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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060917
SUMMARY:CanUX
LOCATION:Banff, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Canux is the annual Canadian User Experience workshop. Canux is
  a non-profit grassroots event that brings world-class instructors together
  with practitioners for hands-on learning. It’s a small gathering, limite
 d to 75 participants, with a focus on practical skills for user experience 
 professionals - designers, information architects, interaction designers, f
 ront-end architects, usabilitistas, and anyone else who’s passionate abou
 t making things work well for people.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070127
SUMMARY:Taming the Content Beast: Content Strategy and Mod
LOCATION:Vancouver, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Bob takes you step-by-step through a proven system to solve the
  hardest CM issues. Throughout your two day intensive sessions you will bui
 ld your own content strategy and model using proven best practices and Bob'
 s own industry driving methodologies.
\n
\n****$1495 Canadian / $1345 US **
 **
\n
\nDay 1: Learn the "Business Smarts" required for a successful conten
 t management strategy:
\n
\n - Set goals that benefit your company's bottom
  line 
\n- Build a realistic business case to meet the goals 
\n- Get suppo
 rt from above and from the business units 
\n- Get the funding you need 
\n
 - Avoid departmental wars 
\n
\nDay 2: Learn the "Nuts and Bolts" of conten
 t modeling, the key to linking business goals with technology: 
\n
\n- Bala
 nce the sources and consumers of content 
\n- Balance the Web against other
  delivery channels for your content 
\n- Create a content domain to limit s
 cope creep 
\n- Devise a set of content types for content organization cont
 ent creation, storage, and delivery 
\n- Define taxonomies and other access
  structures to organize and target your content 
\n- Design for future grow
 th and inevitable change 
\n- Determine how to reuse content and display it
  on Web pages and beyond 
\n- Use XML and database technologies to store an
 d publish content 
\n
\n"Provided tools to be able to look at information m
 anagement in the larger context of organizational goals." --Alan Rosenthal,
  Microsoft 
\nCorporation
\n
\nLeading the workshop is information manageme
 nt professor and long-time consultant Bob Boiko. Bob (literally) wrote the 
 book on content management, The Content Management Bible (2004, Wiley & Son
 s) is in its second edition and has become the gold standard for content ma
 nagement professionals. Bob's dynamic presentation style keeps him consiste
 ntly on the list of most-requested speakers at IT and business conferences.
  His methodology has been applied to organizations of all sizes, from small
  non-profit organizations to major corporations in North America, Europe an
 d Asia. 
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070414
SUMMARY:Web 2.0: The Human Web
LOCATION:Ottawa, Canada
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is geared towards a broad audience including gove
 rnment employees, product managers, business strategists, CTOs, CIOs, marke
 ting specialists, communication experts, technology experts and human-compu
 ter interaction specialists, but especially those who are web designers.
\n
 
\nIn the first half of the day Peter Merholz and Maggie Fox address the to
 pic of Web 2.0 as a social media. They will cover the business rational for
  Web 2.0 development and provide motivation for development in this area. M
 any case studies will be reviewed.
\n
\nIn the second half of the day Mike 
 Atyeo addresses more detailed issues such as designing and testing Web 2.0 
 applications, particularly highly interactive AJAX applications. The import
 ant issue of accessibility will be addressed by Derek Featherstone, an expe
 rt in this particular field.
\n
\nThe more structured part of the workshop 
 will finish with a panel of our presenters. This will be an opportunity for
  participants to ask any final questions and for presenters to deliver key 
 take-home messages.
\n
\nFollowing the panel session, attendees who are int
 erested will then participate in an informal "unconference". This will be a
 n opportunity for attendees to talk some more with the presenters and with 
 each other and unwind. The aim is for all attendees to leave the day with a
  clearer idea of how social media can benefit their organizations and to kn
 ow how to make their great ideas become a reality.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071017
SUMMARY:Information Architecture 3.0
LOCATION:New York, New York, USA
DESCRIPTION:As we venture beyond Web 2.0 and the undisciplined, unbalanced 
 quest for sexy Ajaxian interaction at the expense of usability, findability
 , and accessibility, how do we reconcile the timeless principles of design 
 and organization with new transmedia models of interaction, co-creation, ta
 gging, and user participation?
\n
\nIn this advanced seminar, Peter Morvill
 e draws upon stories, examples, case studies, and discussions to explore th
 e future present of information architecture and user experience.
\n
\nTopi
 cs include:
\n
\n* Integrating product development, information architectur
 e, and interaction design to create good experiences and sustainable value 
 (real Web 2.0 case studies that take the discussion beyond de.licio.us and 
 Flickr platitudes).
