Re: IxDA NYC Monthly Gathering on January 24
Dave Heller <[email protected]>
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Groovy! -- dave On 1/19/06, Peter March <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great advice Dave, thanks! I'll keep this in mind. > > Still working on setting up a "happy hour" with Peter > Morville when he's in town. > > Peter > > > > --- Dave Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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: > > > > > > > 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: > > > > F, V, L at 14th & 6th Ave. > > > > N, Q, R, W, 4, 5,6, or L at > > 14th & > > > > Broadway > > > > > > > > Cost: Free (Donations are appreciated. If you'd > > like > > > > to donate to > > > > IxDA to help grow the organization so we can > > have > > > > more great events, > > > > you may do so at http://www.ixda.org.) <http://www.ixda.org.%29> > > <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 > > > > organizations and leading brands. > > > > > > > > About IxDA > > > > > > > > The Interaction Design Association (IxDA) is a > > > > non-profit > > > > professional organization whose focus is > > promoting > > > > 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 > > > > interaction design professionals > > > > - Help establish standards for academic programs > > in > > > > interaction design > > > > - Develop an active, close-knit community of > > > > interaction design > > > > professionals worldwide > > > > > > > > For more information about IxDA, or if you are > > > > interested in getting > > > > involved, contact us at nyc (at) ixda (dot) org > > or > > > > visit our web site > > > > at http://www.ixda.org. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > UXnet: http://www.uxnet.org > > > > > > > > Post a message to list: > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe or change list options: > > > > http://discuss.uxnet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > David Heller > > > > E: dheller (at) gmail (dot) com > > > > W: www (dot) synapticburn (dot) com > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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