PLEASE JOIN ME in congratulating our Winter 2023 "Ask Like A Pro" All-In and Observer students! The All-Ins presented their final research deliverables to our fantastic project sponsors last week.

They worked on generative and evaluative studies to:

• Improve the scholarship experience

• Inform a new design-focused subscription community

• And understand the pros, cons, and opportunities of a technical course

They worked their butts off, overcame significant recruiting issues, achieved statistical significance, triangulated massive amounts of data, and presented "Like The Pros" they are! Every single one of them knocked it out of the ballpark!

I am incredibly proud of their hard work, flexibility, determination, and the impact and outcomes their research has already had (and will have in the future). Most of all, I am impressed with their individual and collective growth, how well they worked together and supported one another, and their own commitment to professional development!

Lior Bar TeMaya Thompkins Sarah Harford Jessy Baer Karli Vigilia Sohee Park Daniel Frese Michelle Dela Cruz Melissa Smith Congratulations to you!! Thank you for committing and entrusting me to mentor you along this User Research journey!

To our 20+ Observers, and especially Steffi Liem Michael Dang Lee Y. Jiah Yoo, Ph.D. Mindi Ferguson Kriszta Pozsonyi Natasha Bailey we are grateful for your incredibly active participation, terrific questions, and overall awesomeness!

And our project sponsors Jason Resnick 💰 R. Gabrielle McCormick 💰and Philip VanDusen THANK YOU for being incredible stakeholders and trusting us with your precious business challenges and opportunities!

Cori Pepelnjak I continue to adore you.

WOOT WOOT!
Congratulations to our 11th cohort! LOOK AT THESE SHINY HAPPY FACES AND BEAUTIFUL MINDS! You all complete me ;)

Our next cohort, our 12th (!), runs from September - November 2023.