* Upcoming Events *
Next Events
Event: "Agile UX, Yes We Can"
Speaker: Alla Zollers
Location: Microsoft Research Center
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
6:00-7:00pm Networking
7:00-9:00pm Presentation and Q&A, wrap-up
Upcoming Workshops
How to be a Usability Star - The UX Public Speaking Toolkit
Presenter: Eva Kaniasty
Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location: Bentley University
To register: http://upaworkshopmarch2010.eventbrite.com
When it comes to advancing your career, public speaking might just be
the #1 skill that can help you get noticed. And yet for most of us, presenting
in front of an audience inspires ambivalence at best, and outright panic
at worst. The goal of this workshop is to help novice speakers develop
a strategy for using presentation skills for persuasion and self-promotion.
We will borrow some tips from the Toastmasters International program to
battle common fears and build confidence to deliver useful and usable
presentations.
The workshop will cover all aspects of preparing and delivering effective
professional presentations, including:
Ideas – finding something to talk about
Presentation Design – pretty slides and other controversies
Rehearsal – how to prepare, and how much
Delivery – showmanship and timing
Evaluation – judge and be judged
Practice… makes perfect – where to do it.
Since this is a public speaking workshop, each section will incorporate
short exercises to get you up and speaking. If you have presentation ideas
and would like feedback or are looking for co-presenters, bring your ideas
to the session.
Bio: Eva Kaniasty received her Master’s from the Bentley HFID
program in May 2007. She gave her first professional presentation that
same year at the Boston UPA mini-conference. Since then, she has spoken
at the Boston UPA conference each year, delivered a presentation about
Web Analytics at the 2009 national UPA conference in Portland, and prides
herself on speaking virtually every day. Eva is currently employed at
SimpleTuition, a local financial services startup, as Director of Information
Architecture.
Logistics: The event is hosted at Bentley college. Breakfast coffee and snacks will be provided. A computer lab will be available and attendees are not required to bring a computer. Aspects of the workshop will be hands-on.
If you have an idea for a future workshop, please send email to the
UPA secretary.