SOLD OUT Creating a taxonomy is not difficult, but creating a good taxonomy that is ideally suited for its use can be more challenging, and requires training and/or experience. Even those experienced in creating taxonomies often face challenges with new taxonomy projects. (That’s what makes taxonomy creation always interesting.) Rather than a repeat of last year’s taxonomy workshop, this workshop includes some review of the fundamentals, but quickly moves on…

IA experience is wonderful preparation for product management, but the role of a product manager involves mastering additional skills related to software development, engineering, technical architecture, finding product-market fit, going to market, funnel optimization, revenue modeling, experimenting with hypotheses, managing products through lifecycles, sunsetting features, saying no to stakeholders, getting teams into alignment, and more. In this workshop, Christian will explain how IA skills provide a great foundation for product…

SOLD OUT Information is essential to your work. And you are overwhelmed by it. Research findings, design inspiration, project details, insightful essays, useful webinars, and so much more. All this information should make you smarter, generate insights, and amplify your creative output. And yet the result is a digital tarpit where information goes to die.  There is an alternative: building a “second brain.” The strategy is to replace the tarpit…

Improve the quality of the information architecture (IA), navigation system, and search system of your website, applications, software, and databases by attending this interactive workshop. Search literacy and searcher behaviors have evolved considerably over the past 10-20 years. Computers, tablets, and mobile devices have changed. So have software capabilities. Yet few information architects, user experience (UX) and usability professionals have a fundamental understanding of how to provide high quality UX…

This workshop will be taking place on Zoom. Access will also be available through the Chicago workshop room during workshop hours. What happens when a senior designer is ready to move up to the next level? What are the skills needed to become a lead designer, team leader or manager? How do they differ to being a designer on the tools? About 5-7 years…