An evening featuring two Brighton-based speakers discussing how behavioural research can be used for design. Enjoy the talks, beers and networking in great co-working space The Skiff.

To Bot or Not to Bot: Using dramaturgy to connect Research with Development, Mark McElhaw Ever been told you have 1 day to consolidate all existing research at the start of a new project? Ever questioned the way research was pulled together to form the basis for a design decision? Ever tried to marry qualitative research with big data? A framework is proposed that draws on dramatic theory to tackles issues like personas, combine experience research with big data and esign more customised value propositions.

dramaturgy noun The theory and practice of dramatic composition.

Mark is a Brighton based freelance Experience Consultant working across strategy, design and research. Recent worked includes; a supermarket, a Premier League club and an HR startup.

@markmcelhaw

Too Dry; Didn’t Apply: Redesigning Behavioural Research for Practical Use, Jerome Ribot In principle, Behavioural Research is an immensely powerful tool for creating better products, providing deep insights that help us design around the many factors that influence our choices, habits and loyalties.

In practice, it’s a nightmare, riddled with complexity that prevents it being found, read and applied.

This isn’t good enough. Might there be a better way to facilitate its use in practical, non-academic contexts? Jerome will discuss a possible solution that could further the reach of behavioural research and help create much better products as a result.

Jerome is Founder of Coglode, which aims to communicate behavioural research to a wider business and design audience. Prior to this, he spent ten years as Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at ribot, an multi-award-winning agency which works with Google, Channel Four, Tesco and Intel on ground-breaking digital products.

@coglode

http://coglode.com/

Interested in learning more about designing forms? Chaymae Lougmani and Sjors Timmer will guide you towards design user experience friendly forms.

How to use psychology to improve your website, app or product.

We’ve partnered with UX Consultant and author Joe Leech to bring you a workshop on using psychology for better UX.

In this one-day event we’ll look at how people build mental models of the world around them and how we can use that knowledge to create great user experiences.

About the workshop The workshop will provide a practical, hands on way to understand how the human brain works and apply that knowledge to User Experience and product design.

In the workshop, you’ll learn the psychological principles behind how our brain makes sense of the world, and apply that to product and user interface design.

This is a hands-on workshop so expect to be sketching, designing and applying the psychology from the very start.

After the workshop you’ll be able to:

1. Design products, apps and websites that match how people think and behave
2. Find, understand, evaluate and apply psychology theory to digital product design
3. Make informed design decisions and advocate to the wider team using psychology theory

After this workshop and you’ll be able to put psychology into practice as soon as you get back to the office.

What you’ll learn We’ll go right back to the fundamental psychology theories underpinning planning, decision making and perception. We’ll build from there on how users decide what to do in certain situations. We’ll also cover why many websites fail because they don’t match the model and thus the expectation the user has for how they will work.

Through a series of practical exercises you’ll learn:

1. Why you should match design to behaviour and what goes wrong when you don’t
2. The psychological theory behind how people model a task
3. How to match your design to the map/model and make it a success
4. Mapping and designing the details using a psychological approach
5. Loads of little psychology tidbits that will improve a design and make you a better designer

Who should attend this workshop UX people who want to understand how to use psychology to influence their design decisions. No previous psychology experience is needed and this workshop is particularly suitable for:

• Product owners
• Entrepreneurs
• Copywriters
• Content strategists
• UX designers
• Interface designers
• Visual designers
• App designers
• Researchers

Interact London is a leading UX and design conference that offers insights from some of the world’s leading authorities in the fields of user experience (UX), digital design, information architecture (IA), user research, customer experience (CX), and emerging tech.

The first speakers unveiled for 2017 include Dan Klyn, Co-Founder of The Understanding Group (TUG) and Sam Munton, Head of Design at Nomensa.
We're adding UX and design experts to the line up all the time - View our current line up >>> 
The theme for 2017 is 'Designing the Future'
This year we're hosting a day of top design learning followed by the inaugural Interact Party at the Sky Bar London. Tickets:  Super Early Bird: £179* Early Bird: £199* Standard release: £249* Final release: £299* Grab your ticket today >>> -- Need help convincing your boss? See why you should attend >>> *ticket price excludes small Eventbrite fee and VAT 

Schedule

6.45 – Registration

7:00 – Sjors Timmer – Designing for forms

7.30 – Chaymae Lougmani – ’10 Tips About Form Design You Need To Know.

