Final Reminder - UxFest London, 7-10 February
William Hudson <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:39:09 +0000
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--_000_F50131469A920B46BB110BE2A2F354A8240AAC57hermessyntagmco_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Apologies if you receive this more than once.) Only two weeks to the start of our UX training event being held in central = London. UxFest<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest> consi= sts of four one-day courses, so you can attend just one or all four. We hav= e substantial discounts on booking three or more places. Plus bookings can = be made across all of our London courses including two new offerings: Perso= na-Driven Design (now a two-day course) and Ecommerce User Experience. Plac= es booked can also be shared between participants, so book all four days of= UxFest and have a different person attending each day. The cost of the courses includes all refreshments, a full lunch and printed= notes. Further details below or visit www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.sh= tml#uxfest<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest> UxFest London, 7-10 February 2011: Four Days of UX, IA and UCD James Kalbach, the author of O'Reilly's Designing Web Navigation, is joinin= g me in presenting four days of cutting-edge courses on UX, UCD and IA in L= ondon, starting 7 February. The courses are: Mon Dynamic User Experience: Ajax Design & Usability (WH) Tue Agile UX & UCD (WH) Wed Designing Web Navigation (JK) Thu Faceted Search & Beyond (JK) The Ajax Design and Usability course explains the main differences between = Ajax and static HTML (for a non-technical audience) and looks at how to mak= e web sites and intranets more dynamic while improving user experience and = accessibility. Agile UX & UCD looks at how to incorporate user experience, = usability and user-centred design into an Agile environment. It is intended= primarily for experienced UX practitioners, although only a limited unders= tanding of UX is essential. In his two courses - Designing Web Navigation and Faceted Search - O'Reilly= author James Kalbach covers current thinking in Information Architecture a= nd the changing face of web navigation. Visit our web site<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest> f= or full details and to book online. Other courses in London and Vancouver Following UxFest will be a two-day workshop on Persona-Driven Design <http:= //www.syntagm.co.uk/design/personadriven.shtml> on 21 March. Participants w= ill spend about 50% of their time making sense of user research and then de= veloping personas and interaction designs using a variety of user-centred t= echniques. It's suitable for a broad audience, from interaction designers a= nd developers through to project managers and Scrum masters. In April is a = brand new course, Ecommerce User Experience<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design= /ecommerceux.shtml>, based on our extensive benchmarking experience. Partic= ipants will learn how to assess and improve their designs. Two of our courses - Agile UX & UCD and Card Sorting - are featured in the = tutorial programme for CHI 2011 in Vancouver. The courses programme should = be on the conference web site fairly soon - www.chi2011.org<http://www.chi2= 011.org> Drop us a line if you need a course you don't see on our site (see our cour= se schedule<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml>) or would like = to run one or more in-house, anywhere in the world. Regards, William (Hudson) Syntagm Ltd User Experience Strategist UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM Web www.syntagm.co.uk/design<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design> Email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Skype williamhudsonskype Twitter SyntagmUCD Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX1= 4 2DS. 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We have substantial discounts on booking three or more places. Plus boo= kings can be made across all of our London courses including two new offeri= ngs: <b>Persona-Driven Design</b> (now a two-day course) and <b>Ecommerce U= ser Experience</b>. Places booked can also be shared between participants, = so book all four days of UxFest and have a different person attending each = day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D= '><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F= 497D'>The cost of the courses includes all refreshments, a full lunch and p= rinted notes. Further details below or visit <a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.= co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest">www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml= #uxfest</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color= :#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style= =3D'font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>UxFest London, 7-10 Februa= ry 2011: Four Days of UX, IA and UCD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p clas= s=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D= '><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color= :#1F497D'>James Kalbach, the author of O’Reilly’s <i>Designing = Web Navigation</i>, is joining me in presenting four days of cutting-edge c= ourses on UX, UCD and IA in London, starting 7 February.<o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>The courses are:<= o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>= Mon Dynamic User Experience: Ajax Design &= ; Usability (WH)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style= =3D'color:#1F497D'>Tue Agile UX &= amp; UCD (WH)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style=3D'c= olor:#1F497D'>Wed Designing Web Navigation (J= K)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style=3D'color:#1F497= D'>Thu Faceted Search & Beyon= d (JK)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F49= 7D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#= 1F497D'>The <b>Ajax</b> <b>Design and Usability</b> course explains the mai= n differences between Ajax and static HTML (for a non-technical audience) a= nd looks at how to make web sites and intranets more dynamic while improvin= g user experience and accessibility. <b>Agile UX & UCD</b> looks at how= to incorporate user experience, usability and user-centred design into an = Agile environment. It is intended primarily for experienced UX practitioner= s, although only a limited understanding of UX is essential.<o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p>= </span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>In his two co= urses – <b>Designing Web Navigation</b> and <b>Faceted Search</b> = 211; O’Reilly author James Kalbach covers current thinking in Informa= tion Architecture and the changing face of web navigation.<o:p></o:p></span= ></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></= span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-lang= uage:EN-GB'>Visit </span><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedul= e.shtml#uxfest"><b>our web site</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'> for f= ull details and to book online.</span><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fare= ast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span sty= le=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><= b><span style=3D'font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>Other courses= in London and Vancouver<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa= n style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>= <span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Following UxFest will be a two-day workshop o= n </span><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/personadriven.shtml"><b= >Persona-Driven Design</b><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </span></a>= <span class=3DMsoHyperlink><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;text-decoration:non= e'>on 21 March. </span></span><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Participants wi= ll spend about 50% of their time making sense of user research and then dev= eloping personas and interaction designs using a variety of user-centred te= chniques. It’s suitable for a broad audience, from interaction design= ers and developers through to project managers and Scrum masters. In April = is a brand new course<b>, <a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ecomme= rceux.shtml">Ecommerce User Experience</a></b>, based on our extensive benc= hmarking experience. Participants will learn how to assess and improve thei= r designs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#= 1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'col= or:#1F497D'>Two of our courses – Agile UX & UCD and Card Sorting = – are featured in the tutorial programme for CHI 2011 in Vancouver. T= he courses programme should be on the conference web site fairly soon ̵= 1; <b><a href=3D"http://www.chi2011.org">www.chi2011.org</a></b> <o:p></o:p= ></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> <= /o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Drop us = a line if you need a course you don’t see on our site (</span><a href= =3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml"><b>see our course sched= ule</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>) or would like to run one or more= in-house, anywhere in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal= ><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNo= rmal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>W= illiam (Hudson)<br>Syntagm Ltd<br>User Experience Strategist<br>UK 01235-52= 2859<br>World +44-1235-522859<br>US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM<br>Web </span><= a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design"><span style=3D'mso-fareast-langu= age:EN-GB'>www.syntagm.co.uk/design</span></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;= mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><spa= n style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Email </span><a href= =3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D'mso-fareast-languag= e:EN-GB'>[email protected]</span></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497= D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><s= pan style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Skype williamhudsons= kype<br>Twitter SyntagmUCD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span= style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span= ></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language= :EN-GB'>Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985)= .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;ms= o-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10= Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>= <span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p><= /span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-lan= guage:EN-GB'>UxFest – Four days of UX, UCD and Usability Courses in L= ondon 7-10 Feb 2011</span><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:E= N-GB'><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest">www= .syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl= ass=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>= --_000_F50131469A920B46BB110BE2A2F354A8240AAC57hermessyntagmco_--