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Join us for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX
Today is the day! Please JOIN US for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX. Ask me anything about: User Research Best Practices, How to avoid bias when conducting User Research…
Myth: "User Research Slows Down Development"
🚫 Reality Check: Many believe that conducting user research slows down the development process. However, this myth overlooks the fact that incorporating customer and prospect…
Learn the lingo: Stakeholder
Stakeholder || What is it? “Stakeholder” is the term used to describe anyone who holds a significant interest or concern in the research outcomes. Typically stakeholders include cross functional team members, clients and/or others that may be affected by the research study…
Learn the lingo, improve your vocabulary
Do you know the difference between user research, user testing, a usability test, and UserTesting.com? People regularly ask me how to break into UX research and acquire better…
Ready to feel successful in UX research planning?
YOU’RE INVITED: Ready to feel successful in UX research planning? Feel proficient in asking customers the right user research questions in the right way? Want to make a quantum …
"Understand" often falls short of creating laser-focused and actionable research goals
The verb "understand" is commonly used as our compass in user research. Yet, let's face it. "Understand" often falls short of creating laser-focused and actionable research goals. More vivid …
User researchers improvise when…
To me, user research is part art, part science, and part improv. Yep, improv. But—let’s face it—not many people think of user researcher s as being good at improv. In truth, we…
Join us: I’m sharing some of my tools and templates
YOU'RE INVITED: I’ve built a suite of UXR tools, templates, and resources to help my students, clients and myself achieve better, faster, more efficient, and more accurate user research…
Methods over tools
Don't focus on tools or platforms at the beginning of your UXR journey. First, learn how to conduct user research without them. Master how to ask solid non-leading questions & interview. Then practice!!! Here are 7 reasons why this is critical:
7 reasons NOT to conduct user research
Here are 7 reasons NOT to conduct user research. Not everything is a user research problem people...
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