Participatory Design at a Distance (Columbus, OH, USA)
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 by Bob Hale| September 17, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Columbus Ohio UPA (COUPA) Chapter Meeting
Date: September 17, 2008
Featured Speaker: Carol Smith, Principal at Midwest Research
Location:
McGraw-Hill offices near Polaris
8787 Orion Place
Columbus, OH 43240
www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/locations_us_oh.shtml
Agenda:
6:00 pm Networking
6:30 pm Chapter Meeting
7:00 pm Presentation by Carol Smith
Carol Smith is the Principal Consultant at Midwest Research (www.mw-research.com), a research and usability testing consultancy. Ms. Smith has seven years of experience working with government, non-profit, and private sector clients in industries such as: automotive; education (classroom and e-learning); financial; fine art; health care/medical; human resources; insurance; manufacturing; real-estate; and retail.
Ms. Smith is the Director of Global Outreach on the Board of Directors of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) and has presented at local and international usability conferences. Ms. Smith earned her Masters of Computer Science in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University in Chicago, IL.
Topic:
Participatory design sessions are always better in person. However, giving participants that cannot attend in person a way to contribute can be very beneficial. This presentation provides a method for including those participants in the participatory design sessions encourage them to be full partners in the product development process.
