• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

IAC: Information Architecture conference

IAC: Information Architecture conference

  • IAC23 New Orleans
    • Tickets & Registration Info
    • Conference Theme
    • IAC23 for Everyone
    • Venue – InterContinental
    • Experience NOLA
    • COVID-19 Policy
  • Program
    • Schedule
    • Speakers
    • Workshops
    • Poster Night
    • Career Center
    • Activities for First-Timers
    • Social Activities
  • Sponsor IAC23
  • About
    • Code of Conduct
    • Vision & Values
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
    • Scholarships
    • Past conferences
    • IAC Advisory Board
    • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
    • IAC23 Volunteers
Home / Sessions / Collaborative Improv: Building Better Products Through Improvisation

Collaborative Improv: Building Better Products Through Improvisation

IAC 2020

Cost

$149 USD

Time(s)

May 14, 2020
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM CT

Description

Flexibility within project dynamics is a key to success – be it adapting to project dynamics, client needs, or interpersonal relationships. Improvisational theater offers many constructs to “go with the flow” and build on our teammates ideas, successes, and even where we stumble.

This workshop teaches the foundations of improv and provides direct correlations to UX research, design, and collaboration. Practitioners of all skill levels are welcome, and no previous performing experience is required.

The goals are to use active listening and body language through improv as a way to improve our collaboration and product design. Different people sense things differently and our perceptions craft our reality. How might improv support this collaboration across information architecture throughout product design. Product design does not happen in a silo with a single individual or skillset making all the decisions.

Improvisational theater brings performers from all walks of life together in the creation of something unique, fun, and enjoyable. By adapting these lessons to product design, we can better collaborate across UX, design, content, development, our businesses, and users.

About the speakers

David Farkas
David Farkas

David Farkas is a UX Designer living in Philadelphia, PA and has a passion for uncovering process and story through iterative client engagement. His experience includes work across a number of financial organizations, e-commerce platforms and a variety of business systems.

For the last 4 years, David has been part of the growing Experience Design team with EPAM, an international software design and development company. As part of the team, he also leads mentorship and growth opportunities. David embraces process and research as a tool to engage clients across all levels of a project. David is passionate about research and collaboration throughout project phases. Beyond his work as a consultant, David practices improvisational theater, a skillset he credits for much of his success in the design studio.

Sponsor IAC

We’re looking for organizations who share our commitment to building and sustaining programs that drive a more inclusive industry. Learn more on the Sponsor IAC23 page or contact us directly at info@theiaconference.com for more information.

Thanks to this year’s sponsors!

Logo for sponsor Optimal Workshop
Platinum sponsor
Optimal Workshop
Logo for sponsor Factor Firm
Gold sponsor
Factor Firm
Logo for sponsor Last Call Media
Silver sponsor
Last Call Media
Logo for sponsor Design for Context
Scholarship sponsor
Design for Context

Logo for sponsor A Book Apart
In-Kind sponsor
A Book Apart
Logo for sponsor Balsamiq
In-Kind sponsor
Balsamiq
Logo for sponsor MURAL
In-Kind sponsor
MURAL
Logo for sponsor OOUX Masterclass
In-Kind sponsor
OOUX Masterclass
Logo for sponsor Rosenfeld Media
In-Kind sponsor
Rosenfeld Media

Logo for sponsor UX Camp DC
Community sponsor
UX Camp DC
Logo for sponsor World IA Day
Community sponsor
World IA Day

The information architecture conference ©2022

Privacy Policy ⋅ Code of Conduct