I work at the University of Arizona (UA), and in talking with a colleague across campus a few weeks ago, we realized that there is no venue for like-minded UXers to get together.
So we formed an informal group, UX@UA. Everyone interested in user experience is welcome! Join the conversation in our UX@UA Slack Team (use your UA email) and our community in Meetup.
At our first meetup in August, we had about 20 people attend from all across campus, including web designers, web developers, graphic designers, business analysts, and teaching faculty. We watched a webinar on selling the value of UX.
At our second meetup in September, we had just a handful of people, including faculty and grad students. We watched a webinar on identifying users’ “top tasks,” and talked about future collaborations.
At our third meetup, we’ll hear from two members on their recent UX projects. Hope to see you there!
2019 update: We have grown to over 300 members and now have an official UX@UA website through the University of Arizona!
Glad to see another university operating an open UX community of practice. The webinars and blog post itself have given me ideas for things to try out.
Thanks Rebecca!