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  <event>
    <city>Seattle</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-10-29</end-on>
    <full-description>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 &amp; 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 &amp; Christian Rohrer, eBay 
John Morkes &amp; Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. 
Martin White, Intranet Focus 
Tjeerd Hoek &amp; John Pruitt, Microsoft 
Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, &amp; Bruce &#226;&#8364;&#339;Tog&#226;&#8364;? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group 
Jill Strawbridge, Symantec 
Jim Sterne, Target Marketing 
Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
John Boyd &amp; Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! 
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">71</id>
    <region>WA</region>
    <short-description>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.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-10-22</start-on>
    <title>User Experience 2006, Seattle</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/71</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/71/nnglogo-invoice.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>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</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>London</city>
    <country>United Kingdom</country>
    <end-on type="date">2006-11-12</end-on>
    <full-description>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 &amp; 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 &amp; Christian Rohrer, eBay 
John Morkes &amp; Lynn Pausic, Expero Inc. 
Martin White, Intranet Focus 
Tjeerd Hoek &amp; John Pruitt, Microsoft 
Kara Pernice Coyne, Hoa Loranger, Jakob Nielsen, Chris Nodder, Donald A. Norman,  Amy Schade, &amp; Bruce &#226;&#8364;&#339;Tog&#226;&#8364;? Tognazzini, Nielsen Norman Group 
Jill Strawbridge, Symantec 
Jim Sterne, Target Marketing 
Janice Rohn, World Savings Bank 
John Boyd &amp; Christian Lindholm, Yahoo! </full-description>
    <id type="integer">72</id>
    <region>United Kingdom</region>
    <short-description>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.
</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2006-11-05</start-on>
    <title>User Experience 2006, London</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.nngroup.com/events/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/72</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/72/nnglogo-invoice.jpg</logo-url>
    <tag-string>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</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Boston</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-11-09</end-on>
    <full-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 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.</full-description>
    <id type="integer">196</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>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.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-11-05</start-on>
    <title>UI12 - User Interface 12 Conference</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.uiconf.com</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/196</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/196/ui12-badge.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>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</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Boston</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2007-11-17</end-on>
    <full-description>Many of us who studied design in college missed those &#8216;leadership classes&#8217; typically offered to the business students&#8212;our educational focus was on learning creative processes and improving our visual skills. As the definition of corporate competitiveness evolves, the expectations placed upon the design profession grow exponentially. Designers are perfectly predisposed to strengthen their organization&#8217;s competitive position because they are advocates of innovation and creative thinking.

Maureen Thurston will discuss the fundamental precepts of leadership, diagnose the role of the design leader, explore how core leadership skills can be learned, applied and leveraged, as well as help you develop your own personal leadership style.

What you will learn:

    * Examining leadership and its impact on the design profession
    * Deciphering the myth, mystique and specific traits of leadership
    * What are the nuances between managing and leading
    * How to hone your &#8216;inner-leader&#8217; skills

How you will benefit:
As designers ascend the management ladder, one of the hardest challenges they will face is conquering the &#8216;soft&#8217; skills of leadership. Through readings, assignments, Socratic-styled discussions and experience-based exercises, this seminar provides participants with specific tools that will transfer leadership skills into effective practice.

Maureen 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 brokerage for state-of&#8211;the-art product design application.  

    Feedback from past attendees:
    Fantastic! Helpful not only for my current situation as a design leader, but for my future career.
    Great seminar! A thoroughly enjoyable experience.

</full-description>
    <id type="integer">336</id>
    <region>MA</region>
    <short-description>You will learn the fundamental precepts of leadership, diagnose the role of the design leader, explore how core skills can be learned, applied and leveraged, and  develop your own leadership style.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2007-11-15</start-on>
    <title>Learning to Lead: A Guide to Leadership Skills</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/education/seminars/ltl.htm</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/336</url>
    <logo-url></logo-url>
    <tag-string>design, design leadership, management</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city></city>
    <country></country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-01-31</end-on>
    <full-description>Time: 1:00-2:00pm ET
Cost: 50$

Description:  Taxonomy and metadata standards projects can be abstract and difficult to explain. However, 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 improve business processes and help achieve goals of improved productivity as well 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 are core to organizational adaptability and flexibility? How do you explain the role of taxonomy projects in the era of "just get Google"?

Join us to learn how Jeff Auker, Assistant Vice President in the Hartford's Personal Lines Department managed communications and gained support for an enterprise taxonomy initiative at the insurance company. This session is a must hear event for anyone struggling with getting and retaining organizational support for their taxonomy and information architecture programs. </full-description>
    <id type="integer">395</id>
    <region></region>
    <short-description>Join us to learn how Jeff Auker, Assistant
VP ing the Hartford's Personal
Lines Dept. managed communications and
gained support for an enterprise taxonomy
initiative at the insurance company. </short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-01-30</start-on>
    <title>Taxonomy CoP Call - Getting Management Buy-in</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">true</virtual>
    <website>http://www.earley.com/_Jan2008.asp</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/395</url>
    <logo-url></logo-url>
    <tag-string>buyin, management, metadata, selling, taxonomies, taxonomy</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Sydney</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-04-03</end-on>
    <full-description>To be successful, information management initiatives must quickly become valuable to the business, delivering tangible and visible benefits. This can be challenging in complex organisational environments with many hurdles to overcome.

Cairo Walker shares her on-the-ground experience working with some of Australasia's most prominent private and public sector organisation's information management strategies, plans and initiatives.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear Cairo share her thoughts and insights on making information management work.

*About the presenter*

Cairo Walker is a senior consultant at Step Two, and has worked with many organisations in both the public and private sector, in a consulting and mentoring roles.

Cairo'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 these global companies Cairo has an impressive local track record designing successful enterprise-wide initiatives and mentoring companies through implementation within Australia.

Cairo is the author of many articles on information management, collaboration and intranets and runs the Enterprise Content Management post-graduate subject at the University of Technology, Sydney. </full-description>
    <id type="integer">411</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>Mercure Hotel, Sydney. Presented by Step Two Designs.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-04-02</start-on>
    <title>Innovative Information Management Planning</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080402/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/411</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/411/logo-s2d.gif</logo-url>
    <tag-string>enterprise ia, information management, intranet, management</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>Melbourne</city>
    <country>Australia</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-05-10</end-on>
    <full-description>*Complete Intranet Management - Exploring the Intranet Hive*

It is never easy juggling the many tasks involved in maintaining and growing intranets. This workshop introduces a new model for managing intranets: the Intranet Hive.

Dividing intranet tasks into six segments, this model has been developed by Step Two Designs to help intranet teams assess how they are going, and to identify missing activities.

Cairo Walker will facilitate an exploration of this new model, as well providing practical insight into many aspects of intranet management.

*About the presenter*

Cairo Walker is a senior consultant at Step Two, and has worked with many organisations in both the public and private sector, in a consulting and mentoring roles.

Cairo'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 these global companies Cairo has an impressive local track record designing successful enterprise-wide initiatives and mentoring companies through implementation within Australia.

Cairo is the author of many articles on information management, collaboration and intranets and runs the Enterprise Content Management post-graduate subject at the University of Technology, Sydney. </full-description>
    <id type="integer">410</id>
    <region>Australia</region>
    <short-description>Crowne Plaza Melbourne. Presented by Step Two Designs.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-05-09</start-on>
    <title>Complete Intranet Management</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080509/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/410</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/410/WebLogo.png</logo-url>
    <tag-string>enterprise ia, information management, intranet, management</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>New York</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2008-10-11</end-on>
    <full-description>In today?s global competitive environment business model thinking 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 for the most appropriate business models to bring new and innovative products and services to the market.

Unfortunately, management literature provides little methodological guidance that helps executives and entrepreneurs systematically reflect on the topic of business model design and innovation. This workshop addresses that gap by providing participants with a powerful, tested and pragmatic approach that assists business people in designing competitive and innovative business models.

The approach is based on the ?Business Model Canvas?, which allows business people to describe business models with a simple and common language based on 9 building blocks. This language can then be used to assess business models and come up with new and innovative business model alternatives. The approach appeals to senior executives, department heads, entrepreneurs and financiers alike, since all have a common need of identifying and implementing competitive and sustainable business models.

In this workshop you will:
    * sense why it is indispensable for you to start thinking in terms of business models in today?s competitive landscape
    * learn how to describe your own business model(s) based on the intuitive and pragmatic Business Model Canvas approach
    * be able to generate business model alternatives in your own competitive environment
    * apply the Business Model Canvas approach in break-out sessions
</full-description>
    <id type="integer">531</id>
    <region>NY</region>
    <short-description>At this workshop you will master a simple but powerful and systematic approach to understanding, analyzing, designing and changing business models</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2008-10-10</start-on>
    <title>Designing Innovative Business Models</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://smartexperience.org/classes/business-model-design/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/531</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/531/smartexperience.logo.png</logo-url>
    <tag-string>business, entrepreneur, innovation, management, models, strategy</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>San Francisco</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-02-06</end-on>
    <full-description>Your success in business often comes down to how capable you are at managing new product development, running successful programs, or executing on projects. But this success is all too often dependent on product or program managers learning from past experience to improve future performance. At Managing Design Projects, managers from creative organizations will share their knowledge and gain insights on how to best manage creative teams, ensuring product or project success.

Who Should Attend?
If you are a product manager, program manager, or project manager for creative teams, this is a prime opportunity to join peers for a day of inspiration, education and networking, removed from the hustle and distraction of your work life.

What Will Be Covered?
8:30-9:00 AM | Registration

9:00-9:15 AM | Welcome

9:15-10:15 AM	 | Keynote, Scott Berkun

10:15-10:30 AM | Break

10:30-11:30 AM | Design is Made of People: Designing Effective Work Sessions, Julia Houck-Whitaker and Sarah Nelson

11:30 AM-12:15 PM	| Tools of the Trade

12:15-1:15 PM	| Lunch and Giving Good Service, a panel discussion on client relations

1:15-2:15 PM | Conflict Resolution, Lynne Waldera

3:15-3:30 PM | Break

2:30-4:15 PM | Managing for New Methods and Technologies 

4:15-5:00 PM	Elevating the Practice, Brian Cronin

5:00-6:30 PM	Reception</full-description>
    <id type="integer">608</id>
    <region>CA</region>
    <short-description>Scott Berkun is keynoting this one day event for project managers.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-02-05</start-on>
    <title>Managing Design Projects</title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://adaptivepath.com/events/2009/feb/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/608</url>
    <logo-url></logo-url>
    <tag-string>adaptive path, fort mason, management, project manager, scott berkun</tag-string>
  </event>
  <event>
    <city>San Francisco</city>
    <country>USA</country>
    <end-on type="date">2009-03-04</end-on>
    <full-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 demanding set of challenges. 

If you are a VP, director, or manager involved in product strategy, product development, service design, or design management, this is a prime opportunity to join peers from around the world for two days of inspiration, education and networking, removed from the hustle and distraction of your working life.

Confirmed speakers: 
* Bruce Tempkin - VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

* Dan Roam - author of "The Back of the Napkin"

* David Bulter - VP, Design, The Coca-Cola Company

* Khoi Vinh - Design Director for NYTimes.com

* Margaret Gould Stewart - Manager, User Experience, Google

* Marty Neumeir - President of Neutron

* Margret Schmidt - VP, User Experience Design &amp; Research, TiVo

* Sara Beckman - Co-Director of the Management of Technology Program, Haas School of Business

InterContinental San Francisco 
888 Howard Street 
San Francisco, CA 94103

Early Bird pricing (until January 31st)
Pre-Conference workshop: $445
2-day Conference: $1,795

Regular pricing
Pre-Conference workshop: $545
2-day Conference: $1,995</full-description>
    <id type="integer">602</id>
    <region>CA</region>
    <short-description>The MX  conference brings thought leaders from Coca-Cola, Google, TiVo, Forrester and others, to show you how smart and visionary management will help you successfully compete in a difficult economy.</short-description>
    <start-on type="date">2009-03-01</start-on>
    <title>MX 2009: Managing Experience </title>
    <virtual type="boolean">false</virtual>
    <website>http://adaptivepath.com/events/2009/mar/</website>
    <url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/602</url>
    <logo-url>http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/602/mx-logo.png</logo-url>
    <tag-string>adaptive path, conference, design, management, mx, user experience</tag-string>
  </event>
</events>
