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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061107
SUMMARY:An Event Apart Austin
LOCATION:Austin, Texas, USA
DESCRIPTION:Monday, November 6th, 2006
\nAlamo Drafthouse Downtown
\n409 Co
 lorado St.
\nAustin, TX 78701
\n
\nTOPICS
\n
\n* How CSS really works.
\n* 
 How to sell design to tough clients.
\n* How to redesign websites to increa
 se content and brand effectiveness.
\n* Better design and usability through
  better writing.
\n* And more.
\n
\nSPEAKERS
\n
\nJeffrey Zeldman is the fo
 under and executive creative director of Happy Cog, whose clients include A
 IGA, Advertising Age, and Amnesty International USA. He publishes A List Ap
 art for people who make websites, and has written many articles and two boo
 ks, notably Designing With Web Standards, 2nd Edition. In 1998, he co-found
 ed The Web Standards Project, a grassroots coalition that persuaded Netscap
 e and Microsoft to support the same technologies in their browsers. 
\n
\nE
 ric Meyer is the best-selling CSS author and best-recognized CSS authority 
 in the world. His seven books have been translated into six languages; his 
 clients include America On-Line, Apple Computer, Sandia National Laboratory
 , Wells Fargo Bank, and Macromedia, who described Eric as "a critical partn
 er in our efforts to transform Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 into a revolu
 tionary tool for CSS-based design."
\n
\nMolly E. Holzschlag is a well-know
 n web standards advocate, instructor, and author. She is Group Lead for The
  Web Standards Project and an invited expert to the HTML and GEO working gr
 oups at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Among her thirty-plus books is
  the The Zen of CSS Design, co-authored with Dave Shea. The book artfully s
 howcases interesting and instructive csszengarden.com designs.
\n
\nHappy C
 og creative director Jason Santa Maria has been recognized for designing st
 ylistic and imaginative web interfaces that maintain a balance of usability
  and effective content presentation. His work has won dozens of awards, inc
 luding seven Addys in 2004. He is also well known for his award-winning per
 sonal site, jasonsantamaria.com, where he frequently discusses design and i
 ts benefits.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061114
SUMMARY:Eyetracking Web Usability
LOCATION:Copenhagen, Denmark
DESCRIPTION:Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice Coyne from Nielsen Norman Group 
 come to Denmark to present their newest research findings. 
\n
\n255 users 
 used a variety of websites to perform real tasks while their gaze direction
  was recorded by an eyetracker. The resulting 1.2 million fixations indicat
 e where people look on Web pages.
\n
\nThe findings have implications for h
 ow to design:
\n
\n* homepage layout
\n
\n* page design
\n
\n* search
\n
\n
 * content and writing
\n
\n* pictures/images
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127
SUMMARY:Taming the Content Beast: Content Strategy and Mod
LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Bob takes you step-by-step through a proven system to solve the
  hardest CM issues. Throughout your two day intensive sessions you will bui
 ld your own content strategy and model using proven best practices and Bob'
 s own industry driving methodologies.
\n
\n****$1495 Canadian / $1345 US **
 **
\n
\nDay 1: Learn the "Business Smarts" required for a successful conten
 t management strategy:
\n
\n - Set goals that benefit your company's bottom
  line 
\n- Build a realistic business case to meet the goals 
\n- Get suppo
 rt from above and from the business units 
\n- Get the funding you need 
\n
 - Avoid departmental wars 
\n
\nDay 2: Learn the "Nuts and Bolts" of conten
 t modeling, the key to linking business goals with technology: 
\n
\n- Bala
 nce the sources and consumers of content 
\n- Balance the Web against other
  delivery channels for your content 
\n- Create a content domain to limit s
 cope creep 
\n- Devise a set of content types for content organization cont
 ent creation, storage, and delivery 
\n- Define taxonomies and other access
  structures to organize and target your content 
\n- Design for future grow
 th and inevitable change 
\n- Determine how to reuse content and display it
  on Web pages and beyond 
\n- Use XML and database technologies to store an
 d publish content 
\n
\n"Provided tools to be able to look at information m
 anagement in the larger context of organizational goals." --Alan Rosenthal,
  Microsoft 
\nCorporation
\n
\nLeading the workshop is information manageme
 nt professor and long-time consultant Bob Boiko. Bob (literally) wrote the 
 book on content management, The Content Management Bible (2004, Wiley & Son
 s) is in its second edition and has become the gold standard for content ma
 nagement professionals. Bob's dynamic presentation style keeps him consiste
 ntly on the list of most-requested speakers at IT and business conferences.
