Lightning Talk this Wednesday
Posted: May 11, 2018 Filed under: events Comments Off on Lightning Talk this Wednesday
DESCRIPTION
Richmond UX, Ladies that UX, RVA Content Strategy, and UXPA are joining forces to launch a new event series for and by the Richmond design community.
At each event, four designers will spend the evening sharing their know-how, lessons learned, and best tips and tricks on a variety of topics. You’ll be armed with new tools and techniques that you can immediately put into practice.
Here’s what’s on deck for our inaugural round of lightning talks!
Presenters:
Kevin Tuskey
Experience Design Lead – SingleStone
Design Thinking Crash Course
Shannon Leahy
UX Content Designer – Capital One
Topic: 4 Ways to Get Started with Content Testing Today
Jenn Atkins
Product Designer – Snag
Topic: Opportunity Trees: How to grow and care for them
Margaret Karles
Experience Designer – Freelance
Topic: What is a Concept?
About the 1717 Innovation Center:
Imagined as an all-in-one experience design lab, conference venue and event space, the 1717 Innovation Center is a collaborative workspace for multi-disciplinary experts, community organizations and entrepreneurs to share ideas, learn from each other and discover new ways to achieve their individual and collective mission(s).
Call for Lightning Talk Submissions!
Posted: April 9, 2018 Filed under: events Comments Off on Call for Lightning Talk Submissions!Do you have a tactical tool or technique you use and can’t live without on a daily basis? Do you think it’s something every designer should know about, embrace, and use every day?
If so we’d love to hear from you for our ongoing series of Lightning Talks . For these events, we are looking for 4 designers to come in and each give a short 12-15 minute talk about something they’re passionate about.
The next Lightning Talk is August 1st in Richmond VA. We still have spots available!
For your submission, we’ll need the following info…
– A working title (doesn’t have to be final) for your talk.
– A brief overview (let’s say a paragraph) laying out what you would cover and why you think it matters.
– An example of how the audience could immediately apply what they’ve learned in their day-to-day job/life or immediately into their craft/practice.
If you’re interested email your submission to info@richmondux.com
Connecting Strategy and Design Panel
Posted: March 5, 2018 Filed under: events Comments Off on Connecting Strategy and Design Panel
A panel discussing how design and strategy can influence and benefit each other. The panelists include:
- Jess Bowman (Lamb)- Design Strategy @ Capital One
- Tom Illmensee – Co-Founder Orbital Music Park
- Rob Huddleston- Director of Experience Design • Snagajob Innovation Lab
Moderated by Andrew LeVasseur – Experience Design Chair | VCU Brandcenter
DATE AND TIME
Thu, March 15, 2018
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
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LOCATION
Snagajob
4851 Lake Brook Drive
Glen Allen, VA 23060
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TICKETS:
$5 for Students
$7 Early Bird (Before March 12)
$10 After
REGISTER HERE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecting-strategy-and-design-tickets-43629300412
REFUND POLICY
Refunds up to 1 day before event
Richmond Design Survey
Posted: February 5, 2018 Filed under: events Comments Off on Richmond Design SurveyHere’s your opportunity to tell us what you think. RUX is conducting a (short) survey to find out how we can best serve the RVA design community: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SWK6PR8
Here are the results of the survey: RUX 2018 Survey (1)
Capital One – UX/UI Designer | Richmond
Posted: February 2, 2018 Filed under: events Comments Off on Capital One – UX/UI Designer | RichmondUX/UI Designer, Small Business Card
The Small Business Card Design team at Capital One is a diverse group of human-centered designers charged with disrupting how small business owners interact with their money, their bank, and their financial lives. The Small Business Card team has the unique ability to address the comprehensive needs of our customer base, designing a financial servicing platform that is simple, relevant and delightful to all.
Click here for more:
https://www.capitalonecareers.com/job/richmond/ux-ui-designer-small-business-card/1732/7042869
RICHMOND UX DESIGN SPRINT WORKSHOP
Posted: October 18, 2017 Filed under: events, tools & methods, training Comments Off on RICHMOND UX DESIGN SPRINT WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION
DATE AND TIME
Tue, November 14, 2017
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM EST
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LOCATION
VCUArts Depot
814 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220
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REGISTER HERE
REFUND POLICY
Refunds up to 1 day before event
WHO’S THIS WORKSHOP FOR?
Anyone with tough problems to solve – designers, developers, product managers, marketers, content strategists, CEOs/founders, even human resources. The Design Sprint process has been used to solve a wide array of problems from the UX of digital products to wayfinding in a museum to the hiring process at Google.
This will be a fast-paced, intense workshop. While not a requirement, it will be most successful if all participants have at least some familiarity with the Design Sprint process. Google Ventures offers an excellent primer on Design Sprints to help you get familiar.
AGENDA
3:30 – 4:00: Arrive, get settled and warm up (it is a sprint after all!)
4:00 – 6:00: Sprint!
6:00 – 6:30: Cool down and say goodbye
PRESENTER
Mike Shelton is a Product Designer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. Working from his home office in Richmond, Va., Mike collaborates with over 500 automatticians in 50+ countries to help democratize publishing and keep the web open.
At Automattic, Mike prototypes and implements user-centered design solutions for WordPress.com. He recently worked on a new Automattic product, get.blog, where he and his team used design sprints to re-imagine what the experience of purchasing and managing a domain should look like.
RUX Happy Hour
Posted: September 14, 2017 Filed under: events Comments Off on RUX Happy Hour
RUX Happy Hour September 2017
In honor of our departing and incoming board members, let’s have a happy hour. The weather is beautiful so let’s meet outside at Ardent in Scott’s Addition. Richmond UX will arrange some snacks to go with the tasty beverages.
We miss seeing everyone, and we hope you can join us. Other than a few announcements, the only thing on the agenda is whatever happens to be on your mind.
When
September 27th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Where
Ardent
3200 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23230
To Be Designed Conf. [Local Viewing]
Posted: April 17, 2017 Filed under: conferences, events Comments Off on To Be Designed Conf. [Local Viewing]
Once again, RichmondUX will host a local viewing of a Rosenfeld Media virtual conference. As with our previous viewings, those who attended thought watching the online sessions together—and networking before, during and after—featured all the benefits of a larger one-day conference, minus the travel.
It’s been a while since our last meetup, and even longer since our most recent programming. Seating at Gather is limited, so grab your tickets before they go. Whether you are able to join us for the conference or not, please plan to meet up with us afterward starting at 5:30 at a place, well, to be determined. 😉
See below for more details:
What is the “near future” of design? It’s the stuff that’s far out enough to be fascinating, but not so far out that you can’t imagine ever working on it.
To Be Designed features six fantastic speakers who will take you on a tour of six “near-future” topics: the Internet of things, agentive technology, wearables, conversational UI design, designing with robots, and ethics for designing in the AI era.
Get your tickets today via Eventbrite →
What You’ll Get
- Presentations: 6 practical, comprehensive presentations (40-45 minutes each).
- Discussions: Short Q&A sessions with speakers after each presentation.
- Recordings: Lifetime access to the recordings.
Details
Price: $25
Date: Tuesday, April 25th
Time: 9:00am to 5:00p
Location: Gather RVA – Downtown location (409 E Main Street)
Agenda
- 9:00-9:30: Check-in and open networking
- 9:30-10:20am: Ethics for the IA Age with Cennydd Bowles
- 10:30-11:20am: Crafting Holistic Product Experiences: Using Light, Sound and Motion in Your Design Palette with Carla Diana
- 11:30-12:20pm: Designing Conversations with Giles Colborne
- 12:30-1:00pm: Trends from the Design in Tech Report 2017 with John Maeda
- 1:00-2:00pm: Lunch Break
- 2-2:50pm: The UX of Predictive Behavior for the Internet of Thingswith Mike Kuniavsky
- 3-3:50pm: Wearable tech: It’s not what you wear, it’s how you wear it with Liza Kindred
- 4-4:50pm: Designing Agentive Technology: AI that Works for Peoplewith Chris Noessel
For presentation synopsis, please visit the Rosenfeld Media event page.
