Sorta Sketchy - Improving Communication with Visual Language (Drawing Stuff)

Can you draw a line; straight or otherwise?

Can you draw something kind of box…ish?

Can you draw a shape that is mostly round?

Can you write the alphabet…any alphabet?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, YOU GOT THIS!

More than ever, we need to clearly share ideas across town, across cultures, or across the globe. Sketching is a great way to bridge these distances. Visual language in just about any form can cut through confusion and create understanding. If you have or want a career in UX, creating understanding is at the heart of everything you do.

To get the most out of this workshop, you don’t need to draw comics like Stan Lee (I sure the hell can’t). In THIS workshop you’ll leave with a set of basic skills you can use to communicate clearly, quickly, and successfully with items you can find around the house.

What we’ll cover:

The unique properties of different media & formats.

A technique toolbox that you’ll be using like a boss before the day is out.

The importance and benefits of working publicly.

Methods to change the way you facilitate meetings.

Sketching in person or virtually. Neither is better, just different.

This is an active workshop. You’ll be drawing along as we learn some things, draw some stuff, talk about stuff, and play a game.

So…get your favorite pen, pencil, or crayon. Draw on paper, a whiteboard, or your tablet; whatever works for you. It truly doesn’t matter.

FAQs

I am not able to make it at the time of the event, can I watch the recording?

Maybe this time does not work for you. Don’t worry, you will have access to watch it whenever you want.

The recording will be available for the lifetime of those Vimeo platform for those who purchase a ticket to the webinar. What does that mean? Pay for this valuable content now, and revisit as many times as you like.

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What's the refund policy?

We are not able to refund tickets and donations for this event.

Is there networking after this event?

Sorry, no networking for this exclusive webinar.

Agenda

• 10:00-10:10 a.m. (Central time, similar to Chicago and Dallas, USA) - Introduction and announcements for UX Research and Strategy + Service Design Network

• 10:10-2:00 p.m. (Central time) - Workshop + Q&A

Speaker

Adam Polansky is not a new face in the UX Community having been a regular fixture at events and meet-ups around the world for a long time. His career has taken him from consulting for companies like the first real-time hotel booking site to Radio City Entertainment.

He was the UX Director at Travelocity leading both public-facing and administrative projects. Today he is a Principal with Bottle Rocket Studios, the first corporate app designer partnered with Apple and now setting the standard across Experience Design as part Ogilvy Experience for brands like Hyatt Hotels, Scholastic Books, and Cook Children’s Health Care System.

Along the way, he’s done some modest publishing, taught UX graduate courses at Kent State, participated in the management and organization of several conferences, run a few workshops and spoken as a keynote in many places around the world. Pretty early-on, he started working with new and seasoned UX professionals to develop evergreen skills like public speaking, facilitation, and networking; all useful skills no matter what you do or how long you do it.

He lives North of Dallas with his family and a cat that sh!ts in the garage.

For more about the cat, keep up with Adam on Twitter as @AdamtheIA.

This event is limited to 25 tickets per session.

Recording will be available for the lifetime of those Vimeo platform for those who purchase a ticket to the webinar.

Host: UX Research and Strategy

UX Research and Strategy is a registered 501c3 group devoted to teaching and exploring topics related to User Experience Research and Strategy. Started by three very talented ladies, Jen Blatz, Lorie Whitaker and Lauren Singer, who saw the need to address the gap in these topics in the local UX community. The hope for this group is to enrich and complement the UX Design community through knowledge sharing and partnership.

Whether you are a researcher, designer, product owner, strategist, content creator, project manager, developer, technologist, marketer, customer experience pro or any other discipline, please join us.

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