Meeting Details for March 26, 2008
The next meeting of
UsabilityNJ will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at MISI Company, 90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge, NJ.
(click
for directions).
Social hour starts at
6:30 PM. Presentation starts at 7:00 PM.
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Topic:
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UsabilityNJ 2008
Design Slam!
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Host:
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Josephine Giaimo
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This event is free
and open to the public. Please RSVP
to rsvp [at] usabilitynj [dot] org if you plan to attend the meeting as a
courtesy to our speaker and host.
Summary
Announcing
the UsabilityNJ's first Design Slam, hosted by
Josephine Giaimo. Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to
create the best design solution to a real-world problem. There’s an
award with your name on it!
When:
Wednesday
March 26th. from 6:30pm to 9:00pm.
Where: MISI Company, Woodbridge, NJ.
Direction: http://www.misicompany.com/directions_nj.html
Who: YOU!
What's this?
Team up with other participants to solve a
design problem as part of a full-fledged and fun hypothetical
project. You will have an opportunity to interview key players on the
client's team. The session will conclude with proposal presentations from
each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled audience.
The "clients" team will choose a winner, and the winning team
will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award.
Why?
What's in it for me?
This is a chance for interested IAs, designers, usability
practitioners, developers and marketing professionals to get their hands
dirty, working side-by-side with colleagues as they tackle tough business
problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environment. Knowledge transfer,
technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes this
session different from a "lecture-and-Powerpoint"
presentation.
If you do not want to participate because you won't be able to get to the
meeting on time or a have severe case of social phobia, fear not! You
cannot design with the users! The audiences can play the
role of users, and help choose the winning team.
Sign up now!
Send email to giaimojosephine@yahoo.com.
There are plenty of participation spaces and spectators are welcome!
Those who want to participate need to be at the meeting by 7 pm at the
latest. The client team will be introducing the design challenge promptly
at 7pm.
Whose big idea is this?
This idea is shamelessly stolen (with permission) from
the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more
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