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    <title>User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) DC Metro Chapter Events </title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>UX Research @ PayPal: Lean UX, Mobile &amp; Eye tracking, by Michael Summers (30 May 2013)</title>
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&lt;h1 class="contStyleExcHeadingColored"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;UX Research @ PayPal: Lean UX, Mobile &amp;amp; Eye tracking&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Michael Summers&lt;br&gt;
PayPal&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Whether we work in-house, or for outside clients -- UX Pros ought to always operate with a "consulting" mindset. &amp;nbsp;We have to prove our value -- and successfully influence teams of marketers, engineers, and designers so that the user experience improves.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Come see real examples of quick "Lean UX" style deliverables, as well as much larger, more formal video-based deliverables and hear tales from the trenches with real teams at PayPal, including work on the new Homepage, the PayPal Here mobile payments device, and checkout.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Schedule:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;6:00 - 6:30: Networking &amp;amp; Light Snacks&lt;br&gt;
6:30 - 7:30: Presentation by Michael Summers&lt;br&gt;
7:30 - 9:00: Q/A followed by Post Event&amp;nbsp;Drinks&amp;nbsp;at Clyde's of Chevy Chase.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rockcreeksm.com" target="_blank"&gt;Rock Creek Strategic Marketing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;
2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 1010&lt;br&gt;
Chevy Chase, MD 20815&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rockcreeksm.com/site/directions/" target="_blank"&gt;Directions to Rock Creek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style="font-size: medium;"&gt;About the Speaker:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="p1"&gt;Michael Summers has held senior UX Research roles with Scient (NYC), Nielsen Norman Group (NYC), GSI Commerce (Philadelphia), and PayPal. &amp;nbsp;He has spoken at SXSW, &lt;a href="http://shop.org/"&gt;&lt;span class="s1"&gt;Shop.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Internet Retailer, London Conversion Conference, Germany Conversion Summit, Stockholm Conversion Jam, China User Friendly, CHI, AIGA, and UXPA.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sponsor &amp;amp; Volunteer Opportunities:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="p1"&gt;We'll need a few student volunteers to help with the talk, and while Rock Creek has offered their space, we'd also be delighted to have drink/snack sponsors. &amp;nbsp;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:jw@brilliantexperience.com"&gt;John Whalen&lt;/a&gt; for more information or to volunteer.&lt;/p&gt;

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