RUX December – Happy Hour
Posted: November 30, 2016 Filed under: events | Tags: design, interaction design, usability, user experience, UX Comments Off on RUX December – Happy Hour
Dear RUXsters – we are overdue for a meetup! And in addition to saying hi, catching up, and finding out what everyone’s up to, we want to thank everyone for another terrific year! A lot of UX and Design stuff happened in Richmond in 2016, and all of it is worth chatting about over a drink, alcoholic or otherwise.
As with our Happy Hour this past June, we will be meeting at McCormack’s Big Whiskey Grill near the Regency Mall. It’s pretty centrally located, whether you work in West Creek, Glen Allen, the Near West End or Downtown. Plus, as a group dedicated to cultivating experiences, you’ll appreciate Big Whiskey Grill’s atmosphere.
Richmond UX will take care of the food and non-alcoholic beverages. The rest is up to you.
We miss seeing everyone, and we hope you can join us. Other than a few announcements, the only thing on the agenda is whatever happens to be on your mind.
When
December 7th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Where
McCormack’s Big Whisky Grill
(The one near the Regency Mall, not the one in The Fan)
1420 N. Parham Road
Richmond, VA
We look forward to seeing you there!
RUX October – User Research for Everyone
Posted: September 25, 2016 Filed under: conferences, events, research Comments Off on RUX October – User Research for Everyone
When: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM (EDT)
Where: United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) – 700 N 4th St, Richmond, VA 23219
RichmondUX has hosted three previous Rosenfeld Media virtual conferences, all at the Gather RVA downtown location. Though we love hosting events at Gather, the largest space available allows only 40 attendees.
Based on past interest in these virtual conferences as well as last October’s “User Research in the Age of the Customer,” we felt a larger venue would make sense. Thanks to United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for opening up their main conference space for us, allowing us to double the number of possible attendees. We hope you can join us at the local viewing of User Research for Everyone!
Anyone can conduct effective user research. You just need to know how.
Your company might still believe there’s not enough time or money to do research right. Or maybe you lack professional researchers on your team. Or you’re new to user research and need to gain confidence and experience. Don’t let those issues stop you. The User Research for Everyone one-day virtual conference will show how to succeed with research that leads to products users want to use, buy, and recommend to friends.
Agenda
- 9:30-10: Check-in and open networking
- 10-10:45am: Just Enough Research with Erika Hall
- 11-11:45am: The Right Research Method For Any Problem (And Budget) with Leah Buley
- Noon-12:45pm: How to Find and Recruit Amazing Participants for User Research with Nate Bolt
- 1-1:45pm: Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing Discussion/Q&A Session with Steve Krug and Laura Klein
- 2-2:45pm: Creating a Virtuous Cycle: The Research and Design Feedback Loop with Julie Stanford
- 3-3:45pm: Making Sense of Research Findings with Abby Covert
- 4-4:45pm: Infectious Research with Cindy Alvarez
Check out full session descriptions and speaker bios. Note: we will provide coffee and baked goods in the morning, as well as food during Nate Bolt’s presentation (think of it as a working lunch).
Tickets
- $5 students (with valid ID)
- $20 Early Bird pricing (limited number)
- $25 General Admission
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Who should attend
- Designers: Incorporate user research to confirm where your concept works and where it doesn’t.
- Product managers: Use research to improve adoption rates and reduce expensive and time-consuming product rebuilds.
- Engineers and developers: Learn how end users interact with products so you can make smarter decisions that improve usability.
- Managers: Use research to save time and money and help cross-functional teams get the biggest bang for the buck to make remarkable products.
- Teams: Spend the day learning together so you can collaborate to integrate research more easily into your product design process.
- …and (of course) User researchers: Brush up on the basics, or get up to speed if you’re new to the field.
What you’ll get
- 6 practical, comprehensive presentations from some of the best-known user research experts on the planet
- Q&A sessions with each expert following their presentation
- Lifetime access anytime with streaming and downloadable files
- Free 30-day trial to UIE’s All You Can Learn Library
Richmond UX 