Chicago USA 2006-09-15 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * EIA from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 29 IL This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2006-09-14 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/29 enterprise information architecture, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Banff Canada 2006-09-17 Canux is the annual Canadian User Experience workshop. Canux is a non-profit grassroots event that brings world-class instructors together with practitioners for hands-on learning. It’s a small gathering, limited to 75 participants, with a focus on practical skills for user experience professionals - designers, information architects, interaction designers, front-end architects, usabilitistas, and anyone else who’s passionate about making things work well for people. 33 Canada Canux, the Canadian User Experience workshop, is a grassroots event that brings world-class instructors together with UX practitioners for hands-on learning. 2006-09-14 false http://www.canux2006.com/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/33 design, ia, information architecture, user experience, ux, workshop Conference call Canada 2006-09-28 Date and time: Wednesday Sept. 27th, 2006 - 2:00 to 3:30 PM EDT. Duration: 90 minutes Cost: $50 per attendee. Description: Building applications and systems to support customer processes - either self service or call center support - requires an understanding of your customer's 'intent' as well as their mental model. Terminology has to be intuitive and self evident in the case of self service, or needs to lead the service rep down the correct path in the case of call center support. In this session, you'll hear about: - a large health insurance company who will discuss how they approached developing a taxonomy and metadata standard to support a 17,000 person call center - a case study about a large UK based telecom service company and how they structured content and tagging to support web self service and an interactive voice response (IVR) deployment. Presenters: - Seth Earley is founder and senior consultant for Earley & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in knowledge, content and document management systems with a focus on taxonomy development and workflow design. With 20 plus years in the technology field, he has been involved in knowledge and content management processes for the past 12 years. - Glenn Bair manages e learning at Aetna Insurance. (more to come) - Greg Reid is President and CEO of InFuture LLC. He has over 16 years of consulting and project management experience in information, content and knowledge management. Prior to creating InFuture, he was a Partner in Accenture’s Human Performance management consulting practice. Greg is considered a leader in implementing information management capabilities into Call Centers and into Customer Self-Service models often leading projects impacting 14,000+ Call Center Representatives. 68 Canada Taxonomies - The Key to Effective Customer Service Applications. Join us for this 90 minute conference call on taxonomy strategies for supporting customer processes and systems. 2006-09-27 false http://www.earley.com/events.htm http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/68 content management, customer service, earley, information architecture, metadata, tagging, taxonomies Washington USA 2006-09-29 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * EIA from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 30 DC This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2006-09-28 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/30 enterprise information architecture, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Berlin Germany 2006-10-02 The 2006 Euro IA Summit theme is ’Building Our Practice’ After the success of last year’s Euro IA Summit, it was obvious we had to organise another one this year. This year we want to look at what it takes to be an IA in Europe. What are the things that we have in common? What are the specifc issues we have to deal with in our country or our business? How can we extend and build the practice of IA in Europe? *Why do we need a European Summit?* For starters, if you live over here, it’s a lot easier to get to Berlin than the U.S. or Canada. Second, when we deal with multi-language applications, we really mean it - there are over 20 national languages within the EU alone. Third, we are doing amazing things with alternative interfaces - phones and pocket computers, for example. Most important of all, we are European, not North American - and we see the world a little differently. 12 Germany Continue to build the practice of information architecture in Europe -- come together and discuss! We welcome euro IAs and other people involved in structuring information for electronic media. 2006-09-30 false http://www.euroia.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/12 ia, information architecture, ixd Philadelphia USA 2006-10-12 When Comcast was founded in 1963, cable television was primarily a means to bring broadcast signals to customers that, due to distance or geography, were unable to receive them clearly with antennas. Today, over 21 million customers can receive hundreds of channels, internet access and more from Comcast. And the technology continues to progress at a sometimes dizzying pace. Comcast, however, is a leader in our industry. Our goal here in Comcast Interactive Media is to continue to enhance Comcast’s award winning portal and develop and grow Comcast’s online content and interactive businesses. On October 12th, we will host an "Invitation Only" Open House at our headquarters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the information Architecture, Interactive Graphic Design, Web Development, Software Engineering, Video, Editorial /Production, Product Management and Creative departments. If you’d like to be part of the excitement please send your resume to Cim_Invitational1@Comcast.com today! 79 PA In today’s converging world, we’re taking chances…reaching higher…stirring things up! We’re visionaries, entertainers, and leaders. We’re Comcast! 2006-10-03 false http://www.comcast.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/79 information architecture, interactive graphic design, usability Cambridge USA 2006-10-13 Use BOXES promotion code and receive $50 off each day or $250 off a four-day registration. Keynotes by Jared Spool and Barry Schwartz Ground-breaking Full-Day Seminars: Creating Persuasion Architecture Online Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg, Future Now Develop a strategy for persuading your users to take action. You'll learn how to map your user goals with your site's business goals. - o - o - How to Design a Task-Based Information Architecture Gerry McGovern Get a solid grounding in information architecture that will enable you to create designs that help users find what they want. - o - o - Building and Managing a Successful User Experience Team Sarah Bloomer and Susan Wolfe Learn proven processes for creating a successful usability team, including how the best teams work together and report success. - o - o - Rich Internet Applications and AJAX David (Heller) Malouf & Bill Scott, Yahoo! Learn to create your own Rich Internet Application solution using powerful technologies, such as AJAX or Flash. - o - o - Making Meaning: Creating an Engaging User Experience Nathan Shedroff Learn the most effective processes for establishing a deep and meaningful connection with your users. - o - o - Site Seeing: Communicating Successfully with Visual Design Luke Wroblewski, Yahoo! Get practical insights and strategies for boosting your site's visual appeal and delighting your users. - o - o - Bringing User-Centered Design Practices into Agile Development Projects Jeff Patton, ThoughtWorks Utilize Agile Development processes to speed development, improve quality, reduce feature creep, and encourage team collaboration. - o - o - Advanced Methods for Usability Testing Rolf Molich Uncover the best practices for usability testing with rare insights pulled from research on more than a dozen usability teams. - o - o - Full-day seminars by Jared Spool, Christine Perfetti, and Josh Porter 22 MA Our eleventh annual conference is being held October 9-12, 2006 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars on today's critically important design topics. 2006-10-09 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/22 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/22/UI11-badge.jpg agile developement, ajax, barry schwartz, bill scott, discount, gerry mcgovern, ia, information architecture, jared spool, luke wroblewski, managing teams, nathan shedroff, persuasion architecture, rias, teams, usability testing, user experience, visual design Canberra Australia 2006-10-15 The next Canberra IA Cocktail Hour is on Tuesday 14 November 2006. We've moved it to the second Tuesday... there will be bit of a horse race and some possibility of drinking on the first Tuesday :) Donna Maurer, IA extraordinaire and a talented presenter, will be talking on everything you need to know (and some you don't) about IA structures - hierarchies, faceted classification, database, organic structures We follow a meet'n'greet/presentation/chat format, with the emphasis on information exchange at practitioner level. This is a great opportunity to talk with other IAs in Canberra, have a few drinks, and chat about work. Time: 17:00-18:30 Day/Date: Tuesday 14 November 2006 Venue: SMS Management & Technology Ground Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT Please RSVP by COB Wednesday 8 November 2006 for catering purposes. Parking: a reminder that Brindabella Park has different parking arrangements than those found in many parts of Canberra - there is free parking for the first hour adjacent to the entrance of 8 Brindabella Circuit. After that you have to move your car or pay for parking (and this applies past the end of the meeting). PS: there is a contact list for the Canberra IA Cocktail Hours: you can join via http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/canberra_ia_community 109 Australia Donna Maurer talks on Information architecture: Beyond the hierarchy 2006-10-14 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/109 australia, canberra, information architecture Seattle USA 2006-10-20 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * EIA from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 21 WA This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2006-10-19 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/21 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/21/lou.jpg enterprise information architecture, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Seattle USA 2006-10-29 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 & 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 & Christian Rohrer, eBay John Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. Martin White, Intranet Focus Tjeerd Hoek & John Pruitt, Microsoft Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group Jill Strawbridge, Symantec Jim Sterne, Target Marketing Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank John Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 71 WA 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. 