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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061117
SUMMARY:UMO- World Usability Day 2006
LOCATION:Hyderabad, India
DESCRIPTION:UMO::WUD06 - Hyderabad, India 
\n
\nUsabilityMatters.Org, UMO h
 erewith invites all those who are playing their part both actively and pass
 ively in 'Making it Easy'.
\n 
\nUMO is planning to hold a string of activi
 ties along the timeline of 14th November 2006, and hold events on this day 
 to mark the World Usability Day'06.
\n
\nWe invite the Designers -working a
 nd studying in their respective disciplines spanning across Usability engin
 eering, Information Architecture,Instructional Design, User Interface Desig
 n, Graphic Design, Technical writering,Software Engineering and Architectur
 e.
\n
\nConference Date: 14th Nov,2006
\nVenue:Indian School of Business, H
 yderabad
\nProject Presentations and Usability Workshops
\n
\nEvent Highlig
 hts
\nUsabilityMatters.Org’s -Boycott Bad-Design Contest’06 
\nUMO is h
 olding this competition for identifying Bad-Designs as part of our activiti
 es towards the World Usability Day-2006. 
\n  
\nTheme for the Competition:
  Day-to-day nuisances with Technology
\nhttp://www.usabilitymatters.org/blo
 g/console/entry.php?id=291
\n
\nUsabilityMatters.Org’s -International Car
 toon Contest’06  
\nThe UMO-International Cartoon Contest'06 is organized
  by UMO towards the World Usability Day. Participation is open to all carto
 onists from every country in the world.
\n
\nTheme for the Competition: Mob
 ile Mishaps – troublesome experiences with mobile phones
\nhttp://www.usa
 bilitymatters.org/blog/console/entry.php?id=290
\nExhibition
\n
\nCartoon a
 nd Bad Design Contest entries would be put up for a public exhibition for o
 ne week from 9th to 16th Nov. 2006 at State Gallery of Art at Hyderabad, ma
 rking the World Usability Day.
\n
\n
\n
\nwww.usabilitymatters.org
\n
\nUsa
 bility Matters.Org
\nUsabilityMatters.Org is a non-profit organization work
 ing towards design awareness and exchange of design sensibilities. It is a 
 forum dedicated to discussing, improving and promoting the work of the Usab
 ility and Interaction design community in India.
\n
\nFor moare details:
\n
 Kaladhar Bapu,
\nkbapu@usabilitymatters.org,
\nph: +91-9849301500
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070719
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070720
SUMMARY:NH UX July Meeting!
LOCATION:Portmsouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:Where:
\nAK's Bar & Bistro (2nd floor)
\n111 State Street
\nPor
 tsmouth, NH 03801
\n
\nStreet Map: http://tinyurl.com/2edxky
\nParking Map:
  http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking is also available)
\n
\nTopic:
\
 n
\nWhat Would It Mean to Become a UPA Chapter?
\nAs we explore the possibi
 lity of becoming a chapter, we thought it would be interesting to hear from
  someone who’s been an integral part of the most successful UPA chapter in 
 the world, Boston UPA …
\n
\nChauncey Wilson, a founding member and past pr
 esident of Boston UPA, will be joining us at this meeting. He’ll be giving 
 a half hour talk on his experience with Boston UPA, and answering your ques
 tions. Afterwards, we invite everyone to take part in an informal group dis
 cussion on the future of NH UX.
\n
\nAbout Chauncey Wilson:
\nChauncey Wils
 on has spent 20 years as an engineering psychologist, user interface design
 er, usability engineer, and product development manager. His academic backg
 round includes a physics degree and graduate training in social psychology,
  human factors engineering, and statistics. His consulting clients have inc
 luded Microsoft, FEDEX, Lotus, Reuters, and 3COM. He is past president of t
 he Northern New England chapter of the Society for Technical Communication 
 (STC) and the STC Usability SIG, and member of the Usability Professionals'
  Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the ACM SIGCHI.
  He co-wrote The Usability Engineering Framework for Product Design and Eva
 luation in the handbook of HCI and has presented on the psychology of victi
 mization, research ethics, cyberlaw, usability methods, web design, and doc
 umentation usability.
\n
\nRSVP: 
\nYou must RSVP to attend. Send RSVPs to 
 Kyle Pero, kylepero@usableinterface.com. You will receive an email confirma
 tion once your name has been added to the list of attendees.
