BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ensemble Independent//vPim 0.360//EN CALSCALE:Gregorian X-WR-CALNAME:Boxes and Arrows Events Calendar tagged "personas" 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:20061023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061025 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Communicating Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that gettin g the design \nright is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Le t our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakeho lders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplis h business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can wr ite test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND \nProduct planners, developers, marketers, u sability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committe d to creating a great customer experience. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*T arget your communication for specific audiences \n \n*Communicate persuasiv ely to build buy-in throughout the design process \n \n*Present requirement s and help stakeholders prioritize them \n \n*Describe an interaction frame work and show your audience why it's good \n \n*Defend your design without being defensive \n \n*Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents \n \n*Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actu ally want to use \n \n*Get the most from your precious documentation time a nd effort \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n \n*Course binder with hard copi es of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets \n \n*An examp le of a User & Domain Analysis document \n \n*Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: \n \n “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and ge tting buy-in throughout the process.â€? \n \n“Awesome! I came away with c oncrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away.â€? \n \n“ Helps you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solve those problems.â€? \n \nJUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. \n \nDon't forget, w e can bring our classes to you! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061027 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Visual Interface Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Although the right features and behavior are essential to succe ssful product design, the way they are presented can be just as important. The application of type, color, icons, and other aspects of visual design a re critical to the usability of your product or Web site. Visual design cho ices are also critical to connecting emotionally with your customers (and t o selling more products). This is not just a class on principles! It also c overs process you won't see anywhere else. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND: \nDesign ers, developers, usability professionals, brand managers, and anyone else r esponsible for delivering products that are desirable as well as usable. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*Use visual design to clarify interaction and i nformation \n \n*Use research and personas to guide visual choices and driv e consensus \n \n*Create learnable, memorable icons \n \n*Adapt your corpor ate identity to a product or Web site \n \n*Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms \n \n*Develop a comprehensive visual system for consi stent, easy application \n \n*Capture your work in a comprehensive Visual S tyle Guide \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n*Course binder with hard copies of slides and a variety of useful handouts \n \n*Visual Style Guide exampl e \n \n“Five stars!â€? \n \n“Take this course! There’s really none li ke it. Till now, you’d have to have taken a few graphic design classes to get this complete and focused a study.â€? \n \n“Prescriptive information that’s really useful.â€? \n \n“The instructors are clear, kind, enthus iastic, knowledgeable, sophisticated, and respectful!!!â€? \n \n“I felt t he presenters CARED about the topic and were experts.â€? \n \n“It’s har d to come up with anything to improve. I love the classes here. Can’t wai t for the next one!â€? \n \nJUST ONE SEAT LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! Attend ance is limited to 20 people. This course is held quarterly. \n \nIf you h ave a large group, Cooper U can come to you! 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:20061205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061209 SUMMARY:Cooper U | Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practi cum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific desi gn problem while learning how to: \n \n*Better understand business stakeho lder needs \n \n*Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users \n \n*Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user da ta \n \n*Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements \n \n*Apply scen arios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework \n \n*Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky inno vation to minor product updates \n \nThe Practicum is held at Cooper's hea dquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of internation al travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after t he practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE \n \n“This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an is sue–--this has to be taken by our designers.â€? \n \n“Inspiring, educat ional, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence. â€? \n \n“Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identi fication and construction.â€? \n \n“Great course. We can apply these desi gn methods to the hole in our XP process.â€? \n \n“Highly recommended! Ev en as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check f or the work I’m doing. I’m totally energized!â€? \n \nEARLY REGISTRATIO N AND GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. \n \nIf you have a large team to train, w e can bring our courses to you. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:As the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Practi cum was designed for usability and design practitioners, product managers, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a product idea and what actually gets built. In this course, you will work through a specific desi gn problem while learning how to: \n \n*Better understand business stakeho lder needs \n \n*Plan and conduct ethnography-based research with users and potential users \n \n*Create a rigorously-defined persona set from user da ta \n \n*Use scenarios and goals to determine requirements \n \n*Apply scen arios, principles, and design patterns to define and iterate an interaction framework \n \n*Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky inno vation to minor product updates \n \nThe Practicum is held at Cooper's hea dquarters approximately 10 times a year. For the convenience of internation al travelers, our other courses are sometimes scheduled immediately after t he practicum. All sessions are limited to 20 participants. \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE \n \n“This is commercially grounded, highly captivating, very interactive, a lot of fun, and has given me something to take back which I’m confident I can apply. The cost benefit is not an is sue–--this has to be taken by our designers." \n \n“Inspiring, educatio nal, fun. I’m leaving with a lot of tools, information, and confidence." \n \n“Well worth your time. Fills the large void between needs identifica tion and construction." \n \n“Great course. We can apply these design met hods to the hole in our XP process." \n \n“Highly recommended! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity check for the w ork I’m doing. I’m totally energized!" \n \nEARLY REGISTRATION AND GROU P DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE. \n \nIf you have a large team to train, we can brin g our courses to you. \n \n 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:20070124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Communicating Design LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:In our years of consulting at Cooper, we've learned that gettin g the design right is only half the job; the rest is getting it built. Let our experienced design communicators show you how to persuade the stakehold ers that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accomplish business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected fo rm and behavior in enough detail that programmers can build it, QA can writ e test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the w orld. \n \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND \nProduct planners, developers, marketers, us ability professionals, design practitioners, and managers who are committed to creating a great customer experience. \n \nYOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: \n*T arget your communication for specific audiences \n \n*Communicate persuasiv ely to build buy-in throughout the design process \n \n*Present requirement s and help stakeholders prioritize them \n \n*Describe an interaction frame work and show your audience why it's good \n \n*Defend your design without being defensive \n \n*Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documents \n \n*Construct a detailed Form & Behavior Specification that developers actu ally want to use \n \n*Get the most from your precious documentation time a nd effort \n \nCOURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: \n \n*Course binder with hard copi es of slides and a variety of useful handouts and worksheets \n \n*An examp le of a User & Domain Analysis document \n \n*Example sections of a Form & Behavior Specification \n \nWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE: \n \n “A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and ge tting buy-in throughout the process." \n \n“Awesome! I came away with con crete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." \n \n“Help s you understand what the real problems are and gives you the tools to solv e those problems." \n \nJUST 2 SEATS LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! This course is held quarterly. Limited to 20 participants. \n \nDon't forget, we can bring our classes to you! \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070616 SUMMARY:From Business to Buttons LOCATION:Malmö, Sweden DESCRIPTION:About the Conference \n \nFrom Business to Buttons focuses on t he practical work and useful tools involved in a project. We offer two days of interesting workshops and seminars. \n \n- Strategic Experience Design: Beyond Customer Satisfaction, Brandon Schauer, Adaptive Path \n \n- Practi cing Design at the Yahoo! Media Group: Tools and Methods \n \n- Integrating Design in Your Organization, Kim Goodwin, Cooper \n \n- Interaction design for social, media-rich mobile experiences, Fabio Sergio, frog design 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:20071108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109 SUMMARY:World Usability Day, 1/2 Day Conference [NYC-UPA] LOCATION:New York, New York, USA DESCRIPTION:12:30 – 1:00 Registration, Opening Reception \n-- \n1:00 – 1:0 5 Introduction to WUD ‘07 \nMark Safire, President, NYC UPA \n-- \n1:05 – 1:50 Delivering Stellar Customer Experiences \nThree Principles for Succes s: Learn how organizations sustain a long-term competitive edge through use r experience best practices. \n \nBruce Temkin, VP - Principal Analyst, For rester Research \n-- \n1:50 – 2:50 Reinforcing Brands With Every Interac tion \nLeading interaction designers and producers discuss how key brand at tributes can be successfully delivered through every customer interaction – online and off. \n \nModerator: Tammy Sachs, CEO, Sachs Insights. Panelist s: \n· Anthony S. Manson, Managing Partner - eMarketing, Sudler & Hennesse y \n· Brandt Flomer, Creative Director - Experience Strategy, R/GA \n· Br uce Temkin, VP - Principal Analyst, Forrester Research \n· Stephen Gates, Interactive Creative Director, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide \n-- \n2 :50 – 3:15 Snack Break \nLight Refreshments & Snacks sponsored by Human Fac tors International \n-- \n3:15 – 3:50 Innovative Features: Triumphs & Trage dies \nExamples of recent online interface techniques: good and not so good . \n \nTammy Sachs, CEO, Sachs Insights \n-- \n3:50 – 4:50 The User Experie nce Process: How to Make It Work \nLeaders in User Experience across severa l industries discuss what has worked – and what has not – in establishing u ser-centered design processes. \n \nModerator: Mark Safire, President, NYC UPA. Panelists: \n· Jose Coronado, Director of Usability, ADP \n· Kathlee n Hoski, Manager - Usability Research, Best Buy \n· Todd Toler, Dir of Use r Experience, J Wiley \n· Tushar Tanna, Former VP - Consumer Product Mgmt, WebMD \n-- \n4:50 – 5:25 Persona Development: A Healthcare Case Study \nAp ril McGee, Proj Dir, Human Factors International \n-- \n5:25 – 5:30 Closing Comments & Raffle \n5:30 – 6:30 Cocktail Reception \n-- \nADVANCE REGISTRA TION REQUIRED: nycupa20071108.eventbrite.com \n-- \nLocation: \n1 Chase Man hattan Plaza, 60th floor, NYC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071115 SUMMARY:Building Robust Personas in 30 Days or Less LOCATION:Virtual DESCRIPTION:Sign up today at http://tinyurl.com/yruel4 and use the promo co de "BOXES" to receive $30 off. \n \nIn this presentation, Jared M. Spool wi ll walk through an easy-to-accomplish 30 day plan for developing your own p ersona-based scenarios. He'll tackle each of the four development stages: g athering the field research, analyzing the data, building the personas and their scenarios, and integrating the results into the development process. \n \nGathering the Field Research: Jared will show you how to decide how m any folks to visit, who they should be, and how to prepare for meeting them . He'll talk about the best ways to collect information and how to best inv olve other team members. \n \nAnalyzing the Data: Jared will demonstrate se veral techniques from the analysis toolkit, including pair-wise comparisons , KJ Analyses, and weighted charts. He'll show you quick and easy methods f or sorting, organizing, and identifying the trends and insights you discove red in your study. \n \nBuilding the Personas and Their Scenarios: Jared w ill show you how robust personas utilize the elements uncovered in the rese arch and analysis, making their creation easily flow from your pen (or keyb oard). Jared will walk through several effective techniques for readying yo ur insights about your users and their needs. \n \nIntegrating Personas int o the Development Process: The best teams have a ready-made plan as to how they'll infuse their newly created personas and scenarios directly into the existing development process. Jared will share techniques you can use imm ediately to introduce the personas, walk through the scenarios, and ensure they become fixture of your development process. \n \nAs with all of the UI E Virtual Seminars, you'll get a complete handout with plenty of examples a nd an opportunity to ask Jared those burning questions about how to do this well in your environment. \n \nSign up today at http://tinyurl.com/yruel4 and use the promo code "BOXES" to receive $30 off. 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:20080617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080621 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led b y senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: \n \n * Identify and a ddress business issues \n * Plan and conduct user research to uncover us er goals and mental models \n * Turn user data into a set of personas th at guide (and sell!) the design \n * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements \n * Apply scenarios, principles and patter ns to define the right interaction framework \n * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates \n \nAs the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design P racticum was created for usability and design practitioners, product manage rs, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requireme nts and what actually gets built. \n______________________________________ _ \n \nWhat attendees have said about this course: \n \n"Highly recommended ! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity che ck for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" \n \n"Well worth your ti me. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." \n \n"Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, infor mation, and confidence." \n \n_______________________________________ \n \n Our new "Business of Innovation" course happens the following week on June 23-24. \n \nIf you can't attend this Practicum session, there's another Jul y 22-25, followed by our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080722 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080726 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Interaction Design Practicum LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Our four-day Practicum is an intensive, hands-on workshop led b y senior Cooper designers. We’ll show you how to: \n \n * Identify and a ddress business issues \n * Plan and conduct user research to uncover us er goals and mental models \n * Turn user data into a set of personas th at guide (and sell!) the design \n * Use scenarios and goals to identify and prioritize requirements \n * Apply scenarios, principles and patter ns to define the right interaction framework \n * Apply these methods to everything from pie-in-the-sky innovation to minor product updates \n \nAs the foundation course in the Cooper U curriculum, the Interaction Design P racticum was created for usability and design practitioners, product manage rs, and anyone else who strives to fill the gap between a list of requireme nts and what actually gets built. \n______________________________________ _ \n \nWhat attendees have said about this course: \n \n"Highly recommended ! Even as an experienced designer I both learned a lot and got a sanity che ck for the work I'm doing. I'm totally energized!" \n \n"Well worth your ti me. Fills the large void between needs identification and construction." \n \n"Inspirational, educational, fun. I'm leaving with a lot of tools, infor mation, and confidence." \n \n_______________________________________ \n \n If you can stick around for a weekend in San Francisco, consider taking our two day Visual Interface Design and Communicating Design classes the follo wing week. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080728 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080730 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Visual Interface Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Visual interface design combines detailed interaction design, s creen layout, and branding to ensure that a well-conceived, well-behaved pr oduct is also a usable and desirable one. Doing visual interface design the Goal-Directed way helps ensure that decisions and evaluation are based on clear criteria, rather than subjective opinion. \n \nThis two-day workshop will teach you how to: \n \n * Use research and personas to guide visual choices and drive consensus \n * Use color, size, and other visual prop erties to clarify interaction and information \n * Create learnable, mem orable icons \n * Adapt your corporate identity to a product or Web site \n * Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms \n * Manag e the collaboration between interaction design and visual interface design \n * Develop a comprehensive visual system for consistent, easy applicat ion \n * Capture your work in a comprehensive visual style guide \n \nAf ter taking this course, interaction designers, programmers, and product man agers will be better able to evaluate and discuss visual interface design. Practicing visual interface designers and graphic designers may find that t he sections on brand and using visual properties to establish hierarchy are review. \n______________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendee s are saying: \n \n"Take this course! There's really none like it." \n \n"E xcellent course. Good mix of theory and practical application." \n \n"Inten se and challenging--full of information that can be used in real life." \n_ ______________________________________ \n \nMake the trip even more worthwh ile! Our four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the previous week, and ou r two-day course on Communicating Design is the same week. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. Courses are limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080801 SUMMARY:Cooper U: Communicating Design course LOCATION:San Francisco, California, USA DESCRIPTION:Even the best design can't speak for itself. In our years of co nsulting at Cooper, we've learned that getting the design right is only par t of the job. Let our experienced designers show you how to persuade stakeh olders that your solution is the best way to satisfy customers and accompli sh business goals. After that, we'll teach you how to document the expected form and behavior in enough detail that engineers can build it, QA can wri te test cases from it, and marketing and sales can start showing it to the world. \n \nThis two-day class will teach you effective ways to: \n \n * Target your communication for specific audiences \n * Communicate persu asively to build buy-in throughout the process \n * Present requirements and help stakeholders prioritize them \n * Describe an interaction fram ework and show your audience why it's good \n * Defend your design witho ut being defensive \n * Create compelling User & Domain Analysis documen ts \n * Construct a detailed specification that developers actually want to use \n * Get the most from your documentation time and effort \n____ ___________________________________ \n \nHere's what attendees are saying: \n \n"A logical and well thought-out approach to documenting the design and getting buy-in throughout the process." \n \n"Awesome! I came away with co ncrete examples I can use and apply to our process right away." \n \n______ _________________________________ \n \nMake the most of your trip to San Fr ancisco! Our two-day Visual Interface Design class is the same week, and ou r four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the week before. \n \nAll Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. All are limited to 20 peo ple to ensure plenty of interaction. \n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR