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Tales from the Frontline of UX Careers Speed-Networking

UK UPA by UKUPA

When the UK UPA (UK Usability Professionals' Association) listed their careers event on Chinwag's events listings, we asked UK UPA Head of Professional Development, Leslie Fountain, to share her insight.

Our annual June Careers event this year was more than just about which employer had the flashiest displays or cupcakes. Our attendees weren't concerned with how many goody bags they could get, this year we got really serious, enter Speed Dating...

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User Centred Design: Techniques to Improve the User Experience

Learn user centred design techniques help you systematically understand your users better and design effective, efficient and satisfying products and systems.

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Date: 21 October 2010
Location: System Concepts Ltd, UK

UX Brighton 2010

A one day conference with an emphasis on designing for behaviour. We'll be learning how behavioral economics, cognitive psychology and linguistics can provide a clearer understanding of what goes on inside our customers' heads and inform better design. Get your ticket now: http://2010.uxbrighton.org.uk

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Date: 13 September 2010
Location: Sallis Benney Theatre, UK

Competition: Win dConstruct 2010 Tickets

dConstruct stickers by Jeremy Keith

dConstruct, in its sixth year, is a fixture on every designer's calendar. And what better excuse to immerse yourself in design thinking by the sea-side with some of the top names in the industry?

As the dConstruct team put it,

"dConstruct 2010 brings together leading industry figures to explore the power of design thinking and show how we can all become just a little bit more creative."

dConstruct 2010

We're dead chuffed to have teamed up with organisers, Clearleft, to offer a competition for two tickets to this year's event (1-3rd Sept).

Heck, you can't even but a ticket yet, but the early-bird tranche of tickets will be available from the dConstruct site from 6th July. They'll go quick, so don't hang around.

Entering couldn't be easier, just pop your details in the form below. We'll be making the draw for the lucky winners on Fri, 16th July.

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UX Fundamentals workshop

UX Fundamentals workshop with James Box and Cennydd Bowles.

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Date: 16 July 2010
Location: Lighthouse, UK

UK UPA meets Pecha Kucha Night

We are back for our July event, hosted at Sapient Nitro on Thursday 15th July 2010. This time round we are bringing you the amazingly inspirational Pecha Kucha 20x20 Night and opening the floor for an entertaining multi-presenter night.

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Date: 15 July 2010
Location: Sapient Nitro, UK

SuperGoogleAnalyticsExpialidocious

We aim to show how applications like Google Analytics can be used to both formulate and answer questions. We’ll also show how these quantitative techniques can be combined with qualitative methods such as traditional user testing.

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Date: 13 July 2010
Location: iCrossing, UK

UK UPA Careers Event - Tuesday 22nd June 2010

It's quite busy on the job market at the moment so this is an opportunity to meet face-2-face with potential employers and candiates to make your perfect match. Entry-level, experienced, high-flying, career change or freelancer, our combo of recruiters and UX companies would like to meet you. See you there!

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Date: 22 June 2010
Location: Thomson Reuters, UK

Online Marketing Show

Innovations to transform your online performance… Even the most proactive marketers can find it tough to keep up with the latest effective online tools and innovations to enhance or drive campaigns.

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Date: 29 June 2010
Location: Grand Hall, Olympia, UK

Free e-invoicing comes with free drinks! ;)

Tradeshift is an invoicing platform that is free for small and medium sized companies and at this event we would like to show the ease and benefits from using Tradeshift. Come join us!

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Date: 9 June 2010
Location: Corbet Place Bar, UK

Writing for the web

This one day Writing for the web course provides delegates with practical examples, comprehensive notes, guidelines and sources of reference.

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Date: 5 October 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

Writing for the web

This one day Writing for the web course provides delegates with understanding the medium and its uses, how to optimise copy, learn the Search Engine Optimisation benefits.

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Date: 15 June 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

Web usability testing training

This one day Web usability testing training course provides delegates with the Know how on usability testing and understanding which testing methodology to use and why.

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Date: 13 October 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

Web usability testing training

This one day Web usability testing training course provides delegates with the Know how on usability testing works and understanding of which testing methodology to use and why.

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Date: 22 September 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

Web usability testing training

This one day Web usability testing training course provides delegates with the Know how on usability testing and understanding of which testing methodology to use and why.

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Date: 17 August 2010
Location: BSG House, UK