Webinar: Build Your IA Playbook - Navigation

Hosted by IxDF Denver
Nov 22nd, 2024
1:00pm - 2:00pm (UTC -07:00)
Online, https://lu.ma/3dc0u5tx, Denver, Colorado
4 IxDF Members (and some non-members) are attending
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Meetup Details

Hi IxDF Denver, let’s meet online for an interactive “team play” Information Architecture (IA) webinar hosted by Curious Squid.

Join us on your lunch break!

Nov 22nd, 1-2pm MST

Signup for the webinar here: https://lu.ma/3dc0u5tx

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Join us on Nov 22 for Build Your IA Playbook - Navigation, a FREE webinar for UX designers, product designers, and information architects.

In this session we'll continue to build your IA playbook –  tools and techniques for doing information architecture.

This webinar will include two team plays – collaborative activities for bringing others into the IA process – and a thinking play – techniques for stretching your imagination and analysis skills.

🦑 ​​Build the nav (team play)

Create primary navigation categories, constrained with preexisitng options.

​​🦑 Even/over (team play)

Identify acceptable trade-offs when designing navigation systems.

​🦑 Inside-out (thinking play)

Start from the middle and work your way out to define hierarchical categories.

Team plays come with a FigJam you can copy to facilitate your own activities, and thinking plays come with some prompts.

The webinar is about 40 minutes going through the plays and about 20 minutes of ask-me-anything with Dan Brown.

Meetup Conversation

Hi all! Please use this discussion thread to discuss Webinar: Build Your IA Playbook - Navigation held on Nov 22, 2024.

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Mid-level UX Mentee opportunity with the facilitator, Dan Brown, for 2025!

View the opportunity here:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danmbrown_hello-i-have-two-openings-for-ux-and-ia-activity-7262589315866574850-rwPl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Message from the facilitator Dan Brown:

“Hello! I have two openings for UX and IA mentoring starting in January 2025.

💡 Interested? Check the comments for the link to the application.

I work best with UX professionals who are:

→ Mid-career (5+ years experience)

→ Responsible for managing a team

→ Interacting frequently with project stakeholders

→ Dealing with complex IA problems

What we'll do:

→ Set goals at the beginning of the year

→ Meet once a month for 12 months

→ Talk for 30 minutes each session

→ Work through any UX-, IA- or career-related challenges

→ Check in on your goals periodically

My favorite topics:

→ Engaging stakeholders in design and research

→ Dealing with complex work environments

→ Managing, overseeing, and directing design projects

→ Growing technical skills – especially in research and information architecture

→ Facilitating the design process

→ Interacting with customers and colleagues

✍ Interested? Please complete the form linked in the comments.

📅 Important dates

Friday, December 6 - Applications Due

Friday, December 13 - Interviews Scheduled

(Note that if this year is anything like last year, the number of responses combined with the constraints of space-time prohibits me from interviewing everyone.)

Mentoring is important to me because my greatest professional joy is helping designers become the best version of themselves. I also love sharing what I've learned with others. Our monthly conversations also keep me connected to the greater UX and IA design community, and now more than ever I depend on those connections to keep me grounded.”

-Dan Brown

Testimonials:

"My monthly check-ins with Dan were an anchor that allowed me to take a step back from the day-to-day and think intentionally about my career. Dan asked very helpful, pointed questions that cut to the core of whatever ramblings I brought to him. I left each session feeling better about whatever challenge I faced in the moment and the outlook of my career overall."

— 2022 Mentee

"Dan's mentorship helped me navigate a complex work environment while I experienced significant personal and professional changes. Through our conversations, I gained clarity about my trajectory and ultimately earned a promotion. I recommend Dan's mentorship to anyone who appreciates both deep reflection and lighthearted humor while working through their career challenges."

— 2021 Mentee

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