UPA 2009 Workshop: Design to Read - call for participation

Hi all,

Several people expressed interest in the previous Design to Read workshop
but couldn't make it. 

Our next workshop is at the UPA conference in Portland, Oregon, Monday June
8th 2009

More details at: www.designtoread.com

Full call for participation follows.

Best
Caroline Jarrett
www.formsthatwork.com
"Forms that work: Designing web forms for usability" foreword by Steve Krug

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UPA 2009 Workshop: Design to Read - call for participation

Design to Read: Designing for people who do not read easily
UPA 2009 Workshop
Workshop Date: 8:30a.m. - 5:30p.m. Monday, June 8, 2009
Location: UPA Conference, Portland, Oregon
http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2009/


Many people have reading difficulties, maybe because of an impairment,
poor access to literacy or because they are reading in a second
language. If you are a researcher, practitioner or advocate then come
to share resources and learn about how best to design for people who
do not read easily.

This workshop is part of a continuing series of interactions with a
diverse group of practitioners and researchers, gathering what we know
about designing for people who do not read easily.

This workshop aims to make progress towards a framework of guidance to
support information designers and writers in producing materials that
support this audience.

The day will be a mix of mini-presentations to share individual work
and guidelines, group discussions on similarities and differences in
our work, and practical exercises to improve sample web pages and
other written materials.

For more information on the background of this project, please see
http://www.designtoread.com


Your position paper will include:
Your past work and interest in the topic
Current motivation for attending
Critical issues in designing to read
Issues to avoid
Your guidelines
Suggested references

Timelines:
Position Paper Due: May 4, 2009
Notice for Acceptance: May 18, 2009

Please send the position paper to the following email addresses:
Whitney Quesenbery: [email protected]
Caroline Jarrett: [email protected]
Kathryn Summers: [email protected]


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