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SUMMARY:Harnessing Our Superpowers: Organizations as a Design Problem
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston delivers a keynote talk for the sixth annual UXLibs conference. The conference theme is UX and organizational culture. \nWe know that culture eats strategy for breakfast\, and shifting to a user-centered culture can be exhausting work. But organizations are made up of people\, and as human-centered thinkers\, we’re well positioned to lead the charge. Harnessing our superpowers of curiosity\, empathy\, and iteration\, we’ll identify some small steps we can take today to foster a design culture\, no matter our organization or position within it.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/keynote-for-uxlibs-vi/
LOCATION:Newcastle\, UK\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20220421T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20220421T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20220415T163206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220415T163206Z
UID:1238-1650573000-1650576600@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Lightweight & Impactful: UX in Action and on a Budget
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca presents for UX Wellington. \nConstraints within the UX process can be a fairly common challenge. Different restrictions such as budget\, time\, tools\, and access to users can lead to new ways of producing lightweight yet impactful work. \nIn this talk\, Rebecca will share methods and experiments she has run at the University of Arizona. Bringing examples of how she has implemented impactful UX practices within constraints and on a tight budget. \nIt will be an interactive presentation. You will be able to share a little bit about your work and the challenges you face by answering anonymous questions. The insights will be shared in real-time during the presentation.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/lightweight-impactful-ux-in-action-and-on-a-budget/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211103T091500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211103T101500
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20211011T232332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T232356Z
UID:1201-1635930900-1635934500@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Charleston Conference Panel: The Workflow Librarian
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents as part of a panel\, “The workflow librarian: Reaching library users where they are.” \nHow do libraries add value for patrons increasingly working outside library-preferred workflows (e.g. searching via Google Scholar)\, and accessing the library’s collection off-campus? This is a question of profound relevance to all library stakeholders – librarians\, publishers\, and patrons alike – and one that must be addressed to maintain mission relevance. It will mean finding new ways of service delivery and service provision that support learning and research not just remotely\, but outside library-preferred workflows. It will mean putting the library ‘in the life of the user’ by designing library services that ‘surface content in the places where users actually are rather than where libraries would like them to be’ (Pinfield et al.\, 2017\, 28). \nThis session will explore this topic using insights from a new\, large-scale survey of librarians and patrons. It will begin with ten-minute presentations from each of the four speakers outlining their perspectives on this topic. This will be followed by a thirty-minute\, moderated audience Q&A structured through a series of themes\, such as: \n\nthe latest trends in patron behavior\nthe practicalities and challenges of inserting the library into user workflows\nthe relevance to the library’s mission and strategic priorities.\n\nThe Q&A will balance audience participation with panel perspectives to ensure a lively discussion on this timely topic.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/charleston-panel-the-workflow-librarian/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210908T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210908T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20201117T232452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T151253Z
UID:1140-1631102400-1631106000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Florida Library Webinars: User Research Methods
DESCRIPTION:Do you want feedback from your patrons? From surveys and focus groups to journey mapping and usability testing\, our users can tell us a lot about what’s working well and how we can improve. In this presentation\, learn a variety of methods and how they can be conducted safely at a distance\, and what we can learn from feedback from users during the pandemic to help us in the years to come.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/florida-library-webinars-user-research-methods/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210623T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210623T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20201117T232338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T232338Z
UID:1138-1624449600-1624453200@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Florida Library Webinars: Writing for the Web
DESCRIPTION:Do users struggle to understand content on your library website? People visit our websites to get answers to their questions\, but are often overwhelmed with what they find. Fortunately\, writing effectively for the web is a craft you can hone. In this presentation\, learn tips for writing content that is concise\, organized\, and created with users in mind.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/florida-library-webinars-writing-for-the-web/
LOCATION:Online
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T203927Z
UID:1168-1615899600-1615903200@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Building UX Capacity Across Campus
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca presents online as part of the eduWeb Spring Innovation Showcase. \nLearn how to build community\, leverage expertise\, break down silos\, and foster user-centered thinking and practices campus-wide. \nIn many higher ed institutions\, user experience (UX) expertise is scarce and lives in pockets across campus\, such as libraries\, IT\, and online learning\, as well as academic departments such as information science\, computer science\, art and design\, and business. At the University of Arizona\, a community of practice called UX@UA emerged in 2017 to support cross-departmental learning and sharing of UX resources. In addition to monthly meetup events for sharing knowledge and networking\, the group of over 750 students\, faculty\, and staff is building UX capacity across campus through a consulting service\, a research participant pool\, and a playbook of methods called The UX Cookbook.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/building-ux-capacity-across-campus/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210224T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20210224T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20201117T232054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T232054Z
