BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "management" BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061022 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061029 SUMMARY:User Experience 2006, Seattle LOCATION:Seattle, Washington, USA DESCRIPTION:3 plenary sessions (keynotes): \n \n* The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) \n \n* Designing the Windows Vista User Exp erience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) \n \n* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindho lm, Yahoo!) \n \n29 full-day tutorials: \n \n* Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability \n \n* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability \n \n * Introduction to User Testing \n \n* Interaction Design 1 and 2 \n \n* Eye tracking Web Usability \n \n* Information Architecture \n \n* Content Usabi lity 1 and 2 \n \n* Rapid Iterative Design \n \n* The Persona Lifecycle: Cr eating and Communicating User Personas \n \n* Getting from User Data to De sign \nFundamentals of Internet Marketing \n \n* Web Metrics: Assessing Web site Performance \n \n* Advanced User Testing \n \n* How to Communicate Tes t Results \n \n* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation \n \n* Designing Complex Applications and Websites \n \n* Managing User Experienc e Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond \n \n* Intranet Usability 1 & 2 \n \n* Email Newsletter Usability \n \n* Lightweight Content Management: Blog s and Wikis \n \n* Content Management for Websites and Intranets \n \n* Des igning B2B Websites \n \n* Managing a User Experience Team \n \n* Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology \n \n* Instant Visual Communication \n \n* Making Search Work \n \nSpeakers: \n \nScott McCloud \nJenn Anderson, 3Across \nTamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. \nDan Brown, Compute ch, Inc. \nNancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay \nJohn Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. \nMartin White, Intranet Focus \nTjeerd Hoek & John P ruitt, Microsoft \nKara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielse n Norman Group \nJill Strawbridge, Symantec \nJim Sterne, Target Marketin g \nJanice Rohn, World Savings Bank \nJohn Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yah oo! \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061112 SUMMARY:User Experience 2006, London LOCATION:London, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:3 plenary sessions (keynotes): \n \n* The Future of Design (Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group) \n \n* Designing the Windows Vista User Exp erience (Tjeerd Hoek, Microsoft) \n \n* Mobile Usability (Christian Lindho lm, Yahoo!) \n \n29 full-day tutorials: \n \n* Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability \n \n* Fundamental Guidelines for Application Usability \n \n * Introduction to User Testing \n \n* Interaction Design 1 and 2 \n \n* Eye tracking Web Usability \n \n* Information Architecture \n \n* Content Usabi lity 1 and 2 \n \n* Rapid Iterative Design \n \n* The Persona Lifecycle: Cr eating and Communicating User Personas \n \n* Getting from User Data to De sign \nFundamentals of Internet Marketing \n \n* Web Metrics: Assessing Web site Performance \n \n* Advanced User Testing \n \n* How to Communicate Tes t Results \n \n* Communicating Design: User Experience Documentation \n \n* Designing Complex Applications and Websites \n \n* Managing User Experienc e Strategy: Lessons from eBay and Beyond \n \n* Intranet Usability 1 & 2 \n \n* Email Newsletter Usability \n \n* Lightweight Content Management: Blog s and Wikis \n \n* Content Management for Websites and Intranets \n \n* Des igning B2B Websites \n \n* Managing a User Experience Team \n \n* Designing Multi-User Services: Lessons from Social Psychology \n \n* Instant Visual Communication \n \n* Making Search Work \n \nSpeakers: \n \nScott McCloud \nJenn Anderson, 3Across \nTamara Adlin, Adlin, Inc. \nDan Brown, Compute ch, Inc. \nNancy Dickenson & Christian Rohrer, eBay \nJohn Morkes & Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. \nMartin White, Intranet Focus \nTjeerd Hoek & John P ruitt, Microsoft \nKara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman, Amy Schade, & Bruce “Togâ€? Tognazzini, Nielse n Norman Group \nJill Strawbridge, Symantec \nJim Sterne, Target Marketin g \nJanice Rohn, World Savings Bank \nJohn Boyd & Christian Lindholm, Yah oo! 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:20071115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071117 SUMMARY:Learning to Lead: A Guide to Leadership Skills LOCATION:Boston, Massachusetts, USA DESCRIPTION:Many of us who studied design in college missed those ‘leadersh ip classes’ typically offered to the business students—our educational focu s was on learning creative processes and improving our visual skills. As th e definition of corporate competitiveness evolves, the expectations placed upon the design profession grow exponentially. Designers are perfectly pred isposed to strengthen their organization’s competitive position because the y are advocates of innovation and creative thinking. \n \nMaureen Thurston will discuss the fundamental precepts of leadership, diagnose the role of t he design leader, explore how core leadership skills can be