Cambridge USA 2006-10-13 Use BOXES promotion code and receive $50 off each day or $250 off a four-day registration. Keynotes by Jared Spool and Barry Schwartz Ground-breaking Full-Day Seminars: Creating Persuasion Architecture Online Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg, Future Now Develop a strategy for persuading your users to take action. You'll learn how to map your user goals with your site's business goals. - o - o - How to Design a Task-Based Information Architecture Gerry McGovern Get a solid grounding in information architecture that will enable you to create designs that help users find what they want. - o - o - Building and Managing a Successful User Experience Team Sarah Bloomer and Susan Wolfe Learn proven processes for creating a successful usability team, including how the best teams work together and report success. - o - o - Rich Internet Applications and AJAX David (Heller) Malouf & Bill Scott, Yahoo! Learn to create your own Rich Internet Application solution using powerful technologies, such as AJAX or Flash. - o - o - Making Meaning: Creating an Engaging User Experience Nathan Shedroff Learn the most effective processes for establishing a deep and meaningful connection with your users. - o - o - Site Seeing: Communicating Successfully with Visual Design Luke Wroblewski, Yahoo! Get practical insights and strategies for boosting your site's visual appeal and delighting your users. - o - o - Bringing User-Centered Design Practices into Agile Development Projects Jeff Patton, ThoughtWorks Utilize Agile Development processes to speed development, improve quality, reduce feature creep, and encourage team collaboration. - o - o - Advanced Methods for Usability Testing Rolf Molich Uncover the best practices for usability testing with rare insights pulled from research on more than a dozen usability teams. - o - o - Full-day seminars by Jared Spool, Christine Perfetti, and Josh Porter 22 MA Our eleventh annual conference is being held October 9-12, 2006 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars on today's critically important design topics. 2006-10-09 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/22 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/22/UI11-badge.jpg agile developement, ajax, barry schwartz, bill scott, discount, gerry mcgovern, ia, information architecture, jared spool, luke wroblewski, managing teams, nathan shedroff, persuasion architecture, rias, teams, usability testing, user experience, visual design San Francisco USA 2006-10-27 Although the right features and behavior are essential to successful product design, the way they are presented can be just as important. The application of type, color, icons, and other aspects of visual design are critical to the usability of your product or Web site. Visual design choices are also critical to connecting emotionally with your customers (and to selling more products). This is not just a class on principles! It also covers process you won't see anywhere else. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Designers, developers, usability professionals, brand managers, and anyone else responsible for delivering products that are desirable as well as usable. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: *Use visual design to clarify interaction and information *Use research and personas to guide visual choices and drive consensus *Create learnable, memorable icons *Adapt your corporate identity to a product or Web site *Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms *Develop a comprehensive visual system for consistent, easy application *Capture your work in a comprehensive Visual Style Guide COURSE MATERIALS INCLUDE: *Course binder with hard copies of slides and a variety of useful handouts *Visual Style Guide example “Five stars!â€? “Take this course! There’s really none like it. Till now, you’d have to have taken a few graphic design classes to get this complete and focused a study.â€? “Prescriptive information that’s really useful.â€? “The instructors are clear, kind, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, sophisticated, and respectful!!!â€? “I felt the presenters CARED about the topic and were experts.â€? “It’s hard to come up with anything to improve. I love the classes here. Can’t wait for the next one!â€? JUST ONE SEAT LEFT AS OF SEPTEMBER 22ND! Attendance is limited to 20 people. This course is held quarterly. If you have a large group, Cooper U can come to you! 50 CA 2-day class on visual design process, principles and examples that will help you make your interactive products not only more usable, but also more desirable. Taught by senior Cooper visual designers. 2006-10-25 false http://www.cooper.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/50 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/50/cooperlogo.jpg cooper, interface design, personas, visual design Copenhagen Denmark 2006-11-14 Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice Coyne from Nielsen Norman Group come to Denmark to present their newest research findings. 255 users used a variety of websites to perform real tasks while their gaze direction was recorded by an eyetracker. The resulting 1.2 million fixations indicate where people look on Web pages. The findings have implications for how to design: * homepage layout * page design * search * content and writing * pictures/images 100 Denmark One-day seminar presenting the results from new eyetracking research on how users look at Web pages. 