Past Events

UX and Natural User Interfaces

By the very nature of what we do, UX professionals must be up-to-date on new technologies and trends in order to shape products and services that reach people in a world of technological and media flux. The transition from desktop software to web sites/web apps and again to mobile phones and tablets has been challenging enough. Now, with natural user interfaces (NUI) on the cusp of popular acceptance and expanded integration into digital and physical products, a whole new challenge is before UI/UX practitioners. In fact, the UI of NUI is so unique that present day UX tools, approaches, and thinking, may need a complete overhaul. Rather than shy away from radical change, this is a pivotal opportunity for UXers from various disciplines to come together and explore this new, exciting world of human/machine interaction.

WHEN
Thursday, April 18th 2013
6:30pm – 8:30pm

WHERE
Spies & Assassins
160 Varick Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Register Now: http://bit.ly/ZTshGW

UX and Healthcare: You are the Leadership

Never before in history have computers been so powerful or had so much reach. This gives us a tremendous opportunity to help millions of people increase their health and well-being. In order to do this, UX practitioners need to be leaders in their organizations – inspiring, collaborating, and communicating their vision. This talk will employ teachings from the Kadampa masters of 11th century Tibet, UX methods that have been in practice since the mid-sixties, along with insights from Jen’s work at Draftfcb Healthcare.

WHEN
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Networking and refreshments
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Presentation
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Wrap-up and discussion

WHERE
Draftfcb
7th Floor
100 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
Map: http://bit.ly/Xxu31r

Refreshments will be served.

Register Now: http://bit.ly/XUYrBH

IxDA NYC Presents: 6 Ways Ecosystems have Changed Our Roles and the Way We Work

In a mobile, networked world changes in behavior and expectations have completely disrupted how companies do business. The smart companies no longer just “sell product” — they build ecosystems of genuine value, comprised of dynamic, interconnected touch points that stoke customer interests and support their needs. Customer experience becomes an essential business strategy, marketing evolves past persuasion into value, digital technology and data become more essential and more complex. In the midst of this shift, where lagging businesses struggle to follow suit, our role as UX professionals is evolving and forcing us to work differently.

Drawing from experience with multi-channel ecosystems at R/GA, this presentation will explore six ways in which this emerging shift is changing our roles and the way we work. From building strategies to how we collaborate and manage complexity, her hope is that you’ll walk away from this presentation armed with some practical insight that will help your team prepare for the advent of these challenges.

WHEN
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Networking and refreshments
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Presentation
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Wrap-up and discussion

WHERE
R/GA
350 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018
Map: http://bit.ly/VBsNIv

Register for the Waitlist: http://bit.ly/VoRTOc

BEYOND MOBILE: WHERE NO GEEK HAS GONE BEFORE

Designer Josh Clark, author of “Tapworthy,” takes you on an expedition of this final frontier. Learn how smartphones and other sensor-rich devices have changed how we approach computing, and explore how we can better design for sensors. Learn how dumber machines will make us smarter, and how our current work lays the groundwork for a future of social devices. Along the way, you’ll see how games lead the fleet, how robots can help us build our software, and why post-PC computing is about far more than phones and tablets. Finally, understand how a smart approach to technology choices now will better prepare you for the future, to boldly go where no geek has gone before.

WHEN
Thursday, January 17, 2013
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

WHERE
Bloomberg
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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Register Now: http://bit.ly/VRpIkk

2012 UX Holiday Party

Join the UX community as we kick off the holiday season! Share UX war stories, make connections, find a new gig, or just relax and enjoy the evening!

WHERE
Le MIDI Bistro
11 East 13th Street
(between 5th Ave & University Place)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 255-8787
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WHEN
Tuesday, December 11th
6:00pm – 10:00pm

The event is open to anyone, but you much have an Eventbrite ticket to attend. There will also be karaoke available downstairs for those who are interested.

The event is proudly sponsored by Roundarch Isobar, TekSystems and Sachs Insights

Register Now: http://bit.ly/TzbHIT

Education Technology Panel: “Designing for Education”

The idea is simple: bring together people who are thinking about “designing for education” from many perspectives and give them a chance to discuss and debate topics that matter to all of them. Some of the speakers are interaction designers, while others are conducting research into learning or teaching real-world classrooms. We believe they should be sharing their insights, so this is a chance for them to do so, while the audience listens in and asks questions.

We will be covering Engagement and Rewards, Student Decision Making and Social Interaction and Collaboration as our discussion topics.

Register Now: http://bit.ly/PmHb6Y

The Great IxDA Debate: Ladies of NYC

These days, there is always a debate going on about something. Why not join the fun? This event features six female practitioners of interaction design, content strategy and information architecture in three rounds of heated debate. They will explore a variety of riveting topics, buzzwords will fly, agency UXers will go toe-to-toe against start-up UXers and academics. We may even define the damn thing!

Drinks and refreshments provided by the event sponsor, Expris.

WHEN
Thursday, October 18th 2012
6:30pm – 8:30pm

WHERE
Experis
99 Park Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10016

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Service Design in Practice

Experience and interaction designers know the importance of considering experiences holistically and across touchpoints. We know that people don’t function in siloed channels. However, we rarely get the opportunity to put this belief into practice, and poor experiences still outnumber the great ones. Why? Insufficient access to the right stakeholders, poorly defined and complicated design problems, and lack of client understanding of the value of holistic design are some common culprits.

Service design is an explicit methodology to tackle those challenges: it attempts to solve complex and broad design problems through looking at who’s involved; what systems, processes, and communications are in place; where they occur; and where things fall apart.

THE PRESENTATIONS
Chelsea Mauldin, executive director of the not-for-profit Public Policy Lab, and Laura Keller, Director of XD Strategy at NTT Data, will share two service-design case studies, one public and one private. Chelsea will describe the value and context for service design work in the public sector and present a project currently underway with a New York City government agency to improve services for affordable housing. Laura will discuss sample insights, deliverables, and lessons learned from a project she led where a large healthcare company aspired to be customer-centered and overhaul how approximately 100,000 internal customers interact with the organization’s business services (finance, facilities, human resources, etc.), considering person-to-person, digital, IVR, and physical space. Both speakers will provide an overview of service design concepts.

Following the presentations, attendees will have ample opportunity to ask questions and discuss service design methods, as well as similarities and differences to UX and IxD.

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UX Summer Social

Summer’s not quite over. There’s still time left to play!

Join IxDA NYC for some interactive discussion and summer fun at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. Plus, meet the IxDA New York local leaders and give us your thoughts on our past, present and future programming! Look for our IxDA teal-colored balloons.

The event is open to everyone! Show up, enjoy some tasty summer treats, and help us enjoy some summer fun! Check out the Shake Shack’s menu to see what’s on offer.

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WHEN
Thursday, August 16th 2012
6:30pm – 8:30pm (but folks are welcome to stay later).
Coming late? Follow us on Twitter to see if we’re still there: @ixda_nyc

WHERE
Shake Shack
Madison Square Park
New York, NY 10010
Map: http://tinyurl.com/3aoamnm

PRICE
Free

IxDA New York UX Happy Hour

Join your fellow UX practitioners for drinks and conversation as the summer season begins in earnest. Bring your best interaction design stories and let’s make it a night to remember! Here are the details:

WHERE
Solas
232 E. 9th Street
New York, NY 10003
(We’ll be up on the second floor)

WHEN
Tuesday, July 10th
6:00 to 8:00

DIRECTIONS
Between Stuyvesant St & 2nd Ave.
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Hope to see you there!