\n
\n* Designing next-generation enterprise search syst
 ems that combine best practices in taxonomies and tagging with search analy
 tics, guided navigation, thesauri, clustering algorithms, and rich result i
 nterfaces.
\n
\n* Evaluating the multi-channel challenges and real-world op
 portunities presented by ambient findability and the emerging Internet of o
 bjects.
\n
\nAbout Peter Morville
\nPeter Morville is widely recognized as 
 a founding father of information architecture. He co-authored (with Louis R
 osenfeld) the best-selling book, Information Architecture for the World Wid
 e Web, and has consulted with such organizations as Harvard, IBM, the Inter
 national Monetary Fund, Microsoft, the National Cancer Institute, and Yahoo
 !. Peter is president of Semantic Studios, co-founder and past president of
  the Information Architecture Institute, and a faculty member at the Univer
 sity of Michigan. His work has been featured in many publications including
  Business Week, The Economist, Fortune, The Washington Post, and The Wall S
 treet Journal. Peter's latest book, Ambient Findability, was published in 2
 005. He blogs at findability.org.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071024
SUMMARY:FTIC Hollywood
LOCATION:Los Angeles, California, USA
DESCRIPTION:Imagination meets innovation at FITC Hollywood, a festival for 
 new media designers and developers. Two days of panels and presentations fe
 aturing top creative and business talent working in animation, motion graph
 ics, online video, rich media and the Web.
\n
\nHighlights of FITC Hollywoo
 d include:
\n* Over 50 presentations and panels
\n* Presentations from Adob
 e, Big Spaceship (Joshua Hirsch), Tailer Park, and others
\n* Pre-festival 
 animation workshop
\n* Free ‘Get A Job’ evening event
\n* Parties and other
  networking opportunities
\n
\n
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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.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071109
SUMMARY:Understanding User Centred Design (Bristol, UK)
LOCATION:Bristol, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Traditional web and software development is changing. Competiti
 ve advantage is no longer about who has the most features. It is about user
  experience. Products and services that are so practical and easy to use th
 at you can’t imagine your life without them.
\n
\nThis one-day workshop is 
 designed to give those attending a practical, hands-on overview of the User
 -Centred Design (UCD) process and the range of different methods that can b
 e used to enhance the usability and user experience of a websites and web a
 pplications. The workshop is suitable for senior management, project manage
 rs, developers, marketing professionals, business analysts and anyone else 
 who want to find out more about the benefits that a UCD approach can bring 
 to their organisation.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071116
SUMMARY:UX Intensive in Vancouver
LOCATION:Vancovuer, Canada
DESCRIPTION:This intermediate-to-advanced workshop series examines the four
  key elements that contribute to a successful interactive experience: Desig
 n Strategy, Design Research, Interaction Design and Information Architectur
 e. Workshops are led by Adaptive Path's team of experts.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080125
SUMMARY:Understanding User Centred Design (Bristol, UK)
LOCATION:Bristol, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Traditional web and software development is changing. Competiti
 ve advantage is no longer about who has the most features. It is about user
  experience. Products and services that are so practical and easy to use th
 at you can't imagine your life without them.
\n
\nThis one-day workshop is 
 designed to give those attending a practical, hands-on overview of the User
 -Centred Design (UCD) process and the range of different methods that can b
 e used to enhance the usability and user experience of a websites and web a
 pplications. The workshop is suitable for senior management, project manage
 rs, developers, marketing professionals, business analysts and anyone else 
 who want to find out more about the benefits that a UCD approach can bring 
 to their organisation.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080603
SUMMARY:Mental Models workshop with Indi Young
LOCATION:Brighton, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION: There is no single methodology for creating the perfect produc
 t—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is to understand use
 rs' reasons for doing things. Mental Models gives you the tools to help you
  grasp, and design for, those reasons.
\n
\nThose in the field of cognitive
  research have been describing and defining mental models for a few decades
 . Mental models are the most effective way to align design strategy with yo
 ur users' behavior, and to approach your design from the understanding of t
 he end user. Mental models are representations of people's behavior, philos
 ophies, and emotion around how they accomplish something, regardless of whi
 ch tools they use.
\n
\nIn this full-day workshop, Indi Young, author of Me
 ntal Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior, will teach you h
 ow to better understand the user experience through the use of mental model
 s before making design and strategic decisions. Mental models provide desig
 n teams with a very clear picture of what their users are trying to accompl
 ish, so the product or design can be structured accordingly.
\nWho?
