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Instructor Spotlight: Philip Watson Philip has over 10 years in UX/Product/Web design and development, plus 9 years in Design & Technology Teaching. He is as... passionate about innovation and product strategy as he is about building the UX community. November sessions are nearly here! Sign up today: https://bit.ly/2NAZefl #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXresearch #accessibilitytext: Graphic of a black rectangle with bold white text in the top-left corner saying "Meet Your Instructor" and beneath that in a lighter font: "Philip Watson." Beneath the name is a curved green arrow pointing to an oval-shaped image in the right half of the graphic. The image is a blue-toned, black and white portrait of Philip: a white man with thick hair, plastic-framed glasses, and a beard. He is wearing a collared shirt beneath a cardigan. He is looking into the camera with a slight smile and one raised eyebrow.

There is still time this year to get in some high quality, UX professional development. Join Experience Thinkers this November!

Instructor Spotlight: Leo Poll Co-founder & President of Akendi UK and Co-founder of Experience Thinkers, Leo (LAY-oh), has a deep knowledge of technology an...d over 20 years in the UX field. Leo's approachable and informative style makes the complex sound accessible and fun! He currently holds 10 patents on (mobile) UX topics, a Ph.D. on "Visualising Graphical User Interfaces for Blind Users," and a Master of Science Information Technology. Our next training session is in November - sign up now! https://bit.ly/2NAZefl #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXresearch #accessibilitytext: Graphic of a black rectangle with bold white text in the top-left corner saying "Meet Your Instructor" and beneath that in a lighter font: "Leo Poll." Beneath the name is a squiggly orange arrow pointing to a large oval in the right half of the graphic. The oval contains a purple-toned, black and white portrait of Leo: a white man with salt+pepper hair. He is wearing a white button-up shirt under a jacket. He is looking at the camera and smiling broadly.

We are just over four weeks away from the final North American session of the year. Sign up while you still can! https://bit.ly/2PCw5BQ #professionaldevelopment... #UXdesign #UXresearch #accessibilitytext - Overhead photo of people walking on pavement. They are arranged in small groups. One group of four near the top of the frame appears to be walking towards the top edge. A group of five in the center is headed to the right. Below them is a pair of people, and to the right of the middle are two separate individuals aimed toward the top right corner. The colours are predominantly grey.

Happy World Interaction Day! "An annual event where we come together as a united global community to show how interaction design improves the human condition." This afternoon, Akendi's Chief Strategy Officer (Scott Plewes) joins Macadamian VP of Experience (Jennifer Fraser) to talk about Data Science and Interaction Design. ... Join us! https://bit.ly/3o8KPar #WorldInteractionDay #IxDD2021 #datascience #interactiondesign #accessibilitytext: Multi-colour graphic. Top left a person made of shapes: head with dark hair and beard, purple shoulders and arms peeping out from behind a colour field. No facial details + skin tone of the face deep beige. The left-hand holds a yellow circle. On the right is another person in profile facing the left. Long black hair, and the arm is teal. Skin tone is warm brown. The hand holds a pencil and is drawing a blue line along a curved yellow shape. In the center "Sept 28, 2021 World Interaction Design Day" At the bottom: "Scott Plewes/Jennifer Fraser, Chief Strategy Officer, Akendi/VP of Experience, Macadamian. Ottawa, ON Canada 2:15PM EST"

Tomorrow is World Interaction Day! Sign up now for ""Where are you Emmy Noether? Looking for Connections in Data Science and Interaction Design"" tomorrow at 2:15 PM (EDT) presented by our Scott Plewes and Jennifer Fraser from Macadamian https://bit.ly/3o8KPar ... #WorldInteractionDay #IxDD2021 #datascience #interactiondesign #accesibilitytext: A pale ice-blue rectangle with two overlapping light sky-blue circles. Where they overlap, they change to light, acidic green. The circle on the left contains darker blue dashed-line circles and arrows. The circle on the right has darker blue circles and triangles. Where the shapes overlap on the green section, they also change to a darker olive green.

Are you getting ready for World Interaction Day on September 28? We are! Why not attend the World Interaction Day conference? You can hear our Chief Strategy Officer, Scott Plewes and Jennifer Fraser from Macadamian talk at 2:15 PM (EDT). Their topic: Where are you Emmy Noether? Looking for Connections in Data Science and Interaction Design... https://bit.ly/3o8KPar We would love to see you there! #WorldInteractionDay #IxDD2021 #datascience #interactiondesign #accessibilitytext: A graphic of a pale blue rectangle with the following text in light-weight, dark blue font, "Looking for connection in Data Science and Interaction Design." There are floating circles, dots and small triangles in medium blue and acidic green, plus sweeping ellipses around the words.