  His methodology has been applied to organizations of all sizes, from small
  non-profit organizations to major corporations in North America, Europe an
 d Asia. 
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109
SUMMARY:UI12 - User Interface 12 Conference
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code
  BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video ht
 tp://www.uiconf.com
\n
\nBOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other
  special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registratio
 ns. 
\n
\nFor the User Interface 12 Conference 
\n( http://www.uiconf.com )
 , Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most 
 forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most
  pressing design topics.  
\n
\nFor 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth tech
 niques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confide
 nce necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. 
\n
\nNow in its tw
 elfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and u
 sability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability pro
 fessionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Archi
 tecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Com
 municating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. 
\n
\nO
 n Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-d
 ay seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wr
 oblewski. 
\n
\nOn Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend 
 several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from e
 ach of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote pres
 entation from Jared M. Spool. 
\n
\nOn Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have
  the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevi
 n Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. 
\n
\nWe'll cap off the week on Thur
 sday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose bet
 ween UIE's most popular seminars.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080220
SUMMARY:NH UPA February Meeting: 10-Minute Talks
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:The February 19th NH UPA meeting will be a highly engaging and 
 informative night with 4 different 10-minute talks by 4 different speakers.
  The "10-minute talk" format is popular because of the pace of the meeting 
 and the variety of topics discussed related to usability and user experienc
 e design.
\n 
\nTopics: 
\nCognitive Biases and the Fundamental Attribution
  Error in User-
\nCentered Design by Chauncey Wilson, Autodesk
\n 
\nWords 
 Set the Stage: Modeling Good Behavior for User-generated 
\nContent by Marg
 ot Bloomstein, PixelMEDIA
\n 
\nPros and Cons of Presenting Multiple Option
 s of a Design to the 
\nProject Team by Shannon McHarg, H&R Block
\n 
\nRem
 ote Usability Testing: Best Practices and Lessons Learned by 
\nRebecca Ric
 hkus, Autodesk
\n 
\nWhere: 
\nPixelMEDIA
\n222 International Drive
\nSuite
  175
\nPortsmouth, NH 03801
\n 
\nTime: 
\n6:00-7:00 PM - Networking (refre
 shments provided by PixelMEDIA)
\n7:00-8:00 PM - 10-Minute Talks
\n 
\nAbou
 t 10-Minute Talks: 
\nPresenter talks are strictly limited to 10 minutes an
 d 6 slides max. Following each presenter, there will be 5 minutes for Q&A. 
 This makes preparation and presentation easy and keeps things moving for th
 e audience.
\n 
\nFor usability and user experience practitioners, you will
  find plenty of tips and tricks you can use in your job. For those who are 
 new to usability, the variety of topics will give you a good idea of what t
 he profession is all about.
\n 
\nRSVP or questions: info@nhupa.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080404
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080405
SUMMARY:Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience
LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:Does your site have a search engine? If so, you're sitting on a
 n often under-utilized pot of gold: search query data that describes what y
 our customers really want from your site—in their own words. Site search an
 alytics helps you understand and benefit from that data, enabling you to be
 tter diagnose and solve a multitude of user experience problems. The result
 : better content, better navigation, better search, better interface design
 , and a better user experience.
\n
\nIn this day-long workshop, Lou Rosenfe
 ld—co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and the for
 thcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations with your customers—
 will combine lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on exercises to cover
  the basics of site search analytics. And he'll show you how spending even 
 an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your
  site and expose new opportunities for improving your business strategy.
\n
 
\nYou'll learn to:
\n
\n    * Understand search logs and relevant analytic
 s reports
\n    * Ask the right questions of your query data
\n    * Identi
 fy where your site's search and navigation are failing, and learn how to fi
 x them
\n    * Tune your content to your audience's needs and plug your sit
 e's content gaps
\n    * Enhance your site's navigation through improved me
 tadata
\n    * Design better interfaces for entering queries and for presen
 ting search results
\n    * Improve your search engine's configuration
\n  
   * Reinvigorate your user experience methodology by incorporating a method
  that's truly quantitative, and which helps improve your qualitative method
 s
\n
\nWe won't cover:
\n
\n    * The technical aspects of analytics tools 
 (such as how to install one on your server)
\n    * Search engine optimizat
 ion; that's about helping people find their way to your site, while site se
 arch analytics is about helping them find information within your site
\n
\
 n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080413
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 New York
LOCATION:New York, New York, USA
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like.
