo, CA
April 2008
2007
Learning How to Tell the Story Behind Your Test Results (presentation)
Chicago Quality Assurance Association (CQAA)
September 2007
A Deep Dive Into Performance Test Data Analysis (presentation)
Software Test and Performance Conference
October 2007
Performance Testing, How to Compile, Analyze and Present Results
Presented in conjunction with mock performance timings, a worksheet designed exclusively for the teaching and discussion of performance testing.
Presented at PNSQC 2006, IQAA 2006, and NOSQAA 2007
2006
Working through Language, Time and Cultural Differences
Presented at Indianapolis Quality Assurance Association, IQAA 2006 and CAST 2006
Performance Testing: How to Compile, Analyze, and Report Results (presentation)
PNSQC, Portland, OR
October 2006
2002
Risk Analysis for Web Testing (presentation)
StarEast 2002
2001
Mining the Gold from Your Web Server Logs (presentation)
StarEast 2001
Testing an eCommerce Shopping Cart Site (presentation)
StarWest 2001