Design That Ships:Making Design In Any Environment

Date: May 31 2008

Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Website: http://involutionstudios.com/?p=126&cat=8

About This Event

This full-day course is focused on teaching methods and techniques to get past obstacles, big and small, that prevent great design from happening. This starts with forging a shared vision with people at all levels of the org chart, having the right mindset and approach to be a design leader, and working with difficult team members. Tom will help you take the initiative and make sure the great design you're part of creating actually sees the light of day. It will also help you grow as a professional, both within and beyond design.

Key areas of focus include:

* Representing your designs
* Establishing action networks
* Managing organizational energy
* Understanding stakeholders
* Connecting with your purpose
* Taking ownership
* Utilizing official and guerilla channels

Using practical, real-world examples with an emphasis on activities and hands-on learning, Tom will help designers and design stakeholders develop the skills and approaches necessary to get people, departments and companies behind great design that actually ships. The result is increased job satisfaction and growth for you and more success for your company.

Instructor Tom Chi
Tom Chi is a Senior Principal Designer at Yahoo! and has worked as each of Designer, Product Manager, Developer, and Consultant. He was a key design driver on many products, including Yahoo Answers, the new Yahoo Search, Microsoft Outlook, and several other enterprise applications. Tom is a co-creator of OK/Cancel, and has published over 200 comic strips about user experience in a variety of online and printed publications.

As with all Involution Master Academy courses, this class is limited to nine students. This guarantees each student significant interaction with Tom and a unique opportunity to roll up your sleeves and put these ideas into practice with the recognized industry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. It also means that there are very few seats available, so sign up today!

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http://involutionstudios.com/?p=126&cat=8

Tags

design leadership, interface design