UID:1134-1614168000-1614171600@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Florida Library Webinars: Website Content Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Does your website have content that is complicated\, outdated\, or irrelevant? Content strategy provides us with a set of principles\, tools\, and processes to sustain useful\, usable\, and findable content. In this presentation\, learn how to identify content challenges\, create content principles and style guides\, and establish workflows to support the entire lifecycle of your web content.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/florida-library-webinars-website-content-strategy/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201119T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201119T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20200901T152017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T203421Z
UID:1122-1605792600-1605798000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Writing for Your Library Website: Tips for Improving Your Content
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents online for ALA eLearning. \nIndividuals visit our library websites for content\, so it’s important to ensure our content is clear\, concise\, and created with our users’ needs in mind. Our content should help users quickly and easily complete tasks and get the answers to their questions on the first try. \nYou’ll learn how to focus on key messages\, use active and authentic voice\, remove unnecessary words\, write meaningful titles and headings\, use parallelism\, format text for readability\, and more. \nThis is the fourth iteration of a workshop originally presented in August 2018 and presented again in March 2019 and February 2020.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/writing-for-your-library-website-tips-for-improving-your-content-4/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20200923T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20200923T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20200824T224720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200824T224720Z
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SUMMARY:Do's and Don'ts from the User Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca presents virtually as part of the NISO Humanities Roundtable. \nWe design systems so that students and scholars can discover and access content\, yet how do we know we are meeting their needs and expectations? How do we know if our language and taxonomies are enhancing or hindering discovery? In this presentation\, you will learn techniques for putting yourself in the mind of your users. You’ll learn what we should do more and what we should do less to better optimize the user experience.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/dos-and-donts-from-the-user-perspective/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200429T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200429T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20200222T182843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200327T221123Z
UID:1003-1588163400-1588165200@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:CNI: Fostering a UX Culture Across Campus
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents for the CNI Spring 2020 Membership Meeting. \nUser experience (UX) is a multidisciplinary venture that encompasses research\, design\, content\, architecture\, engineering\, and systems. At the University of Arizona\, an informal community of practice emerged in 2017 called “UX@UA” to support cross-departmental learning and sharing of resources. This community now includes over 400 students\, faculty\, and staff who are studying\, teaching\, and doing UX. Members of the UX@UA leadership team are from the Libraries\, Department of English\, Eller College of Management\, and Digital Learning. In addition to monthly meetup events for sharing knowledge and networking\, the group is supporting campus initiatives such as lightweight user testing through a “Tiny Cafe\,” a shared participant pool\, a drop-in UX consulting hour\, a toolkit of reusable templates\, and a UX/UI testing zone in the library. In this talk\, you will learn how we are building capacity\, breaking down silos\, and fostering user-centered thinking and practices campus-wide.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/cni-fostering-a-ux-culture-across-campus/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200206T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20191212T193515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T193623Z
UID:982-1580999400-1581004800@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Writing for Your Library Website: Tips for Improving Your Content
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents online for ALA eLearning. \nIndividuals visit our library websites for content\, so it’s important to ensure our content is clear\, concise\, and created with our users’ needs in mind. Our content should help users quickly and easily complete tasks and get the answers to their questions on the first try. \nYou’ll learn how to focus on key messages\, use active and authentic voice\, remove unnecessary words\, write meaningful titles and headings\, use parallelism\, format text for readability\, and more. \nThis is a third iteration of a workshop originally presented in August 2018 and presented again in March 2019.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/writing-for-your-library-website-tips-for-improving-your-content-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200110T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20191214T020134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200102T175423Z
UID:990-1578661200-1578672000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Advancing Student Success: a Design Thinking Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca delivers a design thinking workshop for staff of the Copley Library at the University of San Diego. \nStudent success is critical to the mission of the university\, but the needs and expectations of our students are evolving rapidly. As a library\, how might we empower all students to be successful in 2020 and beyond? Using a design thinking framework\, we will spend the afternoon tackling this question together by: \n\nbuilding understanding through empathy exercises and personas\ngenerating ideas through ideation and affinity mapping\nvisualizing solutions through prototyping
