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Upcoming Talks

Instructor, Backpack.Academy
Advanced User Experience Design course, 6-Week Part-Time:

Begins Feb 28, 2022
Ends Apr 6, 2022

Convert next-level knowledge into creative confidence & killer solutions.

This advanced UX course is perfect for practicing designers who want to level up their skills, leaving everyday UX basics behind to acquire secret weapons of design mastery.

Unit 1: Advanced UX
Unit 2: Advanced UI
Unit 3: Mindset & Leadership
Unit 4: Career

M/W 6-8pm Mountain

$1995, Register at:
Sorry, registration is closed.
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Instructor, Backpack.Academy
Advanced User Experience Design course, 6-Week Part-Time:

Begins Apr 18, 2022
Ends May 25, 2022

Convert next-level knowledge into creative confidence & killer solutions.

This advanced UX course is perfect for practicing designers who want to level up their skills, leaving everyday UX basics behind to acquire secret weapons of design mastery.

Unit 1: Advanced UX
Unit 2: Advanced UI
Unit 3: Mindset & Leadership
Unit 4: Career

M/W 6-8pm Mountain

$1995, Details at: backpack.academy
Save your seat now

Instructor, Backpack.Academy
Advanced User Experience Design course, 6-Week Part-Time:

Begins Jun 13, 2022
Ends Jul 25, 2022

Convert next-level knowledge into creative confidence & killer solutions.

This advanced UX course is perfect for practicing designers who want to level up their skills, leaving everyday UX basics behind to acquire secret weapons of design mastery.

Unit 1: Advanced UX
Unit 2: Advanced UI
Unit 3: Mindset & Leadership
Unit 4: Career

M/W 6-8pm Mountain

$1995, Details at: backpack.academy
Save your seat now

Recent Talks

Guest Advisor, EDGE Expeditionary Design Program, Instructors

Jan 20, 2022

EDGE Expeditionary Design Program is hosting a career advisory workshop.

The goal is to give instructors exposure to the most updated and relevant industry skills, tools, and advice to make more informed decisions on how they design their curriculum.

Bummer, this one is Invitation Only.

Instructor, General Assembly
UX Design: 10-Week Part-Time

Begins Jul 6, 2021
Ends Sep 10, 2021

In this course, students learn to interview, build wireframes, implement best practices for common design patterns, and marry business goals with user goals.

  • Unit 1: The Design Process
  • Unit 2: Rapid Prototype
  • Unit 3: Hi-Fidelity Prototype
  • Unit 4: Refine
  • Unit 5: Present

$3950, Register at:
Sorry, registration is closed. Maybe try the next one.

Guest Host, AMA with UXers, General Assembly

Aug 11, 2021
10:00am (MDT)

Join General Assembly for a fireside chat about becoming a User Experience Designer - from agency, to freelance, to in-house, the skills companies look for in a hire, and the resources to get you started.

  • What the day-to-day of a User Experience Designer looks like
  • Various career paths
  • Top skills needed to succeed
  • The best communities to meet other design and research folks
  • The ups and downs of this career

Ah, you just missed this one. You can still watch the recording, though.

Instructor, General Assembly
UX Design: 10-Week Part-Time

Begins Mar 8, 2021
Ends May 12, 2021

In this course, students learn to interview, build wireframes, implement best practices for common design patterns, and marry business goals with user goals.

  • Unit 1: The Design Process
  • Unit 2: Rapid Prototype
  • Unit 3: Hi-Fidelity Prototype
  • Unit 4: Refine
  • Unit 5: Present

$3950, Register at:
Sorry, registration is closed. Maybe try the next one.

Guest Speaker, Middle School STEAM Career Day

May 7, 2021
Remote via Southfield, Michigan

Levey Middle School in Michigan is hosting a virtual career day. The goal is to give students exposure to various careers and industries throughout the day to make more informed decisions on what they would like to pursue going forward. 

If you like cute kids asking fun questions, watch the recording.

Guest Speaker, Friends of Figma
Ethics in Design

March 24, 2021
6:30pm (MDT)

While digital designers don’t have a professional association to keep them on the straight and narrow, they still bear responsibility for the products they create and the effects those products have. Ethics in design is a fraught topic because it forces us to confront the ramifications of our work. A panel of seasoned designers discuss what we’re responsible for, how to advocate for users, how to effect change within an organization, how to ask “why” and say “no” in ways that get results.

FREE, Register at:
https://friends.figma.com/events/details/figma-denver-presents-ethics-in-design/#/

Strategic Methods/Approaches to Work with the Business Side to Move UX Forward

Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
6:00pm to 7:00pm Mountain

Veteran UX designer Matt Reiswig (Staff Solutions Architect at VMWare) and Top 50 Global CX leader Dennis Wakabayashi (VP of Customer Experience Solutions at RR Donnelley) will discuss the ins and outs of their experience with how UX drives outcomes on the business side of their organizations.

FREE, Register at:
Sorry, this event occurs in the past. Dennis is a really good dude though.

UX Design: 10-Week Part-Time

Begins Aug 5, 2019
Ends Oct 9, 2019

In this course, students learn to interview, build wireframes, implement best practices for common design patterns, and marry business goals with user goals.

  • Unit 1: The Design Process
  • Unit 2: Rapid Prototype
  • Unit 3: Hi-Fidelity Prototype
  • Unit 4: Refine
  • Unit 5: Present

$3950, Register at:
Sorry, this event occurs in the past. To be fair, we should really be looking toward the future anyway.

UX Design: 1-Week Accelerated

Begins Jul 15, 2019
Ends Jul 20, 2019

This intensive, one-week course is designed to cut to the chase. Designed for those who are cross-training or leveling up, this course condenses a 10-week course into just one week.

  • Unit 1: The Design Process
  • Unit 2: Rapid Prototype
  • Unit 3: Hi-Fidelity Prototype
  • Unit 4: Refine
  • Unit 5: Present

$3950, Register at: 
Sorry, this event occurs in the past. But if you have a time machine, let's go together.

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I'm equipped to do all kinds of talks, from teleclasses with high school students to on-stage design & UX conferences. If you're not sure, just contact me anyway and we'll chat about it.

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