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Independent UX/UXR consulting interactive Q&A session
“At some point or another, life punches everyone in the face. The punch may be hard, or it may be soft, but it’s definitely coming, and your success or failure is largely determined by the answer…
Five tips to get more experience in, or break into, User Research
1. Ask yourself if your day-to-day behaviors line up with your goals. Does what you say you want correlate to the goal you seek? E.g. Are you actively trying to grow your UXR skills? 2. Develop and articulate…
Congratulations to our 10th cohort!
PLEASE JOIN ME in congratulating our Fall 2022 Ask Like A Pro All-In students who presented their final research to our project sponsors just before Thanksgiving. Every single one of them knocked it out of…
Intimidated to engage on LinkedIn? Register now.
I know a lot of people who are intimidated to engage on LinkedIn and or do not know where or how to start. I was terrified when I first began posting on LinkedIn too. Amy Santee, Career…
Bringing the research to life
Let’s talk about using visuals when reporting on research learnings. Really bringing the research to life is one of my favorite parts about being a researcher! By visuals, I mean icons…
Use 2x2 frameworks to see the data
Last week we completed the second part of our "Spot Patterns" user research workshop. We reviewed the thematic analysis homework activity and the many different approaches…
Dipping your toes into thematic analysis
In part 1 of my "Spot Patterns" user research workshop this week we covered the key components of qualitative analysis & synthesis, practiced direct observation, conceptual pattern…
Strategic note-taking helps you right-size information
Last week I taught two different workshops that took a deep dive into strategic note-taking for user research. One was for private team training and another was the Orchestrate workshop in the…
Who would you like to hear from?
SPEAKER SUGGESTIONS? I’m planning a panel discussion in November about non-profit and purpose-led qualitative research. Patrick Olszowski from Outrageous Insight will be one…
Keep the ball bouncing
My father died about 20 years ago. I’ll never forget several of our conversations but a few, in particular, I relive every now and then. one day he called me at work, which he never did. Our convo…
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