BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "jared spool" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061013 SUMMARY:UI11 - User Interface 11 Conference LOCATION:Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION:Use BOXES promotion code and receive $50 off each day or $250 o ff a four-day registration. \n \nKeynotes by Jared Spool and Barry Schwartz \n \nGround-breaking Full-Day Seminars: \n \nCreating Persuasion Architect ure Online \nBryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg, Future Now \n \nDevelop a strat egy for persuading your users to take action. You'll learn how to map your user goals with your site's business goals. \n \n - o - o - \nHow to Des ign a Task-Based Information Architecture \nGerry McGovern \n \nGet a soli d grounding in information architecture that will enable you to create desi gns that help users find what they want. \n \n - o - o - \nBuilding and Ma naging a Successful User Experience Team \nSarah Bloomer and Susan Wolfe \ n \nLearn proven processes for creating a successful usability team, includ ing how the best teams work together and report success. \n \n - o - o - \ nRich Internet Applications and AJAX \nDavid (Heller) Malouf & Bill Scott, Yahoo! \n \nLearn to create your own Rich Internet Application solution us ing powerful technologies, such as AJAX or Flash. \n \n - o - o - \nMaking Meaning: Creating an Engaging User Experience \nNathan Shedroff \n \nLear n the most effective processes for establishing a deep and meaningful conne ction with your users. \n \n - o - o - \nSite Seeing: Communicating Succes sfully with Visual Design \nLuke Wroblewski, Yahoo! \n \nGet practical in sights and strategies for boosting your site's visual appeal and delighting your users. \n \n - o - o - \nBringing User-Centered Design Practices int o Agile Development Projects \nJeff Patton, ThoughtWorks \n \nUtilize Agi le Development processes to speed development, improve quality, reduce feat ure creep, and encourage team collaboration. \n \n - o - o - \nAdvanced Me thods for Usability Testing \nRolf Molich \n \nUncover the best practices for usability testing with rare insights pulled from research on more than a dozen usability teams. \n \n - o - o - \nFull-day seminars by Jared Spoo l, Christine Perfetti, and Josh Porter END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070124 SUMMARY:UIE Web App Summit LOCATION:Monterey, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Web-based applications are quickly becoming critical components of the strategy of many organizations. However, the knowledge and skills t o make a great application is still only available as scattered lore. Until now. \n \nJared Spool and UIE's researchers have reached out to those indi viduals who've spent the last few years pushing the envelope in web apps an d put together the first comprehensive event to bring their knowledge and e xpertise to you. You'll meet the pioneers and world-class designers behind today's most successful web apps and come away inspired to create amazing a pplications that will delight your users. \n \nWe've carefully crafted this three-day event to give you what you need. You'll start your journey with our full-day tutorials, designed to dive right into the in-depth expertise behind creating successful applications. Then you'll explore our "Foundatio ns" Day, with the essentials for great designs. And you'll wrap up in our " New Perspectives" Day, looking at where the world of web apps is going. \n \nIf you sign up using promotion code BOXES, you will receive $30 off each single day registration; if you sign up for all 3 days, you will also recei ve a free limited-edition Web App Summit iPod shuffle. (Note: This promotio n cannot be combined with any other promotions we may offer.) \n \nView the complete summit description, and register at http://www.webappsummit.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109 SUMMARY:UI12 - User Interface 12 Conference LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION:Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video ht tp://www.uiconf.com \n \nBOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registratio ns. \n \nFor the User Interface 12 Conference \n( http://www.uiconf.com ) , Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most pressing design topics. \n \nFor 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth tech niques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confide nce necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. \n \nNow in its tw elfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and u sability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability pro fessionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Archi tecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Com municating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. \n \nO n Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-d ay seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wr oblewski. \n \nOn Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from e ach of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote pres entation from Jared M. Spool. \n \nOn Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevi n Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. \n \nWe'll cap off the week on Thur sday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose bet ween UIE's most popular seminars. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080326 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080329 SUMMARY:Web App Summit 2008 LOCATION:Coronado, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Use the promo code "BOXES" to receive $30 off each day and a li mited-edition Web App Summit 2008 iPod nano. Promotion ends on 2/26. \n \nO ver the three days of Web App Summit 2008, you'll meet the innovators and w orld-class designers behind today's most successful web apps, and come away inspired to create amazing applications that will delight your users. \n \ nWe've carefully crafted this three-day event to give you what you need. \ n \nWe start with four full-day tutorials covering the most critical topics for your success. Between them, the world-renowned experts leading these s eminars have more than 100 years of experience designing applications for p ractically every industry, from financial services to entertainment. They'v e created an information-packed day designed to get every question you have answered and deliver you the essential insights for creating great applica tions. \n \nOn the second day, we've chosen each session to give you the es sentials for designing a successful web application. You'll come away with a full stock of tips and techniques you'll want to share with your entire t eam. \n \nOn the third day, we'll explore the best practices for implementi ng successful web applications. We've chosen the biggest experts in the wor ld of web development to give you a full spectrum of techniques and insight s. \n \nDays 2 and 3 feature a "peer-to-peer" luncheon, where you'll conne ct up with others who are tackling the same challenges you're facing and le arn from their experiences. \n \nSpeakers include: Luke Wroblewski, Kim Go odwin, Leisa Reichelt, Indi Young, Steve Mulder, Jeremy Keith, Bill Scott, Derek Featherstone, Keith Robinson, Sean Kane, and of course, Jared M. Spoo l. \n \nUse the promo code "BOXES" to receive $30 off each day and a limit ed-edition Web App Summit 2008 iPod nano. Promotion ends on 2/26. \n \nView the complete summit description, and register at http://www.webappsummit.c om END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081023 SUMMARY:UIE Virtual Seminar: Usability Testing in the Wild LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:[The UIE Virtual Seminars, User Interface Engineering's monthly series of online seminars, gives you the chance to hear the latest perspec tives in the world of design from the field's premier experts. Instead of t raveling to a training course, you and your colleagues can hear the latest insights on the most important design topics right from your office. Once y ou purchase the seminar, you can watch the presentation right on your PC sc reen. ] \n \nHowever, it doesn't have to be that way. Useful insights can c ome just by having the chance to talk with and observe participants in the most informal of settings, such as cafés, trade shows, and the company cafe teria. You can get value from a quick test, even if you only have 2 days to pull it off, or don’t have a working design yet. Traditional by-the-book t esting has its merits, but you can still get valid, useful results by cutti ng out the time-consuming and budget-busting expenses. \n \nUsability testi ng expert Dana Chisnell knows what it means to work by-the-book – she co-wr ote “the book” (The Handbook of Usability Testing) with Jeff Rubin. In this seminar, Dana will break down the process of collecting user research data , exploring the must-haves, the nice-to-haves, and the certainly-can-do-wit houts. You'll learn how you can answer your essential design questions usin g methods that would make MacGyver proud. \n \nThis presentation is perfect if you have yet to conduct your first usability test. If you’re experience d with testing, Dana will show you some new ways to inject user research in to those tight-on-resources projects that keep cropping up. \n \nRegister t oday with the promotional code ARROW and receive our lowest price of just $ 99! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090116 SUMMARY:UIE Virtual Seminar - Road to Informed Decisions LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:Every design consists of thousands of decisions. Smart, well-in formed decisions lead to a great design, while poor, uninformed decisions r esult in something users despise. Making the right decisions is critical to the design's success. \n \nSolid user research methods, such as usability testing and field studies, help us learn about our users and their needs. H owever, collecting the data is just the first step. To succeed, we must ass emble the seemingly random stuff we learned into a coherent and confident s et of recommendations for the team to act on -- often with a tight schedule and a limited budget. \n \nIn this presentation, Jared M. Spool will share state-of-the-art techniques to get from observation data to informed decis ions. He'll show you the best practices for teams to organize chaotic data, develop consensus, bring objectivity out of subjective observations, and p roduce clear design recommendations. You'll learn how to maximize your rese arch investment with a concrete set of analysis techniques. \n \nRegister w ith the promotion code BOXES for our lowest rate of just $99! END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR