Columbus Volume #9 of Pecha Kucha Night willl be at Landmark’s Gateway Theater at South Campus Gateway.

See pecha-kucha.org for more information.

The April International Institute of Business Analysis Columbus Chapter Meeting will feature James Goebel from Menlo Innovations presenting “Just Getting It Done Is Sometime Not Enough! Anthropology Can Help Us Get The Right Things Done.”

On-time, on-budget projects can meet specification and still fail. Often projects result in disagreements about the specifications, without the business benefiting from its investment. Can projects produce a successful result with less than perfect specifications? Learn how one organization uses anthropology and progressive elaboration to produce successful business outcomes.

See IIBA Columbus for more information.

(Rescheduled from January 15)

Dr. Kevin Scoresby Presents: “You Want Fries With That? Usability in the Fast Food Industry”.

Dr. Scoresby has recently completed field studies and designs for Wendy’s, Starbucks, and Subway cashiering systems. He’ll be discussing the methods used in those projects and will touch on some of the unique challenges and opportunities posed by the Point of Sale (POS) environment.

By Columbus UPA. See upacolumbus.org for more information.

Earn your Certified Usability Analyst™ (CUA) credential

HFI-Certified Usability Analysts pass an examination demonstrating their mastery of the fundamental principles of user-centered design. The following HFI courses provide a solid foundation in this knowledge.

Course 1. User-Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design
User-centered analysis is the basis for designing software interfaces that are intuitive and easy to use. In this course, you’ll learn the methods of analyzing user requirements.

Course 2. The Science and Art of Effective Web and Application Design
This seminar draws on the most up-to-date usability research and on the principles of successful visual design. You will learn how to create winning Web sites that balance user performance and visual appeal.

Course 3. Practical Usability Testing
A critical component of creating a user-centered application is progressive testing. This seminar provides practical techniques to help you move the design into accordance with the user’s needs, limitations, mental models and cognitive styles.

Course 4. Putting Research into Practice
This seminar provides participants a fast-paced review of recent usability research with a distinct “How can I use this?” focus.

More information at humanfactors.com.

To register.

Armin Vit will speak about “More than pixels” at the next Columbus Society of Communicating Arts meeting at Knowlton Hall, on the campus of The Ohio State University.

A good designer cultivates the ability to tease out the core of a client’s business, brand or message. “It’s more like being a shrink who has good taste in graphics,” he’s observed.

See cscarts.org for more about Armin and the event.

Daniel Alenquer, Lead User Experience Designer, ASUS will talk on January 14, 2009, 6:30 pm, The Ohio State University, Scott Labs. Learn more at Columbus Ohio Usability Professionals Association.

November 13, 2008 at the OSU Digital Union

*New meeting room this year. In Room 060 in the Engineering & Science Library at OSU

Overview
OSU Digital Union and the Columbus, Ohio Usability Professionals’ Association will host a World Usability Day event on November 13, 2008 in Room 060, Science and Engineering Library at Ohio State. This year’s event will include:

- Professional Networking for Campus and Columbus Area Professionals
- Panel Discussion with Local Experts: “Making Transportation Easy” is the theme.
- Featured Speaker Topic is “Today’s Mobile Workforce - Working Collaboratively with Virtual Teams”

World Usability Day is focused on TRANSPORTATION in 2008. With the challenge of rising gas prices, security issues, infrastructures and much more, globally, the transportation industry is facing ongoing change. This year’s theme could not be timelier. With those changes come many usability opportunities and challenges.

Schedule
4:30 pm    OSU Transportation Panel Discussion – “Making Transportation Easy: What is being done to make transportation easier?”
5:30 pm    Professional Networking/Reception sponsored by Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Usability Professionals’ Association (COUPA) Chapter
6:15 pm    Keith Tatum, Senior User Experience Strategist and Principal of Slingthought, “Today’s Mobile Workforce - Working Collaboratively with Virtual Teams”
7:00 pm    Meeting - Columbus Ohio Usability Professionals Association
8:00 pm    Wrap Up

Featured Speaker Bio
Keith Tatum, a Web veteran who has worked in the interactive marketing space since the mid-nineties, is founder of Slingthought, a user experience strategy consultancy that operates out of Columbus, Ohio.  He brings together information architecture, visual design, usability, and interactive marketing principles to create diagrams, illustrations and rapid prototypes that translate strategies and concepts into actionable blueprints for collaborative Web projects. Keith’s constantly evolving skill set and pursuit of technology has enabled him to work for interactive agencies, corporate marketing teams, start-ups, and consult for a wide range of powerhouse brands.

He is a lifelong artist who loves to sketch and earned his BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design, where he majored in illustration and minored in advertising design.   He lives in Powell and appreciates spending time with his wife, twin daughters, and two mischievous cats that double as co-workers.

To RSVP, please contact: Bob Hale Email: rhale@resource.com Phone: 614-410-2178

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Social Hour: 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

Presentation: 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

Location: Canzani Center, Columbus College of Art & Design

Members: $5.00 (Professional + Faculty); Non-Members: $15.00

Student Members: FREE
Student; Non-Members: $5.00

Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (http://cscarts.org) is pleased to welcome Wayne Geyer as their next guest speaker.Wayne Geyer is a designer, award-winning copywriter and anti-cilantro activist — understands the whole left-brain/right-brain thing. Not in so many words, but enough to talk to designers about it in his Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers workshops and presentations.

Now he’s coming to CCAD’s Canzani Center to demystify the process of copywriting for design professionals. Don’t like that header copy or the business-talk bullet points? Wayne Geyer feels your pain. The rare designer-turned-award-winning-copywriter, he’s been there, written that. A self-proclaimed “commercial translator,” Geyer has done battle with the business jargonauts and emerged scathed but still breathing. His clients range from Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the Dallas Cowboys, Dr Pepper to American Airlines. Along the way, he’s earned kudos from Communication Arts, HOW Magazine, Print, the ADDYs and the Dallas Society of Visual Communications.

Geyer’s work includes brand development, conceptual thinking and copywriting for advertising and marketing communications.A native Texan and graduate of the University of North Texas, he has served as an adjunct faculty member at UNT and Southern Methodist University. His passion for Helvetica matches his scorn for “best-of-breed” anything. And although he has sampled cheeseburgers across America — even from the original Wendy’s here in Ohio — he has yet to experience the exotic wonder of the White Castle Jalapeño Cheeseburger.

Ohio Web Leaders will be hosting a networking breakfast on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 for all marketing and business professionals. The topic will be current happenings in the search engine world. One of the hottest topics is the emergence of the new search engine, “Cuil.”

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Location: Little Bear Golf Club
Food: Continental breakfast catered by Sandman Catering
Sponsors: Minds On, Inc., Webbed Marketing & PrintSource Group

Click to Register for this event:
http://www.ohiowebleaders.com/events/register.html

The breakfast is sure to offer great networking opportunities for all who attend and provide insight into the most recent changes in the web marketing arena. To attend the breakfast, please register below.

Who Should Attend?
The breakfast is perfect for Marketing Managers, Product Marketing, Marketing Communications, Web Developers, Business Owners or Marketing Executives.

What is the Cost?
There is no cost to register and breakfast will be complimentary.

Where?
The Little Bear Golf Club is located on the west side of S. Old State Road between E. Powell Road and Orange Road, minutes north of Polaris Fashion Place Mall.

1940 Little Bear Loop
Lewis Center, OH 43035
740-548-8532
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Click to Register for this event:
http://www.ohiowebleaders.com/events/register.html

Columbus AMA networking event

Please join us on the morning of Thursday, August 28, for coffee, conversation, and networking. This event is free and open to all AMA members and students.

Location: Panera Bread - Bethel Road, 875 Bethel Rd, Columbus, OH 43214, USA

When: Thursday August 28th, 2008

RSVP: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=ef4d5af2-2e8c-48cb-b0db-111b9f3fa070

RSVP By: Monday August 25th, 2008Columbus AMA Member

Price: Free