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    <city>New York</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-04-13</end-on>
    <full-description>3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice

3-Day immersion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini

Specialized full-day tutorials:

  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  (*) Application Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
  (*) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
  (*) Intranet Usability 1
  (*) Intranet Usability 2
  (*) Websites That Sell: The Role of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
  (*) Email Newsletter Usability
  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability

Come for as few or as many days as you like.
The same program is also offered in San Francisco, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).</full-description>
    <id type="integer">377</id>
    <region>NY</region>
    <short-description>Beyond the typical conference experience, offering a 3-day usability camp, a 3-day intensive session on interaction design, and several specialized, day-long tutorials that get both broad and deep.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-04-07</start-on>
    <title>Usability Week 2008 New York</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/377</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/377/nnglogo-invoice.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>application design, content, email usability, intranets, newsletters, ucd, usability, user testing, web design, writing for the web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-05-25</end-on>
    <full-description>3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice

3-Day immersion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini

Specialized full-day tutorials:

  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  (*) Application Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
  (*) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
  (*) Intranet Usability 1
  (*) Intranet Usability 2
  (*) Websites That Sell: The Role of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
  (*) Email Newsletter Usability
  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability

Come for as few or as many days as you like. 
The same program is also offered in New York, San Francisco, and Melbourne (Australia).
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">378</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>Beyond the typical conference experience, offering a 3-day usability camp, a 3-day intensive session on interaction design, and several specialized, day-long tutorials that get both broad and deep.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-05-19</start-on>
    <title>Usability Week 2008 London</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/378</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/378/nnglogo-invoice.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>application design, content, email usability, intranets, newsletters, ucd, usability, user testing, web design, writing for the web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>San Francisco</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-06-22</end-on>
    <full-description>3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice

3-Day immersion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini

Specialized full-day tutorials:

  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  (*) Application Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
  (*) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
  (*) Intranet Usability 1
  (*) Intranet Usability 2
  (*) Websites That Sell: The Role of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
  (*) Email Newsletter Usability
  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability

Come for as few or as many days as you like. 
The same program is also offered in New York City, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">379</id>
    <region>CA</region>
    <short-description>Beyond the typical conference experience, offering a 3-day usability camp, a 3-day intensive session on interaction design, and several specialized, day-long tutorials that get both broad and deep.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-06-16</start-on>
    <title>Usability Week 2008 San Francisco</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/379</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/379/nnglogo-invoice.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>application design, content, email usability, intranets, newsletters, ucd, usability, user testing, web design, writing for the web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Melbourne</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-07-27</end-on>
    <full-description>3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice

3-Day immersion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini

Specialized full-day tutorials:

  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
  (*) Application Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
  (*) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
  (*) Intranet Usability 1
  (*) Intranet Usability 2
  (*) Websites That Sell: The Role of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
  (*) Email Newsletter Usability
  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability

Come for as few or as many days as you like. 
The same program is also offered in New York City, San Francisco, and London (UK).
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">380</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>Beyond the typical conference experience, offering a 3-day usability camp, a 3-day intensive session on interaction design, and several specialized, day-long tutorials that get both broad and deep.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-07-21</start-on>
    <title>Usability Week 2008 Melbourne</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/380</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/380/nnglogo-invoice.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>application design, content, email usability, intranets, newsletters, ucd, usability, user testing, web design, writing for the web</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Las Vegas</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-10-17</end-on>
    <full-description>Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability, Jakob Nielsen, Kara Pernice, &amp; Hoa Loranger