\n
\n+  +  +
\
 n
\nStay informed about NH UX meetings and events by joining the NH-UX Yaho
 o group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-ux/
\n
\n+  +  +
\n
\nHope to 
 see you there!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080125
SUMMARY:NH UPA January Meeting, speaker Jared Spool
LOCATION:Durham, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:For our first official UPA chapter meeting we will kick off the
  New Year with special guest Jared Spool, an internationally renowned autho
 rity on usability, to discuss what makes a design seem intuitive.
\n
\nWhen
 :
\nThursday, January 24th
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & 
 beverages will be provided.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
\nWhere:
\nUnivers
 ity of New Hampshire (UNH)
\nKingsbury Hall, Room N101
\n33 College Road
\n
 Durham, NH
\n
\nCampus Map: http://www.unh.edu/map/UNHCampusMapcrop.pdf
\n
 \nDirections: http://www.unh.edu/transportation/visitor/directions.htm
\n
\
 nParking Directions: Park in Lot B
\n
\nTopic:
\n
\nWhat Makes a Design See
 m Intuitive?
\n
\nEveryone wants an "intuitive" interface: the users, the d
 esigners, and the content publishers. But building them is hard. User Inter
 face Engineering's recent research has given insight into why it's hard and
  how to get past major obstacles.
\n
\nTo build an "intuitive" interface, a
  designer has to do two things: (1) Take complete advantage of what the use
 r already knows, so what they see is completely familiar to them and (2) ma
 ke the act of learning anything new completely imperceptible to the user. I
 t turns out, if the interface requires the user to realize they are learnin
 g something, the "intuitive" label disappears instantly.
\n
\nIn this talk,
  Jared will show:
\n+ How users need both tool knowledge and domain knowled
 ge to complete their tasks
\n+ How simple problems with designs can cause b
 ig problems for users
\n+ What successful teams are doing to create experie
 nces that delight
\n
\nJared will show examples from Microsoft Word, MSN, G
 oogle Talk, Flickr, Avis, and many more.
\n
\nRSVP: 
\nSeats are limited. Y
 ou must RSVP to attend, so don’t delay in reserving your spot! Send RSVPs t
 o info@nhupa.org. You will receive an email confirmation once your name has
  been added to the list of attendees.
\n
\nNH UPA meetings are open to anyo
 ne who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.
\
 n
\nParking Map: http://unh.edu/transportation/visitor/map.pdf
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080220
SUMMARY:NH UPA February Meeting: 10-Minute Talks
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:The February 19th NH UPA meeting will be a highly engaging and 
 informative night with 4 different 10-minute talks by 4 different speakers.
  The "10-minute talk" format is popular because of the pace of the meeting 
 and the variety of topics discussed related to usability and user experienc
 e design.
\n 
\nTopics: 
\nCognitive Biases and the Fundamental Attribution
  Error in User-
\nCentered Design by Chauncey Wilson, Autodesk
\n 
\nWords 
 Set the Stage: Modeling Good Behavior for User-generated 
\nContent by Marg
 ot Bloomstein, PixelMEDIA
\n 
\nPros and Cons of Presenting Multiple Option
 s of a Design to the 
\nProject Team by Shannon McHarg, H&R Block
\n 
\nRem
 ote Usability Testing: Best Practices and Lessons Learned by 
\nRebecca Ric
 hkus, Autodesk
\n 
\nWhere: 
\nPixelMEDIA
\n222 International Drive
\nSuite
  175
\nPortsmouth, NH 03801
\n 
\nTime: 
\n6:00-7:00 PM - Networking (refre
 shments provided by PixelMEDIA)
\n7:00-8:00 PM - 10-Minute Talks
\n 
\nAbou
 t 10-Minute Talks: 
\nPresenter talks are strictly limited to 10 minutes an
 d 6 slides max. Following each presenter, there will be 5 minutes for Q&A. 
 This makes preparation and presentation easy and keeps things moving for th
 e audience.
\n 
\nFor usability and user experience practitioners, you will
  find plenty of tips and tricks you can use in your job. For those who are 
 new to usability, the variety of topics will give you a good idea of what t
 he profession is all about.
\n 
\nRSVP or questions: info@nhupa.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080418
SUMMARY:NH UPA April Meeting
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:When:
\nThursday, April 17th
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6-7:0
 0 PM
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
\nWhere:
\nFat Belly's Grill & Bar (http:
 //www.fatbellysgrillandbar.com)
\n2 Bow Street
\nPortsmouth, NH 03801
\n
\n
 Street Map: http://tinyurl.com/448pk3
\nParking Map: http://tinyurl.com/yts
 uz8 (street parking is also available)
\n
\nRSVP:
\nAn RSVP is not required
 , but it helps us to have an idea of the head count for the venue. Please s
 end RSVPs to info@nhupa.org.