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/retreat-for-university-of-san-diego/
LOCATION:Online\, CA\, United States
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191115T083000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191115T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190718T184945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190729T202258Z
UID:963-1573806600-1573812000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Approaches to Assessing the User Experience
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston\, Bob Liu\, and Lara Miller present a workshop for staff at the University of Arizona. \nThe everyday experience of students and faculty matters. It is critical to the university’s long-term success. The field of user experience (UX) provides us with tools to build empathy\, expand understanding\, and recommend impactful solutions. In this hands-on workshop\, you will practice UX exercises and explore how UX can help you in your assessment work no matter where you are at the university.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/approaches-to-assessing-the-user-experience/
LOCATION:Student Union\, University of Arizona\, 1303 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191029T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191029T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190910T183840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190910T183840Z
UID:978-1572361200-1572364800@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Creating User-Centered Website Navigation
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston\, America Curl\, and Lara Miller present as part of the University of Arizona’s IT Summit. \nWebsite content is often hidden behind cumbersome menus. How can we better label\, organize\, and design navigation so users can find what they need? Learn two information architecture techniques for a better user experience: card sorts for creating categories\, and tree testing for identifying navigation paths.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/creating-user-centered-website-navigation/
LOCATION:Student Union\, University of Arizona\, 1303 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T100000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190517T185016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190824T180224Z
UID:938-1571907600-1571911200@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:The Power of Empathy as a Daily Practice
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston delivers the opening keynote for the Annual Meeting of the Upstate New York Ontario Chapter of the Medical Library Association (UNYOC/MLA). \nWe do our best work when we understand the needs\, behaviors\, motivations\, and challenges of our end users. Empathy is one of our greatest tools for doing this\, and empathy is both a skill that we can build and a choice that we can make. \nIn this presentation\, you’ll learn tools and techniques for building intentional\, cognitive empathy for your users\, your colleagues\, and yourself. And you’ll learn how incorporating empathy building into your daily practice can make you a better librarian\, collaborator\, and human being.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/unyoc-mla-2019-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Watkins Glen\, NY
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190515T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190515T120000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190507T142519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T142823Z
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SUMMARY:Web Content for Everyone Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston delivers the keynote presentation and facilitates a workshop at the Web Content for Everyone Symposium at Ferris State University. Free to register for the Ferris State community. \nKeynote: Designing Inclusive Web Content\nOur university websites are the primary way we deliver information to students\, faculty\, and staff. So it’s critical that people of all backgrounds and abilities are able to find\, access\, and understand our web content. In this presentation\, you’ll learn the key principles to creating content that is useful\, usable\, and accessible to all. We will discuss techniques including plain language\, heading structure\, content prioritization\, meaningful links\, alternative text\, and more. \nWorkshop: Writing for the Web\nPeople come to websites to complete tasks and get answers to questions. In this workshop\, you will practice writing content with users in mind. Through guided exercises\, attendees will: \n\nDefine their website’s audience and primary tasks\nOutline content that puts users’ needs and expectations first\nDraft content that is useful\, usable\, accessible\, and findable
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/web-content-for-everyone-symposium-ferris-state/
LOCATION:Ferris State University\, Big Rapids\, MI\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190513T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190513T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190204T222740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190507T141736Z
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SUMMARY:A Human-Centered Strategy for Advancing Library Value
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston delivers the keynote presentation for the Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA) Annual Conference in Saginaw\, Michigan. \nAcademic libraries are essential contributors to the higher education mission\, supporting student success\, faculty research productivity\, and community engagement. And as the role of the academic library evolves\, we are given countless opportunities to provide value through ever-transforming spaces\, technology\, collections\, programs\, and services that meet the needs and expectations of our students and faculty. Even with resource constraints\, our options are unlimited\, and our potential is huge. In this presentation\, we’ll discuss ways the modern academic library is positioned to provide unique and significant value to our campus communities. Applying a user experience framework\, let’s challenge ourselves to ask: how might we assess\, iterate on\, and build upon our value by focusing in on what really matters the most?
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/a-human-centered-strategy-for-advancing-library-value/
LOCATION:Conference Center at Saginaw Valley State University\, 7400 Bay Rd\, Saginaw\, MI\, 48604
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190321T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190321T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180823T170530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190119T192203Z
UID:811-1553175000-1553180400@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Writing for Your Library Website: Tips for Improving Your Content
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents online for ALA eLearning. \nIndividuals visit our library websites for content\, so it’s important to ensure our content is clear\, concise\, and created with our users’ needs in mind. Our content should help users quickly and easily complete tasks and get the answers to their questions on the first try. \nYou’ll learn how to focus on key messages\, use active and authentic voice\, remove unnecessary words\, write meaningful titles and headings\, use parallelism\, format text for readability\, and more. \nThis is a second iteration of a workshop originally presented in August\, 2018.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/writing-for-your-library-website-tips-for-improving-your-content-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190312T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190225T222823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T222823Z
UID:877-1552402800-1552406400@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Creating Content for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston\, Annissa Corsi\, and Dawn Hunziker present as part of the Inclusive and Accessible Design Series. \nAccessibility of content is important and something to consider in the designing stages of your message. This matters whether you are creating content for a website\, presentation\, email message\, course\, or newsletter. In fact\, this matters for any digital content you plan to create and share on campus and beyond. \nJoin us at the University of Arizona for a presentation from Dawn Hunziker\, IT accessibility consultant\, Annissa Corsi\, alternative media coordinator\, and Rebecca Blakiston\, user experience librarian. These experts from Disability Resources and the University Libraries will share tips and tools for creating content that is accessible to all.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/creating-content-for-everyone-2/
LOCATION:Main Library\, University of Arizona\, 1510 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85721\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190304T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190304T232000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20190108T014409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T014720Z
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SUMMARY:Talking Design Thinking and Service Design with Library Administration
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston\, Annie Downey\, Elizabeth German\, and Joe Marquez present a panel at Designing for Digital in Austin\, TX. User-centered design and service design are more than just buzzwords in the library community. They are becoming common research methodologies for library design teams to take in understanding the user experience. This session will cover how to speak to the benefits of employing a user-centered or service design approach with your library administration and library staff members. The sessions speakers will share perspectives from a small liberal arts college and large state universities.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/talking-design-thinking-and-service-design-with-library-administration/
LOCATION:Austin\, TX\, 1900 University Ave\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181107T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181107T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180725T215517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180809T233027Z
UID:800-1541595600-1541606400@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Ideate\, Create\, Iterate: A Design Jam for Student Success
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston and Darcy Van Patten co-present a workshop as part of the University of Arizona’s IT Summit. \nTo develop the most relevant and impactful solutions\, we need to understand our users and keep their goals\, motivations\, and challenges in mind. \nJoin us for this user experience design jam\, where you’ll rapidly tackle a design challenge using a structured\, team-based approach that puts users at the forefront. We’ll begin by practicing empathy for the end users of our tools\, systems\, and technology. Then\, embracing wild\, divergent thinking and imperfection\, we’ll ideate\, prototype\, test\, and iterate on solutions to some of our students’ biggest challenges. \nYou’ll get hands-on experience working on a diverse team to solve a problem\, and you’ll leave with ideas on how to incorporate design thinking into your work\, no matter your job title.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/design-jam/
LOCATION:Student Union\, University of Arizona\, 1303 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181106T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180724T201943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190718T190922Z
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SUMMARY:UX@UA: A Community for UX Enthusiasts
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents for 20 minutes as part of the University of Arizona’s IT Summit. \nA well-designed user experience (UX) is a critical component to any digital product or service. UX is a broad-reaching concept and involves user research\, usability testing\, content strategy\, information architecture\, and more. UX@UA is an informal learning community created at the University of Arizona (UA) in 2017 that seeks to bring together UX enthusiasts to learn from one another. We now have over 130 members including students\, staff\, and faculty across the university\, as well as some community members who want to partner with the UA. We invite web developers\, web designers\, programmers\, project managers\, marketers\, and writers to join us.  Participants will learn: \n\nWhat UX@UA is\nHow to get involved in UX@UA\nThe impact of UX@UA one year in\n\nInterested in getting involved? Visit our UX@UA website\, join us on Slack (use your UA email address) or join UX@UA on Meetup.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/it-summit-2018-uxua/
LOCATION:Student Union\, University of Arizona\, 1303 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181025T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181025T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180703T203600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T203600Z
UID:691-1540481400-1540485000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Challenges\, Highlights\, and Pivotal Moments: Understanding the Graduate Student Experience
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston and Gardie Lueders co-present as part of the AzLA Annual Conference. \nLibraries provide a lot of valuable services to graduate students\, but how can we make these services more useful and impactful? Learn how the University of Arizona Libraries is studying the graduate student experience to better serve this user group. We will discuss how we gathered data through experience mapping\, user interviews\, and environmental scanning. We’ll also discuss how the user experience (UX) team collaborated with research and learning librarians and the marketing manager to uncover insights and generate solutions.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/challenges-highlights-and-pivotal-moments-understanding-the-graduate-student-experience/
LOCATION:Mesa Convention Center\, 263 N Center St\, Mesa\, AZ\, 85201\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181017T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181017T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180929T195115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180929T195138Z
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SUMMARY:Creating Content for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston\, Annissa Corsi\, and Dawn Hunziker present as part of the Inclusive and Accessible Design Series. \nAccessibility of content is important and something to consider in the designing stages of your message. This matters whether you are creating content for a website\, presentation\, email message\, course\, or newsletter. In fact\, this matters for any digital content you plan to create and share on campus and beyond. \nJoin us at the University of Arizona for a presentation from Dawn Hunziker\, IT accessibility consultant\, Annissa Corsi\, alternative media coordinator\, and Rebecca Blakiston\, user experience librarian. These experts from Disability Resources and the University Libraries will share tips and tools for creating content that is accessible to all.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/creating-content-for-everyone/
LOCATION:Main Library\, University of Arizona\, 1510 E University Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85721\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181010T111500
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180703T202643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180929T194404Z
UID:684-1539166500-1539170100@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Do No Harm: Making Better Forms for People
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston and Ann Shivers-McNair co-present at the edUi conference in Virginia. \nIn higher education\, forms are everywhere. Students use them to register for classes\, staff use them to get technical help\, and faculty use them to request classroom spaces and technology. But too often\, we don’t give these forms the care and nurturing they deserve. In this session\, attendees will learn how to empathize with users in order to design and write forms that are better for the people who have to use them. Attendees will learn how to ensure their forms are inclusive\, approachable\, and human-centered. We will cover a range of considerations from format\, plain language\, and structure to details like confirmation messages\, button placement\, and field labels. By the end of this session\, attendees will be able to create forms that have users saying\, “that’s nice!” and not\, “this sucks!” \nWhat You’ll Learn\n\nHow to write useful field labels\, error messages\, and confirmation messages\nHow to simplify form content\, including only what is absolutely necessary
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/do-no-harm-making-better-forms-for-people/
