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    <city>Seattle</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-10-29</end-on>
    <full-description>3 plenary sessions (keynotes):

* The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) 

* Designing the Windows Vista User Experience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) 

* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindholm, Yahoo!) 

29 full-day tutorials:

* Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability

* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability

* Introduction to User Testing

* Interaction Design 1 and 2

* Eyetracking Web Usability

* Information Architecture

* Content Usability 1 and 2

* Rapid Iterative Design

* The Persona Lifecycle: Creating and Communicating User Personas 

* Getting from User Data to Design
Fundamentals of Internet Marketing

* Web Metrics: Assessing Website Performance

* Advanced User Testing

* How to Communicate Test Results

* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation

* Designing Complex Applications and Websites

* Managing User Experience Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond

* Intranet Usability 1 &amp; 2

* Email Newsletter Usability

* Lightweight Content Management: Blogs and Wikis

* Content Management for Websites and Intranets

* Designing B2B Websites

* Managing a User Experience Team

* Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology

* Instant Visual Communication 

* Making Search Work

Speakers:

Scott McCloud 
Jenn Anderson, 3Across
Tamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. 
Dan Brown, Computech, Inc. 
Nancy Dickenson &amp; Christian Rohrer, eBay 
John Morkes &amp; Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. 
Martin White, Intranet Focus 
Tjeerd Hoek &amp; John Pruitt, Microsoft 
Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, &amp; Bruce &#226;&#8364;&#339;Tog&#226;&#8364;? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group 
Jill Strawbridge, Symantec 
Jim Sterne, Target Marketing 
Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
John Boyd &amp; Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 
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    <id type="integer">71</id>
    <region>WA</region>
    <short-description>7-day conference (also in London in November with the same program).

3 evening keynotes and 29 full-day tutorials on many aspects of usability and user experience, from intro to advanced.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-10-22</start-on>
    <title>User Experience 2006, Seattle</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
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    <tag-string>applications, cms, don norman, eyetracking, information architecture, interaction design, jakob nielsen, management, mobile devices, nielsen norman group, personas, seattle, tog, usability, user testing, windows vista</tag-string>
  </event>
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    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-11-12</end-on>
    <full-description>3 plenary sessions (keynotes):

* The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) 

* Designing the Windows Vista User Experience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) 

* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindholm, Yahoo!) 

29 full-day tutorials:

* Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability

* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability

* Introduction to User Testing

* Interaction Design 1 and 2

* Eyetracking Web Usability

* Information Architecture

* Content Usability 1 and 2

* Rapid Iterative Design

* The Persona Lifecycle: Creating and Communicating User Personas 

* Getting from User Data to Design
Fundamentals of Internet Marketing

* Web Metrics: Assessing Website Performance

* Advanced User Testing

* How to Communicate Test Results

* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation

* Designing Complex Applications and Websites

* Managing User Experience Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond

* Intranet Usability 1 &amp; 2

* Email Newsletter Usability

* Lightweight Content Management: Blogs and Wikis

* Content Management for Websites and Intranets

* Designing B2B Websites

* Managing a User Experience Team

* Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology

* Instant Visual Communication 

* Making Search Work

Speakers:

Scott McCloud 
Jenn Anderson, 3Across
Tamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. 
Dan Brown, Computech, Inc. 
Nancy Dickenson &amp; Christian Rohrer, eBay 
John Morkes &amp; Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. 
Martin White, Intranet Focus 
Tjeerd Hoek &amp; John Pruitt, Microsoft 
Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, &amp; Bruce &#226;&#8364;&#339;Tog&#226;&#8364;? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group 
Jill Strawbridge, Symantec 
Jim Sterne, Target Marketing 
Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
John Boyd &amp; Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! </full-description>
    <id type="integer">72</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>7-day conference (also in Seattle in October with the same program).

3 evening keynotes and 29 full-day tutorials on many aspects of usability and user experience, from intro to advanced.
</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-11-05</start-on>
    <title>User Experience 2006, London</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/72</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/72/nnglogo-invoice.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>applications, cms, don norman, eyetracking, information architecture, interaction design, jakob nielsen, london, management, mobile devices, nielsen norman group, personas, tog, usability, user testing, windows vista</tag-string>
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    <end-on type="date">2007-09-28</end-on>
    <full-description>Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw

Are you facing an aggressive deadline for your web site or product launch? Do you see the need for user research but lack the time to implement it? It&#8217;s hard enough creating usable designs when there is ample time and plenty of resources, but what do you do when that's just not an option for your design team?

One of the most common reasons designs fail users is because the design team didn't have the time or resources to focus on user research. To help designers and usability professionals deliver usable sites and applications despite the obstacles, we turned to Larry Constantine, author of the landmark book, Software for Use, to share his proven techniques on how to conduct design and usability efforts quickly and efficiently, even when there is barely time to do anything at all.