2006-10-22 false http://www.nngroup.com/events/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/71 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/71/nnglogo-invoice.jpg 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 Seattle USA 2006-10-25 Design problems are increasingly becoming information problems. Throughout their days, people are engaging with complex information to manage their lives. And designers now realize that information isn't simply this stuff you find -- the appropriate presentation of information helps people make sense of the world around them. This conference addresses issues of design for an always-on, always-connected world. Where "cyberspace" is a meaningless term because the online and offline worlds cannot be made distinct. Where physical spaces are so complex that detailed wayfinding is necessary to navigate them. Where work processes have become so involved, and so digitized, that we need new processes to manage those processes. This conference brings together people who are addressing these challenges head on. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds will discuss designing complex information spaces in the physical and virtual worlds. program. Keynote: Bruce Sterling 7 WA A conference on designing complex information spaces of all kinds. 2006-10-23 false http://www.ideaconference.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/7 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/7/idea-2006.jpg design, ia, information architecture, ixd, user experience Boston USA 2006-11-02 November 1, 2006 The Conference Center at Bentley College Waltham, MA 02452 6:30 - 9 p.m. Boston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org), a networking organization bringing Information Architecture and Internet Accessibility together, will present Dana Louise Simberkoff of HiSoftware (www.HiSoftware.com), creators of the Cynthia Says accessibility evaluation portal (www.CynthiaSays.com) and other products such as AccMonitor, AccVerify, and Hi-Caption, talking about about "Incorporating Automated Testing into Your Web Accessibility Strategy". Pre-registered participants will receive a free book about achieving accessibility compliance for websites and intranets. Pre-register at www.Boston-IA.org before October 30. Pay at the door. On-campus parking passes required. Event Price: $25 for guests; free for Boston-IA members. call: 781-646-6849 email: info@Boston-IA.org 101 MA Boston-IA (www.Boston-IA.org) presents HiSoftware, creators of Cynthia Says (www.CynthiaSays.com), on using automated web testing tools to test and maintain Web Accessibility. 2006-11-01 false http://www.boston-ia.org/meetings.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/101 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/101/Boston-IA.gif accessibility, automated testing, boston, design tools, information architecture, web design tools, web standards 2006-11-05 Learn the tools and techniques to efficiently created high-quality hyperlinked site A-Z indexes for web sites, intranets, or sub-sites. Four weekly lessons issued over November 1 - 30, participant discussion list, and individualized feedback are included. Cost is $250. Continuing education credit is awarded by Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Workshop is taught by Heather Hedden, Coordinator of the Web Indexing SIG of the American Society of Indexers and President of the New England Chapter of the American Society of Indexers. 103 Four-week online workshop on how to create site A-Z indexes is offered through the Continuing Education Program of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Nov. 1-30. 2006-11-01 true http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/online.shtml#indexes http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/103 indexing, information architecture, site indexes, workshops Philadelphia USA 2006-11-03 What: Joint PHICHI and AIGA November Meeting: the Visual vs. the Usable - A Panel Discussion PhiCHI (The Philadelphia Region's Chapter of the ACM SIGCHI) and AIGA Philadelphia (American Institute of Graphic Arts) will be holding their next joint meeting; a round table discussion with audience participation and panelists from user experience and design team members from Electronic Ink, Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc.. The panelists will discuss questions that were previously submitted from the AIGA and PHICHI members (For example, how do you feel when you are handed a wireframe to design/how do you feel when your wireframe is not adhered to?). We will endeavor to address as many questions as time permits at the event. Remember, we envision The Visible vs. the Usable to be a series of events. The discussion will continue. When: Thursday, November 2nd Refreshments & Networking: 6-6:30pm – Food and beverages will be provided. Panel Discussion: 6:30pm – 8ish Where: Heilmeier Hall University of Pennsylvania The Towne Building 220 S. 33rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Campus Map: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=158 Buliding Info: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=343 Parking Map: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=419 Sponsor: This event could not have been possible without the support of our proud sponsor, Electronic Ink (www.electronicink.com)! -------------------------- Would you like to be notified of all upcoming PHICHI events? Please join our yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/join PHICHI meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the ACM is NOT required. 102 PA PhiCHI and AIGA Philadelphia will be holding their next joint meeting; a round table discussion with audience participation and panelists from team members of Electronic Ink and The Vanguard Group. 2006-11-02 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/102 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/102/logo.jpg aiga, design, ia, information architecture, phichi, usability, user experience, ux London United Kingdom 2006-11-12 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 & 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 & Christian Rohrer, eBay John Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. Martin White, Intranet Focus Tjeerd Hoek & John Pruitt, Microsoft Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group Jill Strawbridge, Symantec Jim Sterne, Target Marketing Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank John Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 72 United Kingdom 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. 2006-11-05 false http://www.nngroup.com/events/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/72 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/72/nnglogo-invoice.jpg 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 Santiago Chile 2006-11-15 Universidad de Chile's CWR will host one of the most amazing IA-UX events to date: including experts from the traditional English-speaking IA circles, plus the leaders of the Spanish speaking IA communities in Spain and Latin America. The presentations will be focused on making the case for IA, we need to open the eyes of the Latin American market on how IA can be the tool to help them find their lost customers. - Registrations not yet open, cost will be low - Our speaker list includes: * Peter Morville (USA) * Peter Merholz (USA) * Gene Smith (Canada) * Peter Van Dijck (Belgium) * Jorge Arango (Panama) * Jesse James Garrett (USA) * Rebecca Blood (USA) * Nacho Puell (Spain) * Javier Cañada (Spain) * Diego Lafuente (Spain) * Juan Carlos Camus (Chile) * Jorge Barahona (Chile) Our event is organized around four sequential tracks: * Banking * Commerce * Government * Blogs 20 Chile Seventh Society and ITs Encounter - In search for the lost customer. 2006-11-13 false http://www.cwr.cl/events/summit2006/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/20 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/20/cwr-72nucleus.jpg blogs, chile, experience design, ia, information architecture, santiago, summit, user experience Boston USA 2006-12-01 The international event assembles the worlds largest and most experienced panel of content management thought leaders, practitioners, educators, and solution providers together under one roof for three days of unique presentations, panel discussions, product demonstrations, and networking opportunities all designed to help attendees find solutions to the content challenges they face. This years event is co-located with the Content Management Professionals Summit, Content Management and the World Enterprise, a one-day intensive learning and networking experience that takes place November 27. The Summit features interactive roundtable discussions, peer-to-peer networking, and hands-on workshops lead by a stellar lineup of content professionals with real-world experience solving globalization content management problems. Also on tap at Gilbane Boston: four pre-conference tutorials covering hot topics including: web content management, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), web operations management, and taxonomy development and implementation. The conference also boasts a best-of-breed Technology Showcase, a one-stop shop for content products and services featuring over 60 exhibitors. Sponsors include Interwoven, Microsoft, Crown Peak, and RedDot Solutions. 46 MA Content creators, designers, managers, and publishers convene to learn what's hot, what's not, in content technologies; Web, wikis, blogs, search, collaboration and automated publishing featured 2006-11-28 false http://www.gilbaneboston.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/46 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/46/Gilbane_logonew.jpg blogs, content management, content modeling, darwin information typing architecture, dita, experience design, globalization, information architecture, localization, translation, wikis, xml London United Kingdom 2006-12-01 Meet at 6.30, at the usual Three Kings in Clerkenwell. We may be upstairs, depending where there's room. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/17/1792/Three_Kings/Clerkenwell We'll have a sign, but newbies are welcome to drop me a line off-list beforehand to arrange to meet up. (david dot carruthers @ twentysixlondon.com) Primarily for those who were there to chat about the conference and give a summary to those that couldn't go. Also a chance to air any other IA related thoughts that have been bouncing round your head. (eg, crossover between IA & Planning, london-ia 'bookclub') And to generally say hello. 138 United Kingdom (very) post Euro IA get-together. To chat about the conference, and give a heads up to those who weren't there. Plus any other IA related thoughts... 2006-11-30 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/138 ia, information architecture, london New York USA 2006-12-13 The UX community in NYC will be getting together for a Holiday social event. Where: Eight Mile Creek (downstairs) 240 Mulberry Street (between prince and spring) http://www.eightmilecreek.com/ Time: 6p - 9p 99 NY In NYC all the UX related orgs will be meeting to create a different kind of experience. Come socialize and mingle amongst the designers, testers, architects and researchers. 2006-12-12 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/99 bar, chanuka, chanukah, chrismas, hannukah, hanukah, holidays, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, kwanza, new york, new york city, nyc, party, social, soho, usability, user experience, ux, xmas Washington USA 2006-12-14 We're having a meet, greet, and plan meeting next Wednesday, 12/13 from 6-7pm. The agenda is to meet people, greet people, and throw out some ideas for events for next year. We've found a Starbucks a block away from Metro Center: * http://tinyurl.com/yz66g9 (Yahoo Map) Metro Center is at the intersection of the red, orange, and blue metro lines and one stop away from the green and yellow lines (change trains at Gallery Place). The Starbucks is at 13th and E St. NW near the Reagan building and the Shops at National Place: * 1301 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Washington, DC; (202) 737-7378 143 DC The Interaction Design Association local group for Washington, DC is having a meet and greet. 2006-12-13 false http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IxDA-DC/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/143 information architecture, interaction design, user experience, web design Philadelphia USA 2006-12-16 This will be a great opportunity to combine celebrating the holiday season while getting to know your fellow PhillyCHI members better. We also hope you'll take this opportunity to become better acquainted with the new officers and volunteers for ’07! When: Friday, December, 15th 6:30 – 9:30 PM Where: Noche - www.noche215.com 1901 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (conveniently located within 4 blocks of Suburban Station) Parking options: http://tinyurl.com/y9twna RSVP: Not required, but appreciated. Please send RSVPs to phillychi@gmail.com **Try to arrive on time to take advantage of our one hour open bar.** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsors: This event would not be possible without the support of our proud sponsors, GSI Commerce and Usable Interface... GSI Commerce (http://www.gsicommerce.com) is a leading provider of outsourced e-commerce solutions for over 50 partners in the United States. GSI's integrated e-commerce platform offers services in three areas: technology, logistics and customer care, and marketing services. GSI is headquartered in King of Prussia with two fulfillment centers in Kentucky, and customer care centers in Florida and Wisconsin, and a presence in the international market as well with GSI Commerce Europe, Inc. Usable Interface (http://www.usableinterface.com) is an independent consulting company specializing in product usability and user interface design. Usable Interface provides consulting services in the areas of: user research, usability testing, interaction design, and information architecture. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope to see you all there! 144 PA Join us in celebrating the holidays! We have a terrific night planned with lots of good food, drinks and surprises! 2006-12-15 false http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/144 design, happy hour, holiday, ia, information architecture, internet, pa, pennsylvania, phi chi, philadelphia, phillychi, social, usability, web Philadelphia USA 2007-01-26 Location: Levine 307, UPenn Campus 3301 Walnut, Philadelphia PA DIRECTIONS: Here is a map of the building: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=407 Sign up now! If you would like to participate, please RSVP now to phillychi@gmail.com. Why now? We may need to cap attendance. What's a "design slam"? During the meeting, participants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project, including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an opportunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will conclude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled audience. Then the "clients" team will choose a winner. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award. What's in it for me? This is a chance for interested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing professionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environment. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes this session stand out from the garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" presentation. Those that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6:15pm at the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challenge promptly at 6:25. If you do not want to participate due to not being able to get to the meeting on-time or a severe case of social phobia, fear not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the role of users, and help choose the winning team. This idea is shamelessly stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more information about the IA Slam, visit http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx. 156 PA Join in the Philadelphia region's first annual Design Slam. Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to create the best design solution to a real-world problem. Awards given to the victors! 2007-01-25 false http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/156 chi, delaware, design, design competition, design slam, ia, information architecture, new jersey, nj, philadelphia, philly, phillychi 2007-02-01 Join us for this month's Taxonomy Community of Practice conference call: Integrating your taxonomy project with other enterprise initiatives. Date & Time: Wednesday, Jan 31st - 2:00 to 3:30 PM EST. Register for the session at http://www.earley.com. Please register by January 30th to ensure that you receive the instructions in time. Description Whether you like it or not, you won't be deriving your taxonomies in a vaccuum. During the development process, you often have to collaborate and integrate with related projects in the enterprise, such as web design, search engine optimization, e-commerce, and enterprise architecture. So how do you keep in alignment with all these other workstreams and keep your project on plan? Our speakers in this session will cover strategies to help you achieve a smooth integration. Learn about working with cross-functional teams, communication strategies, and cross-initiative workstream integration. Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Margaret Hanley, and Ron Daniel (Taxonomy strategies LLC) 160 Join us for this month's Taxonomy Community of Practice conference call: Integrating your taxonomy project with other enterprise initiatives. 2007-01-31 true http://www.earley.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/160 communication, enterprise architecture, information architecture, integration, taxonomy Philadelphia USA 2007-02-16 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: Bar Noche - 1901 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia (http://www.noche215.com) RSVP: Appreciated but not necessary at phillyCHI@gmail.com. * Please pass this along to anyone you think will be interested! Thanks.* Join us Thursday, February 15th for drinks and networking in Center City Philadelphia. Our sponsor this month is MissionStaff, a full-service IT staffing firm based in Center City Philadelphia. MissionStaff places professionals in the fields of Web and Application Development, Database Administration, Business Analysis / Project Management and User Experience Design / Information Architecture. They provide contract staffing services as well as direct placement to a client concentration that spans from Princeton, NJ to Wilmington, DE. You can find out more about MissionStaff at their website at www.MissionStaff.com. During 2007, phillyCHI will host a happy hour every third Thursday of the month, giving folks interested in HCI a chance to get together to socialize. So mark your calendars and please join us! 165 PA Join us Thursday, February 15th for drinks and networking in Center City Philadelphia. 2007-02-15 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/165 acm, happy hour, information architecture, jobs, missionstaff, philadelphia, phillychi, sigchi, usability King of Prussia USA 2007-02-22 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: GSI Commerce, Inc., 935 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA RSVP: Please let us know if you are coming at phillyCHI@gmail.com Interest in content user-assigned tags is one of the big new stories on the Web. But content tagging is not a new story. What's new about Web 2.0 is that end users are doing the tagging instead of librarians, and the results are being shown almost instantly on websites like flickr, del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and Technorati.Librarians have long contended that end users cannot usefully tag content because they are not trained in how to do indexing. More correctly, end users cannot tag content the way librarians tag content. But this begs the question about what kind of tagging is useful. Joseph will discuss the usefulness to be found in tagging as it relates to librarians and usability professionals, the Semantic Web, and document and content management practices. Joseph Busch is the Founder and a Principal of Taxonomy Strategies. Joseph is an authority in the field of information science, a past President of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, and an appointee to the Board of Directors of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. He is a frequent speaker on metadata, taxonomy, indexing, classification research, information retrieval, and content management. Read more about Joseph at Taxonomy Strategies. 