NH UPA - Collaborative Design Workshop w/ Sarah Bloomer - June 24th

**Apologies to those that have received this announcement more than
once**

Topic: Design Facilitation & Collaborative Design Mini Workshop (a
taster of a 3 hour workshop)
Date: Wednesday, June 24th
Time: 6:00 - 6:30 (Networking) 6:30-8:00ish (Workshop)
Location: PixelMEDIA
Address: 222 International Drive, Suite 175, Portsmouth, NH
Directions: http://www.pixelmedia.com/contact/directions.aspx
RSVP: [email protected]

Abstract:
For our NH UPA June 2009 meeting, we're excited to have Sarah Bloomer
lead a workshop on collaborative and co-design. Collaborative and
co-design design yields new ideas by engaging different knowledge,
outlooks, goals and perspectives. It can be done with customers,
stakeholders, designers, and developers. The trick is how to keep a team
focused and engaged. Facilitating design is a skill with some simple
rules of thumb that Sarah will share with us through a hands-on
workshop.

We'll cover:
- When to use collaborative design or co-design
- Different session frameworks and agendas
- Setting up a collaborative design session
- When to use pre-work? 
- How to facilitate a collaborative session
- Applying the information generated 

About the Presenter:
Sarah Bloomer has designed user interfaces for 20 years and is now UX
Director at Constant Contact.  She holds an MS from New York University
in interactive software design, a BA from Smith College, and served as
masters supervisor at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Learn more about Sarah at http://www.sarahbloomer.com 


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Send RSVPs to [email protected] as we need a head count for food and
refreshments. NH UPA meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is
interested in attending. There is no cost and membership to the UPA is
NOT required.

Stay informed about NH UPA meetings and events by joining the NH UPA
Yahoo group at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nh-upa

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Hope to see you there!
Megan Fields
NH UPA Chapter Vice President