2006-11-13 false http://www.intrateam.dk/Default.aspx?ID=2065 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/100 content, denmark, eyetracking, homepages, images, jakob nielsen, search, usability, user research, visual design, writing Sunnyvale USA 2007-08-25 Please join us at the next Silicon Valley IxDA meeting, on September 19, 2007. Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin of Cooper will give a talk on: Where Usability Meets Desirability: Visual Design with Personas and Goals Visual design contributes to usability by clarifying hierarchy and relationships, making type more readable, and making screens less cluttered. It enhances desirability by appealing to our aesthetic sense and emotions. In spite of its importance, though, few practitioners have the tools to integrate visual design with interaction design processes or to help stakeholders evaluate visual design based on objective criteria. Cooper’s Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin will discuss how field research, personas, and requirements provide effective means for doing so. Specific topics will include: * Why it’s ideal to have team members dedicated to either interaction design or visual design. * How minor adjustments to interaction design personas can help designers guide, assess, and communicate about visual design and brand choices. * How using research and personas to develop a set of visual design requirements can give designers and stakeholders more objective assessment criteria and help them build consensus. * How visual design requirements help designers develop visual style studies and guide stakeholders in selecting an appropriate direction. * How iteration, continual reduction, and collaboration among disciplines can form a coherent visual system. Kim Goodwin, VP Design & General Manager, Cooper Kim has been a major contributor to the development of Cooper’s Goal-Directed Design methods and is primarily responsible for the curriculum of its respected Cooper U courses. Kim has been a popular instructor at full-day CHI tutorials, UIE’s national conferences, and numerous other events. Nate Fortin, Director of Visual Design & Branding, Cooper As head of Cooper’s visual design discipline for the past five years, Nate has played a critical role in developing an approach to visual design that is as rigorous as Cooper’s interaction design methods. Nate was closely involved in the development of Cooper’s two-day visual interface design course and has been a popular Cooper U instructor. Date & Time: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00-7:30 pm--Socializing 7:30-9:30 pm--Program Location: Yahoo! 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94089 Room: To be announced For directions, go to: http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070919/directions/ Co-sponsors of this event: * BayCHI IxD BOF * IxDA (Interaction Design Association) Silicon Valley Face to Face 298 CA Please join us at the next Silicon Valley IxDA meeting, on September 19, 2007. We are very pleased to announce that Kim Goodwin and Nate Fortin of Cooper will give a talk on: 2007-09-19 false http://www.baychi.org/calendar/20070919/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/298 interaction design, visual design Boston USA 2007-11-09 Register for all 4 days by October 23rd with the promotion code BOXES to receive $30 off each day and a limited-edition UI12 iPod video http://www.uiconf.com BOXES promo code cannot be combined with any other special offer or promotional code, and is only valid for 4 day registrations. For the User Interface 12 Conference ( http://www.uiconf.com ), Jared M. Spool and his team of usability researchers have asked the most forward thinking minds in the world of usability to present on today's most pressing design topics. For 4 full days, you'll learn in-depth techniques from these top experts, and come away with the knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle your biggest design challenges. Now in its twelfth year, the UI12 Conference examines the most critical web design and usability issues facing designers, information architects, and usability professionals. Topics include: Agile Development, Task-based Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Visual Design, Building Innovative Designs, Communicating with Comics, Interaction Design, and Designing with CSS. On Monday, November 5th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Larry Constantine, Gerry McGovern, Rolf Molich, or Luke Wroblewski. On Tuesday, November 6th, you'll have the chance to attend several of the informative and entertaining 90-minute Featured Talks from each of our conference speakers, as well as the UI12 Conference Keynote presentation from Jared M. Spool. On Wednesday, November 7th, you'll have the chance to attend one of four full-day seminars from Scott Berkun, Kevin Cheng, Kim Goodwin, or Cameron Moll. We'll cap off the week on Thursday, November 8th, with our Showcase Seminar Day, where you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. 196 MA User Interface 12 is being held November 5-8, 2007 in Cambridge, MA. We've lined up fantastic speakers giving full-day seminars and short talks on today's most pressing usability and design issues. 