166 PA phillyCHI welcomes Joseph A. Busch of Taxonomy Strategies LLC as he speaks on the importance of tagging to librarians, usability practitioners and content management professionals. 2007-02-21 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/166 chi, delaware, design, folksonomy, ia, indexing, information architecture, joseph busch, librarians, new jersey, nj, philadelphia, philly, phillychi, semantic web, tagging, taxonomy, taxonomy strategies, web 20 2007-03-01 Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb 28th - 2:00 to 3:30 PM EST. Cost: $50 per participant. Register for the session at http://www.earley.com. Please register by February 27th to ensure that you receive the instructions in time. Designing and implementing a practical and effective taxonomy always starts with a practical and effective set of project requirements. Whether you're developing or implementing a taxonomy, using in-house talent or creating a vendor/consultant request for proposal (RFP), you need to clearly scope the project and identify the application framework. When you get the ball rolling with a set of well-defined goals and requirements, you'll be more likely to end up with a result that meets your expectations. In this session, our speakers will offer practical insights into the requirements development process. We'll learn about: * Scoping your taxonomy project * Defining your application framework * Creating effective RFPs * Aligning project requirements with your goals and expectations Presenters: Seth Earley (Earley & Associates), Jie-hong Morrison (Computer Technologies Consultants, Inc.), Harry Ringwood (Philip Morris) 176 Join us for this month's Taxonomy Community of Practice conference call on developing taxonomy project requirements. 2007-02-28 true http://www.earley.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/176 information architecture, knowledge management, request for proposals, seo, taxonomy Philadelphia USA 2007-03-16 Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: The Black Sheep - 247 South 17th Street, Philadelphia RSVP: Not necessary, but nice: phillychi@gmail.com Join us on March 15th in Center City for an open bar happy hour sponsored by our good friends at TEKsystems. This is an excellent way to meet up with fellow HCI professionals and learn about job opportunities in the region. About our sponsor: TEKsystems is a premiere technology execution company committed to building IT careers with contracted technical professionals by: * Providing growth opportunities within quality companies * Matching technical and industry experience with challenging job assignments TEKsystems services clients in Philadelphia and its surrounding areas as well as Northern Delaware and South Jersey up through Princeton. With over 150 local clients, they staff positions in Applications, Infrastructure and Telecommunications, including information architects, usability professionals, Web developers, graphic designers, and many more. They also offer full compensation and benefits. Learn more about TEKsystems at teksystems.com. 186 PA Join us on March 15th in Center City for open bar and networking. 2007-03-15 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/186 acm, happy hour, information architecture, jobs, philadelphia, phillychi, sigchi, teksystems, usability Oslo Norway 2007-03-22 Building on four years of successful Topic Maps conferences in Oslo, the Norwegian Computer Society, in conjunction with OASIS, is proud to announce Topic Maps 2007, the First International Topic Maps Users Conference. Join us for two days of tutorials, case studies, and technical discussions. Learn about how the ISO Topic Maps standard is being applied around the world to solve problems of information management, knowledge management and systems integration. Meet fellow users and talk to some of the world's leading experts. Topic Maps 2007 is targeted towards practitioners and potential adopters of Topic Maps, in particular: * People responsible for corporate publishing, web sites, intranets, and knowledge management; * Commercial publishers; * Information architects, librarians, indexers, software engineers, and project managers; * Public sector providers of information; * Students and teachers of library science, computer science, and information management. Topic Maps 2007 will consist of several tracks, and presentations will be given in English. 147 Norway Learn about how the ISO Topic Maps standard is being applied around the world to solve problems of information management, knowledge management and systems integration. 2007-03-20 false http://www.topicmaps.com/tm2007 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/147 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/147/TM2007mini-logo.png information architecture, knowledge management, topic maps Philadelphia USA 2007-03-30 Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight Date: March 29, 2007 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: MBC - 229 South 18th Street, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia Map: http://mbcnet.com/directions.html RSVP: phillychi@gmail.com PhillyCHI is pleased to have Kip Voytek from R/GA discussing how interaction design must reach beyond usability and the satisfaction of user needs in order to truly help clients achieve their goals. By examining interactive product examples, he will demonstrate how interactive experience is being infused with emotion, creating connections between users and the products they are using. In today’s market, the successful completion of user tasks and usability are table stakes—the competitive advantage lies in being able to make experiences enjoyable, fun, delightful. Kip Voytek is Senior Vice President of Interaction Design at R/GA, the lead digital partner for Fortune 500 companies and world-class brands such as Avaya, Lowe's, Purina, Subaru, Target and Verizon. Over his career, he has won dozens of awards from some of the most prestigious competitions, including the One Show Interactive and Cyberlions. Voytek began his career as a game designer and writer at Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI) and Byron Preiss Multimedia. Learn more about R/GA at http://rga.com. About Medical Broadcasting Company (MBC): We are the healthcare demand experts. We are experts in using the Internet to connect our clients' knowledge, advice, and experience to people's problems, conditions, and questions. We help our clients help doctors, patients, and all the people who care for them have better-informed conversations that lead to better treatments and better results. Because of our expertise and our clients' success, we are the interactive agency of record for many of the world's leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device companies. MBC is an agency of the Digitas family, a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. For more information please visit www.mbcnet.com. 188 PA Kip Voytek of R/GA will present 'Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight' - a presentation discussing how interaction design must create an emotional connection with users in order to meet clients' needs. 2007-03-29 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/188 delaware, design, emotional design, ia, information architecture, interaction design, kip voytek, new jersey, nj, philadelphia, philly, phillychi, rga, usability, user needs Berlin Germany 2007-04-18 Tuesday, April 17th. 19:00 203 Germany First Berlin IA Cocktail Hour. 2007-04-17 false http://berliniacocktailhour.blogspot.com/search/label/Termin http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/203 berlin, cocktail hour, information architecture Vancouver, BC Canada 2007-04-22 The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will for the first time head to Vancouver. Features 4 topic-focused tracks: Tools & Technologies, Content Design & Access, Content Development, & Content Management. Residents of Canada will enjoy “at par” pricing. For $895 (US/Canadian) you receive: * Access to over 40 sessions, demonstrations, and keynotes * Choice of pre-conference half-day workshop on April 18 *FREE* * Choice of post-conference half-day workshop on April 21 *FREE* * Breakfast and carving station lunches on April 19-20 *FREE* * Special pricing from the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, including free, unlimited in-room internet and long-distance calling to US & Canada * First-year membership to CM Professionals ($100 value) *FREE* * Access to technology showcase and networking reception *FREE* Also included: free access to two of our five half-day workshops, each delivered by experienced industry experts and designed to meet the expanding continuing education needs of documentation and training professionals. Workshops offered include: * Delivering Personalized, Customer-Centric Content (Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group) * Designing & Architecting Technical Information (Thom Haller, Info.Design) * Introduction to DITA (Bernard Aschwanden, Bright Path Solutions) * Adobe Captivate (Neil Perlin, Hyper/Word Services) * Taxonomy Development and Implementation (Seth Earley, Earley & Associates) Register today! Registration for Documentation and Training Vancouver 2007 opens January 3rd. Register for the conference and book your room at the Marriott Pinnacle (special group rate available; free in-room internet and long-distance calling to US and Canada), no later than Saturday, March 17, 2007, you’ll also receive a free Apple iPod Shuffle, a free Saturday afternoon tour of Vancouver, and a free first-year membership in CM Pros. * To exhibit, contact Scott Abel at 317-466-1840 or ablesp@netdirect.net. * All other inquiries, contact Eileen Savary at 978-649-8555. 153 Canada The 8th Annual DocTrain Conference will for the first time head to Vancouver. Features 4 topic-focused tracks: Tools & Technologies, Content Design & Access, Content Development, & Content Management. 2007-04-18 false http://www.doctrain.