June 2009 welcome slides for BayCHI monthly program

1. Welcomes You
June 9, 2008

2. Tonight’s program…
See => Sort => Sketch: Pen & Paper
Techniques for Getting from Research
to Design
 Kate Rutter, Adaptive Path
“Well, we did all this research...now
what?”
 Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting

3. Tonight’s speakers…
Kate Rutter is an Experience Designer at
Adaptive Path
Steve Portigal is founder of Portigal
Consulting

4. Help provide data for Steve
Portigal’s session!
 Problem: your client is a leading office supplies
brand looking for new opportunities in meeting
and collaboration spaces
 When you’ve got a moment, take a handful of
brief notes from your observations of other people
 What tools do you see, and how are people using
them?
 What seems to be successful or difficult for them?
 How are they interacting with each other, and with
the environment?
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5. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

6. Join BayCHI…
 Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
 Membership is just $20 for the first year
and $15 to renew

7. BayCHI Member Benefits
 Job Bank
 Consultants Directory
 Library
 BayCHI LinkedIn Group membership
 Tutorial discounts
 Monthly newsletter
 Membership Directory
 Supporting the organization that brings you
outstanding programs, BOFs, and tutorials

8. Sign up for monthly meeting
announcements or the BayCHI
discussion lists…
 Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org/subscribe/

9. Become part of the
BayCHI LinkedIn community…
 You must be a current member of BayCHI
 Go to www.linkedin.com/
 Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

10. BayCHI needs you…
 Volunteers make things happen!
 Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
 A/V Recordings Manager
 Job Bank Coordinator
 Volunteer Co-Coordinator
 Podcast Curator
 Podcast Copywriters

11. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

12. Tonight’s program…
See => Sort => Sketch: Pen & Paper
Techniques for Getting from Research
to Design
 Kate Rutter, Adaptive Path
“Well, we did all this research...now
what?”
 Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting

13. Tonight’s speakers…
Kate Rutter is an Experience Designer at
Adaptive Path
Steve Portigal is founder of Portigal
Consulting

14. Help provide data for Steve
Portigal’s session!
 Problem: your client is a leading office supplies
brand looking for new opportunities in meeting
and collaboration spaces
 When you’ve got a moment, take a handful of
brief notes from your observations of other people
 What tools do you see, and how are people using
them?
 What seems to be successful or difficult for them?
 How are they interacting with each other, and with
the environment?
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15. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

16. BayCHI BOFs
 Active Birds-of-a-Feather groups for
BayCHI members and others
 Consultants
 Future Systems BOF
 Interaction Design
 Java Web Developer BOF
 Mobile Applications
 Usability Engineering
Visit www.baychi.org/bof

17. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Interaction Design BOF Event
Fostering Innovation Through Innovation Workshops
Speaker: Jim Nieters, Yahoo!
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:00-9:30 pm
Location: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

18. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

19. BayCHI Library
 A service for BayCHI members only
 See our staff in the lobby to browse and
check out materials
 Visit www.baychi.org and click Library
for:
 our list of tutorial notes and videos
 how to reserve, borrow, and return
materials

20. BayCHI audio & visual recordings
are available…
 Did you miss a BayCHI meeting?
 Download the recordings directly or
subscribe to our podcast feed at
www.baychi.org/podcast/
 News Flash! BayCHI will be publishing
the backlog of podcasts soon. Stay
tuned to the podcast page for details

21. BayCHI Recording Policy
 Recording of this program meeting by
audience members is not permitted
 The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

22. BayCHI Dinner
 Join us before the BayCHI meeting
 For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

23. Follow BayCHI
 RSS feed of events:
 http://www.baychi.org/rss.xml
 On Twitter:
 http://twitter.com/baychi
 On Facebook:
 http://tr.im/baychifb

24. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
 News Flash! BayCHI podcasts will be
published as a new channel on
Conversations Network!
 We need additional volunteers to help
with this exciting effort:
 Podcast Curator
 Podcast Copywriters

25. BayCHI Officers To Serve
Another Year
2008-2009 BayCHI officers will continue their
service for a second term, through June 2010:
 Nancy Frishberg, Chair
 Claudia Brenner, Vice Chair
 Steve Williams, Treasurer
Special thanks to the officers for their dedication
and service to BayCHI!

26. July BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, July 14th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Creative Visualizations of Our Collective Lives
Joy Mountford, ex VP Yahoo!
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/