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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070622
SUMMARY:UX Intensive
LOCATION:Amsterdam, Netherlands
DESCRIPTION:The field of user experience is too young to be caught up in tr
 ade secrets and intellectual isolation. To help advance the field, Adaptive
  Path promotes its ideas at public workshops around the world, and send the
 m out as free essays in our newsletters. 
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\nAdaptive Path is leading the
  way to user-focused design by placing emphasis on how design affects the u
 ser. For those who adhere to the tenets of user-centered design, Adaptive P
 ath assures dividends. This is UX Intensive defined. This workshop series e
 xamines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive e
 xperience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Informa
 tion Architecture.
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\nThe workshops of UX Intensive are for experienced d
 esigners and their managers who are looking to learn new ways to provide le
 adership within their organizations through design and research. Workshop p
 articipants leave each day with more sophisticated understanding of their f
 ield and a new set of tools to put that understanding to good use.
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\nThe
  workshops are taught by leaders in the field. These designers and research
 ers are the folks to whom Google, Sony, Greenpeace, The United Nations, and
  Intel turn to when they need to reconsider their customers’ interactive 
 
\nexperiences:
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\n•	Dan Saffer, author of the bestseller ‘Designing 
 for interaction,’ leads the workshop on Interaction Design.
\n•	Chiara 
 Fox, senior information architect for Adaptive Path, has developed informat
 ion architectures for companies such as PeopleSoft, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packa
 rd, to name only a few
\n•	Todd Wilkens is an accomplished writer and lec
 turer on the topics of user research methods and social science theory.
\nâ
 €¢	Brandon Schauer is a Design Strategist who’s desire to understanding t
 he unmet needs of customers has led him to diverse environments, from the h
 omes of cancer patients to tunnels beneath Walt Disney World.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080302
SUMMARY:Involution Master Academy: Design Research Methods
LOCATION:Sunnyvale, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:Instructor Steve Portigal
\nSteve is the founder of Portigal Co
 nsulting, a boutique agency that helps clients discover and act on new insi
 ghts about themselves and their customers. He has conducted hundreds of eth
 nographic interviews in homes, public spaces, and work places, interviewing
  families, hotel maintenance staff, architects, rock musicians, home automa
 tion enthusiasts, and radiologists. 
\nThis course will provide first-hand 
 knowledge and training in core design research methods. At its root, design
  research emphasizes learning about people and using the insights gained to
  inform and inspire design. We will focus on exemplary models of what resea
 rch is, what it looks like, its role in concept generation, and what it pro
 duces.
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\nStudents will develop their own design research philosophy, lea
 rn how to think about people, behavior, and culture, as well as the importa
 nce of being open to new perspectives. They will also learn tactical skills
  they can immediately put into practice: how to conduct observations and in
 terviews, find research participants, and interpret and synthesize results 
 as fodder for design and storytelling.
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\nAs with all Involution Master A
 cademy courses, this class is limited to nine students. This guarantees eac
 h student significant interaction with Steve and a unique opportunity to ro
 ll up your sleeves and put these ideas into practice with the recognized in
 dustry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. It also means that t
 here are very few seats available, so sign up today!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080620
SUMMARY:UX Intensive Week
LOCATION:Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
DESCRIPTION:This intermediate-to-advanced workshop series examines the four
  key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Desig
 n Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architectur
 e. Workshops are led by Adaptive Path's team of experts, including: Dan Saf
 fer, Chiara Fox, Brandon Schauer and Todd Wilkens. 
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\nUse Discount Code 
 UXIM for 15% off the early bird discount.
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\nEarly Bird Pricing (until Ma
 y 31)
\nSingle Day: US$650
\nAll 4-days: US$2,195
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\nRegular Pricing
\nSi
 ngle Day: US$745
\nAll 4-days: US$2,495
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081108
SUMMARY:User Research Friday
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:A half-day conference with five distinguished members of the Ba
 y Area’s UX community discuss advanced topics in UX and user research. Talk
 s include:
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\n"How to Lie with Design Research"
\nDan Saffer - Author, “D
 esigning for Interaction"
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\n"Research and Design: Ships in the Night?"
\
 nSteve Portigal - Portigal Consulting
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\n"How Mental Models Helped Teams 
 Do What They Dreamed"
\nIndi Young - Author, “Mental Models: Aligning User 
 Strategy with Business”
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\n"The Autodesk Web Research Truth"
\nMaya Pache
 co - Senior Product Manager, Autodesk
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\n"Ten Years of Wasted Research"
\
 nNate Bolt, El Presidente, Bolt | Peters
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\nAlso, you'll hear each speake
 r answer this question with a straight face: "Is research for scared, safe 
 people?" 
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\nStay afterwards for a drink-and-schmooze with a crowd of UX 
 luminaries, professionals, and amateurs alike! Space is limited, so learn m
 ore and register at userresearchfriday.com today! 
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