In this 90-minute seminar, Larry will share a wide range of field-proven tricks and techniques for conquering design and usability problems while in crunch mode. You will learn:

+ How to leverage Sample-of-One Testing to maximize the amount of valuable information you collect from just one user 

+ How to improve your time-boxed project management techniques to conduct design activities faster and push your design team to the limits of agility and ingenuity 

+ How to take advantage of the decision triage. Larry will show you how your success depends on your team's ability to identify your design's most important features and focus the majority of time and resources in only those areas 

+ How to pare down your field research efforts while still learning everything you need to create a successful design 

+ How to use tactical modeling techniques, such as simplified schematics for quickly capturing insights about users and their needs 

Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw</full-description>
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    <short-description>User Interface Engineering asks Larry Constantine to share his proven techniques on how to conduct quick and efficient design and usability efforts with limited time, budget, and resources.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-09-27</start-on>
    <title>Don't Panic: Design and Usability Under Pressure</title>
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    <website>http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/usability_under_pressure/</website>
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    <country nil="true"></country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-09-28</end-on>
    <full-description>Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw

Are you facing an aggressive deadline for your web site or product launch? Do you see the need for user research but lack the time to implement it? It&#8217;s hard enough creating usable designs when there is ample time and plenty of resources, but what do you do when that's just not an option for your design team?

One of the most common reasons designs fail users is because the design team didn't have the time or resources to focus on user research. To help designers and usability professionals deliver usable sites and applications despite the obstacles, we turned to Larry Constantine, author of the landmark book, Software for Use, to share his proven techniques on how to conduct design and usability efforts quickly and efficiently with little time and money.

In this 90-minute seminar, Larry will share a wide range of field-proven tricks and techniques for conquering design and usability problems while in crunch mode. You will learn:

+ How to leverage Sample-of-One Testing to maximize the amount of valuable information you collect from just one user 

+ How to improve your time-boxed project management techniques to conduct design activities faster and push your design team to the limits of agility and ingenuity 

+ How to take advantage of the decision triage. Larry will show you how your success depends on your team's ability to identify your design's most important features and focus the majority of time and resources in only those areas 

+ How to pare down your field research efforts while still learning everything you need to create a successful design 

+ How to use tactical modeling techniques, such as simplified schematics for quickly capturing insights about users and their needs 

Register using the promo code "BOXES" for only $99 (a $30 saving) at http://tinyurl.com/2ebutw</full-description>
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    <region nil="true"></region>
    <short-description>User Interface Engineering asks Larry Constantine to share his proven techniques on how to conduct quick and efficient design and usability efforts with limited time, budget, and resources. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-09-27</start-on>
    <title>Don't Panic: Design and Usability Under Pressure</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">true</virtual>
    <website>http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/usability_under_pressure/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/307</url>
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    <tag-string>application, applications, budget, constantine, crunch, deadline, decision, decision triage, design, designer, developer, larry, launch, limited, manager, mode, modeling, of, one, problems, product, professional, resources, sample, sampleofone, september, site, software, software for use, tactical, team, techniques, testing, time, timeboxed, triage, usability, use, web, website</tag-string>
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    <end-on type="date">2008-11-03</end-on>
    <full-description>Join us every Thursday, from October 30th &#8211; November 20th  from 11:30 &#8211; 1:00 EST.

To register:  http://www.earley.com/Jumpstarts.asp

October 30th, 2008 
Call 1:  What are Semantic Technologies and How are they Different?  

November 6th, 2008
Call 2:  Practical Semantic Applications

November 13th, 2008
Call 3:  A Brief Survey of Semantic Technology Standards and Approaches

November 20th, 2008
Call 4:  Industry Direction and Approaches for Developing Your Roadmap 
</full-description>
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    <region nil="true"></region>
    <short-description>Earley &amp; Associates presents a 4-part webinar on Semantic Technology.  Call in each week to hear from expert practitioners and consultants and be exposed to search tools from select vendors.
</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-10-30</start-on>
    <title>FREE Semantic Technologies Jumpstart Series </title>
    <virtual type="boolean">true</virtual>
    <website>http://www.earley.com</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/538</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/538/Letterhead_picto_72dpi_small.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>applications, semantic technologies, semantic technology</tag-string>
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  <event>
    <city>Copenhagen</city>
    <country>Denmark</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-11-15</end-on>
    <full-description>The lectures are arranged by IntraTeam. Please contact us if you have any questions. IntraTeam is in Denmark known for its communities of practise focusing on intranet. Please visit our website www.IntraTeam.com 

Learn more about the Nielsen Norman Group Conference by following the link below</full-description>
    <id type="integer">552</id>
    <region>Denmark</region>
    <short-description>Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder and Kara Pernice from Nielsen Norman Group is visiting Denmark in mid-November 2008, presenting four lectures about design and usability on intranet and homepages</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-11-12</start-on>
    <title>Nielsen Norman Group Conference </title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://tinyurl.com/NNGsignup</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/552</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/552/NNG151x197.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>applications, design, intranet, usability, website</tag-string>
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