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/153 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/153/doctrain.logo.jpg blogging, design, dita, documentation, information architecture, interativity, online help, rss, s1000d, technical communication, training, user experience, writing, xml, xml authoring Philadelphia USA 2007-04-20 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: Loie Brasserie & Bar - 128 South 19th Street, Philadelphia Directions: http://www.loie215.com/loie215/directions.asp RSVP: Not necessary, but nice: phillychi@gmail.com Come out and join us in Center City for an open bar happy hour sponsored by Morgan Creative Search. We’ll hang out at the bar, chat, and hopefully enjoy some warmer weather through Loie’s large open windows. The happy hour is open to folks interested in HCI, design, and information technology (among other things), so tell a friend! About our sponsor: Morgan Creative Other search firms will promise you the moon and stars. We’ll give you a galaxy of opportunity. Thanks to our small size, tight focus on creative and area connections, Morgan Creative Search outfoxes the big guys. From advertising to interactive, marketing to PR - if it’s on your agency’s organizational chart, we do it. Here’s a small sampling of the reasons we’re so damn loveable: * We specialize in full-time placement of creative positions only * We actively coach each of our candidates on the interview process, as well as the company, culture and position * The vast majority of our candidates are referrals from reliable sources * We personally meet every candidate we present face-to-face, to make sure they aren’t sociopaths or jerks * We scour our candidates’ references with a fine-toothed comb * We developed an invaluable tool called 7 Tips to Successful Interviewing * We are experts at matching soft and hard skills * We give referral fees if we place the candidate * And much, much more! A true boutique firm (no, we don’t do hair and makeup, although Samantha always looks impeccable), we’re able to offer you the attention you crave, and the one-on-one service you deserve. 201 PA Please join us for a little fun at our open bar monthly happy hour. Feel free to bring along folks who are interested in HCI, design, and information technology. 2007-04-19 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/201 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/201/phillyCHI-logo.gif acm, happy hour, information architecture, jobs, morgancreative, philadelphia, phillychi, sigchi, usability Philadelphia USA 2007-04-26 PhillyCHI April Meeting, Wednesday April 25, 2007 Time: 6 – 8 pm * Refreshments served from 6 – 6:30 pm * Location: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Map: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=140 RSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com “Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.” – Cory Doctorow How can design address the increasing demand for collaborative work, meaningful conversation and social connection? In this presentation, Andrew will explore how “Community of Practice” is more than just a 90s knowledge-management buzz-phrase. He will argue that it is an important model for understanding group behavior – and one that is becoming crucial to designing in the age of Wikipedia, MySpace and YouTube. Andrew will provide an essential understanding of "communities of practice" and will look at information architecture as a handy example. He will also examine how the concept helps designers in planning for a variety of collaborative environments – from intranets and medical forums to multiplayer games. About Our Sponsor: Vanguard is among the world's largest investment management companies, but our structure makes us unique: we're owned by the clients we serve. Our structure allows us to focus on meeting our clients' needs--rather than turning a profit for corporate owners or stockholders. To learn more about Vanguard, visit our website at: http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/CorporatePortal For more information about career opportunities at Vanguard, visit our career site at: https://careers.vanguard.com/pljb/vanguard/vgcareers/applicant/VG/home.shtml 210 PA Please join us at our monthly meeting where Andrew Hinton will discuss communities of practice and the challenges they hold for designers. Refreshments served, thoughts provoked. 2007-04-25 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/210 andrew hinton, community of practice, design, information architecture, philadelphia, phillychi, vanguard, web 20 Portland USA 2007-05-11 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * Enterprise information architecture (EIA) from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including over 260 presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 168 OR This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2007-05-10 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/168 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/168/lou.jpg content management, enterprise information architecture, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Philadelphia USA 2007-05-25 This half-day workshop presented by Heather Hedden instructs participants on how to create back-of-the-book style A-Z indexes on web sites or intranets. The presentation content, examples, and exercises come from the full 13-week series online courses that have been offered by Hedden Information Management since 2005. Prior experience in HTML or in indexing is not required but is an advantage. Indexing techniques and tools specific to web site indexing will be presented. Outline: 1. Introduction and types of web site indexes 2. HTML tags used for index entry linking and subentry indentation 3. Indexing software overview: book indexing software, conversion utilities (HTML/Prep) 4. XRefHT web site indexing tool 5. HTML Indexer web site indexing tool 6: Index formatting and style 7. Indexing techniques: what to index, wording of entries, cross-references, etc. 8. Web index market, marketing, and index maintenance 9. Related topics of taxonomies, database indexes, and meta data indexing This workshop is endorsed by the Web Indexing Special Interest Group of the American Society of Indexers. Cost: $135, plus either the conference registration fee or $100 workshop-day only fee (can also be applied to afternoon workshop). Registration available both onsite or online. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1800 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental breakfast and registration 8:00 am - 12:00 noon Workshop 181 PA Pre-Conference Workshop in association with the 2007 annual conference of the American Society of Indexers 2007-05-24 false http://www.asindexing.org/site/conferences/conf2007/preconfworkshops.shtml http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/181 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/181/ASI-logo.gif az indexes, findability, indexing, information architecture, site indexes Pittsburgh USA 2007-05-31 Refresh Pittsburgh is off to a new start in Pittsburgh! The goal of Refresh Pittsburgh is to create a open community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of Internet developers in the Pittsburgh area. Whether you are a web developer, flash guru, programming wizard, graphic designer, project manager extraordinarie or just want to learn more and share ideas with like-minded people, we want you to be a part of our group. To get things started, we are holding an informal meet & greet at the Craig St. Kiva Han in Oakland on Wednesday, May 30th at 7:00. We would like to share our ideas and plans about Refresh with you and also hear your ideas for the future of the group. Stop by, say hello and meet some folks. Don't forget to bring a healthy appetite for coffee-shop sweets, java, and a stack of business cards pass around. Please visit out website at http://www.refreshpittsburgh.org/ and RSVP so we have a good idea of how many people will turn out. 227 PA Refresh Pittsburgh Meet & Greet, Re-Boot & Kickoff 2007-05-30 false http://www.refreshpittsburgh.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/227 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/227/refresh.gif css, graphic design, information architecture, pittsburgh, project management Atlanta USA 2007-06-01 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * Enterprise information architecture (EIA) from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including over 260 presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 169 GA This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2007-05-31 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/169 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/169/lou.jpg content management, enterprise information architecture, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Amsterdam Netherlands 2007-06-22 The field of user experience is too young to be caught up in trade secrets and intellectual isolation. To help advance the field, Adaptive Path promotes its ideas at public workshops around the world, and send them out as free essays in our newsletters. Adaptive Path is leading the way to user-focused design by placing emphasis on how design affects the user. For those who adhere to the tenets of user-centered design, Adaptive Path assures dividends. This is UX Intensive defined. This workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. The workshops of UX Intensive are for experienced designers and their managers who are looking to learn new ways to provide leadership within their organizations through design and research. Workshop participants leave each day with more sophisticated understanding of their field and a new set of tools to put that understanding to good use. The workshops are taught by leaders in the field. These designers and researchers are the folks to whom Google, Sony, Greenpeace, The United Nations, and Intel turn to when they need to reconsider their customers’ interactive experiences: • Dan Saffer, author of the bestseller ‘Designing for interaction,’ leads the workshop on Interaction Design. • Chiara Fox, senior information architect for Adaptive Path, has developed information architectures for companies such as PeopleSoft, AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard, to name only a few • Todd Wilkens is an accomplished writer and lecturer on the topics of user research methods and social science theory. • Brandon Schauer is a Design Strategist who’s desire to understanding the unmet needs of customers has led him to diverse environments, from the homes of cancer patients to tunnels beneath Walt Disney World. 222 Netherlands This workshop series examines the four key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Design Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architecture. 2007-06-18 false http://www.adaptivepath.com/events/2007/jun/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/222 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/222/070511_-_Logo_Adaptive_Path.gif design research, design strategy, information architecture, interaction design, user experience Portsmouth USA 2007-06-20 Come out and join other UX professionals in the Seacoast NH, Southern NH, and Southern ME regions for drinks and networking! This will be an excellent opportunity to meet fellow usability professionals, information architects, interaction designers, and other professionals that fall under the User Experience umbrella to share experiences and learn about job openings in the area. This is the first of many networking events we expect to have in this area. Our goal is to foster the growth of the local UX community and, if there is enough interest, to eventually start a new UPA chapter. Please pass this announcement on to anyone you think will be interested. When: Tuesday, June 19th 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Where: Portsmouth, NH (venue TBD) RSVP: You must RSVP to attend, as we need a head count for the venue. Send RSVPs to Kyle Pero, kylepero@usableinterface.com. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has been added to the list of attendees. + + + Stay informed about NH UX meetings and events by joining the NH-UX Yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ + + + Hope to see you there! 226 NH Come out and join other UX professionals in the Seacoast NH, Southern NH, and Southern ME regions for drinks and networking! 2007-06-19 false http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/226 ia, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, new hampshire, nh, usability, user experience, ux Schwarzenberg Vorarlberg Austria 2007-07-08 The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) is proud to announce Vision Plus 12, a multi-disciplinary international conference devoted to exploring one of the most critical issues facing communicators today: how to measure the impact of information-relevant communications. This event, the twelfth in the Vision Plus series of symposia, will be held July 5 - 7, 2007, in Schwarzenberg, located in the breathtakingly beautiful Bregenzerwald region, in Vorarlberg, Austria. The Theme for Vision Plus 12 Everyone agrees: design is the intermediary between information and understanding. But how can we demonstrate the truth of that proposition? How can we measure the impact and quantify the results? Vision Plus 12 will explore this controversial question from all sides: • How and to what extent can we measure the success of a given work? • How do we quantify the role and impact of intangibles such as design? • What techniques and technologies can be used to get measurable results? • How do information designers build the necessary metrics into their projects? • What are educators and researchers doing to tackle this challenge? The IIID welcomes proposals that shed light on any aspects of this theme. Please note that there is also a Call for Speakers for this conference (Deadline: 15 January 2007). For event details and proposal guidelines for Call for Speakers please go to www.iiid-visionplus.net. 126 Austria IIID Vision Plus 12 at Schwarzenberg: Information Design - Achieving Measurable Results 2007-07-05 false http://www.iiid-visionplus.net http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/126 communication design, graphic design, information architecture, information design Portmsouth USA 2007-07-20 Where: AK's Bar & Bistro (2nd floor) 111 State Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Street Map: http://tinyurl.com/2edxky Parking Map: http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking is also available) Topic: What Would It Mean to Become a UPA Chapter? As we explore the possibility of becoming a chapter, we thought it would be interesting to hear from someone who’s been an integral part of the most successful UPA chapter in the world, Boston UPA … Chauncey Wilson, a founding member and past president of Boston UPA, will be joining us at this meeting. He’ll be giving a half hour talk on his experience with Boston UPA, and answering your questions. Afterwards, we invite everyone to take part in an informal group discussion on the future of NH UX. About Chauncey Wilson: Chauncey Wilson has spent 20 years as an engineering psychologist, user interface designer, usability engineer, and product development manager. His academic background includes a physics degree and graduate training in social psychology, human factors engineering, and statistics. His consulting clients have included Microsoft, FEDEX, Lotus, Reuters, and 3COM. He is past president of the Northern New England chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and the STC Usability SIG, and member of the Usability Professionals' Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the ACM SIGCHI. He co-wrote The Usability Engineering Framework for Product Design and Evaluation in the handbook of HCI and has presented on the psychology of victimization, research ethics, cyberlaw, usability methods, web design, and documentation usability. RSVP: You must RSVP to attend. Send RSVPs to Kyle Pero, kylepero@usableinterface.com. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has been added to the list of attendees. + + + Stay informed about NH UX meetings and events by joining the NH-UX Yahoo group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ + + + Hope to see you there! 267 NH What Would It Mean to Become a UPA Chapter? Chauncey Wilson, who’s been an integral part of the most successful UPA chapter in the world, Boston UPA, will be presenting. 2007-07-19 false http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/267 ia, information architecture, interaction design, ixd, upa, usability, user experience, ux Auckland New Zealand 2007-07-26 This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a wide range of information architecture issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for information architecture work and current information architecture issues. It will be theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects. This workshop will cover: - What information architecture is and how it relates to other user experience disciplines - Core IA techniques - analysing content, conducting user research, card sorting and more - Core IA theories - classification, categorisation, metadata & labelling - IA structures - hierarchies, database and other structures - Designing navigation & page layouts - Putting it together in an IA project The workshop will be at the level of an ‘advanced intro’, covering the basics and also allowing exploration of key challenges and issues. The format will be a combination of short lectures, group discussion and hands-on activities. Resources will also be provided for further personal exploration. 253 New Zealand This workshop provides a full day of IA theory & practice. It teaches fundamental IA concepts and practical skills immediately useful for your next project. 2007-07-25 false http://optimalusability.com/services.training.donnamaurer.php http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/253 ia, information architecture, intranet, website Auckland New Zealand 2007-07-26 This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a wide range of information architecture issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for information architecture work and current information architecture issues. It will be theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects. This workshop will cover: - What information architecture is and how it relates to other user experience disciplines - Core IA techniques - analysing content, conducting user research, card sorting and more - Core IA theories - classification, categorisation, metadata & labelling - IA structures - hierarchies, database and other structures - Designing navigation & page layouts - Putting it together in an IA project The workshop will be at the level of an ‘advanced intro’, covering the basics and also allowing exploration of key challenges and issues. The format will be a combination of short lectures, group discussion and hands-on activities. Resources will also be provided for further personal exploration. 254 New Zealand This workshop provides a full day of IA theory & practice. It teaches fundamental IA concepts and practical skills immediately useful for your next project. 2007-07-25 false http://optimalusability.com/services.training.donnamaurer.php http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/254 ia, information architecture, intranet, website Los Angeles USA 2007-07-27 **You must RSVP with first & last name in order to ensure you can park and to help us estimate how much food to order.** For our July meeting, we will have small group discussions (table topics). We have planned for these 6 topics. If the group is smaller than anticipated, we may find it better to drop a topic or two and save them for a future meeting. 1. Promoting user-centered design in your workplace 2. IA & Interaction Design: The same or different? 3. What types of prototypes for different situations 4. How to describe/document interactions for Flash/RIAs 5. Annotations v functional specs 6. Working with developers/coders For details, see web link. 285 CA Table topics for group discussion. 2007-07-26 false http://ia.meetup.com/55/calendar/5978194/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/285 group discussion, information architecture, laux Philadelphia USA 2007-08-24 Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm * Meet & greet from 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm * Location: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Map: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=140 RSVP (not necessary, but nice): phillychi@gmail.com Most folks know that taxonomy has something to do with organizing things. Fewer folks know, however, that taxonomy is the practice of classification, which originally began as a science devoted to the classification of living organisms. And that over time, taxonomy has become known as the classification of just about anything and everything. Even fewer get down into the weeds and do the work that goes beyond simple classification that makes today’s information systems work: meta data, facets, controlled vocabulary, thesauri, synonym maps, ontologies, tagging… What’s troubling about this divide between those that know about taxonomy and those that don’t is the very importance of taxonomy. For lots of designers & developers, the applications, websites, and interactive products they spend their waking hours creating could not function without well-structured, carefully crafted information structures. This month’s PhillyCHI meeting will explore in practical and tangible terms the specific ways taxonomy is important to the work we do. We will discuss the design, implementation, and governance of taxonomies by examining four real-world case studies: * a user-centric catalog for a large e-commerce site and its impact on the user experience * a content-heavy non-profit information site * a system processing data through controlled vocabularies and thesauri * a consumer-driven search engine Plenty of time will be reserved at the end of the meeting for discussion, so bring your tough questions! Panel Participants Dave Cooksey, GSI Commerce, Inc Emily Culbertson, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation John Ferrara, Vanguard Julia Remick, Yellow Book USA 293 PA For this month’s PhillyCHI meeting, we’ve assembled a panel to discuss a foundational topic: taxonomy. 