Workshops
I can assemble a workshop that suits the need of your team or event.
Workshops include a theoretical and practical component to maximise learning and come with an extensive booklet and resource list for later use.
Please contact me to discuss a workshop that fits your needs and timing.
Previous workshops
Presenting your work and getting great feedback
As designers, we spend a lot of time sharing our work and listening to feedback – in many cases this takes more of our time than the actual design work itself.
In this workshop, we’ll break down a presentation, and practice each part.
Facilitating design thinking workshops
In this half/full-day workshop, you will learn how to facilitate a design thinking workshop that achieves great outcomes and actively involves everyone in the room. It will cover: Forming concrete goals for the session Deciding on structure and methods Running the...
User research: Beyond the interview
Interviewing is a very important user research method, and one that most of us will use most of the time. But it isn't the best method for all situations: when you can't get time to sit and talk; when you have more people than...
A re-introduction to information architecture
This half-day workshop is a (re)introduction to information architecture. It is for people who haven’t done information architecture work for a while; and people with experience in UX who feel like they have a gap in their IA skill set. As a more advanced workshop,...
User research methods: Beyond the interview
Interviewing is a very important user research method, and one that most of us will use most of the time. But it isn't the best method for all situations: when you can't get time to sit and talk; when you have more people than time; when the activity you’re learning...
A re-introduction to information architecture
This half day workshop is a (re)introduction to information architecture. It is for people who haven’t done information architecture work for a while; and people with experience in user experience work who feel like they have a...
Introduction to information architecture
From categorisation to content modelling, this four hour workshop will cover the fundamentals of information architecture. Using lots of real world examples, you will leave with an understanding of both the theory, along with the...
Introduction to user experience design
More than ever, executives and managers are realising that the user experience (UX) of their products and services is crucial to the bottom line, and that that experience can be designed. As a result, it’s not only UX designers...
From research to design
In this full or half-day, hands-on workshop you’ll learn how to move from a pile of incredibly detailed findings from research (of all kinds – user research, content analysis, business research) to an initial design. We’ll work right through a fun and realistic design...
Introduction to information architecture: The workshop
From categorisation to content modelling, this four hour workshop will cover the fundamentals of information architecture. Using lots of real world examples, you will leave with an understanding of both the theory, along with the...
Introduction to information architecture
This full day workshop is the ideal introduction to information architecture. Suitable for brand newbies, to those with some IA or UX experience, it covers core concepts and practices that are fundamental to any kind of...
Intro to information architecture
This full day workshop is the ideal introduction to information architecture. Suitable for brand newbies, to those with some IA or UX experience, it covers core concepts and practices that are fundamental to any kind of...
Information architecture: Just the essentials
Cover the essential aspects of Information Architecture and how classification and categorization work in our brain and why it matters.
Intro to information architecture
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management...
Intro to information architecture
This was a half day introduction to IA workshop, held at EuroIA in Brussels, Belgium.
Introduction to user experience design
Full day workshop. Tuesday 26 August 2014 Description New to UX? Or doing UX but need a better understanding of some techniques? Manage or work with user experience designers and not sure what they do? This workshop is for you....
Renewing your information architecture for the real world
The information architecture of a website, intranet or application is not a static thing. Additions and changes to content and features put pressure on the information architecture. Changes in user needs and expectations also can...
Introduction to user experience design
Full day workshop. Tuesday 27 August 2013 Description New to UX? Or doing UX but need a better understanding of some techniques? Manage or work with user experience designers and not sure what they do? This workshop is for you....
Information architecture: Theory and practice
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management...
User experience design
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of user experience design. It will cover a range of fundamental UX skills that can be applied to all types of project – websites, web applications, traditional applications and mobile....
Information architecture
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management systems. The workshop This full day...
Information architecture
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management systems. The workshop This full day...
Information architecture
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management systems. The workshop This full day...
Information architecture
Information architecture is all about organising information and providing methods for people to find and use it, usually via navigation. It relates primarily to websites, web applications, intranets, file and document management systems. The workshop This full day...
Designing for people
This full-day workshop teaches a set of fundamental principles about humans, useful for all types of design work - information architecture, interaction design, visual design and even industrial design. In the workshop we’ll look at: How our visual system works Visual...
Information architecture: Theory & practice
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a wide range of IA issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required...
Information architecture: Just the essentials
This half-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of Information Architecture. No filler, no fluff, just pure IA: How classification and categorisation work in our brain, and why it matters How to identify potential organisation methods for your content When...
