EVENT REMINDER: First Annual PhillyCHI Design Slam, Thursday January 25, 2007

** Apologies for Cross Posting **


Just a reminder to please join us in the Philadelphia region's first
annual Design Slam. Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to
create the best design solution to a real-world problem. Awards given to
the victors!


2007 PhillyCHI Design Slam
Date: January 25 2007
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Website: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillychi/
Location: Levine 307, UPenn Campus 3301 Walnut, Philadelphia PA
Directions: Here is a map of the building:
http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=407

Sign up now!
If you would like to participate, please RSVP now to
[email protected]. Why now? We may need to cap attendance.

What's a "design slam"?
During the meeting, participants will be teamed and introduced to a
full-fledged hypothetical project, including appropriate client-side
deliverables. They'll then have an opportunity to interview key players
on the client's team. The session will conclude with proposal
presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled
audience.

Then the "clients" team will choose a winner. Members of the winning
team will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award.

What's in it for me?
This is a chance for interested IAs, designers, usability practitioners,
developers and marketing professionals to get their hands dirty working
side by side with colleagues as they tackle tough business problems in a
fun and sometimes crazy environment. Knowledge transfer, technique
sharing, and a social atmosphere makes this session stand out from the
garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" presentation.

Those that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6:15pm at
the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challenge
promptly at 6:25.

If you do not want to participate due to not being able to get to the
meeting on-time or a severe case of social phobia, fear not! We would
like to have an audience during this session to play the role of users,
and help choose the winning team.

This idea is shamelessly stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's
IA Slam. For more information about the IA Slam, visit
http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx.




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