learned, applie d and leveraged, as well as help you develop your own personal leadership s tyle. \n \nWhat you will learn: \n \n * Examining leadership and its imp act on the design profession \n * Deciphering the myth, mystique and spe cific traits of leadership \n * What are the nuances between managing an d leading \n * How to hone your ‘inner-leader’ skills \n \nHow you will benefit: \nAs designers ascend the management ladder, one of the hardest ch allenges they will face is conquering the ‘soft’ skills of leadership. Thro ugh readings, assignments, Socratic-styled discussions and experience-based exercises, this seminar provides participants with specific tools that wil l transfer leadership skills into effective practice. \n \nMaureen Thurston is an accomplished strategist and author of Design Leverage, and a former Professor of Design Management at Art Center College of Design. Maureen is Principal and Founder of ACCESS International, the first United States brok erage for state-of–the-art product design application. \n \n Feedback from past attendees: \n Fantastic! Helpful not only for my current situa tion as a design leader, but for my future career. \n Great seminar! A t horoughly enjoyable experience. \n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080131 SUMMARY:Taxonomy CoP Call - Getting Management Buy-in LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:Time: 1:00-2:00pm ET \nCost: 50$ \n \nDescription: Taxonomy an d metadata standards projects can be abstract and difficult to explain. How ever, unless you are able to clearly convey the value of this work, it will be challenging, if not impossible to get organizational support, resources and buy in. How do you get management to understand how taxonomy can impro ve business processes and help achieve goals of improved productivity as we ll as provide a foundation for new capabilities that the organization will need down the road? How can the magnitude of the effort be explained while convincing decision makers that the investment in these kinds of projects a re core to organizational adaptability and flexibility? How do you explain the role of taxonomy projects in the era of "just get Google"? \n \nJoin us to learn how Jeff Auker, Assistant Vice President in the Hartford's Person al Lines Department managed communications and gained support for an enterp rise taxonomy initiative at the insurance company. This session is a must h ear event for anyone struggling with getting and retaining organizational s upport for their taxonomy and information architecture programs. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080403 SUMMARY:Innovative Information Management Planning LOCATION:Sydney, Australia DESCRIPTION:To be successful, information management initiatives must quick ly become valuable to the business, delivering tangible and visible benefit s. This can be challenging in complex organisational environments with many hurdles to overcome. \n \nCairo Walker shares her on-the-ground experience working with some of Australasia's most prominent private and public secto r organisation's information management strategies, plans and initiatives. \n \nDon't miss this opportunity to hear Cairo share her thoughts and insig hts on making information management work. \n \n*About the presenter* \n \n Cairo Walker is a senior consultant at Step Two, and has worked with many o rganisations in both the public and private sector, in a consulting and men toring roles. \n \nCairo's expertise has seen her deliver keynote speeches and workshops across Asia-Pacific and consult to global organizations such as Dyno Nobel (USA, Canada, Australia), Caltex, McKesson (USA, Asia-Pacific ), Fonterra (global in over 50 countries) and many others. In addition to t hese global companies Cairo has an impressive local track record designing successful enterprise-wide initiatives and mentoring companies through impl ementation within Australia. \n \nCairo is the author of many articles on i nformation management, collaboration and intranets and runs the Enterprise Content Management post-graduate subject at the University of Technology, S ydney. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080510 SUMMARY:Complete Intranet Management LOCATION:Melbourne, Australia DESCRIPTION:*Complete Intranet Management - Exploring the Intranet Hive* \n \nIt is never easy juggling the many tasks involved in maintaining and gro wing intranets. This workshop introduces a new model for managing intranets : the Intranet Hive. \n \nDividing intranet tasks into six segments, this m odel has been developed by Step Two Designs to help intranet teams assess h ow they are going, and to identify missing activities. \n \nCairo Walker wi ll facilitate an exploration of this new model, as well providing practical insight into many aspects of intranet management. \n \n*About the presente r* \n \nCairo Walker is a senior consultant at Step Two, and has worked wit h many organisations in both the public and private sector, in a consulting and mentoring roles. \n \nCairo's expertise has seen her deliver keynote s peeches and workshops across Asia-Pacific and consult to global organizatio ns such as Dyno Nobel (USA, Canada, Australia), Caltex, McKesson (USA, Asia -Pacific), Fonterra (global in over 50 countries) and many others. In addit ion to these global companies Cairo has an impressive local track record de signing successful enterprise-wide initiatives and mentoring companies thro ugh implementation within Australia. \n \nCairo is the author of many artic les on information management, collaboration and intranets and runs the Ent erprise Content Management post-graduate subject at the University of Techn ology, Sydney. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081011 SUMMARY:Designing Innovative Business Models LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:In today?s global competitive environment business model thinki ng is an essential skill for every business person. A recent CEO survey by IBM shows that business models and business model innovation are on top of the executive agenda. Also, entrepreneurs across industries are searching f or the most appropriate business models to bring new and innovative product s and services to the market. \n \nUnfortunately, management literature pro vides little methodological guidance that helps executives and entrepreneur s systematically reflect on the topic of business model design and innovati on. This workshop addresses that gap by providing participants with a power ful, tested and pragmatic approach that assists business people in designin g competitive and innovative business models. \n \nThe approach is based on the ?Business Model Canvas?, which allows business people to describe busi ness models with a simple and common language based on 9 building blocks. T his language can then be used to assess business models and come up with ne w and innovative business model alternatives. The approach appeals to senio r executives, department heads, entrepreneurs and financiers alike, since a ll have a common need of identifying and implementing competitive and susta inable business models. \n \nIn this workshop you will: \n * sense why i t is indispensable for you to start thinking in terms of business models in today?s competitive landscape \n * learn how to describe your own busin ess model(s) based on the intuitive and pragmatic Business Model Canvas app roach \n * be able to generate business model alternatives in your own c ompetitive environment \n * apply the Business Model Canvas approach in break-out sessions \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090206 SUMMARY:Managing Design Projects LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Your success in business often comes down to how capable you ar e at managing new product development, running successful programs, or exec uting on projects. But this success is all too often dependent on product o r program managers learning from past experience to improve future performa nce. At Managing Design Projects, managers from creative organizations will share their knowledge and gain insights on how to best manage creative tea ms, ensuring product or project success. \n \nWho Should Attend? \nIf you a re a product manager, program manager, or project manager for creative team s, this is a prime opportunity to join peers for a day of inspiration, educ ation and networking, removed from the hustle and distraction of your work life. \n \nWhat Will Be Covered? \n8:30-9:00 AM | Registration \n \n9:00-9: 15 AM | Welcome \n \n9:15-10:15 AM | Keynote, Scott Berkun \n \n10:15-10:3 0 AM | Break \n \n10:30-11:30 AM | Design is Made of People: Designing Effe ctive Work Sessions, Julia Houck-Whitaker and Sarah Nelson \n \n11:30 AM-12 :15 PM | Tools of the Trade \n \n12:15-1:15 PM | Lunch and Giving Good Serv ice, a panel discussion on client relations \n \n1:15-2:15 PM | Conflict Re solution, Lynne Waldera \n \n3:15-3:30 PM | Break \n \n2:30-4:15 PM | Manag ing for New Methods and Technologies \n \n4:15-5:00 PM Elevating the Pract ice, Brian Cronin \n \n5:00-6:30 PM Reception END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090304 SUMMARY:MX 2009: Managing Experience LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:In this tightening economy, it's more crucial than ever to make explicit the business value of design. Creative managers building the next generation of products and services are confronted with an increasingly de manding set of challenges. \n \nIf you are a VP, director, or manager invo lved in product strategy, product development, service design, or design ma nagement, this is a prime opportunity to join peers from around the world f or two days of inspiration, education and networking, removed from the hust le and distraction of your working life. \n \nConfirmed speakers: \n* Bruc e Tempkin - VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research \n \n* Dan Roam - aut hor of "The Back of the Napkin" \n \n* David Bulter - VP, Design, The Coca- Cola Company \n \n* Khoi Vinh - Design Director for NYTimes.com \n \n* Marg aret Gould Stewart - Manager, User Experience, Google \n \n* Marty Neumeir - President of Neutron \n \n* Margret Schmidt - VP, User Experience Design & Research, TiVo \n \n* Sara Beckman - Co-Director of the Management of Tec hnology Program, Haas School of Business \n \nInterContinental San Francisc o \n888 Howard Street \nSan Francisco, CA 94103 \n \nEarly Bird pricing ( until January 31st) \nPre-Conference workshop: $445 \n2-day Conference: $1, 795 \n \nRegular pricing \nPre-Conference workshop: $545 \n2-day Conference : $1,995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR