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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071020
SUMMARY:Design Thinking 2007, Dallas
LOCATION:Dallas, Texas, USA
DESCRIPTION:Registration now available!!!
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\nClassic business models are 
 threatened—the economics of competition have changed. Quality, efficiency a
 nd price are quickly matched. Being different requires flexibility—it’s squ
 ishy. Squishy seems to imply risk.
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\nSuch is the conundrum of the balanc
 e between science and art—a balance readily facilitated by Design Thinking,
  fundamentals for strategic business differentiation.
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\nThis is THE even
 t to gain a purview of the design landscape across major DFW businesses. Jo
 in important conversations in a Half-Day-Plus exchange of ideas.
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\nFeatu
 red Speaker
\nChris Bernard, Microsoft User Experience Evangelist
\nhttp://
 chrisbernard.blogs.com/design_thinking_digest/
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\nOpen to the public
\nHo
 sts: DFW Usability Professionals Association (DFW UPA) and the Lone Star Ch
 apter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC)
\nSponsors: IMC2, Mi
 crosoft, Usability Sciences, Cox & Hall
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\nCost
\n$40 Prepaid | $50 Day o
 f | $25 Hosts, Sponsors $25 Evening Only | $15 Students |
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\nLogo Design:
  Norm Cox, Cox & Hall
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071108
SUMMARY:DUX07
LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA
DESCRIPTION:The conference will address User Experience Design and our shif
 ting role as creator, contributor, observer and collaborator. 
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\nThese i
 deas will be brought to life at the conference as:
\n* guest speakers push 
 our understanding of "experience" in the context of current design framewor
 ks 
\n* tutorials extend our skill sets beyond the confines of the monitor,
  and 
\n* presentations of carefully selected papers bring together the wor
 lds of industry & academia to form new narratives
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\nConference Program
\
 nhttp://dux2007.com/attend/program.php
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\nTutorials
\nhttp://dux2007.com/
 attend/tutorials.php
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\nInvited Speakers
\nhttp://dux2007.com/attend/spea
 kers.php?list
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\n
\nSponsoring Societies:
\nAIGA + ACM SIGCHI & SIGGRAPH
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080327
SUMMARY:NH UPA March Meeting: Sarah Bloomer
LOCATION:Dover, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Expanding User-Centered Design in the 21st Century or Wh
 y Design Thinking is the Next Big Thing.
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\nWhen:
\nRefreshments & Networ
 king: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8
 ish
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\nWhere:
\nLiberty Mutual
\n150 Liberty Way
\nDover, NH 03820
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\nP
 arking Directions: Park in the front lot. License and plate number needs to
  be presented at security desk. RSVP required (see below).
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\nAbstract:
\
 nWhat is design thinking? Why is it important? What does design thinking me
 an to the field of user centered design? 
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\nThis talk is an overview of 
 how design thinking is finding its place in companies worldwide, and how us
 er-centered design is being applied across many fields, from organizational
  design to product design.
\n
\nAbout Sarah Bloomer:
\nSarah Bloomer has de
 signed user interfaces for 20 years. In 1991 she co-founded the interaction
  design company The Hiser Group. With Hiser, she helped establish the field
  of user-centered design in Australia. Upon returning to the USA in 2002, S
 arah was a senior interaction designer for The MathWorks before starting Sa
 rah Bloomer & Co, a consulting practice focusing on collaborative design fa
 cilitation.
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\nSarah has delivered papers, tutorials and workshops at use
 r interface design conferences in Australia and the USA. Her tutorial, Succ
 essful Strategies for Selling Usability into Organizations, became a CHI cl
 assic. Sarah also led the conceptualization and development of The Hiser El
 ement™ toolkit, a user-centered design methodology created to help companie
 s rapidly set up usability teams. 
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\nSarah holds an MS from New York Uni
 versity in interactive software design, a BA from Smith College, and served
  as masters supervisor at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
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\
 nRSVP: 
\nYou must RSVP to attend, as security is tight at Liberty Mutual. 
 Please send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org. 
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\nStay informed about
  NH UPA meetings and events by joining the NH UPA Yahoo! group at: http://g
 roups.yahoo.com/group/nh-upa/. 
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