\nThe same program is also offered in San Fran
 cisco, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080516
SUMMARY:Site Search Analytics for a Better User Experience
LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA
DESCRIPTION:Does your site have a search engine? If so, you're sitting on a
 n often under-utilized pot of gold: search query data that describes what y
 our customers really want from your site—in their own words. Site search an
 alytics helps you understand and benefit from that data, enabling you to be
 tter diagnose and solve a multitude of user experience problems. The result
 : better content, better navigation, better search, better interface design
 , and a better user experience.
\n
\nIn this day-long workshop, Lou Rosenfe
 ld—co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web and the for
 thcoming Search Analytics for your Site: Conversations with your customers—
 will combine lecture, discussion, and extensive hands-on exercises to cover
  the basics of site search analytics. And he'll show you how spending even 
 an hour a week analyzing your search queries can help tune and improve your
  site and expose new opportunities for improving your business strategy.
\n
 
\nYou'll learn to:
\n
\n* Understand search logs and relevant analytics re
 ports
\n* Ask the right questions of your query data
\n* Identify where you
 r site's search and navigation are failing, and learn how to fix them
\n* T
 une your content to your audience's needs and plug your site's content gaps
 
\n* Enhance your site's navigation through improved metadata
\n* Design be
 tter interfaces for entering queries and for presenting search results
\n* 
 Improve your search engine's configuration
\n* Reinvigorate your user exper
 ience methodology by incorporating a method that's truly quantitative, and 
 which helps improve your qualitative methods
\n
\nWe won't cover:
\n
\n* Th
 e technical aspects of analytics tools (such as how to install one on your 
 server)
\n* Search engine optimization; that's about helping people find th
 eir way to your site, while site search analytics is about helping them fin
 d information within your site
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080525
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 London
LOCATION:London, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k, San Francisco, and Melbourne (Australia).
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080622
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 San Francisco
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k City, London (UK), and Melbourne (Australia).
\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080619
SUMMARY:Web Content 2008 Chicago
LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA
DESCRIPTION:Web Content 2008 brings together nationally recognized technolo
 gy, content, and marketing authorities involved with creating, organizing, 
 maintaining, and delivering web content. Presenters will share best practic
 es, new approaches, lessons learned, and provide real-world examples. The t
 wo-day conference is divided into two tracks:
\n
\n    * Web Content Strate
 gies, Practices, and Standards
\n    * Web Content Tools and Technologies
\
 n
\nEach track offers attendees a selection of workshops, case studies, and
  presentations lead by recognized Internet authorities. Attend all sessions
  in one track or mix-and-match sessions in any track to create a customized
  program. Held in an intimate setting in Downtown Chicago participation is 
 limited.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080721
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080727
SUMMARY:Usability Week 2008 Melbourne
LOCATION:Melbourne, Australia
DESCRIPTION:3-day intensive camp on Usability in Practice
\n
\n3-Day immers
 ion: Interaction Design with Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini
\n
\nSpecialized full-d
 ay tutorials:
\n
\n  (*) Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability
\n  (*) A
 pplication Usability 1: Page-Level Building Blocks for Feature Design
\n  (
 *) Application Usability 2: Dialogue and Workflow Design
\n  (*) Intranet U
 sability 1
\n  (*) Intranet Usability 2
\n  (*) Websites That Sell: The Rol
 e of Motivational Psychology in Website Design
\n  (*) Email Newsletter Usa
 bility
\n  (*) Writing for the Web: Content Usability
\n
\nCome for as few 
 or as many days as you like. 
\nThe same program is also offered in New Yor
 k City, San Francisco, and London (UK).
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081211
SUMMARY:Websites that Sell - Gerry McGovern
LOCATION:Copenhagen, Denmark
DESCRIPTION:Putting your customers first on the Web is no longer a “nice-to
 -have”—it's a must-have if you want to make the sale
\n
\nPractically all w
 ebsites start off as organization-centric entities, full of ego and pomposi
 ty, pretty pictures and meaningless marketing verbiage. Great websites are 
 ugly and functional. They get straight to the point. They are honest and up
 front and they always, always put the customer first.  
\n
\nThis mastercla
 ss will give you the tools and arguments to prove that a customer-centric a
 pproach will maximize sales for your website.
\n
\nThe MasterClass is arran
 ged by IntraTeam. Please visit our website www.IntraTeam.com if you have an
 y questions. IntraTeam is in Denmark known for its communities of practise 
 focusing on intranet. 
\n
\nFor further information on Gerry McGovern's mas
 terclass just follow the link below
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