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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061216
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Holiday Social
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:This will be a great opportunity to combine celebrating the hol
 iday 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!
\n
\nWhen: Friday, December, 15th
\
 n6:30 – 9:30 PM
\n
\nWhere: Noche - www.noche215.com
\n1901 Chestnut Stre
 et
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19103
\n(conveniently located within 4 blocks of Subu
 rban Station)
\nParking options: http://tinyurl.com/y9twna
\n
\nRSVP: Not r
 equired, but appreciated.
\nPlease send RSVPs to phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\n*
 *Try to arrive on time to take advantage of our one hour open bar.**
\n
\n~
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
\n
\nSponsors:
\nThis event would not be possible without the 
 support of our proud sponsors, GSI Commerce and Usable Interface...
\n
\nGS
 I Commerce (http://www.gsicommerce.com) is a leading provider of outsourced
  e-commerce solutions for over 50 partners in the United States. GSI's inte
 grated e-commerce platform offers services in three areas: technology, logi
 stics and customer care, and marketing services.
\n
\nGSI is headquartered 
 in King of Prussia with two fulfillment centers in Kentucky, and customer c
 are centers in Florida and Wisconsin, and a presence in the international m
 arket as well with GSI Commerce Europe, Inc.
\n
\nUsable Interface (http://
 www.usableinterface.com) is an independent consulting company specializing 
 in product usability and user interface design. Usable Interface provides c
 onsulting services in the areas of: user research, usability testing, inter
 action design, and information architecture.
\n
\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\n
\nHope t
 o see you all there!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070126
SUMMARY:2007 PhillyCHI Design Slam
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Location: Levine 307, UPenn Campus 3301 Walnut, Philadelphia PA
 
\nDIRECTIONS: Here is a map of the building: http://www.facilities.upenn.e
 du/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=407
\n
\nSign up now!
\nIf you would like to 
 participate, please RSVP now to phillychi@gmail.com. Why now? We may need t
 o cap attendance.
\n
\nWhat's a "design slam"?
\nDuring the meeting, partic
 ipants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project
 , including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an oppo
 rtunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will con
 clude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" 
 and the assembled audience.
\n
\nThen the "clients" team will choose a winn
 er. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your
  peers and an award.
\n
\nWhat's in it for me?
\nThis is a chance for inter
 ested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing pro
 fessionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as
  they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environme
 nt. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes th
 is session stand out from the garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" prese
 ntation.
\n
\nThose that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6
 :15pm at the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challen
 ge promptly at 6:25.
\n
\nIf you do not want to participate due to not bein
 g able to get to the meeting on-time or a severe case of social phobia, fea
 r not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the ro
 le of users, and help choose the winning team.
\n
\nThis idea is shamelessl
 y stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more informati
 on about the IA Slam, visit http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070216
SUMMARY:phillyCHI Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: Bar Noche - 1901 Chestnut Street, Ph
 iladelphia (http://www.noche215.com)
\nRSVP: Appreciated but not necessary 
 at phillyCHI@gmail.com.
\n* Please pass this along to anyone you think will
  be interested! Thanks.*
\n
\nJoin us Thursday, February 15th for drinks an
 d networking in Center City Philadelphia. Our sponsor this month is Mission
 Staff, a full-service IT staffing firm based in Center City Philadelphia. M
 issionStaff places professionals in the fields of Web and Application Devel
 opment, Database Administration, Business Analysis / Project Management and
  User Experience Design / Information Architecture. They provide contract s
 taffing services as well as direct placement to a client concentration that
  spans from Princeton, NJ to Wilmington, DE. You can find out more about Mi
 ssionStaff at their website at www.MissionStaff.com.
\n
\nDuring 2007, phil
 lyCHI will host a happy hour every third Thursday of the month, giving folk
 s interested in HCI a chance to get together to socialize. So mark your cal
 endars and please join us!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070222
SUMMARY:Tagging: It's the Interface Stupid!
LOCATION:King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: GSI Commerce, Inc., 935 First Avenue
 , King of Prussia, PA
\nRSVP: Please let us know if you are coming at phill
 yCHI@gmail.com
\n
\nInterest in content user-assigned tags is one of the bi
 g new stories on the Web. But content tagging is not a new story. What's ne
 w about Web 2.0 is that end users are doing the tagging instead of libraria
 ns, and the results are being shown almost instantly on websites like flick
 r, del.icio.us, Wikipedia, and Technorati.Librarians have long contended th
 at end users cannot usefully tag content because they are not trained in ho
 w to do indexing. More correctly, end users cannot tag content the way libr
 arians tag content. But this begs the question about what kind of tagging i
 s useful.
\n
\nJoseph will discuss the usefulness to be found in tagging as
  it relates to librarians and usability professionals, the Semantic Web, an
 d document and content management practices.
\n
\nJoseph Busch is the Found
 er and a Principal of Taxonomy Strategies. Joseph is an authority in the fi
 eld of information science, a past President of the American Society for In
 formation Science and Technology, and an appointee to the Board of Director
 s of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. He is a frequent speaker on metad
 ata, taxonomy, indexing, classification research, information retrieval, an
 d content management. Read more about Joseph at Taxonomy Strategies.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070316
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007
\nTime: 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: The
  Black Sheep - 247 South 17th Street, Philadelphia
\nRSVP: Not necessary, b
 ut nice: phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\nJoin 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.
\n
\nAbout our sponsor: TEKsystems is a pr
 emiere technology execution company committed to building IT careers with c
 ontracted technical professionals by:
\n
\n    * Providing growth opportuni
 ties within quality companies
\n    * Matching technical and industry exper
 ience with challenging job assignments
\n
\nTEKsystems services clients in 
 Philadelphia and its surrounding areas as well as Northern Delaware and Sou
 th Jersey up through Princeton. With over 150 local clients, they staff pos
 itions in Applications, Infrastructure and Telecommunications, including in
 formation architects, usability professionals, Web developers, graphic desi
 gners, and many more. They also offer full compensation and benefits.
\n
\n
 Learn more about TEKsystems at teksystems.com.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070329
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070330
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI March Meeting - Kip Voytek
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Knowing Smirks & Grins of Delight
\nDate: March 29, 2007
\nTime
 : 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: MBC - 229 South 18th Street, Rittenhouse Square, Phi
 ladelphia
\nMap: http://mbcnet.com/directions.html
\nRSVP: phillychi@gmail.
 com
\n
\nPhillyCHI is pleased to have Kip Voytek from R/GA discussing how i
 nteraction design must reach beyond usability and the satisfaction of user 
 needs in order to truly help clients achieve their goals. By examining inte
 ractive product examples, he will demonstrate how interactive experience is
  being infused with emotion, creating connections between users and the pro
 ducts they are using. In today’s market, the successful completion of use
 r tasks and usability are table stakes—the competitive advantage lies in 
 being able to make experiences enjoyable, fun, delightful.
\n
\nKip Voytek 
 is Senior Vice President of Interaction Design at R/GA, the lead digital pa
 rtner 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 o
 f 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 Multimedi
 a.
\n
\nLearn more about R/GA at http://rga.com.
\n
\nAbout Medical Broadca
 sting Company (MBC): We are the healthcare demand experts. We are experts i
 n using the Internet to connect our clients' knowledge, advice, and experie
 nce to 
\npeople's problems, conditions, and questions. We help our clients
  help doctors, patients, and all the people who care for them have better-i
 nformed conversations that lead to better treatments and better results. Be
 cause of our expertise and our clients' success, we are the interactive age
 ncy of record for many of the world's leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, a
 nd medical device companies. MBC is an agency of the Digitas family, a memb
 er of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A.
\n
\nFor more information please
  visit www.mbcnet.com.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070420
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: Loie Brasserie & Bar - 128 South 19t
 h Street, Philadelphia
\nDirections: http://www.loie215.com/loie215/directi
 ons.asp
\nRSVP: Not necessary, but nice: phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\nCome out 
 and join us in Center City for an open bar happy hour sponsored by Morgan C
 reative 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 othe
 r things), so tell a friend!
\n
\nAbout our sponsor:
\nMorgan Creative
\nOt
 her search firms will promise you the moon and stars. We’ll give you a ga
 laxy of opportunity.
\n
\nThanks to our small size, tight focus on creative
  and area connections, Morgan Creative Search outfoxes the big guys. From a
 dvertising to interactive, marketing to PR - if it’s on your agency’s o
 rganizational chart, we do it.
\n
\nHere’s a small sampling of the reason
 s we’re so damn loveable:
\n
\n    * We specialize in full-time placement
  of creative positions only
\n    * We actively coach each of our candidate
 s on the interview process, as well as the company, culture and position
\n
     * The vast majority of our candidates are referrals from reliable sourc
 es
\n    * We personally meet every candidate we present face-to-face, to m
 ake sure they aren’t sociopaths or jerks
\n    * We scour our candidatesâ
 €™ references with a fine-toothed comb
\n    * We developed an invaluable t
 ool called 7 Tips to Successful Interviewing
\n    * We are experts at matc
 hing soft and hard skills
\n    * We give referral fees if we place the can
 didate
\n    * And much, much more!
\n
\nA true boutique firm (no, we donâ€
 ™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 d
 eserve.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070426
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI April Meeting – Andrew Hinton
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:PhillyCHI April Meeting, Wednesday April 25, 2007
\nTime: 6 –
  8 pm
\n* Refreshments served from 6 – 6:30 pm *
\nLocation: Berger Audit
 orium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania
\n210 South 33rd Street,
  Philadelphia, PA  19104
\nMap: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/v
 iew_map.php3?id=140
\nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com
\n
\n“Conversation is kin
 g. Content is just something to talk about.” – Cory Doctorow
\n
\nHow c
 an design address the increasing demand for collaborative work, meaningful 
 conversation and social connection? In this presentation, Andrew will explo
 re how “Community of Practice” is more than just a 90s knowledge-manage
 ment buzz-phrase. He will argue that it is an important model for understan
 ding group behavior – and one that is becoming crucial to designing in th
 e age of Wikipedia, MySpace and YouTube.
\n
\nAndrew will provide an essent
 ial understanding of "communities of practice" and will look at information
  architecture as a handy example. He will also examine how the concept help
 s designers in planning for a variety of collaborative environments – fro
 m intranets and medical forums to multiplayer games.
\n
\nAbout Our Sponsor
 :
\nVanguard 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 tu
 rning a profit for corporate owners or stockholders.
\n
\nTo learn more abo
 ut Vanguard, visit our website at: http://www.vanguard.com/VGApp/hnw/Corpor
 atePortal
\n
\nFor more information about career opportunities at Vanguard,
  visit our career site at:
\nhttps://careers.vanguard.com/pljb/vanguard/vgc
 areers/applicant/VG/home.shtml
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070518
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI May Meeting - Collaging
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Collaging: What Your Users Wish They Could Tell You
\nDate: Thu
 rsday, May 17, 2007
\nTime: 6 - 8 pm
\n* Wine & cheese from 6 - 6:30 pm *
\
 nLocation: Avenue A | Razorfish Philadelphia
\n417 North Eighth Street, 2nd
  Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19123
\nPhone: 267-295-7100
\nMap: http://tinyurl.
 com/yptdrt
\nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com - Please RSVP by Monday, May 14th
\n
 
\nAvenue A | Razorfish will present an overview of the User Research metho
 d of Collaging
\n
\nCollaging is an exercise where users select randomly ch
 osen images that represent the type of experience they seek. Users then hav
 e a conversation with the moderator about the reasons behind their choices.
  The data generated from this exercise provides insight into the context us
 ers bring to a specific interaction, enabling design teams to create valuab
 le user experiences.
\n
\nThis presentation will explain the development of
  the method of Collaging, how to perform it, when it is useful, when it is 
 not, and how to apply findings. In addition, examples from case studies wil
 l be discussed, and a live Collaging exercise will be performed with partic
 ipants from the audience to generate data used for the new PhillyCHI websit
 e.
\n
\nAbout Our Sponsor:
\nAvenue A | Razorfish is one of the largest int
 eractive marketing and technology services agencies in the world. An operat
 ing unit of Seattle-based aQuantive, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQNT), Avenue A | Razorf
 ish synthesizes technology with a great understanding of customer needs and
  provides solutions through distinct business disciplines, which include: a
 nalytics, strategy, technology, media, creative design and user experience.
