Engineering Leadership Events in Porto

🚨 Limited spots available! This is an in-person event, so please only RSVP if you can attend. If your plans change, kindly release your spot to allow someone on the waitlist to join.
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Doing great work isn’t enough. The ability to clearly communicate why it matters — and move people to action — is what turns good ideas into real outcomes.

Whether you’re aligning stakeholders, influencing decisions, sharing complex updates, or motivating teams to move in a new direction, persuasive storytelling is one of the most valuable skills you can develop. In today’s environment — where data, analysis, and AI-generated output are abundant — the teams that succeed are the ones who can transform information into clear, compelling narratives.

This talk shows you how to do exactly that.

You’ll learn practical storytelling techniques that help teams make sense of complexity, connect strategy to execution, and communicate decisions in ways that build alignment and drive momentum. Rather than focusing on presentation theatrics, we’ll explore storytelling as a practical tool for everyday conversations — helping you guide discussions, influence outcomes, and reduce organizational friction.

What you’ll learn:

1. Why storytelling becomes more valuable — not less — in an AI-driven, information-heavy world
2. Narrative structures that connect strategy, data, and execution into a clear story
3. How strong storytelling accelerates alignment and improves decision-making
4. Practical frameworks you can immediately use to structure persuasive conversations
5. Techniques for turning complex work into clear, outcome-focused narratives

🎤 Speaker
Jeff Gothelf
Co-founder, Sense & Respond Learning
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gothelf

Jeff Gothelf is the co-author of Lean UX, Sense & Respond and Who does what by how much? He is the co-founder of Sense & Respond Learning. Over his 25+ year career as a designer, product manager, team leader and entrepreneur he has been a tireless advocate for building products that customers love.

📍 Location
Mindera
R. de Gonçalo Cristóvão 347 s404, 4000-270 Porto

🗓️ Agenda
🕕 18:45 – Doors open
🎤 19:00 – Intros and Talk
❓ 20:00 – Q&A
🤝 20:15 – Networking
🍻 21:00 – End

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Exciting news: LeadDev Porto Meetups are here

LeadDev is a globally recognised community and event series for engineering leaders — bringing together tech leads, engineering managers, and senior engineers from some of the world’s best teams to share knowledge, grow their craft, and shape the future of software engineering.
And now, LeadDev is coming to Porto.

Join us for the special launch event on 12th of November and enjoy an evening of networking and lightning talks. Drinks and nibbles will be provided on the night, thanks to Pixelmatters.

📍 Thursday, 12 November 2026
🕕 18:00
📌 Pixelmatters (Av. dos Aliados 168 5º Andar, 4000-065 Porto)

Spaces are limited - you must RSVP to attend.
We hope to see you there!

Don't forget to share this with your colleagues who may be interested, and keep an eye out for upcoming meetups.

Thank you to our meetup partner Pixelmatters for sponsoring this first edition and making it possible. 🙏

Sem agenda fixa: propões o tema, escolhes a conversa e sais quando quiseres. Gratuito, na ISS Tech.

Temos novidades! A segunda sessão da Open Agile Portugal vai realizar-se na ISS Tech, que decidiu apoiar a nossa comunidade e abrir-nos as portas do seu espaço no Porto.

Utilizamos o formato Open Space: um encontro sem agenda predefinida, em que são os próprios participantes que propõem os temas que querem discutir. Quem tem um tema escreve-o, apresenta-o ao grupo e as conversas nascem a partir daí. Cada pessoa escolhe onde quer estar e, se sentir que já não está a aprender nem a contribuir, pode mudar de conversa a qualquer momento. É a chamada “lei dos dois pés”.

Não precisas de ser Scrum Master, Product Owner ou ter qualquer cargo em particular. Se tens curiosidade sobre Agile, experiências para partilhar ou dúvidas para levantar, esta conversa também é tua.

Um agradecimento especial à ISS Tech por nos receber e por acreditar nesta comunidade.

Este é um evento gratuito e aberto a todos. Não percas a oportunidade de participar e traz um tema contigo!

Facilitadores:

Diogo Silva
Diogo é Scrum Master & Innovation Lead na HAVI, onde atua num contexto SAFe, com 4 anos de experiência a liderar transformações Ágeis e a capacitar equipas na entrega de valor. Percorreu a Deloitte e a Babel em funções de Scrum Master e consultoria tecnológica. É licenciado e mestre integrado em Engenharia Civil pela Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, e certificado em Scrum, Gestão de Produto, Kanban e SAFe.

Eduardo Espinheira
Eduardo é Manager na QAValue e docente convidado na Porto Business School e no ISEP. Tem mais de 25 anos de experiência profissional em Vendas, Marketing, Operações, Qualidade e Recursos Humanos. Atualmente dedica-se à consultoria e formação nas áreas de Gestão de Projetos, Agile e Equipas Autogeridas. É Executive MBA e Executive Master pela Católica Porto Business School, e licenciado e mestre em Engenharia Informática pela Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Tem ainda certificações em Gestão de Projetos, Scrum e Management 3.0.

Diogo e Eduardo são os fundadores da Open Agile Portugal.