IAC22 offers a curated selection of workshops for professionals of all levels. Workshops will take place April 18th through April 20th in a virtual format. Pricing varies depending on the format – single session three-hour workshops cost $125. Multi-session workshops, spread over two or three days, cost $200 each.
Student discounts are offered for eligible participants – $50 for a single session workshop and $75 for multiple session workshops.
Registration is currently closed.
Single Session Workshops
Have limited time but want to develop your career further? Take advantage of single session workshops which are scheduled for a single three hour block. Space in workshops is limited so register early.
April 18, 2022
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM CT
$125
Revisiting Taxonomies: Topics in Taxonomy Design
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…
April 18, 2022
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM CT
$125
[Re]vising Perspectives on Information Architecture & Search: 10 New & Updated Searcher Behaviors You Should Analyze
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…
April 19, 2022
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM CT
$125
IA for AI: Shaping the Experience for Human-AI Systems
SOLD OUT This highly interactive workshop invites participants to collaborate in building upon the IA-for-AI framework that was first presented at IAC 2021. We will work through what it means to understand, translate, and describe the types of situations where human-machine interaction occurs, and the way the relationship between the human and machine changes in real-time. Participants will identify methodological approaches and dynamic documentation structures that support teams (including UX…
April 20, 2022
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM CT
$125
Curiosity, Everywhere – Creating More Meaningful Experiences
This workshop will be taking place on Zoom. Log in to access workshop Before our products or services can inform, entertain, satisfy or delight, they must first engage. Curiosity is a powerful way to engage customers and create memorable experiences. This workshop will help you harness the power that curiosity brings to experiences and create significant and more memorable experiences.…
April 20, 2022
2:30 PM to 5:30 PM CT
$125
Sorta Sketchy: Improving Communication by Drawing Stuff
More than ever, we need to clearly share ideas across town, across cultures, or across the globe. Sketching is a great way to bridge these distances. Visual language in just about any form can cut through confusion and create understanding. If you have or want a career in UX, creating understanding is at the heart of everything you do. You don’t need to draw comics like Stan Lee (I sure…
Multiple Session Workshops
Multiple session workshops will take place over two or three scheduled times to dive deeper into topics. No refunds will be provided for missed workshop sessions.
April 18, 2022
2:30 PM to 4:30 PM CT
$200
Building a Personal Knowledge Garden
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…
Additional sessions
April 19
2:30 to 4:30 PM (ET)
April 20
2:30 to 4:30 PM (ET)
April 18, 2022
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM CT
$200
Product Management for Information Architects
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…
Additional sessions
April 19
12:00 AM to 2:00 PM
April 18, 2022
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM CT
$200
Senior to Leader – Supporting Design Practitioners to Moving into Leadership Roles
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…
Additional sessions
April 19
6:00 to 8:00 PM ET
April 20
6:00 to 8:00 PM ET