\n
\nTopic: 
\n~ Article Discussion ~
\n
\nFor
  this meeting, we'd ask that you read the selected articles ahead of time (
 don't worry, they're short articles, not books), jot down at least one disc
 ussion point about each article, then come prepared to discuss. Your discus
 sion point can be a question, an example from your experience, or simply yo
 ur perspective. We only ask that you keep your points constructive and not 
 overly critical of the article or the authors. We will have two moderators 
 that will help facilitate the discussion.
\n
\nThank you for your votes on 
 the articles to read. The three "winners" are:
\n
\n"Cultures of Prototypin
 g", Michael Schrage
\nhttp://hci.stanford.edu/bds/10-Schrage.pdf
\n
\n"Gett
 ing the Right Design and the Design Right: Testing Many Is Better Than One"
 , Maryam Tohidi, William Buxton, Ronald Baecker, Abigail Sellen.
\nhttp://w
 ww.billbuxton.com/rightDesign.pdf
\n
\n"Feature Richness and User Engagemen
 t", Jakob Nielsen
\nhttp://www.useit.com/alertbox/features.html
\n
\n
\nNH 
 UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Memb
 ership to the UPA is NOT required.
\n
\nHope to see you there!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080723
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080724
SUMMARY:NH UPA July Meeting
LOCATION:Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:Topic: 10 Marketing Myths Usability Experts Need to Know
\n
\nS
 peaker: Aileen Cahill, Customer Connections
\n
\nWhen:
\nWednesday, July 23
 rd
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provid
 ed.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
\nWhere:
\nChordiant Software, Inc. (Googl
 e map: http://tinyurl.com/43le9t)
\n8 Commerce Drive
\nBedford, NH 03110
\n
 
\nSummary:
\nAs user experience professionals, we work with marketing team
 s all the time. Successful collaboration isn't always easy, but it's key to
  creating a superior customer experience that meets the goals of both the b
 usiness and the customer. Aileen Cahill has helped re-engineer companies in
 to becoming more customer focused for over 20 years. She will share insight
 s from her time on the inside; marketing's modus operandi, key motivators, 
 organizational metrics, and facilitate an exploration of frameworks and pro
 cesses where collaboration will deliver a truly remarkable customer experie
 nce; both online and offline.  
\n
\nAileen Cahill co-authored the transfor
 mative marketing text used by leading MBA programs, Internet Marketing: Bui
 lding Advantage in a Networked Economy, which presents a customer-focused f
 ramework for integrating marketing both online and offline. She is a classi
 cally trained brand marketer from the Fortune 1,000 and Customer Relationsh
 ip Management pioneer who founded the Pepper + Rogers Group consulting divi
 sion.  Aileen is currently an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the Univers
 ity of Southern Maine and is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm Cu
 stomer Connections.  Her MBA in marketing is from Cornell’s Johnson Graduat
 e School of Management and she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in E
 xperimental Psychology from SUNY Binghamton.
\n
\nRSVP:
\nPlease send RSVPs
  to info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and r
 efreshments. 
\n
\n***NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is inte
 rested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.***
\n
\nHope to
  see you there!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080918
SUMMARY:NH UPA September Meeting
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:Topic: The Total Customer Experience: The Road Ahead
\n
\nSpeak
 er: Bill Gribbons, Bentley
\n
\nWhen:
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6-7:00 P
 M – Food & beverages will be provided.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
\nWhere
 :
\nMad*Pow Media Solutions, LLC
\n40 Pleasant Street 
\nPortsmouth, NH 038
 01
\n
\nParking Map: http://tinyurl.com/ytsuz8 (street parking and free par
 king behind Mad*Pow at Ocean Bank is also available)
\n
\nSummary:
\nUsabil
 ity professionals are uniquely positioned to take advantage of the radical 
 changes occurring in the marketplace for technology products and services. 
 The competitive advantage in this sector is slowly shifting from one define
 d exclusively by engineering, to that of simplicity, usability and the tota
 l customer experience. What are the implications of such a shift for our pr
 ofession?
\n
\nTo compete and thrive in the constantly evolving high-tech s
 ector, professionals working in this sector must also evolve. Based on mark
 et and hiring data, Dr. Gribbon's presentation will highlight the challenge
 s and opportunities we face today and how we must prepare ourselves to take
  full advantage of these opportunities. He will highlight how the emergence
  of the experience economy has opened exciting opportunities in new sectors
  such as healthcare, financial services, e-business, gaming, and consumer e
 lectronics.
\n
\nProfessor Gribbons is Director of the Human Factors and In
 formation Design programs at Bentley, where he teaches courses in human fac
 tors and information design on the undergraduate and graduate levels. The I
 nformation Design Programs at Bentley are among the largest and most respec
 ted programs of this type in the country. Bill was also founder of the Desi
 gn and Usability Center. Over the past twenty-five years, he has consulted 
 with hundreds of companies around the globe on issues related to product de
 sign, usability, and the user experience as business strategy.
\n
\nRSVP:
\
 nPlease send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count f
 or the venue and refreshments.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081016
SUMMARY:NH UPA October Meeting: Motivating People to Sign
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:When:
\nWednesday, October 15th
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6-
 7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
\
 nWhere:
\nPixelMEDIA
\n222 International Drive
\nSuite 175
\nPortsmouth, NH
  03801
\n
\nSummary:
\nThe usability of sign-up forms is a bugbear of any i
 nterface design professional. But what if the real hurdle wasn't usability,
  but motivation? Josh will show you techniques to motivate people to sign u
 p for your web application, from leveraging social influence to getting rid
  of the sign up form completely!
\n
\nJoshua Porter is the founder of Bokar
 do Design, an interface design and strategy shop focusing exclusively on so
 cial web applications. He recently wrote the book "Designing for the Social
  Web". When he is not designing web sites, Josh is speaking about it at con
 ferences or writing about it at bokardo.com. He lets off steam by rock clim
 bing and keeping up with his two-year old.
\n
\nRSVP:
\nPlease send RSVPs t
 o info@nhupa.org so we have an idea of the head count for the venue and ref
 reshments. 
\n
\n***NH UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is intere
 sted in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.***
\n
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081120
SUMMARY:NH UPA November Meeting: 10-Minute Talks
LOCATION:Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:When:
\nWednesday, November 19th
\nRefreshments & Networking: 6
 -7:00 PM – Food & beverages will be provided.
\nMeeting: 7:00 PM – 8ish
\n
 \nWhere:
\nAutodesk, Inc.
\n100 Commercial Street
\nManchester, NH  03101
\
 n
\nSummary:
\nPresenter talks are strictly limited to 10 minutes and 6 sli
 des max. Following each presenter, there will be 5 minutes for Q&A. This ma
 kes preparation and presentation easy and keeps things moving for the audie
 nce.
\n
\nFor usability and user experience practitioners, you will find pl
 enty of tips and tricks you can use in your job. For those who are new to u
 sability, the variety of topics will give you a good idea of what the profe
 ssion is all about.
\n
\nRSVP:
\nPlease send RSVPs to info@nhupa.org so we 
 have an idea of the head count for the venue and refreshments. 
\n
\n***NH 
 UPA meetings are always open to anyone who is interested in attending. Memb
 ership to the UPA is NOT required.***
\n
\nHope to see you there!
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081218
SUMMARY:NH UPA Holiday Party!
LOCATION:Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
DESCRIPTION:We have a terrific night planned with good food, drinks and sur
 prises! This will be a great opportunity to combine celebrating the holiday
  season with getting to know your fellow NH UPA members better.
\n
\nThis y
 ear's Holiday Party will be held at the beautifully renovated Beaux Arts Lo
 bby in The Music Hall in Portsmouth. If you haven't seen the striking new d
 esign of the Music Hall Lobby, trust me, you're in for a real treat! We've 
 worked hard to get sponsors for this event to secure this wonderful venue a
 nd provide a great spread as well as a free round of drinks for everyone!
\
 n
\nWhen:
\nWednesday, December 17th
\n6:00-8:00 PM
\n
\nWhere:
\nBeaux Art
 s Lobby in The Music Hall (http://themusichall.org/support/lobby_2008.asp)
 \n28 Chestnut St.
\nPortsmouth, NH 03801
\n
\nParking Map: http://www.cityo
 fportsmouth.com/transportation/downpark.htm
\n
\nRSVP REQUIRED:
\nSpace is 
 limited for this event so don't delay in sending your RSVP to info@nhupa.or
 g.
\n
\nOUR SPONSORS:
\nPixelMEDIA - www.pixelmedia.com.
\nMad*Pow - www.ma
 dpow.net.
\nUser Interface Engineering - www.uie.com.
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