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• User Experience/Web Professional Speed Networking Event

  • When
    21 Mar 2012
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    RFD - 810 7th St NW, DC

  Limited Seats - Register now!
  

  Meet others with careers like yours!

  Do you want to network with other user experience and web professionals?  Are you tired of going to networking events where you only meet other people who are in an entirely different career track? 

  
  

  This is the networking event that you've been waiting for! 

  Five organizations - UPA-DC, IxDA-DC, Web Mavens, DCWW and the Content Strategy Meetup have come together to let you meet others in similar careers through a structured speed networking forum.

  
  

  Early (optional) Elevator Pitch Workshop

  Not sure what to say when you network? Come at 6pm for a short workshop on creating an elevator pitch.

  
  

  Networking Bonus! Build your Social Network Connections!

  Are you looking to build your social network with other like-minded professionals?  Include your Website, Blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, and/or Facebook profile URL when you register and we'll send these profiles to all other attendees so that they can connect with you (You MUST attend to have your information sent out!).

  
  

  When: Wednesday, March 21 @ 6:30 PM (or 6:00 PM for optional short elevator pitch workshop)

  
  

  Where: R.F.D. Washington, 810 7th St., NW, Washington, DC 20001 (Gallery Place/China Town Metro stop)

  
  

  Schedule:

  6:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Optional Short Elevator Pitch Workshop
  6:30 PM - 7:00 PM - Sign-in, Appetizers, Drink Tickets, Unstructured networking.
  7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Structured Speed Networking
  8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Additional activities, time for further conversations and some unstructured networking

  
  

  Our Sponsors:
  

  Aha Media Group, LLC is a full-service Web  consulting firm based in the Washington, D.C. area. We provide content strategy solutions, Web writing and other digital communications content as well as workshops on digital strategy and Web writing. We pride ourselves on being totally fun and full of enthusiasm for all of our projects. Our job is to educate our clients on the foremost thinking in digital strategy so they can apply those best practices every day.

   

  Host Organizations:

  Usability Professionals Association DC Chapter is the DC chapter of UPA International, a multidisciplinary organization committed to the design and development of usable products.  We host  monthly speakers and events as well as yearly conferences.

  Web Content Mavens is a DC-based networking group for web & content managers and those interested in web technology. We have 1500+ members in the area, focused around non-profit, association, government and media verticals.

  Interaction Design Association DC Chapter is a DC-community focused group within the larger IxDA.

  DC Web Women is a professional organization of students and enthusiasts who specialize in the fields of Web Design, Web Development, Computer Science, IT, Graphic Design, Web Content, Blogging, Multimedia, Marketing, e-Marketing, SEO, Web Analytics, and Social Media.

  Content Strategy Meetup is the only meetup in the Washington, D.C. area devoted exclusively to content strategy.  So if you love to quote your Halvorson while gripping tightly to your little blue copy of The Elements of Content Strategy, then we're the totally fun digital geeks for you.

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• Leadership Skills: Managing Difficult Situations on Design Projects (Dan Brown)

  • When
    17 Apr 2012
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    5404 Wisconsin Ave, Chevy Chase, MD

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  Location:
  

  Microsoft Building
  5404 Wisconsin Ave, 5th Floor
  Chevy Chase, MD

  Nearest Metro Stop: Friendship Heights is a few blocks away.

  Parking: There are various pay garages in the vicinity. Limited on-street parking is also available.

  Schedule:

  6:00 - 6:30: Networking & Light Snacks

  6:30 - 7:30 Presentation by Dan Brown

  7:30 - 9:00 Post Event Drinks at Clydes (drink tickets are included)

  Full Description:

  Every design project faces some tough situations. Design teams may not agree on a direction, making it difficult to execute on an aggressive plan. Clients may provide conflicting feedback, forcing designers spend as much time managing politics as doing design. Design decisions made in one meeting may be reversed in the next, delaying progress and depressing morale. These are but a few of the challenges that arise.

  Designers are sometime ill-equipped to deal with complex situations. We focus on quality of craftsmanship and attention to detail. Our accomplishments are measured by the content of our portfolio, not the stories it took to get there.

  Even the best planned projects hit a bump in the road, and designers on the path to leadership need to build a repertoire for anticipating, managing, and recovering from them. In this session, Dan Brown will offer a glimpse into the techniques he uses to deal with difficult situations.

  About the Speaker:
  

  Together with Nathan Curtis, Dan established user experience design firm EightShapes to fill a gap in the DC web design community. His portfolio includes work for NCR, Discovery Education, National Geographic, Cisco, and the US Department of Energy. As the company continues to grow, Dan increasingly balances his client work with internal education and his activity in the greater web design community.

  Dan's passion for fostering design talent began when he became involved with the Washington, DC information architecture community. It has led to authoring Communicating Design, writing for design publications Boxes and Arrows and UX Matters, facilitating workshops for Nielsen Norman Group and School of Vision Arts, and leading seminars at the IA Summit and UX Lisbon. In 2006, his interest in culminated in co-founding EightShapes.

  Dan began his career as a jack-of-all-trades web guy for a technical book publisher. After moving to Washington, DC in 1998, he focused on user experience design for major internet consulting firm US Web (later marchFIRST). He spent 2002-2006 in various government roles. In 2006, Dan published the first edition of Communicating Design. Revised in 2010, the book helps designers improve techniques for documenting and presenting their design concepts.

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