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Next presentation is @RuthEllison & @UXmich — 10 things not to say to a UX researcher.
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1. Research is a craft.
"Isn't your job just chatting to people?"
There is a misconception when people first learn about research is that they think it is easy, and anyone can do it. This devalues the craft.
You need to bring people along every step of the process.
"Isn't your job just chatting to people?"
There is a misconception when people first learn about research is that they think it is easy, and anyone can do it. This devalues the craft.
You need to bring people along every step of the process.
"Why do you need to do research? Can't you just design based on your experience?"
While there are many frameworks we can use to accelerate our design work but we need to do the work to capture the context of your current design.
While there are many frameworks we can use to accelerate our design work but we need to do the work to capture the context of your current design.
Next presenter is Melissa Voderberg — Increasing engagement in your UX Workshops using Self Determination Theory.
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The carrot and the stick, get them to do it and make them think it's their idea, give bonuses to the top 10% fire the bottom 10%.
Traditional forms of motivation.
Traditional forms of motivation.
Motivation scientists have found out, that we are doing it all wrong.
The next presentation is Lean Research At Scale with Kelly Krout and JP Carrascal from Microsoft.
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Development cycles have shrunk and the appetite for customer insights has grown.
So how do you do lean UX research at scale?
So how do you do lean UX research at scale?
UX Research practice has 20 people — currently 10:1 PM to UX Research resources.
They spend a lot fo time coaching and mentoring other disciplines in the process.
They spend a lot fo time coaching and mentoring other disciplines in the process.
We're at the last day of @UXAustralia!
The keynote this morning is Shirley Chowdhary CEO of @GOFoundationAU presenting The GoO Story — The vision of Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin
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The keynote this morning is Shirley Chowdhary CEO of @GOFoundationAU presenting The GoO Story — The vision of Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin
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Shirley is paying her respects to elders past present and emerging on the land she joins us from.
GO puts culture at the centre of everything they do — Shirley is now showing a video with two of GO's students and the Bangarang dancers talking about education, connection to country and connection to culture.
The last presentation for Day 3 is Andrew Woodhead — LIGHT: A human-centred design approach to Mental Health.
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Woody was born and raised in Yorkshire, and started his career in agencies in London and now resides in Sydney.
Woody is a Product Manager for @batyrAus, a young persons preventative mental health organisation.
7/30 young people are experiences issues with mental health, 70% won't seek help because of stigma.
7/30 young people are experiences issues with mental health, 70% won't seek help because of stigma.
Our next speaker is @NancyDouyon presenting — Navigating UX Design Across Cultural Boundaries.
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Nancy is from Okai in Haiti — a farming town.
Seeing how her parents navigate the world and how US people navigate the world has opened given her a huge amount of context
Seeing how her parents navigate the world and how US people navigate the world has opened given her a huge amount of context
Nancy realised that the design process was going from define to being shelved.
Privilege informs design.
She saw was disaster occurred and what wins occurred.
Privilege informs design.
She saw was disaster occurred and what wins occurred.
Next speaker is Ally Tutkaluk — When interview questions hit too close to home.
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Ally works for the Leukaemia Foundation and todays presentation is about the website redesign after the merger of two cancer groups.
Ally found that the nature of the product, a blood cancer information site, was a little different from an e-commerce.
They had to figure out how they could ask questions sensitively with people affected by a life threatening illness.
They had to figure out how they could ask questions sensitively with people affected by a life threatening illness.
Day 3 @UXAustralia!
Our keynote is Dr Jess Berentson Shaw — 'Narratives for change: How effective stories help us build new systems.
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Our keynote is Dr Jess Berentson Shaw — 'Narratives for change: How effective stories help us build new systems.
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Jess starts by acknowledging the three Iwi
Jess worked around the world as an 'evidence agitator' and believes all the knowledge of the world can be shared and used to create an inclusive society that meets everyones needs and centres the environment.
Last speaker for Day 2 Gian Wild @accessibilityoz — 'Mobile accessibility: testing native apps and mobile sites for accessibility'
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We're starting with accessibility fails.
Jamie Oliver has an autoplay video with no captions over the entire screen when you arrive on page.
Amazon had such low contrast between items that when they bumped up the contrast they improved sales by 30%.
Jamie Oliver has an autoplay video with no captions over the entire screen when you arrive on page.
Amazon had such low contrast between items that when they bumped up the contrast they improved sales by 30%.
ABC App in app settings — the resizing text size is not inherited by all of the text on the page
My whole career was a bit of an accident.
Studied Music Technology — was an apple Genius — worked at a digital agency — became a UX designer.
Studied Music Technology — was an apple Genius — worked at a digital agency — became a UX designer.
The one thing in the different experiences he had was no focus on any commercial skills.
At a small agency it was the account managers and at a product company it was the product managers.
At a small agency it was the account managers and at a product company it was the product managers.
Day two @UXAustralia!
The keynote is Dan Brown presenting 'Questions: The Most Essential UX Tool'
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The keynote is Dan Brown presenting 'Questions: The Most Essential UX Tool'
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What do designers want?
When you ask this question the most obvious answer is a seat at the table.
But why?
When you ask this question the most obvious answer is a seat at the table.
But why?
They want to have a voice, they want to influence decisions, and they want to provide answers.
The next presenter is @StylianaSarris — The Behavioural Psychology Underpinning Addictive Technology
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What Styliana will will cover 
Foundations of Behaviourism
Thoughts and feelings are impossible to observe.
Instead we should observe how an operants environment affects how they react.
Thoughts and feelings are impossible to observe.
Instead we should observe how an operants environment affects how they react.
The next speaker is Vinita Israni — 'Burnout: Confessions of a Corporate Design Athlete'
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Vinita is starting with a mindfulness exercise focussing on times when felt deflated and unenagaged with the world.
"I should have said no, 20 yesses ago."
"I should have said no, 20 yesses ago."
Burnout has the ability to mimic the signs of depression.
It's more likely in women, millenials, personality and creatives.
It's more likely in women, millenials, personality and creatives.
I'm excited for the next speaker, @emkey presenting: 'What about us? Marginalisation, Privilege, Power and Inclusion Today.'
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Mark joins us from the Phillipines today!
Mark works in the technology area, which means he gets access to knowledge and technology that a lot of people won't get access to. He is a cis gendered man which means he can walk into a STEM room and be taken seriously. He comes from a high ranking university.
Our keynote today is @TatianaTMac joining us from Portland! Speaking about systems of systems.
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English ivy grows all around the world — it has a lot of lore around it, a lot of meaning in scholarly writings, and was thought of as a barrier.
English Ivy was brought to the US and Australia through way of colonisation.