\n
\nIn
 di Young is an applications and navigation guru who began her work in Web a
 pplications in 1995. She specializes in gathering user research data to cre
 ate mental models for use in business/user gap analysis. A founding partner
  of Adaptive Path in 2001, she has worked with an impressive collection of 
 clients. Indi recently finished writing her long-awaited book, Mental Model
 s: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior published by Rosenfeld Medi
 a.
\n
\nHow much?
\nThe workshop costs £395 per person but Early bird ticke
 ts are available until May 7th for £345 per person.
\n
\nPlaces are limited
  to just 25 people to keep the workshop nice and intimate.
\n
\nVisit the C
 learleft website to book.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080624
SUMMARY:FITC Chicago
LOCATION:Chicago, Illinois, USA
DESCRIPTION:FITC returns to Chicago with two full days of presentations, wo
 rkshops and networking opportunities at Chicago City Center Hotel & Sports 
 Club. This is the second year for the event, which includes a strong local 
 contingent represented by Samuel Agesilas Pastel (http://www.levelofindustr
 y.com/) and Zack Stepek (http://www.cravemg.com/). 
\n
\nRichard Galvin, te
 chnical product manager for Flash at Adobe Systems (http://www.adobe.com/),
  kicks off FITC Chicago with a sneak peek at some of the new technologies c
 urrently in development at Adobe Systems. Avi Muchnick follows with a first
  look at the tools currently in the Aviary (http://a.viary.com/) product pi
 peline.This new suite of sophisticated web applications for designers, 3D m
 odelers, and artist of all genres, is one of the most talked-about projects
  of the year.
\n
\nConfirmed presenters include: Eric Natzke, Sean Koriakin
  (Imaginary Forces), James Paterson (Presstube.com),  Jon Ruppel (schematic
 ), Jason Theodor (Critical Mass) and R. Blank (AlmerBlank).
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081017
SUMMARY:Understanding User-Centred Design (Bristol, UK)
LOCATION:Bristol, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Traditional web and software development is changing. Competiti
 ve advantage is no longer about who has the most features. It is about user
  experience. Products and services that are so practical and easy to use th
 at you can’t imagine your life without them…
\n
\nThis one-day workshop is 
 designed to provide an insightful, practical, hands-on overview of the User
 -Centred Design (UCD) process and the range of different methods and tools 
 that can be used to enhance the user experience of websites, applications a
 nd products. The workshop is of interest to anyone who has infuence in prod
 uct design decisions, including project managers, senior management, develo
 pers, marketing professionals, business analysts and graphic designers.
\n
 \nThe workshop focuses on four key areas:
\n
\n* The strategic benefits of 
 UCD
\n* Understanding your users
\n* Design and prototyping
\n* Testing and
  evaluation
\n
\nWHAT DO PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE WORKSHOP?
\n
\n"Concise, info
 rmed and makes you want to stay for more. Always a good sign for a course. 
 Highly recommended."
\n
\n"As course facilitators, Stuart and his co-facili
 tator Darius Kumana, were excellent: approachable, pragmatic, highly knowle
 dgeable, and passionate about their subject."
\n
\nREGISTRATION AND FURTHER
  INFORMATION
\n
\nThe workshop costs £295+VAT per person.  To register or f
 ind out more, visit http://www.pureusability.co.uk/ucdworkshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081129
SUMMARY:Guerrilla Usability Workshop
LOCATION:Brighton, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Usability tests are an excellent way of discovering problems wi
 th a product or service. Commissioning a dedicated usability lab will provi
 de a high degree of scientific rigour but obviously comes at significant co
 st. Instead of a single academic evaluation, why not bring your testing in-
 house and run it alongside your design and development process? Two or thre
 e quick-and-dirty usability tests will not only provide better results but 
 will also allow you to iterate your product between tests, ultimately leadi
 ng to a more refined product.
\n
\nUsability testing needn’t cost the Earth
 . In fact, there’s no need for all that expensive equipment, a dedicated la
 b and or even expert evaluators. It’s entirely possible to run a test at yo
 ur own office, a cafe or even your test participant’s home. 
\n
\nWho?
\n
\
 nThis training course is taught by Clearleft’s Creative Director, Andy Budd
 . Andy is the creator of Silverback, the popular usability testing software
  for designers and developers.
\n
\nWhen?
\nThe workshop will take place on
  Friday, November 28th, 2008 from 9:30am until 5:00pm.
\n
\nWhere?
\n28 Ken
 sington Street is in the heart of Brighton’s trendy North Laine, within eas
 y walking distance from the train station.
\n
\nHow much?
\nPlaces costs £3
 45+VAT per person if booked before October 17th. After that, workshop place
 s will cost £395+VAT per person.
\n
\nPlaces are limited to keep the worksh
 op nice and intimate.
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