BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "cooper" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061025 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Communicating Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that gettin g the design \nright is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Le t our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakeho lders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplis h business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can wr ite test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND \nProduct planners, developers, marketers, u sability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committe d to creating a great customer experience. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*T arget your communication for specific audiences \n \n*Communicate persuasiv ely to build buy-in throughout the design process \n \n*Present requirement s and help stakeholders prioritize them \n \n*Describe an interaction frame work and show your audience why it's good \n \n*Defend your design without being defensive \n \n*Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents \n \n*Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actu ally want to use \n \n*Get the most from your precious documentation time a nd effort \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n \n*Course binder with hard copi es of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets \n \n*An examp le of a User & Domain Analysis document \n \n*Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: \n \n “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and ge tting buy-in throughout the process.â€? \n \n“Awesome! I came away with c oncrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away.â€? \n \n“ Helps you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solve those problems.â€? \n \nJUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. \n \nDon't forget, w e can bring our classes to you! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061027 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Visual Interface Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Although the right features and behavior are essential to succe ssful product design, the way they are presented can be just as important. The application of type, color, icons, and other aspects of visual design a re critical to the usability of your product or Web site. Visual design cho ices are also critical to connecting emotionally with your customers (and t o selling more products). This is not just a class on principles! It also c overs process you won't see anywhere else. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND: \nDesign ers, developers, usability professionals, brand managers, and anyone else r esponsible for delivering products that are desirable as well as usable. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*Use visual design to clarify interaction and i nformation \n \n*Use research and personas to guide visual choices and driv e consensus \n \n*Create learnable, memorable icons \n \n*Adapt your corpor ate identity to a product or Web site \n \n*Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms \n \n*Develop a comprehensive visual system for consi stent, easy application \n \n*Capture your work in a comprehensive Visual S tyle Guide \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n*Course binder with hard copies of slides and a variety of useful handouts \n \n*Visual Style Guide exampl e \n \n“Five stars!â€? \n \n“Take this course! There’s really none li ke it. Till now, you’d have to have taken a few graphic design classes to get this complete and focused a study.â€? \n \n“Prescriptive information that’s really useful.â€? \n \n“The instructors are clear, kind, enthus iastic, knowledgeable, sophisticated, and respectful!!!â€? \n \n“I felt t he presenters CARED about the topic and were experts.â€? \n \n“It’s har d to come up with anything to improve. I love the classes here. Can’t wai t for the next one!â€? \n \nJUST ONE SEAT LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! Attend ance is limited to 20 people. This course is held quarterly. \n \nIf you h ave a large group, Cooper U can come to you! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practi cum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific desi gn problem while learning how to: \n \n*Better understand business stakeho lder needs \n \n*Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users \n \n*Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user da ta \n \n*Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements \n \n*Apply scen arios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework \n \n*Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky inno vation to minor product updates \n \nThe Practicum is held at Cooper's hea dquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of internation al travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after t he practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE \n \n“This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an is sue–--this has to be taken by our designers.â€? \n \n“Inspiring, educat ional, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence. â€? \n \n“Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identi fication and construction.â€? \n \n“Great course. We can apply these desi gn methods to the hole in our XP process.â€? \n \n“Highly recommended! Ev en as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check f or the work I’m doing. I’m totally energized!â€? \n \nEARLY REGISTRATIO N AND GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. \n \nIf you have a large team to train, w e can bring our courses to you. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practi cum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific desi gn problem while learning how to: \n \n*Better understand business stakeho lder needs \n \n*Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users \n \n*Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user da ta \n \n*Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements \n \n*Apply scen arios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework \n \n*Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky inno vation to minor product updates \n \nThe Practicum is held at Cooper's hea dquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of internation al travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after t he practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE \n \n“This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an is sue–--this has to be taken by our designers." \n \n“Inspiring, educatio nal, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." \n \n“Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identifica tion and construction." \n \n“Great course. We can apply these design met hods to the hole in our XP process." \n \n“Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the w ork I’m doing. I’m totally energized!" \n \nEARLY REGISTRATION AND GROU P DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. \n \nIf you have a large team to train, we can brin g our courses to you. \n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Communicating Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that gettin g the design right is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Let our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakehold ers that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplish business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected fo rm and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can writ e test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the w orld. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND \nProduct planners, developers, marketers, us ability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committed to creating a great customer experience. