Convincing teams and decisions makers your design decisions are valuable can be a daunting task within industries resistant to change. In this talk, I'll take some observed persuasion tactics from the recent election cycle and liken them to tacts we can use without our own projects, to garner advocates and decision support.
22. Champions users, but frame in
decision-maker’s terms
Tailor presentations for audience
Listen more than you talk
Let them speak for you
Identify people with persuasive pull
24. So often a project fails because
we fail to see the perspective of
the [decision makers] who hold
the keys to our success.
Tom Greever, author of Articulating Design Decisions
26. Timebox all the things
Talk to many people (avoid swoopers)
Isolate layers of research (Treejack, iconography)
Rapid ideation and testing (sketching)
Measure (aka, poll, poll, poll)