8.00 – Q&A

8.30 – Networking & beers

Sjors Timmer – Lead UX Designer at POSSIBLE

In this talk I’ll discuss how to design accessible, understandable and mobile-friendly forms. We’ll explore the details of organising and writing good questions and the micro-interactions of form design.

Chaymae Lougmani – Product Designer at Vitamin London

In this talk Chaymae will be giving tips about how to design good forms taking in consideration accessibility and usability.

Sjors Timmer – Lead UX Designer at POSSIBLE In this talk I’ll discuss how to design accessible, understandable and mobile-friendly forms. We’ll explore the details of organising and writing good questions and the micro-interactions of form design. Chaymae Lougmani – Product Designer at Vitamin London In this talk Chaymae will be giving tips about how to design good forms taking in consideration accessibility and usability.  

8 week UX&UCD Course for Junior UX Designers, Visual Designers, Product Managers, Software Developers, Start-up Founders and Project Managers. Get a chance to learn with experienced trainers about prototyping, ux principles, wireframes, research, interaction design and user testing.

COURSE STRUCTURE   What is User Centered Design – Models and Approaches- UCD process- Further reading The discovery phase – Gathering requirements & competitor analysis- Who, what, when, why Ideation – Persona creation – Storytelling – Flow diagrams – Task analysis Design – Sketching – Wireframing – Intro to prototyping Prototyping – When and why – High and low fidelity prototypes – Tools incl Axure & Proto.io Responsive and Inclusive Design – Responsive design principles and techniques – Inclusive design: accounting for disabilities and other limitations Validating – Usability testing methods – Techniques and tools – Conducting usability testing Showcase – Presenting to stakeholders – Building a portfolio COURSE STRUCTURE

 What is User Centered Design

– Models and Approaches- UCD process- Further reading

The discovery phase

– Gathering requirements & competitor analysis- Who, what, when, why

Ideation

– Persona creation

– Storytelling

– Flow diagrams

– Task analysis

Design

– Sketching

– Wireframing

– Intro to prototyping

Prototyping

– When and why

– High and low fidelity prototypes

– Tools incl Axure & Proto.io

Responsive and Inclusive Design

– Responsive design principles and techniques

– Inclusive design: accounting for disabilities and other limitations

Validating

– Usability testing methods

– Techniques and tools

– Conducting usability testing

Showcase

– Presenting to stakeholders

– Building a portfolio

More data… more products… more competition… emerging skills… emerging tech… the next billion… all adding up to complexity and chaos!

UX Brighton 2017 is a conference about complexity.

Eight thought-provoking speakers have been carefully chosen to talk about how confronting complexity can improve the way we create digital products, such as responsive websites and mobile apps.

Take a day off to learn the latest in UX and meet people who do what you do.

Speakers announced to date: Liz Keogh, Simon Wardley, Karen Pollitt-Cham, Aleks Melnikova, Gerry McGovern, James Box.

http://uxbrighton.org.uk/2017

The UX design conference exploring how designers & business stakeholders can work together better.

With such an amazing line-up of speakers from Uber, Transport for London, Deliveroo, Moo, Salesforce, British Gas, LexisNexis and Natalka Design, it’ll be an insightful day of practical talks on User Experience design for every designer, from junior to senior.

Watch highlights from the previous event from June 2017: https://youtu.be/Ey2Zj-4Bnvw. Book your tickets at http://theuxconf.com.

The conference is organised by The School of UX and supported by Balsamiq, Axure, Loop11, UsabilityHub and Optimal Workshop.

Register for the DevOps West conference and receive full access to Agile Dev West and Better Software West as well! Discover the latest in DevOps methods, technologies, tools, and leadership principles from thought leaders who deliver inspiring keynotes, in-depth tutorials, and a wide range of conference classes. Join industry experts and peers within the software community for a week jam-packed with 100+ learning and networking opportunities:

• Keynotes featuring recognized thought-leaders
• In-depth half- and full-day tutorials
• Concurrent sessions covering major issues and solutions
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• Networking receptions, breakfasts, networking breaks, and lunches included
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