Interaction Design 1, Bruce &#8220;Tog&#8221; Tognazzini

Agile Development and Usability, Chris Nodder

Write Your Way to Cost-Effective Online Customer Care, Catherine Toole

User Testing, Garrett Goldfield

Interaction Design 2, Bruce &#8220;Tog&#8221; Tognazzini

Ajax Design and Usability, William Hudson

Information Architecture 1, Jen Cardello

All Your Own Words: How to Create a Brand Tone of Voice Online, Catherine Toole

Constructing Data-Driven Personas, John Pruitt &amp; Tamara Adlin

Application Usability 1, Chris Nodder

Research Beyond User Testing, Christian Rohrer

Content Usability 1, John Morkes

Information Architecture 2, Jen Cardello

Designing for Mobile Devices, Raluca Budiu

From User Data to Great Design, Tamara Adlin &amp; John Pruitt

Application Usability 2, Chris Nodder

Managing User Experience Strategy, Christian Rohrer

Content Usability 2, John Morkes

Wireframing and Prototyping, Hoa Loranger

Card Sorting, William Hudson

Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology, John Boyd

Designing Complex Applications and Websites 1, Lynn Pausic

Integrating Social Features on Mainstream Websites, Jen Cardello

Intranet Usability 1, Kara Pernice

Websites that Sell, Bruce &#8220;Tog&#8221; Tognazzini

Guerilla Usability: UCD Without a Budget, Garrett Goldfield

Research Update, Raluca Budiu

Designing Complex Applications and Websites 2, Lynn Pausic

Usability and the Human Mind: How Your Customers Think, Hoa Loranger &amp; Raluca Budiu

Intranet Usability 2, Kara Pernice

Thinking by Design: How to Work with User-Centered, Cross-Functional Teams, Armando Gonz&#225;lez, Dorelle Rabinowitz, &amp; Elissa Darnelle

Competitive Usability Testing, John Morkes</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1319</id>
    <region>NV</region>
    <short-description>Annual conference organized by Nielsen Norman Group with 33 full-day tutorials. Keynotes: College-Aged Adults: How Are They Using the Internet? and Web Design Is a Lot Like Dating</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-10-11</start-on>
    <title>Usability Week 2009</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1319</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1319/uw2009.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>agile, application design, card sorting, ia, interaction design, intranets, mobile web, personas, psychology, usability, user testing, writing for the web</tag-string>
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  <event>
    <city>Hong Kong</city>
    <country>Hong Kong</country>
    <end-on type="date">2010-03-27</end-on>
    <full-description>Course Objectives

- Identify, select, and implement appropriate navigation models used to build intuitive navigation structures; 
?- Make better decisions and recommendations to improve visual design, including: layout, color, graphics and icons, and text; 
?- Implement effective usability-based information architecture and content presentation; 
?- Ensure intuitive interaction through appropriate UI control selection and error and feedback design;
- Increase design efficiency using Web and application standards.

Course Highlights

- Free screen review: Participants can submit 2 screens from their websites/applications. HFI experts will conduct a free usability audit and provide redesign recommendations. ? 
?- Customized course materials for Hong Kong region: Besides international best practices, participants will learn through several engaging examples and case studies from Hong Kong and around, including projects executed by HFI in Hong Kong and Greater China.

For details, visit: www.humanfactors.com/training/scheduleHongKong.asp

The Trainer - Jianming Dong, PhD

Dr Dong is the Managing Director of HFI Greater China. He is responsible for developing business strategies, managing the operations and delivering top technical programs. 

Human Factors International (HFI)

?HFI is the world leader in user-centered design. We offer a complete usability suite &#8211; consulting, training and certification, and products to help organizations create intuitive, easy-to-use Web sites and applications. HFI is a global corporation with 13 offices worldwide. HFI consultants have led over 250 corporate standards customization projects for Fortune 500 clients, including HP, Nokia, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and SAP.

Course fees: HK$8,000 ??
Early Bird Discount: HK$7,500 if you register by 28 Feb ?
?Group Discounts: HK$7,500 per participant if 2+ attend from the same company

Registration: ?Call Ada Yuen at (852) 6259-0824 or email us at training_hk@humanfactors.com</full-description>
    <id type="integer">1408</id>
    <region>Hong Kong</region>
    <short-description>This course is about:
- Applying research-based &amp; field-tested design principles &amp; methods 
- Focus: Navigation, Presentation, Content &amp; Interaction
- Framework, tools &amp; standards for prototyping</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2010-03-24</start-on>
    <title>Science &amp; Art of Effective Web and App Design</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.humanfactors.com/training/scheduleHongKong.asp</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/1408</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/1408/hfilogo.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>application design, hong kong, usability, user experience, usercentered design, web design</tag-string>
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