Coming from outside the user experience (UX) industry and landing smack in the belly of the beast, Teresa knows how fresh eyes can be an asset. In her talk, she will present three creative approaches to understanding and navigating the sea of methods, processes and concepts that make up the User Experience practice.

1. Tools and Methods
to Learn, Navigate,
& Make A Name for Yourself in the
User Experience Design Landscape

2. NavigaAng new environments

3. The environments I come from

4. The environments I come from

8. I’ve had a lot of pracAce
navigaAng new environments.

9. I stumbled into
user experience design.

10. So what is
user experience design?

11. “There sure are
a lot of people
speaking Greek.”

12. Brilliant people + new language +
new processes + new concepts =
in#mida#ng

13. “How do I
learn Greek fast?”

14. NavigaAng new environments with
1 maps
2 people
3 voice

15. 1
Naviga#ng with maps

16. NavigaAng the Jargon

27. NavigaAng the process

32. [insert revised map]
NavigaAng the business

35. Knowledge is not enough.

36. “Who can help me
learn Greek?”

37. Naviga#ng
2 with people

38. Mentors!

39. The Networking Myth

40. Community‐building

41. www.TeaWithTeresa.com

42. I facilitate conversaAon about user
experience design in plain language
to help it become beUer known &
understood.
www.TeaWithTeresa.com

43. Audren Chen, Senior
InformaAon Architect,
Comedy Central
Peter Merholz,
President,
AdapAve Path
Jesse James GarreU,
President,
ScoU Berkun, AdapAve Path
Dave Llorens, Author & Speaker
General Manager
1 Block Off the Grid Rachel Connelly,
Director
Rausch
Planetarium
Seng Chen,
Todd EllioU, Project Manager, Traceur &
Phil Robinson, Designer AdapAve Path Photographer

44. Whitney Hess’ Blog Post:
10 Most Common MisconcepAons
about User Experience Design
hUp://mashable.com/2009/01/09/user‐experience‐design/?cp=2

45. Whitney Hess’ Blog Series:
Mentors & Heroes
hUp://whitneyhess.com/blog/tag/mentors‐and‐heroes/

46. Other ways to build community:
Ask for advice.
Host a lunchAme salon around a specific topic.
Invite someone to speak/share their interest at a brownbag lunch.
Host/moderate a panel (ask someone else to moderate if you’re shy).

47. Some secrets about
community‐building
(shhhhhhhhh)

48. Secrets about community‐building:
No one got to where they are alone.

49. Secrets about community‐building:
No one got to where they are alone.
People love to talk about what they love.

50. Secrets about community‐building:
No one got to where they are alone.
People love to talk about what they love.
Offer something of value to them.

51. Secrets about community‐building:
No one got to where they are alone.
People love to talk about what they love.
Offer something of value to them.

52. Knowledge + community =
influence

53. “Where can I prac;ce
Greek aloud?”

54. NavigaAng
3 with
voice

55. “Personal Brand”

57. Whitney Hess:
Share your knowledge.

58. Rachel Hinman:
Use resources (ie: blogs) to share ideas.

59. Merlin Mann:
Be authenAc. People will know if you aren’t.

60. ScoU Berkun:
Let people know you are doing good work.

61. AuthenAc passion aloud

62. aloud |əˈloud|
adverb
audibly; not silently or in a whisper.

63. mantra?
What is your

64. My mantra:
My grandma should “get” it.

65. mantra?
What is your

66. Knowledge + community + voice =
impact

67. When navigaAng new environments
think creaAvely about how to:
1 learn the landscape
2 build community
3 have a voice

68. Now for a confession…

69. Most people don’t know
what user experience design is.

70. More awareness = more opportuniAes
to make people’s lives
easier and more joyful.

71. r
embe
Rem !
THIS Remember
THIS!
More awareness = more opportuniAes
to make people’s lives
easier and more joyful.
Remember
THIS!

72. Thanks!
Teresa Brazen
teresa@adapAvepath.com
www.AdapAvePath.com
www.TeaWithTeresa.com
www.BrazenArt.com