State of Michigan User Experience Awareness Day

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 1:00 – 4:00 PM

Michigan State Police Training Academy Auditorium, Lansing

As part of our mission to promote usability in the state of Michigan, the Michigan Chapter of the Usability Professionals Association (MiUPA) is pleased to host the State of Michigan User Experience Awareness Day

This event is being held in conjunction with the State of Michigan Department of Technology Management & Budget (DTMB), and is primarily focused on supporting usability efforts throughout the state government.

When

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 1:00 – 4:00 PM

Where (Please note location change)

Michigan State Police Training Academy Auditorium
7426 N Canal Rd
Dimondale, MI 48821-5001

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There is limited seating available for the afternoon session, which runs from 1:00 – 4:00 PM

Afternoon agenda:

User Centered Design methods you can use today.

  • Method Discussions
    • User Profiles and Personas
    • User Requirements vs. Technical Requirements and the Separation of Designer / Programmer roles
    • Web Evaluation Lite
    • Writing for the Web
  • Open Discussion
  • Next Steps

There is no fee for this event, thanks to our generous sponsors:

Reservations will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please send reservation requests to president@miupa.org

University of Michigan Human Factors Short Course

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July 26 to July 31, 2010 and August 2 to August 6, 2010

The University of Michigan will be offering our 51st year of our two-week short course on human factors. If you are interested in human factors, ergonomics, human-computer interaction, or usability, this course will give you the opportunity to get some excellent training from experts in the field.

This two-week human factors course, concerns the design of systems, products and services to make them easier, safer and more effective for human use. The first week of the course focuses on human factors concepts and is a broad survey of human
factors topics important to designers and researchers.

Human-computer interaction is the focus for week two of the course and presents an overview of major topics and issues in human-computer interaction through workshops on selected concepts, methods, and procedures that provide the foundation for design of effective human-computer systems and web applications.

Details and registration for the Human Factors Engineering Training program are available online.

Social Networking with Lou Rosenfeld

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti

Lou Rosenfeld, one of the fathers of information architecture, is in town, and this is your chance to rub elbows with him and your fellow usability, IA, and UX professionals!

Lou Rosenfeld is teaching two day long workshops in Ann Arbor on March 30th and 31st. On Tuesday, March 30th, starting at 7pm, the Michigan UPA will host a networking function at the Corner Brewery brewpub in Ypsilanti. This is your chance to network and have fun with your colleagues. There will be a cash bar, and Michigan UPA will provide snacks. There will be book giveaways, and Lou Rosenfeld will be available for book-signing.

This event is brought to you by MIUPA, and co-sponsored by Ypsilanti Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Rosenfeld Media.

When

Tuesday, March 30, 7 PM – 9 PM
Lou Rosenfeld will only be there until 9PM, but feel free to stay and enjoy the Corner Brewery after that!

Where

Corner Brewery
720 Norris St
Ypsilanti, MI 48198
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Cost

Registration is $5. Please register at online registration service Guestlist.
Book giveaways will be based on registrations.

What Makes an Effective User Experience Professional and Team: The UX Practitioner Perspectives

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February 23, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

West Hall, Room 411 (aka “Ehrlicher Room”), University of Michigan

The Michigan chapters of UPA and CHI (currently in formation), in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Information Career Development Office and Student CHI Chapter, invite you to a very special evening networking and panel session. Five industry UX practitioners will give short position presentations on the skills that make a successful practitioner and team. This will be followed by panel and audience Q&A discussion,and then a networking reception. Come to network, learn, and position/reposition yourself for success in this exciting field.

LEARN what user experience industry professionals are saying about what it takes to succeed in the field.  Make sure you are developing the skills and competencies that will grow your effectiveness, currency, and marketability.

When

Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 7:00 – 9:00PM

Where

West Hall, Room 411 (aka “Ehrlicher Room”), University of Michigan

1085 South University Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107

Cost

Free – University of Michigan School of Information full-time students and faculty
$5 – Other current students
$10 – Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association or Michigan Computer Human Interaction members
$15 – All others

Register online so we can ensure we have enough refreshments to go around. We’ll also take payment (cash or check) at the door. Questions? Email events {at} miupa dot org.

Schedule

6:45 PM, Registration opens

7:00 PM, Announcements

7:10 PM, Program begins

8:25-9:00 PM, Networking

Panelists

Mike Beasley

User Experiologist, Pure Visibility, Inc.

Dan Cooney

User Experience Consultant

Lija Hogan

Usability Team Lead, ForeSee Results

Sumanth Muthyala

Senior User Experience Engineer, Compuware Corporation

Michael Wuergler

Human Factors Engineer, OnStar by GM

This panel will be moderated by Dave Mitropoulos-Rundus (aka ‘the Jerry Springer of panel moderators’ and a staunch supporter of the ‘Brawls for Better Brains Society’)

UX and Agile

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a panel discussion on User Experience in an Agile Environment

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Organic, Bloomfield Hills

Practicing user experience as part of an agile project can be challenging. How do we provide for a consistent user experience across the entire product when the development is broken up into short iterations? How do we perform typical user experience design tasks like user research, persona development, user testing, or UI design in an agile environment?
Bring your questions. This panel of experts will discuss best practices they have discovered.

When

Thursday, January 28, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Where

Organic
2600 S. Telegraph
Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
(Enter off Franklin Road)
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Cost

$5 for Full-time Students (ID must be presented)

$10 for MIUPA and MOCHI members

$20 All others

RSVP

Seating is limited, so please RSVP at Upcoming.org to ensure entrance to this event. You can also send an RSVP to events@miupa.org

Schedule

6:00 PM Registration, networking, and pizza

6:45 PM Announcements

7:00 PM Program

Panelists

Helene Gidley
Owner of Agile PM consulting firm HSG Consulting LLC and founder of Agile Groupies, A2 based Agile User Group

Carissa Demetris
Owner, Circle D Design

Josie Scott
Senior User Researcher, TechSmith

Serena Rosenhan
User Experience Specialist, ProQuest

John Rivard
Information Architect, Assistant Vice President, Comerica Bank

Moderator

Anthony Viviano
Senior Experience Architect at Organic Detroit