Re: IxDA NYC Monthly Gathering on January 24

Dave Heller <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hci.experiencedesign
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Hi Peter,

I can't think of anyone off-hand b/c I have not been involved on the
consulting/agency side for such a long time and even then I was in a
boutique. What I could look at are some of these criteria:
1. Do you see people from those organizations speaking at conferences and
otherwise participating in the organizing and support of the UX community?

2. Do you see people from those organizations sending people to conferences
just as attendees?

These are really questions to ask during the interview process. Don't just
ask if they have an education budget, but ask what their individual
development processes are. And fight for specifics. Don't fall for the old,
but we dont' know how busy you'll be. Even you can be specific, about
expectations in terms of what you expect from them.

This has been more about the individual development side. The other side is
about building a team w/ an internal knowledge base. Ask for that. What are
the processes they use? how were they developed? What is their relationship
to non-UX departments?

Good luck!

-- dave

On 1/19/06, Peter March <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Dave,
>
> A bit off topic, but I was going through some old
> SIG-IA postings last night and saw some of your
> postings on the freelance vs. full time debate. You
> mentioned how important is was for a company/agency to
> keep developing the skills of their IA's and develop
> some institutional knowledge. I'm thinking of jumping
> to the agency life, and was wondering if there were
> any firms out there who you thought really "got" IA
> and were treating their IA teams well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> --- Dave Heller <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Join Us for the IxDA NYC Monthly Gathering on
> > January 24
> >
> > Join us as Judy Wert of Wert & Company, Inc., an
> > executive
> > recruitment and consulting firm, helps us dissect
> > the world of
> > opportunities and recruiting for interaction
> > designers by sharing her
> > experiences with some of the top design companies in
> > North America,
> > Europe, and Asia. She will provide a forum for
> > discussion to include:
> > recruiting and interviewing strategies, sharing
> > stories, and
> > discussing industry trends within the Interaction
> > Design community!
> > She invites your questions for the discussion. Feel
> > free to send
> > queries along in advance!
> >
> > Event Details
> >
> > Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
> > Time: 6:30 � 8:00 pm
> > Location: Parsons Design Lab
> > 55 W. 13th St. on the 9th Floor
> > (map info: http://tinyurl.com/b26u2 )
> > Bet. 5th and 6th Ave. (closer to 6th)
> >
> > Closest Subways:
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> >                  N, Q, R, W, 4, 5,6, or L at 14th &
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> >
> > Cost: Free (Donations are appreciated. If you'd like
> > to donate to
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> > more great events,
> > you may do so at http://www.ixda.org.) <http://www.ixda.org.%29>
> >
> > About Judy Wert
> > Judy co-founded Wert & Company, Inc.
> > (www.wertco.com) in 1995. Wert &
> > Company is an international executive recruitment
> > and consulting
> > firm, representing a range of industries from
> > entertainment,
> > television, fashion, and retail to architecture,
> > design, interactive,
> > and academia. She is actively involved in the global
> > design
> > community, nurturing over two decades of talent and
> > relationships
> > with leading organizations. Judy has an established
> > reputation for
> > consulting on large-scale creative team-building
> > with major
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> > About IxDA
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> > non-profit
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> > both the field of
> > interaction design and the interests of an
> > international community of
> > practitioners, managers, educators, and students of
> > interaction
> > design. Our organization's goals are to:
> >
> > - Communicate the unique perspective that
> > interaction design brings
> > to both industry and the broader design community
> > - Promote awareness of the discipline, craft, and
> > value of
> > interaction design among business leaders, academia,
> > consumers, and
> > our colleagues
> > - Advance the discipline of interaction design by
> > encouraging the
> > adoption of innovative methods
> > - Encourage and recommend high standards of practice
> > among
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