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*T arget your communication for specific audiences \n \n*Communicate persuasiv ely to build buy-in throughout the design process \n \n*Present requirement s and help stakeholders prioritize them \n \n*Describe an interaction frame work and show your audience why it's good \n \n*Defend your design without being defensive \n \n*Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents \n \n*Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actu ally want to use \n \n*Get the most from your precious documentation time a nd effort \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n \n*Course binder with hard copi es of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets \n \n*An examp le of a User & Domain Analysis document \n \n*Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: \n \n “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and ge tting buy-in throughout the process." \n \n“Awesome! I came away with con crete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." \n \n“Help s you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solv e those problems." \n \nJUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. \n \nDon't forget, we can bring our classes to you! \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080621 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led b y senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: \n \n * Identify and a ddress business issues \n * Plan and conduct user research to uncover us er goals and mental models \n * Turn user data into a set of personas th at guide (and sell!) the design \n * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements \n * Apply scenarios, principles and patter ns to define the right interaction framework \n * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates \n \nAs the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design P racticum was created for usability and design practitioners, product manage rs, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requireme nts and what actually gets built. \n______________________________________ _ \n \nWhat attendees have said about this course: \n \n"Highly recommended ! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity che ck for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" \n \n"Well worth your ti me. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." \n \n"Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, infor mation, and confidence." \n \n_______________________________________ \n \n Our new "Business of Innovation" course happens the following week on June 23-24. \n \nIf you can't attend this Practicum session, there's another Jul y 22-25, followed by our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080625 SUMMARY:Cooper U: The Business of Innovation LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:The Business of Innovation: Aligning Your Organization Through Design. \n \nThis new two day course is intended for all of you who have b een working hard to help your organizations get the most out of design. We’ ll cover the topics so many people have been asking us about, including: \n \nDay one \n-What makes products (and the companies that make them) succes sful \n-How design provides a repeatable approach to innovation \n-Why comp anies fail at innovation and design \n-Assessing how well your organization has incorporated design \n-Pros and cons of various organizational structu res and processes for design and development \n-Determining what roles, pro cesses, and structures are right for your company \n-New product definition vs. incremental innovation \n \nDay two \n-Principles and challenges in ch ange management \n-Being an effective leader of change \n-Characteristics o f successful change initiatives \n-Developing a change plan and building co nsensus around it \n-Identifying a demonstration project \n-Identifying way s to measure your success \n-Implementing a change plan and handling challe nges along the way \n-Maintaining design and innovation as core values \n \ nAs in all Cooper U courses, we’ll provide plenty of content along with han ds-on learning. We’ll be taking a business school approach, examining detai led case studies of what has and hasn’t worked for other organizations. We’ ll also give you opportunities to apply what you’re learning to your own or ganization so you’ll have the beginnings of a plan to share when you go bac k to the office. \n \nInstructors Kim Goodwin and Steve Calde will lead the course, which is limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080722 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080726 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led b y senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: \n \n * Identify and a ddress business issues \n * Plan and conduct user research to uncover us er goals and mental models \n * Turn user data into a set of personas th at guide (and sell!) the design \n * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements \n * Apply scenarios, principles and patter ns to define the right interaction framework \n * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates \n \nAs the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design P racticum was created for usability and design practitioners, product manage rs, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requireme nts and what actually gets built. \n______________________________________ _ \n \nWhat attendees have said about this course: \n \n"Highly recommended ! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity che ck for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" \n \n"Well worth your ti me. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." \n \n"Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, infor mation, and confidence." \n \n_______________________________________ \n \n If you can stick around for a weekend in San Francisco, consider taking our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes the follo wing week. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080730 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Visual Interface Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Visual interface design combines detailed interaction design, s creen layout, and branding to ensure that a well-conceived, well-behaved pr oduct is also a usable and desirable one. Doing visual interface design the Goal-Directed way helps ensure that decisions and evaluation are based on clear criteria, rather than subjective opinion. \n \nThis two-day workshop will teach you how to: \n \n * Use research and personas to guide visual choices and drive consensus \n * Use color, size, and other visual prop erties to clarify interaction and information \n * Create learnable, mem orable icons \n * Adapt your corporate identity to a product or Web site \n * Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms \n * Manag e the collaboration between interaction design and visual interface design \n * Develop a comprehensive visual system for consistent, easy applicat ion \n * Capture your work in a comprehensive visual style guide \n \nAf ter taking this course, interaction designers, programmers, and product man agers will be better able to evaluate and discuss visual interface design. Practicing visual interface designers and graphic designers may find that t he sections on brand and using visual properties to establish hierarchy are review. \n______________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendee s are saying: \n \n"Take this course! There's really none like it." \n \n"E xcellent course. Good mix of theory and practical application." \n \n"Inten se and challenging--full of information that can be used in real life." \n_ ______________________________________ \n \nMake the trip even more worthwh ile! Our four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the previous week, and ou r two-day course on Communicating Design is the same week. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. Courses are limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080801 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Communicating Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Even the best design can't speak for itself. In our years of co nsulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only par t of the job. Let our experienced designers show you how to persuade stakeh olders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accompli sh business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that engineers can build it, QA can wri te test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. \n \nThis two-day class will teach you effective ways to: \n \n * Target your communication for specific audiences \n * Communicate persu asively to build buy-in throughout the process \n * Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them \n * Describe an interaction fram ework and show your audience why it's good \n * Defend your design witho ut being defensive \n * Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documen ts \n * Construct a detailed specification that developers actually want to use \n * Get the most from your documentation time and effort \n____ ___________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendees are saying: \n \n"A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process." \n \n"Awesome! I came away with co ncrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." \n \n______ _________________________________ \n \nMake the most of your trip to San Fr ancisco! Our two-day Visual Interface Design class is the same week, and ou r four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the week before. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. All are limited to 20 peo ple to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR