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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080511
SUMMARY:Influencing Strategy by Design
LOCATION:Sunnyvale, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:This full-day course will teach designers how to contribute to 
 the direction of their company by synthesizing and articulating clear, acti
 onable business and product strategies. Often, growth opportunities for des
 igners are artificially limited by org charts that fail to fully capitalize
  on the galvanizing role that design can have beyond product or marketing. 
 This course empowers designers by giving them tools to impact strategy by i
 lluminating important decision-drivers like market or user research, web an
 alytics, financials, and product reports.
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\nThis hands-on course is crea
 ted for experienced designers, enabling them to influence and improve strat
 egic decision-making within their department or company. They will learn pr
 inciples for communicating and influencing strategy, along with practicing 
 skills and techniques thru group activities, and working directly with Luke
  and Tom. This course will maximize a designer’s ability to help their orga
 nization make better decisions.
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\nInstructor Luke Wroblewski
\nLukeW is 
 currently Senior Principal of Product Ideation & Design at Yahoo! Inc., and
  Principal of LukeW Interface Designs. Luke authored the book “Site-Seeing:
  A Visual Approach to Web Usability” and his online publication, Functionin
 g Form, is an industry-leading resource for design intelligence. 
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\nInst
 ructor Tom Chi
\nTom Chi is a Senior Principal Designer at Yahoo! and has w
 orked as each of Designer, Product Manager, Developer, and Consultant. He w
 as a key design driver on many products, including Yahoo Answers, the new Y
 ahoo Search, Microsoft Outlook, and several other enterprise applications. 
 
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\nAs with all Involution Master Academy courses, this class is limited 
 to nine students. This guarantees each student significant interaction with
  Luke and Tom and a unique opportunity to put these ideas into practice wit
 h the recognized industry expert on this topic and your eight classmates. I
 t also means that there are very few seats available, so sign up today!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081017
SUMMARY:User Interface 13 (UI13)
LOCATION:Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
DESCRIPTION:Use the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra camcorder when
  you register for the full conference,  and $120 off the four day conferenc
 e registration rate.  Can't attend the entire conference?  You'll get $30/d
 ay off for each day you register.
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\nAt User Interface 13, the longest ru
 nning conference dedicated to web design, information architecture, and usa
 bility, you’ll get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world’s lead
 ing web design and usability experts. 
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\nWe've asked the most forward-th
 inking minds in the world of experience design to address your biggest chal
 lenges. Our expert speakers will present on today's most pressing topics, i
 ncluding interaction design, information architecture, agile development, i
 nnovation, usability testing, Ajax, product strategy, and visual design.
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\nOn Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expe
 rt speakers. On Tuesday, we have a day filled with 90-minute Featured Talks
 . We'll cap off the week on Thursday with our Showcase Seminar Day, where y
 ou can choose between UIE's most popular seminars.
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\nWe’ve recruited a f
 abulous group of speakers, ready to help you solve your biggest design prob
 lems. You'll hear from:
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\nJeff Patton, Kim Goodwin, Dana Chisnell, Jerem
 y Keith, Scott Burkun, Peter Merholz, Andrew Crow, Luke Wroblewski, Donna (
 Maurer) Spencer, Bill Verplank, Christine Perfetti, and Jared Spool
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\nUs
 e the promo code "BOXES" for a free Flip Ultra Camcorder when you register 
 for the full conference, and $120 off the four day conference registration 
 rate.  Can't attend the entire conference?  You'll get $30/day off for each
  day you register.
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\nView the complete summit description, and register 
 at http://www.uiconf.com
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\nUI13 is produced by User Interface Engineerin
 g.
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