March Update - Usability, User Experience and UCD Training
William Hudson <[email protected]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:53:31 +0000
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--_000_F50131469A920B46BB110BE2A2F354A82DF289BAhermessyntagmco_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Apologies if you receive more than one of these.) Our four-day training event in London, UxFest was a great success with very= positive feedback from attendees. We are looking at running a similar even= t in the Autumn, with a slightly different line up of courses. Hopefully we= will have dates organized by this time next month. Spring UX & UCD Training Courses in London In April (the 11th) we will be introducing a new course focusing on Ecommer= ce User Experience<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ecommerceux.shtml>. This= is based on benchmarking work we've been doing for almost 10 years on both= intranets and ecommerce sites. The one-day course will help participants e= valuate and improve ecommerce site design, while also showing where some of= the most important user experience opportunities lie. May 23rd is the debut of Card Sorting for User Experience<http://www.syntag= m.co.uk/design/cardsortingux.shtml>, based on the popular half and full-day= card sorting courses we have been running since 2004. This revised one-day= course features the debut of our latest analysis software package, SynCaps= V3 - this will allow researchers to make sense of all but the most confuse= d sort results from either paper-based or online sorting activities. The co= urse also looks at simple and inexpensive analysis techniques. (Participant= s will be entitled to a full license for SynCaps V2, which can be applied t= owards the purchase of SynCaps V3 when it is released for sale. Our earlies= t package, SynCaps V1, is free.) Finally, June sees the return of our general course on usable web design (c= alled, appropriately enough, Web Design for Usability<http://www.syntagm.co= .uk/design/webusability.shtml>) on the 13th. Unlike many usability courses,= this one focuses on design and is more than a large collection of guidelin= es and tips. We include a variety of tools and techniques to help participa= nts apply usable design in their projects. As always, there is a 3-for-2 discount across all of these courses, giving = great flexibility to both individual and group attendees. Visit our web site<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml#uxfest> f= or full details and to book online. Courses in Vancouver Two of our courses - Agile UX & UCD and Card Sorting - are featured in the = tutorial programme for CHI 2011 in Vancouver. The courses programme is now = on the conference web site - http://chi2011.org/program/courses.html 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. Training via Web Conferences In February we started an 11-week training programme in usability and user-= centred design for one of the world's largest providers of financial servic= es systems. The training takes the form of regular two-hour interactive web= conferences for as many as 500 software engineers around the world. It cov= ers a range of topics, from navigation and accessibility through to Ajax us= ability and design. Get in touch<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/contactus.htm> if you have a training= requirement or need usability, accessibility or user experience expertise. 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. Spring programme of London courses in UX and UCD www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml<http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/sch= edule.shtml> --_000_F50131469A920B46BB110BE2A2F354A82DF289BAhermessyntagmco_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content= =3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Micros= oft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page WordSection1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-GB link=3Dblue vli= nk=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'c= olor:#1F497D'>(Apologies if you receive more than one of these.)<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'>Our four-= day training event in London, UxFest was a great success with very positive= feedback from attendees. We are looking at running a similar event in the = Autumn, with a slightly different line up of courses. Hopefully we will hav= e dates organized by this time next month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D= MsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p clas= s=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D= '>Spring UX & UCD Training Courses in London<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><= p class=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'>In <b>April</b> (the 11<sup>th</sup>) we will be introducin= g a new course focusing on </span><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/desig= n/ecommerceux.shtml"><b>Ecommerce User Experience</b></a><span style=3D'col= or:#1F497D'>. This is based on benchmarking work we’ve been doing for= almost 10 years on both intranets and ecommerce sites. The one-day course = will help participants evaluate and improve ecommerce site design, while al= so showing where some of the most important user experience opportunities l= ie.<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'color:#= 1F497D'>May</span></b><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'> 23<sup>rd</sup> is the= debut of </span><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/cardsortingux.s= html"><b>Card Sorting for User Experience</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F49= 7D'>, based on the popular half and full-day card sorting courses we have b= een running since 2004. This revised one-day course features the debut of o= ur latest analysis software package, <b>SynCaps V3</b> – this will al= low researchers to make sense of all but the most confused sort results fro= m either paper-based or online sorting activities. The course also looks at= simple and inexpensive analysis techniques. (Participants will be entitled= to a full license for SynCaps V2, which can be applied towards the purchas= e of SynCaps V3 when it is released for sale. Our earliest package, SynCaps= V1, is free.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'col= or:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D= 'color:#1F497D'>Finally, <b>June</b> sees the return of our general course = on usable web design (called, appropriately enough, </span><a href=3D"http:= //www.syntagm.co.uk/design/webusability.shtml"><b>Web Design for Usability<= /b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>) on the 13<sup>th</sup>. Unlike many = usability courses, this one focuses on design and is more than a large coll= ection of guidelines and tips. We include a variety of tools and techniques= to help participants apply usable design in their projects.<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'>As always, th= ere is a <b>3-for-2 discount</b> across all of these courses, giving great = flexibility to both individual and group attendees.<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-language:EN= -GB'>Visit </span><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml= #uxfest"><b>our web site</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'> for full det= ails and to book online.</span><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-lan= guage:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'c= olor:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span= style=3D'font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'>Courses in Vancouver= <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D= '><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F= 497D'>Two of our courses – Agile UX & UCD and Card Sorting –= ; are featured in the tutorial programme for CHI 2011 in Vancouver. The cou= rses programme is now on the conference web site – <b><a href=3D"http= ://chi2011.org/program/courses.html">http://chi2011.org/program/courses.htm= l</a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'c= olor:#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.sht= ml"><b>see our course schedule</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>) or wo= uld like to run one or more in-house, anywhere in the world.<o:p></o:p></sp= an></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","se= rif";color:#1F497D'>Training via Web Conferences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><= p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span><= /p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>In February we starte= d an 11-week training programme in usability and user-centred design for on= e of the world’s largest providers of financial services systems. The= training takes the form of regular two-hour interactive web conferences fo= r as many as 500 software engineers around the world. It covers a range of = topics, from navigation and accessibility through to Ajax usability and des= ign.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D= '><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><a href=3D"http://www.sy= ntagm.co.uk/contactus.htm" target=3D"_blank" title=3D"(new window)"><b>Get = in touch</b></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'> if you have a training requi= rement or need usability, accessibility or user experience expertise.<o:p><= /o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nb= sp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-f= areast-language:EN-GB'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><= span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>William (Hudson= ) <br>Syntagm Ltd<br>User Experience Strategist<br>UK 01235-522859<br>World= +44-1235-522859<br>US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM<br>Web </span><a href=3D"htt= p://www.syntagm.co.uk/design"><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ww= w.syntagm.co.uk/design</span></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-l= anguage:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'co= lor:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Email </span><a href=3D"mailto:will= [email protected]"><span style=3D'mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>willia= [email protected]</span></a><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-l= anguage:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'co= lor:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Skype williamhudsonskype<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'>Synta= gm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985).<o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-lan= guage: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-language:EN-GB= '>Spring programme of London courses in UX and UCD<br></span><u><span style= =3D'color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href=3D"http://www.syntagm.co= .uk/design/schedule.shtml">www.syntagm.co.uk/design/schedule.shtml</a></spa= n></u><span style=3D'color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><s= pan style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html= >= --_000_F50131469A920B46BB110BE2A2F354A82DF289BAhermessyntagmco_--