Spotlight on our Experience Designer Certification (CXD) program. WHO should attend? Anyone who manages or creates digital products and wants to learn about t...he process, tools, and techniques to create successful user experiences. WHAT is it? A five-day set of courses that will: (1) Provide an overview of everything UX [Intro to UX] (2) Introduce research techniques and how to apply them [UX Research] (3) Teach you how to organize content using users’ mental models and language [Information Architecture] (4) Provide design principles and patterns and how you can use these to turn your initial research into an initial design [Interaction Design] (5) Show you how to make an emotional impact that also supports your users and business goals [Persuasive Design] WHERE is it? All of our training sessions are online until further notice. WHY get this Certification? Getting certified shows commitment to UX, provides you with more tools, could increase your earning potential, and add credence to your views and opinions at work. WHEN is it? Only two more sessions this calendar year! i. Nov 8-12, 2021, 9 AM - 4:30 PM (Toronto/New York time) ii. Nov 22-26, 2021, 09:30 - 17:00 (London, UK time) HOW? Sign up today! https://bit.ly/3zBNnjj #UXdesign #professionaldevelopment #Accessibilitytext: Graphic of a badge. It is hexagon-shaped, with rounded corners. It has a thick, pale grey outline, and dark purple center, with a delicate, pale purple border. Two dark grey ribbon tails are coming out of the bottom. The centre of the badge has the letters "CXD."

So, just what is the difference between our Designer and Researcher certifications? Certified Experience Researcher [CXR] explores research techniques to learn... how your users and customers experience your product, design or service. Certified Experience Designer [CXD] focuses on creating or modifying your product based on the data you have gathered. Need more detail? Call us! When you're ready to sign up, we have only a couple more sessions this year: https://bit.ly/2NAZefl #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXdesign #UXresearch #UXcertification #accessibilitytext: a photograph looking down from above at the pavement, covered in brightly coloured chalk art. There is a segment of cyan blue in the top left corner. Next to it is a slice of yellow bordered by five rainbow-like stripes of dark blue, lavender, yellow, deep green, and orange. To the right is a small patch of lavender, then a large field of cyan. There is a green circle at the bottom of the field, and a maze of orange fills up the bottom right.

LAST CALL for our North American training session! Courses start on MONDAY, SEP 13 and we only have seats remaining for the Certified Experience Researcher pro...gram. Enroll today while you still can! https://bit.ly/37KJ36s #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXdesign #UXresearch #UXcertification

Instructor Spotlight: Cassandra Wiesner Cass has a BA in Fine Arts and an Advanced Diploma in Interaction Design. She leads her groups with deep intelligence ...and great enthusiasm. You get to experience what it's like to work on practical UX problems with a sharp and creative Senior Experience Architect. Sign up now for one of our September courses (next week) and learn from the best! https://bit.ly/2NAZefl #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXresearch #accessibilitytext: Graphic of a black rectangle with bold white text in the top-left corner saying "Meet Your Instructor" and beneath that in a lighter font: "Cassandra Wiesner." Beneath the name is a curved blue arrow pointing to a large semi-circle in the right half of the graphic. The circle contains an orange-toned, black and white portrait of Cass: a white woman with long, curly blonde hair. She is looking at the camera and smiling.

Great news! Our colleague Leo Poll is chairing an event with Cambridge Wireless on Sept 7. There are speakers from the BBC and UAL: University of the Arts London. Join as his guest using code SIGCHAMPGUEST... https://cambridgewireless.co.uk//more-intelligent-or-less/ #event #ai #HCI

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Instructor Spotlight: Claire Soule Claire has recently made the shift to teaching, and she is killing it! She is a Senior Experience Architect with both a... BA and Master degrees in Anthropology. Claire was instrumental in developing our most recent course: Persuasive Design. She is a keen instructor, leading classes with clarity and deep insight. Sign up for our September session and see for yourself! https://bit.ly/2NAZefl #experiencethinkers #virtuallearning #UXresearch #accessibilitytext: Graphic of a black rectangle with bold white text in the top-left corner saying "Meet Your Instructor" and beneath that in a lighter font: "Claire Soule." Beneath the name is a squiggly green arrow pointing to a large semi-circle in the right half of the graphic. The circle contains a blue-toned, black and white portrait of Claire: a white woman with long blonde hair. She is wearing a black top and is looking at the camera and smiling.