2007-11-05 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/196 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/196/ui12-badge.gif agile development, book, book seller, comics, content, content management, css, design, designer, developer, engineering, folksonomy, information architecture, innovation, interaction, interface, jared spool, management, personas, professional, seminar, social, social web design, taxonomy, testing, tutortial, ucd, uie, usability, user, ux, visual design, web application, web site, workshop San Francisco USA 2008-07-30 Visual interface design combines detailed interaction design, screen layout, and branding to ensure that a well-conceived, well-behaved product 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. This two-day workshop will teach you how to: * Use research and personas to guide visual choices and drive consensus * Use color, size, and other visual properties to clarify interaction and information * Create learnable, memorable icons * Adapt your corporate identity to a product or Web site * Apply visual design principles to multiple platforms * Manage the collaboration between interaction design and visual interface design * Develop a comprehensive visual system for consistent, easy application * Capture your work in a comprehensive visual style guide After taking this course, interaction designers, programmers, and product managers will be better able to evaluate and discuss visual interface design. Practicing visual interface designers and graphic designers may find that the sections on brand and using visual properties to establish hierarchy are review. ______________________________________ Here's what attendees are saying: "Take this course! There's really none like it." "Excellent course. Good mix of theory and practical application." "Intense and challenging--full of information that can be used in real life." _______________________________________ Make the trip even more worthwhile! Our four-day Interaction Design Practicum is the previous week, and our two-day course on Communicating Design is the same week. All Cooper U courses are taught by senior Cooper designers. Courses are limited to 20 people to ensure plenty of interaction. 471 CA Learn how Goal-Directed visual interface design can ensure that a product is both usable and desirable, and that decisions and evaluation are based on clear criteria, rather than subjective opinion. 2008-07-28 false http://www.cooper.com/services/training/visual_interface_design.html http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/471 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/471/logo_cooperU.gif cooper, cooper u, interface design, personas, visual design Cambridge USA 2008-10-17 Use 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. At User Interface 13, the longest running conference dedicated to web design, information architecture, and usability, you’ll get 4 full days of in-depth techniques from the world’s leading web design and usability experts. We've asked the most forward-thinking minds in the world of experience design to address your biggest challenges. Our expert speakers will present on today's most pressing topics, including interaction design, information architecture, agile development, innovation, usability testing, Ajax, product strategy, and visual design. On Monday and Wednesday, you will attend full-day seminars with our expert 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 you can choose between UIE's most popular seminars. We’ve recruited a fabulous group of speakers, ready to help you solve your biggest design problems. You'll hear from: Jeff Patton, Kim Goodwin, Dana Chisnell, Jeremy Keith, Scott Burkun, Peter Merholz, Andrew Crow, Luke Wroblewski, Donna (Maurer) Spencer, Bill Verplank, Christine Perfetti, and Jared Spool Use 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. View the complete summit description, and register at http://www.uiconf.com UI13 is produced by User Interface Engineering. 491 MA Now in its thirteenth year, the UI13 Conference examines the biggest issues in the world of web design, information architecture, and usability. 2008-10-13 false http://www.uiconf.com http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/491 http://events.boxesandarrows.com/event/logo/491/final_logo.jpg agile development, ajax, information architecture, innovation, interaction design, product strategy, usability, usability testing, visual design, web design 2008-11-21 What questions do you have about Visual Design? You have the Visual Design skills to do a good job, but what tools or tricks can you add to your toolbox? Does you team have a complete understanding that Visual design can dramatically improve the experience with your products, and when they're stuck, how do you help them? In this entertaining 90-minute presentation, Patrick will help you make your products easier to use by applying surprising, memorable design techniques. Patrick, an expert in visual instruction and wordless communication, has worked with usability professionals like you to improve the design of digital, online, and hard copy information. Use the promotion code BOXES and register with our lowest price of just $99! 570 This online 90-minute presentation is the introduction to visual design that you’ve been after! 2008-11-20 true http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/Visual_PH/ http://events.boxesandarrows.com/events/570 patrick hofmann, uie, virtual seminar, visual design