 
\n
\nAs one of the largest interactive agencies in the U.S., Avenue A | Ra
 zorfish offers clients unmatched advertising and Web site development servi
 ces and unparalleled solutions for managing the complete customer lifecycle
  through an integrated, online channel.
\n
\nTo learn more about Avenue A |
  Razorfish, please visit:
\nhttp://avenuea-razorfish.com/index.htm
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070629
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI June Meeting - Austin Govella
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:“Maximum Value Design: Strategies for Creating a Larger Impact 
 on the Business”
\n
\nTime: 6 - 8 pm
\n* Meet & greet from 6 - 6:30 pm *
\n
 Location: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvania
\n
 210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
\nMap: http://www.facilities.
 upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=140
\nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com - Plea
 se RSVP by Wednesday, June 27, 2007
\n
\nAbout the Presentation: The world 
 over, designers are busy with day-to-day projects and business as usual tha
 t they can’t find time to work on bigger issues, the mythical strategic des
 ign.
\n
\nFortunately, strategic design isn’t a type of work: it’s a way yo
 u work.
\n
\nWe can adjust our tools and techniques to become more relevant
  and offer more value to our organizations. By changing how we approach spe
 cific tasks, we can transform lessons from small projects into frameworks t
 hat guide entire systems.
\n
\nThis presentation will discuss six experienc
 es, collected from experience collected at global IT companies, universitie
 s, political campaigns, interactive agencies, and financial institutions th
 at shows how common design deliverables can be used to influence – and chan
 ge – the broader organization.
\n
\nThough the examples and strategies are 
 useful for practitioners of any skill level in any discipline, newer and in
 termediate information architects, interaction designers, and user experien
 ce designers will learn the most.  Those interested in design strategy, inf
 ormation architecture, or user experience management will find the presenta
 tion especially useful.
\n
\nAbout the Presenter: Austin Govella works as a
  Senior Information Architect with Comcast Interactive Media. In his off-ti
 me, Austin works as a development editor for Boxes and Arrows (http://www.b
 oxesandarrows.com), the web’s premier user experience and design publicatio
 n.
\n
\nHe writes about IA, design, and business on his blog, Thinking and 
 Making (http://thinkingandmaking.com).
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070824
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI August Meeting - Taxonomy
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
\n* Meet & greet from 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
  *
\nLocation: Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall, University of Pennsylvan
 ia
\n210 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
\nMap: http://www.facili
 ties.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=140
\nRSVP (not necessary, but ni
 ce): phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\nMost folks know that taxonomy has something t
 o do with organizing things.
\n
\nFewer folks know, however, that taxonomy 
 is the practice of classification, which originally began as a science devo
 ted to the classification of living organisms. And that over time, taxonomy
  has become known as the classification of just about anything and everythi
 ng.
\n
\nEven fewer get down into the weeds and do the work that goes beyon
 d simple classification that makes today’s information systems work: meta d
 ata, facets, controlled vocabulary, thesauri, synonym maps, ontologies, tag
 ging…
\n
\nWhat’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 pro
 ducts they spend their waking hours creating could not function without wel
 l-structured, carefully crafted information structures.
\n
\nThis month’s P
 hillyCHI meeting will explore in practical and tangible terms the specific 
 ways taxonomy is important to the work we do. We will discuss the design, i
 mplementation, and governance of taxonomies by examining four real-world ca
 se studies:
\n
\n    * a user-centric catalog for a large e-commerce site a
 nd its impact on the user experience
\n    * a content-heavy non-profit inf
 ormation site
\n    * a system processing data through controlled vocabular
 ies and thesauri
\n    * a consumer-driven search engine
\n
\nPlenty of tim
 e will be reserved at the end of the meeting for discussion, so bring your 
 tough questions!
\n
\n
\nPanel Participants
\nDave Cooksey, GSI Commerce, I
 nc
\nEmily Culbertson, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
\nJohn Ferrara, Vangu
 ard
\nJulia Remick, Yellow Book USA
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070921
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6 - 8 pm
\nLocation: Kildare's Pub
\nAddress: 4417 Main S
 treet, Manayunk, PA 19127
\nPhone: 215-482-7242
\nDirections: http://www.ki
 ldarespub.com/ma_directions.htm
\nRSVP (not necessary, but nice): phillychi
 @gmail.com
\n
\nAbout Our Sponsor
\n
\nAquent is the world's largest market
 ing and creative staffing company, with 70 offices in 18 countries. We've s
 pent the past 20 years championing the cause of freelance marketing and cre
 ative professionals. Like you, we're marketing and creative experts, so we 
 understand the challenges you face. Inflexible schedules. Inconsistent work
 flow. Impossible clients. Billing hassles. As part of the Aquent Talent Net
 work you not only gain access to assignments at the world's best companies,
  you now have access to our comprehensive support system to help you manage
  all your business challenges on your terms.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071031
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Meeting with Dennis Schleicher
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM
\n* Refreshments & socializing from 6:00P
 M – 6:30PM *
\nLocation: Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall, University of P
 ennsylvania
\nAddress: 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
\nMap: ht
 tp://tinyurl.com/34g86c
\nPlease RSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com
\n
\n
\nABOUT TH
 E PRESENTATION
\n
\nIn this presentation, Dennis will share some of his adv
 entures using anthropological tools to inform Information Architecture incl
 uding some fascinating insights uncovered from raiding people's glove boxes
 , which directly drove the experience design of the Ford vehicles owners' w
 ebsite. The presentation will help attendees begin to look at Web Design th
 rough an anthropological lens, shedding new light on old design problems.
\
 n
\nDennis will also discuss some of the cutting edge ideas and methodologi
 es 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.
\n
\n
\nABOUT THE PRESENTER
\n
\nMr. Schleicher is a Senior I
 nformation Architect at E.magination.com in Baltimore Maryland. He has a ba
 ckground in business and industrial anthropology and has been working awhil
 e in the field of information technology and culture. He later moved into I
 nformation Architecture and found, to his surprise, that many anthropologic
 al tools and skills were very useful to IA and Web design.
\n
\nhttp://www.
 dennisschleicher.com
\n
\n
\nABOUT OUR SPONSOR
\n
\nMessagefirst, Inc.
\nMe
 ssagefirst is Philadelphia-based design research consulting firm. We work w
 ith companies to help them increase revenues, decrease costs, and ultimatel
 y improve the user experience of their products or services. Our goal-orien
 ted data-driven design process improves performance and creates compelling 
 experiences that solve business problems in a beautiful way.
\n
\nhttp://ww
 w.messagefirst.com.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071115
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:* Note: this PhillyCHI social event is one day earlier than the
  standing third Thursday of the month. * 
\n
\nEvent: PhillyCHI | CreativeC
 onnects Joint Happy Hour
\nTime: 5:30PM - 8PM
\nPlace: Alfa Bar
\n1709 Waln
 ut Street, Philadelphia 19103
\nMap: http://tinyurl.com/29dtv5
\nNo RSVP Re
 quired.
\n
\nFor our November social event, PhillyCHI will join the Creativ
 eConnects Happy Hour at Alfa Bar from 5:30PM to 8PM.  
\n
\nCreativeConnect
 s is a free monthly social event, hosted by The BOSS Group for creative, ma
 rketing, communications, advertising and web professionals.  Come network w
 ith colleagues, meet new people, keep up with industry news and get leads o
 n jobs and business opportunities.  Light appetizers and one free drink wil
 l be provided courtesy of The BOSS Group.
\n
\nAbout the BOSS Group
\nThe B
 OSS Group is, literally, where talent and opportunity meet. It's where crea
 tive, marketing and web professionals come to find jobs and assignments, re
 sources and industry connections, and where clients find the talent that wi
 ll help them succeed.
\n
\nWe'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.
\n
\nThe BOSS Group is a certified Wom
 en's Business Enterprise and a 2007 and 2006 Best Place To Work.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071129
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI/iSchool Panel: Role of Failure in Design
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:* Refreshments will be served from 6 – 6:30PM *
\n
\nLocation: 
 Bossone Center, Drexel University
\n31st & Market Streets Philadelphia, PA 
 19103
\nMap: http://www.drexel.edu/em/directions/map_uc.pdf
\nRSVP: phillyC
 HI@gmail.com
\n
\n
\nPlease join PhillyCHI and the iSchool at Drexel Univer
 sity for a panel discussion on the different perspectives of how failure ca
 n inform design. The iSchool has gathered a panel of researchers and
\nprac
 titioners to discuss in theoretical and practical terms what and how we can
  learn from failure in the design process. The panel will begin with a brie
 f introduction of the topic by the moderator, Dr.
\nMichael Atwood. Panelis
 ts will then present brief statements relating their background and experie
 nce on the topic. The remainder of the session will be a moderated discussi
 on among the panelists and the audience.
\n
\n
\nTHE MODERATOR
\n
\nMichael
  Atwood, PhD
\nAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs/Research, The iSchool at
  Drexel University
\n
\n
\nTHE PANELISTS
\n
\nLiza Potts, PhD
\nDirector of
  Human Factors, Electronic Ink
\n
\nTom Hewett, PhD
\nProfessor of Psycholo
 gy and Professor of Computer Science, Drexel University
\n
\nMathieu Turpau
 lt
\nSenior Designer, Bresslergroup
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071214
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI Holiday Party
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the annual PhillyCHI holiday party as we cele
 brate this past year and toast the new. We have reserved a private room at 
 707, a bright new restaurant and lounge in Center City. There will be passe
 d hors d’oeuvre, open bar, and door prizes. 
\n
\nThe newly elected officer
 s for 2008 will be announced. So come by and meet next year’s leadership te
 am.
\n
\nTime: 6 - 8PM
\nLocation: 707
\nAddress: 707 Chestnut Street, Phil
 adelphia, PA 19106
\nWebsite: http://www.707restaurant.com/
\nMap: http://t
 inyurl.com/37nkze
\nRSVP: phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\nThis year’s sponsors:
\n
 
\nAvenue A | Razorfish -  www.avenuea-razorfish.com
\n
\nDigitas Health - 
 http://www.digitashealth.com/
\n
\nElectronic Ink - http://electronicink.co
 m/
\n
\nEmpathy Lab - http://empathylab.com/
\n
\nGSI Commerce - http://gsi
 commerce.com.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080313
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI | CreativeConnects Joint Happy Hour
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Event: PhillyCHI | CreativeConnects Joint Happy Hour
\nDate: We
 dnesday, March 12, 2008
\nTime: 5:30 – 8PM
\nLocation: Alfa Bar
\nAddress: 
 1709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
\nRSVP: Not Required
\n
\nTO VIEW INVITATI
 ON
\nhttp://www.creativeconnects.com/philly/cc_email
\n
\nCREATIVECONNECTS
 \nJoin us for CreativeConnects, a free social event hosted by The BOSS Grou
 p for creative, marketing, communications, advertising and web professional
 s. Come network with colleagues, meet new people, keep up with industry new
 s and get leads on jobs and business opportunities.
\n
\nAlso, visit our on
 line resource center, creativeconnects.com, for links to creative resources
 , tools, free downloads and our blog.
\n
\n
\nTHE BOSS GROUP
\nThe BOSS Gro
 up is, literally, where talent and opportunity meet. It's where creative an
 d marketing communications professionals come to find jobs and assignments,
  resources and industry connections, and where clients find the talent that
  will help them succeed.
\n
\nWe're committed to meeting the employment nee
 ds of employers and individuals with equal success. Our unparalleled staffi
 ng expertise for the creative industry and close partnerships with our tale
 nt and
\nclients alike offer a true competitive advantage. The BOSS Group i
 s a certified Women's Business Enterprise.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080319
SUMMARY:PhillyCHI March Meeting - "What Not to Hear"
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:
\n
\nDate: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
\nTime: 6 - 8PM
\n* Meet & 
 Greet from 6 - 6:30PM *
\nLocation: Benjamin Franklin Room - Houston Hall
\
 nUniversity of Pennsylvania
\n3417 Spruce Street
\nPhiladelphia, PA 19104
\
 nMap: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=102
\nRSVP
 : Please help us to plan and RSVP at phillychi@gmail.com
\n
\nAbout the Pre
 sentation
\nPodcasting has emerged as an important aspect of the Web 2.0 wo
 rld, and several usability professionals have shared a tremendous wealth of
  information through this new medium. Taking examples from some of Jared Sp
 ool’s podcasts (SpoolCast and Usability Tools Podcast), we’ll examine how t
 he do’s and don’ts in the primarily visual domain of usability translate in
  the auditory podcasting arena. We’ll also examine what makes an audio file
  qualify as a podcast, as well as how to subscribe to valuable content for 
 little effort and no cost.
\n
\nAbout the Speaker
\nJennifer Yuan was part 
 of the organizing team for the inaugural PodCamp Philly podcasting conferen
 ce, and has been a repeat presenter at PodCamp conferences in the Northeast
 . She works as an IT Communications Analyst for the Information Systems and
  Computing (ISC) office at Penn, where she helps to design more usable webs
 ites and web application interfaces for clients across the University.
\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080717
SUMMARY:Higher Education Web Symposium
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:The first and only web design conference for IT Professionals w
 orking in Higher Education. Join us and meet world renowned experts in the 
 fields of usability, user centered design, CSS, AJAX and many others. Desig
 ners, Developers, and Project Managers will all be able to benefit from the
  content presented over the course of two days.
\n
\nIn addition to the for
 mal presentations, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with 
 people building and designing web applications in all the same areas you do
 : Student Affairs, Faculty Issues, Administrative Procedures, and others.
\
 n
\nTopics covered will include AJAX and Web 2.0 technologies, usability te
 sting, CSS, Web form design, content management systems, developing secure 
 applications, SEO, usability, and presentation skills for IT professionals.
 
\n
\nThe conference is sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania and has
  a focus on Web practices in higher education, but the topics covered are n
 ot especially unique to higher ed. All practitioners will get a lot out of 
 the material.
\n
\nSeats are limited, so sign up today. The first 200 peopl
 e to sign up will get a get to win a MacBook Air!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081023
SUMMARY:User-Centered Design Panel (DesignPhiladelphia)
LOCATION:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
DESCRIPTION:Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm 
\n* Please be aware that in order to enter
  Huntsman Hall, you MUST arrive by 6:30pm. *
\n
\nLocation: Huntsman Hall, 
 Room 255, 
\nUniversity of Pennsylvania
\n3730 Walnut Street
\nPhiladelphia
 , PA 19104
\n
\nMap: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/campus/philadelphia/visit
 ing.cfm
\n
\nRSVP: phillyCHI@gmail.com (please RSVP by Monday, October 20, 
 2008)
\n
\n-----
\n
\nTHE DISCUSSION
\nAs design professionals, we strive t
 o create great products and great experiences, both physical and virtual, f
 or the general public or niche markets. But many times -- the cynic would s
 ay most of the time -- we miss the mark. The world is full of things that a
 re difficult and frustrating to use. And that's because designers make assu
 mptions about how users think and do things.
\n
\nGreat design is user-cent
 ric design.
\n
\nUser-centered design (UCD) is an approach that places the 
 user at the center of the design process from the beginning. By understandi
 ng real people's needs and behaviors during the conception and refinement o
 f a design, we can ensure that a new product succeeds.
\n
\nThis discussion
  will include perspectives on user-centered design from professionals who c
 reate experiences in the fields of architecture, interactive design, and pr
 oduct design. Each panelist will present examples and strategies relevant t
 o practitioners of user-centric design in any discipline.
\n
\nThose intere
 sted in architecture, graphic design, human factors, information architectu
 re, interaction design, product design, usability, and user experience will
  find the discussion highly informative and challenging.
\n
\n
\nTHE PANELI
 STS
\nSteve Cleff, Account Planner, Avenue A | Razorfish Philadelphia
\n
\n
 Zoey Juhng, Design Director, Bressler Group
\n
\nMichael Summers, Senior Di
 rector, Usability, gsi interactive
\n
\nMaria Keares Wyant, RA, Wyant Archi
 tecture
\n
\nTHE MODERATOR
\nDave Cooksey, PhillyCHI Chair
\n
\n
\n
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR