Sessions

2021 IA Conference

April 19, 2021

When we design our IA and other key design elements guided by a Usage Maturity Matrix we ease users into, and draw users deeper into, our design ecosystem. We intentionally emerge richer information, features and functions as our users are ready to experience them. In this workshop, participants will learn what a Usage Maturity Matrix is, will then breakout into an exploratory exercise using a UMM on their own digital spaces (or samples provided.)

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Sessions

2021 IA Conference

April 21, 2021

If you're reading this, you're likely part of the estimated 70% of people who've dealt with imposter syndrome at some point in their professional careers. Imposter syndrome is the psychological pattern where one doubts their skills and persistently fears being exposed as a "fraud". It knows no limits to who it affects, and designers Madeline Packard and Shara Rosenbalm are no exception. These designers explore design methods and offer a few tools to battle imposter syndrome and subdue your inner fraud.


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Workshop Materials

Architecting your Future Workbook (Google Doc)

Role Analysis Framework (Figma)

Journey Map Template (Figma)

Sessions

2021 IA Conference

April 21, 2021

Intermediate

No one's story will begin, or end, with your product. In order to create useful, impactful and delightful designs, we need to consider the entire end to end user journey, from recognizing a need to meeting a goal, and determine how (or if) your product fits into the customer's experience. Join Associate UX Director Chelsea Watson to explore how the established design thinking processes of creating user journeys, story maps and customer personas can come together in a narrative approach to IA and content strategy through storytelling. Together we’ll create proto-personas to help establish empathy for users, and craft a story of our persona's end to end journey, ultimately allowing us to translate key narrative moments into content, IA and design requirements. Chelsea’s ran collaborative workshops using this process on a number of projects including a digital vision for Metrolinx (Ontario’s regional transit provider), a cross-platform client management tool for Royal Bank of Canada, and for other projects for clients including Freedom Mobile and Walmart.


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Sessions

2021 IA Conference

April 22, 2021

Beginner

Now more than ever, we are seeing how the systems underlying society affect the people living within them. As designers, we have an opportunity to impact positive change. Learn to see the big picture and tackle big, messy problems by cultivating a systems thinking lens into your UX and IA practices. What is systems thinking? Why is it important? Engage in practical hands-on activities that you can bring back to your projects and learn how to create change through design by uncovering relevant relationships beyond what is on the surface.

Hear from and share with colleagues barriers, opportunities, and ideas for activating change.

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Sessions

2021 IA Conference

April 20, 2021

Intermediate

This workshop is sold out.

Are you interested in learning more about ontologies but don't know where to begin?

Our "Introduction to Ontology Concepts and Modeling" workshop comprises a three-hour introduction aimed at IAs who are interested in ontologies and would like to learn the basics, including:

  • Complex knowledge organization schemes and concept structures
  • Basics of ontological relationships
  • Information on existing ontologies for re-use
  • The difference between upper and lower ontologies
  • Basic ontology concepts like RDF and semantic triples
  • Software systems and components
  • Ontology modeling exercises

The session will be recorded and made available to registered attendees.

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https://vimeo.com/540513638