Events
Each month we host an event on a subject related to UX and user-centered design. You do not need to be a member of UXPA International to attend. Unfortunately we are unable to offer discounts for UXPA International members at this time. If you would like notice of upcoming events, add your name to our mailing list here.
Upcoming Events
KC Service Jam
August 7-9, 2020 – Signal Theory
One weekend, a community of people interested in service and customer experience and a ton of crazy ideas. That’s what we mean by ‘Global Service Jam.’ And it’s happening here in KC!
PAST EVENTS
Decoding Web Accessibility
May 26, 2020 – Online Seminar + Q&A
Accessibility in design is important because everyone should have equal access to use the vast educational, community, job, and entertainment opportunities available through the internet. Expand your knowledge of accessibility design and best practices with Andrew Patterson—software developer for Emfluence—in this hour long seminar and Q&A.
A Design Sprint Workshop
April 24, 2020 – Crema
A 90 minute workshop from Justin Mertes of Crema in Kansas City centered on understanding Design Sprints, structuring conversation, and equipping to better leading teams in problem solving. Due to COVID-19 this event may move to an online platform. If you’ve already registered, hang tight and we’ll get in touch with you before the event.
Designing for Unhappy Paths
Jan 21, 2020 – Cerner
Accounting for unhappy paths in the beginning of the design process will create a more robust experience and build loyalty with your users. In this talk, Lauren Bock—Senior UX Designer with Cerner—will provide methods of integrating this thinking into implementation. She will cover best practices for alerts, errors, and other communication strategies using elements such as language and tone, color, timing, context, recovery, escape, and more.
Implementing a Scorecard System to Increase User-Centric Maturity
November 12, 2019 – Dimensional Innovations
Most user-centric maturity models point to incremental stages of maturity within an organization, but few describe methods/tactics to increase it. In this session, you’ll discover a scorecard system to help assess user experience research and measurement efforts of each product team by using a rating scale across three user-centric elements.
Intro to Future Casting
October 22, 2019 – Valorem Reply
As change accelerates in the world around us, so does uncertainty. Using a futurecasting sprint, we can draw on the skills of futures thinking, emotional design and diegetic prototyping to explore imaginary new worlds we can design for. Jon’s talk will stretch your ideas of design thinking, widening our understanding of the possible and promoting more informed decision-making through a future lens.
Wayfinding Design & User Centered Strategy
September 24, 2019 – Populous
Have you ever wondered what goes into designing navigation signage for large entertainment venues? Join UXPA-KC and Populous’ Senior Designer Jonathan Mugmon for an inside look at the intersection of psychology, place, information and navigation for some of the worlds most complex built places. Jonathan uses the UX design process as a framework for analyzing customer needs and experiences in the built environment.
Bree Walter on UXPA International
August 28, 2019 – H&R Block
Join UXPA-KC and Bree Walter from H&R Block for a recap of the 2019 UXPA International Conference in Scotsdale, AZ. Bree will share news from the International stage, plus recaps of key speakers. You won’t want to miss this!
Accessibility (and what I learned from a trip to get Thai food)
June 4, 2019 – Valorem Reply
Creating accessible solutions is not only required, but it is the right thing to do. Together we can increase UI consistency and help ALL of our users. This talk is relevant for UX and roles to understand better accessibility needs and how to create a better experience for every user.
Panel Discussion at H&R Block
April 2, 2019 – H&R Block
Learn about effective team collaboration in the middle of change and growth, network with professionals at H&R Block and find new insights to help you thrive in your teams.
Brainsteering Workshop
March 5, 2019 – VMLY&R
Join UXPA Kansas City on March 5th for a Brainsteering workshop led by Andy Clark, Executive Director, Experience Design at VMLY&R. Andy will guide us through a Brainsteering session that eliminates the counterproductive elements of brainstorming, and amplifies your team’s creative collaboration to produce better ideas faster.
Happy Hour!
February 5, 2019 – Boulevard Beerhall
Join us for happy hour conversations and networking! We want to hear what you’re doing in UX, share news from the KC Chapter and find out how we can support you.
Running Enterprise Design Sprints
January 7, 2019 – C2FO
Design sprints – they’ve been a buzz-worthy topic for the last few years, but it seems like there are still a lot of questions around how to practically run them in the enterprise setting. Scott Johnson, a UX professional with years of experience who currently works at Cerner, will speak about running design sprints in an enterprise setting.
View more past events here.
Speak at an Event
If you would like to speak at an event or know someone that should speak, let us know. Send us an email with ‘Event Speaker’ in the subject line of your and Send Here.
Sponsor an Event
We value our sponsors for advocating for UX. Whether our sponsors provide their space for an event, catering, or a monetary donation, our sponsors make what we do possible. If you are part of an organization that would like to get involved, send us an email with ‘Become a Sponsor’ in the subject line. Send Now.
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