Coffee and UX chat – London

by IDF London

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd London SE1 8XX

Jun

18:00

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21:00

Time zone:
(UTC +01:00) London

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This is an IDF Local Group meet-up

Attendance is free
You do not have to be a member of the IDF to attend

What are Local Groups?

IDF Local Groups will expand your local career network - whether you are interested in learning new skills, looking for new job opportunities, new clients for your company, or a great new dedicated employee.

An IDF Local Group is a group of people who are just as passionate about design as you are. Each Local Group holds physical meetings and the agenda is to get inspired, discuss, have fun, learn and improve your career. Meetings take place in a relaxed and fun atmosphere at a local cafe, an office building, or an auditorium depending on the agenda for the meeting. For each Local Group there is also an online Local Group so you can stay in touch and help update each other on local events.

Meet-up description

Hi IDF London, I'm a graphic designer transitioning into UX. I've been extremely lucky to start working with a mentor who's helping me navigate my way through all the available information. I'd love to share the knowledge I've already learnt with you, and hear your stories!

51 IDF members (and some non-members) are attending:

Meet-up discussion

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Janine Below

hi Kathyrn,

I didn't get many posts at all...only 3...and that included you and me...interesting...

So lets just set a date?? What about Tuesday 11th June at The Royal Festival Hall 6.30-9pm.

Janine Below

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Hi Janine, the problem is still ongoing and I haven't had any more news

from Rikke. I'll mention it to Natalia too who has posted below. Tuesday

11 June is great though – shall we meet anyway?

Many thanks
Kathryn

2 months ago

Natalia Brown

Hello all. IDF LONDON needs two or three co-leaders to organise and coordinate meet ups. Please let me know if you are interested in the position. Thank you.

Natalia Brown (IDF UK manager)

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Hi Natalia, I'm interested too; please feel free to get in touch. There

is definitely a problem on this post – alerts about messages and posts

are not being sent or received. I've been in contact with Rikke but

nothing has yet changed – it's really frustrating as we've been trying to organise a meet-up but it's impossible.

Many thanks
Kathryn

2 months ago

Maxwell Zilvester

Hi Natalia

I am interested. Are you kindly able to provide the requirements for that?

Regards

2 months ago

Natalia Brown

Hello Maxwell here are responsibilities of an IDF Local Leader

As a Local Leader, you will be involved in facilitating meet-ups in your city — where designers can network and learn from one another.

Your roles are to:

Schedule meet-ups for your Local Group. Local Group meet-ups are free, and can be attended by both IDF members and non-members.

If a Local Group member decides to create a Local Group meet-up, you can provide assistance to the member so that the meet-up runs as smoothly as possible.

Set up and maintain a Facebook and LinkedIn group for your Local Group. This allows Local Group members to stay in touch and also facilitates the creation of meet-ups.

Once a month, link up with your Country Manager(s), who are your first point of contact. You can do so by simply dropping them an email with brief updates on what the Local Group has been up to

I will contact you on Twitter, IDF UK

2 months ago

Elena

Hi guys,

I'd love to join this meetup, however Tuesdays are a bit difficult for me at the moment, Saturdays and Sundays would be better. Thursday evenings as well. Keep me posted in case the date changes! Where are we thinking in terms of location?

Elena

2 months ago

FARZANA NOSHEEN

Hi, For me 11th June is good. Not available on 1st.

2 months ago

Bridget Zyka

I'm away on the 11th. Happy to meet on Saturday Mornings or during the week after work.

2 months ago

Brian Wild

Hey Natalia

I’m certainly intrigued by this. I organise similar events within London with guest speakers and so would be interested to learn more about it.

Best wishes,

Brian

2 months ago

Senthil

Hi Natalia and Kathryn,

I like to be part of the meetup on 11June will work for me, please let me know the venue and timings. Looking forward for this meetup.

Cheers, Senthil.M

2 months ago

Janine Below

hi Natalia,

I would like to organise this event with Kathyrn (where are you?) On June 11th 2019 at the Royal Festival Hall, but not sure of other further events.... Do I need to go through the process of creating a Linkedin thread for this? Can I official set up this date now?

Thanks,

Janine Below

2 months ago

Natalia Brown

Dear All,

the meet up is happening on 11/06 @18.00 at Royal Festival Hall foyer - Southbank Centre. I advertised it on IDF London LinkedIn group IDF UK Facebook and Twitter. I am not able to attend because I am not based in London. Hope all goes well.

Please join IDF UK Facebook group and follow on Twitter.

Natalia (IDF UK country manager)

2 months ago

Janine Below

Hi Natalia,

Would it be possible to correct the date on the Facebook event. You have posted Thursday 13th June on the Facebook page, Thank you.

Regards,

Janine

2 months ago

Janine Below

hi Natalia, Thanks for setting up.

Regards,

Janine Below

2 months ago

Jonathan Kokké

Unfortunately I can't make this one. I was hoping this would line up with a meeting in London, but sadly it hasn't worked out.

2 months ago

Dave Wild

Hi, look forward to meeting some of you on the 11th... any ideas on how we will find each other?

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Hi Dave, how about we all wear something red?

2 months ago

Dave Wild

Good idea... not sure I own anything red but will see what I can find!

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Dave – in that case you choose a colour :)

2 months ago

Dave Wild

Nope red is all good... ill find something. :)

2 months ago

Janine Below

Hello Dave,

Great you are coming, I phoned up to see if we could have a corner or a floor in the Royal Festival Hall, and it seems like there is a big concert on that evening, so I was proposing to redirect people to the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is literally 20 secs away. Its in a different building , but same place more or less, actually I will ask Natalia to change the meet up Venue.

See you there Dave,

Best,

Janine Below

2 months ago

Janine Below

Dear Natalia,

Can you please change the title of the Meet up from The Royal Festival Hall to the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Same time, same Place.

Thank you!!!!

Janine Below

2 months ago

Natalia Brown

Hello all. I have changed the venue for Queen Elizabeth Hall.

2 months ago

Janine Below

Hello all,

Please come to the first Coffee and UX Chat Meetup at the Queen ELizabeth Hall Tuesday 11th June 2019 from 6.00pm!

Be nice to met you Kathryn and Dave.

Regards,

Janine

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Looking forward to meeting you, Janine and Dave!

2 months ago

Natalia Brown

Hello Janine. I have amended the date on Facebook. I may changed it by mistake while updating the location. I hope all will go well. Please message me through IDF UK Facebook page if you have any further questions. It should be faster

Natalia

2 months ago

Janine Below

Thanks Natalia, I have resisted having a Facebook account...but might have to create one I guess...

2 months ago

FARZANA NOSHEEN

Hi, unfortunately I had to cancel the attendance, it was supposed to be my first IDF meetup. Is there any place (discussion/blog/recording) of the meetup I can follow later on?

2 months ago

Janine Below

Hi Farzana,

Sorry you can't make it tomorrow, this is my first IDF Meetup too! Hopefully there will be more like this to come. The Meetup tomorrow is just an informal coffee and chat, so I might just give a quick summary of what happened, I'll send a link somehow. We will try to ask people what they want for the next one...

Regards, Janine

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Hi, there seems to be some problem on this platform regarding posts – I haven't been receiving any messages so I'm guessing it's the same for everybody. I think I've now independently contacted everyone I can about the meet-up tomorrow evening – 6-9pm at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Let's all wear something red so we can identify each other! As you said, Janine, it can just be an informal chat, with a view to more structured meetings in the future.

Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow
All the best
Kathryn

2 months ago

Dave Wild

Hi there, just to let you know I am still definitely coming tonight but I suspect I may be little late getting there, hopefully no later than 6.30.

Also is it worth posting this meetup on the IDF London slack channel, haven't seen it mentioned on there?

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

Oooooh, yes, that sounds like a good idea, doing that now. Thanks Dave!

2 months ago

VEERARAGAVAN JAYARAMAN

I am.new to London can some one send the post code. I can find the location. Thanks

2 months ago

Janine Below

HI Veeraragavan,

The venue is the South Bank Centre, in the Queen Elizabeth Hall. https://southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/queen-elizabeth-hall

Janine

2 months ago

Albina Cholak

Hello

I am in Royal Hall, but can’t locate you :(

Where are you guys sitting

2 months ago

Aloysius Biongan

Its Queen Elizabeth, which is just the next building to it Albina

2 months ago

Kathryn Samson

We had a fantastic meet-up last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. We all have different career backgrounds and reasons for wanting to move into UX/UI, or for moving into new areas within it, and it really feels like we all can contribute to and learn from each other. Anyone who is interested in joining would be very welcome... please get in touch!

All the best
Kathryn Samson

Kathryn Samson
M: 07814 602846
E: k.samson@btconnect.com
W: www.kathrynsamson.com
L: linkedin.com/in/kathryn-samson-a6555612/

2 months ago

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