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Behavior Design: Stop Being Neutral, Start Influencing Decisions
by Nick Disabato and Chris Risdon
Design traditionally focuses on creating products and services that recognize an existing behavior and work to support it. The next wave will be products and services that motivate and incentivize change. Design can help us be better at what we do and make us do better things.
We are in the age of aware tech. People are receiving vast amounts of data about their own actions and patterns. We need to provide them with clever ways to act on that information. Moreover, companies and organizations are seeking out ways to influence customer choices and create social impact, but many designers are hesitant to pursue work that makes choices for people.
Design has always had an influence, whether recognized or not. It’s time to start seeing that all design choices have an impact, and to start working towards changing the way we live for the better.
LEVEL: Intermediate
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Critical Thinking for UX Designers (Or Anyone, Really)
by Russ U and Christina Wodtke
Love creative problem solving, but need something more practical - something specific to User Experience? Russ and Stephen will share with you the exercises they use to solve the REAL problems.
You'll flex your critical thinking muscle through a series of jumpstarter activities. Even better, attendees will be encouraged to participate, if not embarrass themselves in front of a room full of their peers as they challenge themselves to see past the first, obvious - and often incorrect - answers, and start to flip problems on their heads to see solutions from a different view.
Session Takeaways
- Gain a better understanding of what critical thinking is, why it is important in the world of User Experience Design
- Identify ways to evaluate the visual and verbal messages in your work
- Spot artificial constraints to focus on the root problem(s).
- View problems from a different perspective and remove yourself as a consumer/user.
- Learn how reframing problems can lead to radically different solutions.
- Dissect problems to uncover solutions you may have previously overlooked.
LEVEL: Intermediate