Information architecture: Theory & practice
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a range of IA issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for information architecture work and current information architecture issues.
Information architecture essentials: Best practices for organizing your site’s content
Few things are more difficult than trying to organize thousands (or millions) of your web site or intranet’s pages. How do you know where to put things? How will your users find the content they’re seeking? Different users need different things. Some of your users...
Information architecture: Just the essentials
This half-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of Information Architecture. No filler, no fluff, just pure IA: How classification and categorisation work in our brain, and why it matters. How to identify potential organisation methods for your content. When...
Designing for people
This half-day workshop teaches a set of fundamental principles that are useful for all types of design work – information architecture, interaction design, visual design and even industrial design
Information Architecture: Just the Essentials
This half-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of Information Architecture. No filler, no fluff, just pure IA
Interaction design masterclass
This masterclass will cover a wide range of interaction design skills, including how humans think (and why we need to know that); key interaction design processes and skills like sketching. It will be theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects.
Information Architecture: Just the Essentials
This half-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of IA. No filler, no fluff, just pure IA
Advanced IA – Principles & Practices
This full day workshop extends your understanding of information architecture. It will cover advanced principles and explore ways of being more effective at information architecture.
Information architecture: Theory & practice
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a range of IA issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for information architecture work and current information architecture issues.
Information architecture: Theory and practice
This IA Summit workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a wide range of IA issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for IA work and current IA issues. It will be theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects.
Information architecture: Just the essentials
This half-day workshop will cover the essential aspects of IA. No filler, no fluff, just pure IA.
Writing for the web
This workshop provides attendees with a thorough understanding and practical experience in:
- translating offline content to high quality website content
- writing good website content
- general writing skills
Information Architecture Essentials: Best Practices for Organizing Your Site’s Content
Is your web site chaos, completely without organization or structure? Do users get lost finding the content they’re looking for? Are you having difficulty deciding where to put hard-to-classify content?
Interaction design in an age of AJAX
AJAX, Flash and other rich internet application technologies have changed the way we design interaction on the web - all for the better. Before, we had static pages with a few interactive pieces - form elements, hyperlinks and submit buttons. Now, we have the ability...
Information architecture: Theory and practice
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice.
Information architecture: Theory and practice
This full day workshop will provide you with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It will cover a wide range of information architecture issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental...
Information architecture and collaborative design
This two-day interactive workshop will provide a thorough overview and understanding about how to effectively use information architecture to make your intranet or website as effective as possible. It will cover a wide range of information architecture issues.
Information architecture: Theory and practice
This full day workshop provides a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory & practice. It covers a wide range of information architecture issues, including an understanding of how it fits into a project, fundamental skills & knowledge required for information architecture work and current information architecture issues. It is theoretical and practical and allow you to immediately apply ideas to your projects.
Website user experience & CSS workshop
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley.
Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up – starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
How to (un)organise just about anything
In this half-day worskhop we will learn all about organising content in a digital world. We’ll discuss:
- How does classification and categorisation work in our brain, and why does it matter
- How can you identify potential organisation methods for your content
- When do organisation schemes such as geography, task, audience and subject work best
- When to use and not to use tagging
- How to design an organisation scheme that suits your users
Introduction to IA
This half-day pre-conference workshop will provide participants with an introduction to information architecture. As a stand-alone workshop it provides a high level understanding of information architecture, outlining the fundamentals and some of the current...
Information architecture: Theory and practice
This half-day pre-conference tutorial will provide participants with a thorough overview and understanding of information architecture theory and practice. As a short tutorial it provides a high level understanding of information architecture, outlines the...
Interaction Design: Principles, process and practice
This workshop provides attendees with an understanding of user-centred design and improved interaction design skills via a combination of theory and engaging activities. Real world examples and practical activities are used to reinforce theory.
Introduction to IA
This half-day pre-conference workshop will provide participants with an introduction to information architecture. As a stand-alone workshop it provides a high level understanding of information architecture, outlining the fundamentals and some of the current information architecture issues and challenges.
Introduction to IA
This half day workshop provides a great introduction to information architecture. You will learn the fundamental principles of information architecture, as well as practical techniques that can be used on a wide range of projects.
From research to design
This half-day workshop provides participants with practical skills in one of the most mysterious and difficult aspects of design – taking the leap from research to a first conceptual design.