Angelika Kenward

Data Storytelling: How researchers & designers can make people care

Join Angelika Kenward as she weaves together a compelling story filled with quirks, examples and explanations, and maybe even some data. Learn not only about data storytelling, but also the skills you likely already possess to make it possible. Speaker: Angelika Kenward Analytics Manager, Diversified Communications | UX Research Consultant Angelika Kenward has held a Read more about Data Storytelling: How researchers & designers can make people care[…]

Speaking Engineer-ese: Applying UX Know-how to Small UI/UX Teamwork

Do you find yourself struggling to resolve difficult conversations with tech-minded cohorts? We can apply our UX knowledge to navigate these conflicts and deliver the best products! Speaker: Julie Jacob UX/UI Design Lead, Berkshire Grey Julie currently works as the Design Lead for UI Development and User Experience at Berkshire Grey, a logistics and fulfillment Read more about Speaking Engineer-ese: Applying UX Know-how to Small UI/UX Teamwork[…]

Resumé Workshop

Resumé Workshop: Designing your career data to work for you

Bring your resumé and your ideas, and join us for a workshop to get the latest recommendations from the NH UXPA team and experts from St. Anselm College’s Career Development Center. After a brief presentation with the latest tips and tricks for entering the job market, we will answer some of the most frequently asked Read more about Resumé Workshop: Designing your career data to work for you[…]

Dr. Jerry Rekart

Prove Me Wrong: Ensuring that User Testing Isn’t a Rubber Stamp

In this interactive talk, Dr. Jerome (“Jerry”) Rekart discusses reasons why user testing studies must be designed with the goal of finding reasons to axe one’s favorite designs. Drawing from a host of examples, Popperian epistemology, and very likely some unique off-the-cuff remarks, Jerry’s unique presentation style will engage and inform. Speaker: Dr. Jerry Rekart Read more about Prove Me Wrong: Ensuring that User Testing Isn’t a Rubber Stamp[…]

AI from a UX design perspective

Join us to hear UX Designer Dawn Hall’s fascinating journey from filmmaking to UX. Follow her exploration of the basics of AI, ML, and Generative AI, and discover their potential impact on the UX field. From the positives to the challenges, Dawn’s talk aims to equip UX Designers & Researchers with a foundational understanding of Read more about AI from a UX design perspective[…]

Steven Jensco

Design Tokens: Become Your Developer’s Best Friend

Design Tokens: a new approach to creating a UI library that’s easily integrated into both design and development workflows. By involving our development team in the creation of our UI library, we can structure it in a way that’s both easier to understand for the development teams bringing it to life, and allows for automatic export of our styles into an existing platform!

Michael Hawley

Remote Collaborative Workshops: Optimizing Creativity and Ideation When You’re Stuck Behind a Screen

Collaborative workshops are central to Design Thinking and innovation practices. Workshops bring multi-disciplinary groups together for unique perspectives and support divergent thinking by allowing participants to think visually and build on each other’s ideas. Of course, the global pandemic accelerated the need for many teams to conduct these sessions remotely. For better or worse, teams Read more about Remote Collaborative Workshops: Optimizing Creativity and Ideation When You’re Stuck Behind a Screen[…]

Piet Kruithof

You Do You – A Discussion on How Our Values & Beliefs About UX Have Guided Our Careers

Your relationship with your employer isn’t all that different from your other relationships including family, partner, or…even your car. In all of those circumstances, the relationship is driven by alignment on a core set of beliefs and values and the expectations we have for ourselves and others around us. It then stands to reason that Read more about You Do You – A Discussion on How Our Values & Beliefs About UX Have Guided Our Careers[…]