2007-08-23 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/293 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/293/phillyCHI-logo.gif chi, delaware, design, ia, information architecture, new jersey, nj, philadelphia, philly, phillychi, taxonomy Brighton United Kingdom 2007-09-08 d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the generation of web-based applications. Previous years have seen speakers from organizations including Amazon, Google and the BBC discuss the challenges and opportunities created by the web. This year will see 600 web professionals gather in Brighton on September 7th to discuss the topic of “user experience design”. Leading speakers from companies including Yahoo! and Adaptive Path will share their expert knowledge on how to create the best online experiences possible. 211 United Kingdom Yes folks, dConstruct is back for a third year. This time it's going to be bigger and better than ever. The theme is "Designing the User Experience", so you know it's gonna be good. 2007-09-07 false http://2007.dconstruct.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/211 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/211/logo.gif brighton, england, ia, information architecture, user centerd design, user experience, ux Chicago USA 2007-09-22 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * EIA from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 259 IL This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2007-09-21 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/259 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/259/x.gif enterprise information architecture, governance, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Barcelona Spain 2007-09-23 EuroIA invites your participation to this premier European event on Information Architecture. This year we will explore the theme of “Translating Information Architecture”, whether between languages, within our profession, to our clients, transforming ideas into practical solutions, or reaching out to other electronic and physical spaces. One of the highlights of this year's Summit will be the opening keynote given by Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Director of Yahoo! Research Labs in Barcelona, Spain and Santiago, Chile. Other high profile speakers include Morten Norby Larsen, Director of User Experience at Joost, the world's first broadcast quality Internet television service; Peter Van Dijck, author of Information Architecture for Designers; and Olly Wright, Experience Director at Media Catalyst presenting a panel on professional ethics and ethics of user experience. The two-day conference will feature over 20 sessions given by an exciting line-up of speakers from around the world, including presentations, case studies, panels, posters covering topics such as: • How to localize an Information Architecture • Playful Information Architecture • Navigating the Long Tail: Adapting IA to Niche Markets • Persuadability in eCommerce • Processes and Patterns: Best Practice on Steroids! • From Physical to Digital Environments: Seven Laws of Findability • Navigating through the Tag Cloud: Information Architecture Strategies to support People with Disabilities • Mobile Map of Medicine • Transforming Semantic web ideas to Information Architecture 274 Spain Join us in Barcelona, Spain, for two incredible days of presentations, panels, and networking with information architects from across Europe and around the world. 2007-09-21 false http://www.euroia.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/274 ia, information architecture 2007-10-02 Annually offered month-long online workshop on how to create hyperlinked A-Z site indexes for web sites or intranets taught by indexing expert Heather Hedden, author of "Indexing Specialties: Web Sites" (Information Today Inc.) and past manager of the Web Indexing SIG of the American Society of Indexers. Cost is $250. Includes access to the four online lessons, participant online discussion group, and individualized instructor e-mail feedback. Assumes participants have at least basic web editing/design experience but no indexing experience. Offered through the Continuing Education program of Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. 300 Online workshop (4 weekly lessons) on how to create hyperlinked A-Z indexes for web sites or intranets offered by Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science 2007-10-01 true http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/online.shtml#online_a02 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/300 az indexes, findability, indexes, indexing, information architecture, site index, site indexes, site map New York USA 2007-10-06 255 NY Information: Design, Experience, Access. A conference on designing complex information spaces of all kinds. 2007-10-04 false http://www.ideaconference.org/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/255 experience design, ia, information architecture Washington DC USA 2007-10-13 Register now for User Focus 2007, the second annual conference of The Washington, DC Metro chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA), on Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. The conference is a one-day exchange of ideas and experiences that demonstrate the value of usability in successful design. Registration deadline is October 8 - last year's conference sold out early! LEARN about important trends, cutting edge methods, and case studies in usability and user-centered design. NETWORK with folks who do what you do, and meet potential employers and employees. LEAVE motivated to create user experiences that drive results with a toolkit of techniques and best practices. The keynote address, The Dawning of the Age of Experience, will be delivered by Jared Spool, a well respected leader in the field of usability and design since 1978. Other highlights include a panel on Web 2.0, a presentation on the Future of Usability, and two tracks of presentations that offer the latest research, techniques and best practices, for people new to usability as well as experienced practitioners. Three optional 90-minute tutorials provide extra depth on software design and usability testing topics. About UPA-DC Metro Chapter UPA-DC Metro Chapter is a member-driven, multidisciplinary organization committed to the design and development of usable products. UPA-DC Metro provides a network and opportunities through which usability professionals can communicate and share information about skills and skill development, methodology used and/or proposed in the profession, tools, technology, and organizational issues. For more information, visit our website at http://www.userfocus.org or email us at conference@upa-dc-metro.org Registration fees: $140 UPA-DC Metro Members $165 Non-Members 322 DC Second annual conference of The Washington, DC Metro chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel 2007-10-12 false http://userfocus.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/322 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/322/logo_upadc.gif information architecture, information design, interface design, usability, usability testing, usability training, user experience, user interface design Philadelphia USA 2007-10-19 Please join us as the October PhillyCHI Happy Hour this Thursday. Swing by, have a drink, and see what fellow PhillyCHI members have been up to. Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007 Time: 6 - 8 pm Location: Smith's Restaurant & Lounge Address: 39 - 41 S. 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 Directions: http://tinyurl.com/23qc5y RSVP (not necessary, but nice): phillychi@gmail.com During 2007, PhillyCHI will host a happy hour every third Thursday of the month, giving folks interested in UX, HCI, etc. a chance to get together and socialize. So mark your calendars and come out and join us! 340 PA Please join us as the October PhillyCHI Happy Hour this Thursday. Swing by, have a drink, and see what fellow PhillyCHI members have been up to. 2007-10-18 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/340 design, happy hour, hci, information architecture, usability Seattle USA 2007-10-26 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation to help users move from one content-rich page to another, regardless of which business unit manages that content. * Design search interfaces for improved access to content stored in organizational "silos". * Better implement an enterprise-wide information architecture through appropriate research and design methods and improved governance. Seminar Schedule and Outline Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8am. The seminar starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, followed by an extremely happy hour. During the day, we'll cover these topics: * Overview of enterprise information architecture (EIA) * EIA from the top-down: taxonomies, guides, and other techniques for unifying departmental content * EIA from the bottom-up: content models and metadata to enable contextual navigation from page to page * EIA and search: indexing cross-departmental content, presenting results consistently * EIA and the organization: models for rolling out an enterprise information architecture, staffing it, and paying for and managing it in a distributed corporate environment What's Included * Handouts including presentation slides and references to related readings, software products, and other useful resources. * A variety of opportunities to network with attendees, including a post-seminar happy hour with Lou Rosenfeld, Steve Krug, and other members of the local information architecture and usability communities. In these new fields, knowing your peers is invaluable. 260 WA This day-long seminar with Lou Rosenfeld (co-author of the "polar bear" book) will help you convert a disjointed collection of content silos into a unified, user-centered web site or intranet. 