Event: The 7-Minute Soapbox on User Experience Design
Written by bbb on May 22, 2007
For the past two months, I’ve been working with Navid Sadikali from Agfa here in Waterloo to kick-start a community of people interested in user experience and product design. So far so good: our first two events have seen just over 40 people come out of the woodwork to get involved. We’re wrapping up this spring’s series with a final event on June 14, called:
The 7-Minute Soapbox
Come to Waterloo region’s next User Experience Design (UXD) gathering and step onto the soapbox! At this fast-paced event, we’re giving seven people a chance to share their ideas about product design — for seven minutes each. Of course, if you prefer simply to take it all in, you’re welcome to participate as an audience member.
June 14, 2007
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Main Dining Area in the Accelerator Centre
295 Hagey Blvd.
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
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GOAL: To connect people in this community who are interested in providing business value through the design of a product’s user experience. This event will showcase a variety of local voices in preparation for a monthly series kicking off in Fall 2007, most likely as a new Communitech peer-to-peer group.
FORMAT: Speakers may use PowerPoint, show off some multimedia, demonstrate something online, or just shoot from the hip. Simply make sure it’s 7 minutes and no longer. After each soapbox talk, we’ll have up to three minutes of discussion or Q&A, if desired.
TOPICS: Anything goes, as long as it’s related to product design or user experience. Present some of your work; talk about a design problem you’re facing; rant about a device you don’t like; effuse about your favorite product; share some results from a usability test; question the value of market research in product development; relate an experience with redesigning a product. Heck, you could even perform a song about Web 2.0, if you’re so inclined!
If you’d like to present, remember that only 7 slots are available for the soapbox. They will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis, so RSVP soon.
If you’d like to attend this free event, no registration is required. Hope to see you on the 14th!