User Experience Professionals Association of DC

The Washington DC Chapter of the
User Experience Professionals Association  

 

Upcoming events

    • 30 May 2013
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Rock Creek Strategic Marketing 2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 1010 Chevy Chase, MD 20815
    • 14

    UX Research @ PayPal: Lean UX, Mobile & Eye tracking

    Michael Summers
    PayPal

    Whether we work in-house, or for outside clients -- UX Pros ought to always operate with a "consulting" mindset.  We have to prove our value -- and successfully influence teams of marketers, engineers, and designers so that the user experience improves.

    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.

    Schedule:

    6:00 - 6:30: Networking & Light Snacks
    6:30 - 7:30: Presentation by Michael Summers
    7:30 - 9:00: Q/A followed by Post Event Drinks at Clyde's of Chevy Chase.

    Location:

    Rock Creek Strategic Marketing
    2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 1010
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815


    Directions to Rock Creek

    About the Speaker:

    Michael Summers has held senior UX Research roles with Scient (NYC), Nielsen Norman Group (NYC), GSI Commerce (Philadelphia), and PayPal.  He has spoken at SXSW, Shop.org, Internet Retailer, London Conversion Conference, Germany Conversion Summit, Stockholm Conversion Jam, China User Friendly, CHI, AIGA, and UXPA.

    Sponsor & Volunteer Opportunities:

    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.  Please contact John Whalen for more information or to volunteer.

Past events

22 Apr 2013 The 2013 User Experience Workshop on Qualitative UX Research Tools
10 Apr 2013 User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking Event - April 10: UXPA DC, STC WDCB, IxDA-DC, Web Content Mavens, DCWW, Content Strategy Meetup
27 Feb 2013 The 2013 User Experience Intensive.
28 Jan 2013 Designing "Fresh" Websites That Motivate Users
05 Dec 2012 Tech The Halls!
19 Oct 2012 User Focus Conference 2012
18 Oct 2012 Pre-Conference Gala Event: Meet & Greet with UXPA Leadership and Conference Attendees
05 Sep 2012 User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking Event
01 Aug 2012 Creative Thinking Hacks (Scott Berkun)
26 Jun 2012 Burning Questions about Content Strategy: A Q&A with Kristina Halvorson
14 Jun 2012 Our Littlest Users + Persuasive Video Games (Deb Levin Gelman & John Ferrara)
02 May 2012 Winning that Elusive Buy-in for UX Research + Usability and UX in Government Systems
17 Apr 2012 Leadership Skills: Managing Difficult Situations on Design Projects (Dan Brown)
21 Mar 2012 User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking Event
27 Jan 2012 Well-Written Web Content Workshop: Even When It’s Not Your Job, It’s Your Responsibility (Leslie O'Flahavan)
30 Nov 2011 The UX of Gov 2.0
24 Oct 2011 The Impact of Social Models (Luke Wroblewski)
16 Sep 2011 User Focus Conference
20 Jul 2011 User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking Event: UPA DC + IxDA DC + Web Mavens
15 Jul 2011 All Day Eye Tracking Workshop -- Free for Current UPA DC Members
08 Jun 2011 Are You Designing for ALL of Your Users? An Event About Web Accessibility
23 May 2011 Plain language, web sites, documents, and UX: You can do all that!
14 Apr 2011 It’s a story-rich world – Storytelling for UX
31 Mar 2011 Two Exciting Talks and Lab Tour at University of Maryland
16 Feb 2011 Clients are like Mermaids: How to use content strategy to help leverage your clients’ most important asset
26 Jan 2011 Workshop on Simple and Usable Web, Mobile and Interaction Design
11 Dec 2010 FREE Usability Knowledge-Sharing Event
30 Nov 2010 User Experience/Web Professional Networking Event of the Year - Speed Networking: UPA-DC, IxDA-DC, Web Mavens
11 Nov 2010 Human-Robot Interaction: User-Centered Design of Robots to Support Aging-in-Place (Wendy Rogers)
15 Oct 2010 User Focus Conference
16 Sep 2010 Persuasive Design: Putting it to use (John Whalen)
18 Aug 2010 Eye Tracking in User Experience Design: 4 Speakers + Dinner
30 Jul 2010 Workshops to Enhance your Usability Knowledge
 
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