Workshops

I offer a range of workshops on a range of design topics. Workshops can be run in-house, at conferences or as public events.

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

Facilitating design thinking workshops

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

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...

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...

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 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....

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....

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...

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.

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

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: 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.

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 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...

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.