LOCATION:Charlottesville\, VA\, Charlottesville\, VA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180918T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180918T110000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180703T205826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T132657Z
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SUMMARY:Innovative Interfaces Hot Topics: User Experience Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents online. \nIn today’s competitive digital market\, users demand a positive experience. Ensuring that library users have the best experience possible when using the library’s products is a process in which we’re all involved. That process starts with a strategy that includes an understanding of your users’ current experience\, their behaviors\, motivations and goals. \nHow do you develop a long-term plan? How do you get the detailed vision necessary to create that product or service that will provide your users with an ideal experience during their interaction with all library touchpoints so that they return? \nJoin user experience librarian and user experience strategist\, Rebecca Blakiston from The University of Arizona Libraries\, and Innovative Library Consultants for a conversation that answers these questions and more about the design thinking\, user research\, content strategy that drive a successful design strategy. Rebecca will share real world examples of techniques which you can easily adapt for your library’s user experience design. Leave these sessions with a deeper understanding of user experience (UX) design and the development of a successful strategy to use in your library.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/innovative-interfaces-hot-topics-user-experience-strategy/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180822T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180822T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180809T233608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180809T233643Z
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SUMMARY:UX@UA Meetup: Speed Networking
DESCRIPTION:Meetup co-organized by Rebecca Blakiston and Christina Kalel. \nEveryone interested in user experience (UX) is welcome to participate! We’re a mix of UA students\, faculty\, and staff as well as members of the broader community. Newcomers\, including those new to UX\, are welcome. \nIn this meetup\, we’ll get to know one another! Meet and mingle with other students\, staff\, faculty\, and members of the community interested in user experience work. Newbies and professionals of all backgrounds are welcome. We’ll have a structured activity to start by 4:45 and end by 5:30\, with the rest of the time to socialize. Feel free to bring a friend and business cards! \nRSVP at: https://www.meetup.com/UX-UA-Meetup/events/253386165/. \nJoin us on Slack at: https://join.slack.com/t/uxuagroup/signup.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/uxua-meetup-speed-networking/
LOCATION:Aloft\, 1900 E Speedway Blvd\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180808T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180808T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180703T201848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180704T155258Z
UID:670-1533727800-1533733200@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:Writing for Your Library Website: Tips for Improving Your Content
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Blakiston presents online for ALA eLearning. Register for this workshop. \nIndividuals visit our library websites for content\, so it’s important to ensure our content is clear\, concise\, and created with our users’ needs in mind. Our content should help users quickly and easily complete tasks and get the answers to their questions on the first try. \nYou’ll learn how to focus on key messages\, use active and authentic voice\, remove unnecessary words\, write meaningful titles and headings\, use parallelism\, format text for readability\, and more.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/writing-for-your-library-website-tips-for-improving-your-content/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180711T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180711T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T161554
CREATED:20180703T205013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180704T155441Z
UID:700-1531326600-1531332000@rebeccablakiston.info
SUMMARY:UX@UA Meetup: Fails\, Triumphs\, & Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Meetup co-organized by Rebecca Blakiston\,  Ann Shivers-McNair\, and Gianna Biocca. \nEveryone interested in user experience (UX) is welcome to participate! We’re a mix of UA students\, faculty\, and staff as well as members of the broader community. Newcomers\, including those new to UX\, are welcome. \nThis meetup is focused on UX fails and therapy – sharing things that failed and talking about what we learned or getting advice/insight from others. \nWe’ll also talk about our triumphs and inspire one another to keep on fighting the good UX fight! \nRSVP at: https://www.meetup.com/UX-UA-Meetup/events/251481346/ \nJoin us on Slack at: https://join.slack.com/t/uxuagroup/signup.
URL:https://rebeccablakiston.info/event/uxua-meetup-fails-triumphs-therapy/
LOCATION:Frog & Firkin\, 874 E. University Blvd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85719\, United States
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