2007-10-25 false http://louisrosenfeld.com/eia/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/260 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/260/x.gif enterprise information architecture, governance, ia, information architecture, information management, km, knowledge management, louis rosenfeld, polar bear Philadelphia USA 2007-10-31 Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM * Refreshments & socializing from 6:00PM – 6:30PM * Location: Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, University of Pennsylvania Address: 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Map: http://tinyurl.com/34g86c Please RSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com ABOUT THE PRESENTATION In this presentation, Dennis will share some of his adventures using anthropological tools to inform Information Architecture including some fascinating insights uncovered from raiding people's glove boxes, which directly drove the experience design of the Ford vehicles owners' website. The presentation will help attendees begin to look at Web Design through an anthropological lens, shedding new light on old design problems. Dennis will also discuss some of the cutting edge ideas and methodologies recently presented at the EPIC2007, the premier international event for practitioners of ethnographic work in industry (not academic). In addition, he will speculate as to what might be some near-term trends we all should take note of. ABOUT THE PRESENTER Mr. Schleicher is a Senior Information Architect at E.magination.com in Baltimore Maryland. He has a background in business and industrial anthropology and has been working awhile in the field of information technology and culture. He later moved into Information Architecture and found, to his surprise, that many anthropological tools and skills were very useful to IA and Web design. http://www.dennisschleicher.com ABOUT OUR SPONSOR Messagefirst, Inc. Messagefirst is Philadelphia-based design research consulting firm. We work with companies to help them increase revenues, decrease costs, and ultimately improve the user experience of their products or services. Our goal-oriented data-driven design process improves performance and creates compelling experiences that solve business problems in a beautiful way. http://www.messagefirst.com. 353 PA Dennis Schleicher & the Raiders of the Lost Glove Box: How Anthropology and Web Design Go Together 2007-10-30 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/353 acm, anthropology, chi, dennis schleicher, design, hci, information architecture, messagefirst, phillychi, sigcgi, web design Mountain View or REMOTE USA 2007-11-05 Essentially, we put user experience professionals together with FLOSS software projects (free/ libre/open source) who have limited or no access to this kind of work. This event helps projects in need of usability work, evangelizes the user experience profession, and is open to all types of user experience professionals: from usability engineers, interaction designers, information architects to visual designers. UX Masters and PhD candidates are most welcome too. The event also welcomes open source developers with a passion for great usability and want to learn. These are important software projects, some with huge user bases already we are touching on: Mozilla software, Chandler, WiserEarth.org, SocialText…. to name a few!! The event will be hosted at Google and food and drink will be provided for the whole day. Mozilla is sponsoring happy hours so we can unwind after a hard day of UX. - Please register to apply! The event is FREE. many great things in store over the weekend!! To Register to Apply: Go to http://www.flossusability.org and click on 'Call for Participants' Or Go directly to the form http://tinyurl.com/2qvd5k. - Remote participation is OK too! Just indicate you wish to do so when you apply. - If you can only make it 2 days – Friday and Saturday or Saturday and Sunday- that is OK too but preference given to those who can make it for 3 days. - There is a tremendous amount of leadership openings in our organization so come get involved early as we are growing rapidly in scope and funding!! - Even if you cannot make it, please help spread the word of this event to your UX and open source colleagues!! These projects need all the support they can get! 345 CA 5th FLOSS Usability Sprint UX Nov 2nd – Nov4th @ Google HQ in Mountain View!! We put UX pros together with FLOSS software (free/ libre/open source) who have limited or no access to this kind of work. 2007-11-02 false http://www.flossusability.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/345 chandler, charity, charity, conference, design, event, free, information architecture, mozilla, open source, ui, usability, usability engineering, user experience Boston USA 2007-11-09 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 http://www.uiconf.com BOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registrations. For the User Interface 12 Conference ( 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. For 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth techniques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. Now in its twelfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and usability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability professionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Communicating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. On Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wroblewski. On Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from each of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote presentation from Jared M. Spool. On Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevin Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. We'll cap off the week on Thursday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. 196 MA User Interface 12 is being held November 5-8, 2007 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on today's most pressing usability and design issues. 2007-11-05 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/196 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/196/ui12-badge.gif agile development, book, book seller, comics, content, content management, css, design, designer, developer, engineering, folksonomy, information architecture, innovation, interaction, interface, jared spool, management, personas, professional, seminar, social, social web design, taxonomy, testing, tutortial, ucd, uie, usability, user, ux, visual design, web application, web site, workshop San Mateo USA 2007-11-12 A-Z indexes are the standard means of searching within books, manuals, and online help, but are often needlessly replaced by on-site search engines when it comes to web sites and intranets. This presentation shows the advantages of A-Z indexes for web sites and how and when to implement them. Topics include: * Examples of web site A-Z indexes * Benefits of A-Z indexes and the types of sites for which they are most suitable * Demonstrations of how to use two different web site indexing tools, HTML Indexer and XRefHT * Special considerations in indexing web sites * A discussion of other kinds of indexes, databases, and taxonomies Sunday, November 11, 2:00 – 4:00 pm City of San Mateo Public Library Laurel Room 55 West 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA Refreshments provided courtesy of Cengage Gale. Please RSVP by November 6 to Margot Diltz, margot.diltz@cengage.com , 650-413-2724 Heather Hedden is an information taxonomist with Viziant Corporation in Boston and also principal of Hedden Information Management, through which she provides contract indexing services. Previously she worked on thesauri and taxonomies as senior vocabulary editor at Gale (previously Information Access Company) in Belmont, CA. She was a member of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers before moving back East and joining the New England Chapter, where she served as vice president (2005) and president (2006). She was also manager of the Web Indexing SIG of the American Society of Indexers for two years. 326 CA A free presentation by Heather Hedden sponsored by the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers 2007-11-11 false http://www.web-indexing.org/events.htm#smateo http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/326 az index, az indexes, indexes, indexing, information architecture, site index, site indexes Philadelphia USA 2007-11-15 * Note: this PhillyCHI social event is one day earlier than the standing third Thursday of the month. * Event: PhillyCHI | CreativeConnects Joint Happy Hour Time: 5:30PM - 8PM Place: Alfa Bar 1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 19103 Map: http://tinyurl.com/29dtv5 No RSVP Required. For our November social event, PhillyCHI will join the CreativeConnects Happy Hour at Alfa Bar from 5:30PM to 8PM. CreativeConnects is a free monthly social event, hosted by The BOSS Group for creative, marketing, communications, advertising and web professionals. Come network with colleagues, meet new people, keep up with industry news and get leads on jobs and business opportunities. Light appetizers and one free drink will be provided courtesy of The BOSS Group. About the BOSS Group The BOSS Group is, literally, where talent and opportunity meet. It's where creative, marketing and web professionals come to find jobs and assignments, resources and industry connections, and where clients find the talent that will help them succeed. We're committed to meeting the employment needs of employers and individuals with equal success. Our unparalleled creative staffing expertise and close partnerships with our talent and clients alike offer a true competitive advantage. The BOSS Group is a certified Women's Business Enterprise and a 2007 and 2006 Best Place To Work. 356 PA For our November social event, PhillyCHI will join the CreativeConnects Happy Hour at Alfa Bar from 5:30PM to 8PM. 2007-11-14 false http://phillychi.acm.org http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/356 acm, boss group, chi, creativeconnects, creatives, design, hci, information architecture, phillychi, sigcgi Washington DC USA 2007-11-16 Benefits This advanced information architecture seminar combines lecture, demonstration and exercises, discussion, and handouts to address a topic that bewilders every large organization: designing unified information architectures for large enterprises. You'll learn to: * Develop main pages and other upper-level "portal" components that convey a single cohesive organization, not a collection of warring business units. * Use metadata and contextual navigation