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X-WR-CALNAME:2007 PhillyCHI Design Slam
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126
SUMMARY:2007 PhillyCHI Design Slam
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Location: Levine 307, UPenn Campus 3301 Walnut, Philadelphia PA
 
\nDIRECTIONS: Here is a map of the building: http://www.facilities.upenn.e
 du/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=407
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\nSign up now!
\nIf you would like to 
 participate, please RSVP now to phillychi@gmail.com. Why now? We may need t
 o cap attendance.
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\nWhat's a "design slam"?
\nDuring the meeting, partic
 ipants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project
 , including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an oppo
 rtunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will con
 clude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" 
 and the assembled audience.
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\nThen the "clients" team will choose a winn
 er. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your
  peers and an award.
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\nWhat's in it for me?
\nThis is a chance for inter
 ested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing pro
 fessionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as
  they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environme
 nt. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes th
 is session stand out from the garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" prese
 ntation.
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\nThose that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6
 :15pm at the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challen
 ge promptly at 6:25.
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\nIf you do not want to participate due to not bein
 g able to get to the meeting on-time or a severe case of social phobia, fea
 r not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the ro
 le of users, and help choose the winning team.
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\nThis idea is shamelessl
 y stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more informati
 on about the IA Slam, visit http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx.
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