Topics
Life & Death Design: What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday Designers
Stress changes the human brain, enhancing some abilities and degrading others. In some of the most dangerous industries, creators of life-saving products have discovered how to leverage brain science and smart design to harness good instincts while reducing panic and aggression. They use human-centered design to help their users land airplanes, avoid car crashes, resuscitate heart attack victims, and escape burning buildings. Apply their techniques to your work in any field to create clear, intuitive experiences that effectively guide the behavior of your users, no matter their state of mind.
Animations in UX: The Subconscious Influence of Motion
If you’re not leveraging interface animations to influence your users, you are missing a critical component of UX design. Like body language, motion design supplies a rich, often-subconscious layer of meaning & personality to every micro-interaction. Digital products can leverage the same techniques used by cartoon animators, actors & dancers to convey personality, improve comprehension & influence behavior through movement. Learn the right animation styles for your brand, users & product.
The Checkbox That Ruined My Life: Manipulative Design
Marketers and experience designers know that subtle nudges toward a specific action can make a huge impact on human behavior. The science of behavior change combined with the emotional drive of good marketing is powerful stuff. But as Spiderman taught us, “With great power comes great responsibility.” What does it look like when that power is abused? It might be blatant like a four-screen email opt-out process (Yes, I really do want to unsubscribe). Or it might be subtle like a credit card company pre-checking “Pay Minimum Due” on their online payment form. Learn to expose designs that cross the line between persuasion and manipulation and avoid the pitfalls in your own work.
Speaking experience
2022
SXSW Interactive - Austin, TX
UXLx - Lisbon, Portugal
Natural Disaster Expo (Keynote) - Miami, FL
2021
Central Wisconsin IT Conference (Keynote) - Virtual
Hexagon DC Chapter Meeting - Virtual
Design Inspire Series from ValueLabs - Virtual
ConveyUX World Tour- Virtual
Udacity - Virtual
UX & Product Conference - Virtual
2020
SXSW Interactive - Austin, TX (Cancelled)
IxDA's Interaction20 - Milan, Italy
Computer Human Interaction Forum of Oregon - Portland, OR (Virtual)
IxDA Chapter Meeting, Chicago, IL (Virtual)
itoday Summit 2020 – Lausanne, Switzerland (Virtual)
2019
Fusion Conference - Charlotte, NC
THAT Conference - Wisconsin Dells, WI
MidwestUX - Grand Rapids, MI
Amuse Conference - Budapest, Hungary
2018
SXSW Interactive - Austin, TX
IxDA's Interaction18 - Lyon, France
PUSH Conference - Munich, Germany
Chicago Camp's UX Camp - Chicago, IL
Ladies That UX’s Chicago Chapter Event - Chicago, IL
2016
SXSW Interactive - Austin, TX
4A's CreateTech - New York, NY
Chicago Camp's UX Camp - Chicago, IL
Path to Purchase Institute's League of Leaders - Chicago, IL Chicago Association of Direct Marketers (CADM) - Chicago, IL
2015
ChiDUXX: World IA Day "Ignite Talks” - Chicago, IL