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WORLD IA DAY - ARCHITECTING HAPPINESS THROUGH DESIGN THINKING - FREE!
Our world is increasingly made of information, yet so much of that information is not as clear or accessible as it could be to those it is intended for. Every organization out there seems to say that they want to make their users happy, but who is really delivering on those promises? Who is really architecting for happiness?
On February 21, 2015 we want to ask the world to help us uncover answers to questions we believe to be critical to the future of what Information Architecture is and how we practice it:
Can information affect happiness?
How can we best architect structures for information that promote happiness?
What work are organizations doing to bridge the gaps we face as we transition from a primarily analog to a primarily digital way of life?
What does Information Architecture actually mean?
Speakers:
9:00 - 10:00
Thoughtful Architecture and City Systems Design
Spencer Williams
Architect and City Planner
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10:00 - 11:00
Optimal Sequencing - Human Interaction Design
Designing success in life and business through the strategic sequencing of interpersonal communication.
Thubten Comerford, Co-Founder of Pitchlandia, Founder & CEO of WePost Media
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11:00 - 12:00
Designing Powerful Facilitated Work Sessions
Brainstorming doesn't work. This talk is focused on how to design powerful, effective work sessions, which result in high-fidelity team interaction and create happiness for all involved. The most important takeaway will be how the design of the agenda extends beyond the work session, which will reveal techniques you can use right away. For example; shifting from follow-up design tasks to design experiments can be seen as a happier way of producing more innovative solutions. We will explain the best ways to document and track your ideas to help them become reality by engendering ownership from each team member and instill confidence across all stakeholders.
Chris Do, Co-Founder, BlindLA and Jose Caballer,
Chief Education Officer, The Skool+Director of Digital Strategy @BlindLa
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13:00 - 14:00
Happiness Design for Job Seekers, Employers and Clients
For the job seeker, orchestrating a job search can be just as challenging as a company's internal process design required to source and retain talent. I will be delving into both sides of the equation to uncover tools to help find the 'right fit' through the following steps: interview process design, cultural alignment, values assessment, workplace atmosphere design and motivating benefit packages. Learn about how all these processes and practices can positively shape the future vision of the company and all those employed within.
Shannon Anderson
Recruiting Director at ISITE Design
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14:00 - 15:00
Identity Design: Breaking The Binary Gender Code
Genderqueer Supermodel Rain Dove will help audiences become more aware of identity design through a look at binary gender identity ('he' and 'she'), its origins and why this form of social design is no longer relevant. This person will discuss implementation of a new system of gender identity, which exposes the advantages of designing one's own identity and thus engagement with the world around them.
Rain Dove
Androgynous Supermodel and Public Figure
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15:00 - 16:00
Not Enough Cooks In The Kitchen: Curating Food Culture with Technology & Design
How does technology and information design around food impact how we cook and eat? In a world marked by an increasing sense of culinary culture amnesia, cooking is a lost art and many have a fragmented and distant relationship to food. So, the world needs more cooks - people who craft their world through a lens of food, cooking and eating. Cooking is not only a potent symbol of empowerment, it is among the most human of all acts that stands at the center of an opportunity for widespread social impact. An increase in cooking has innumerable positive outcomes for individuals, communities and our planet. As an example, cooking literacy is at the core of how we will solve our public health and chronic illness crisis. In designing learning technologies and educational experiences to build confidence in the kitchen, I am on a mission to (re)produce food culture through active participation and engagement with others.
Ken Rubin
VP Culinary Training, Rouxbe Online Cooking School
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Guest Speaker, TBD!
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18:00 - 19:00
Designing For The Unknown
Charles Adler
Designer, Kickstarter Co-Founder
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ABOUT WORLD IA DAY
World Information Architecture Day is a free one-day conference hosted annually by the Information Architecture Institute and held simultaneously in selected cities all over the world. Each year, a new theme is selected, new cities are added, and our community continues to grow as more people from all across the world join this truly global celebration of Information Architecture.
http://www.2015.worldiaday.org/
ABOUT IAI
The Information Architecture Institute is a non-profit organization empowering local communities to shape the global practice of information architecture by providing places to share and opportunities to learn.
http://iainstitute.org/
FAQs
*You can reach the organizers at [email protected] or [email protected]
*The conference, food and drink are all free and open to the public, but you must register!
*The afterparty is from 7-9 at our sponsor, FINE's HQ (wearefine.com), located at 1140 SW 11th, suite 200, Portland, OR 97205. This is a fair distance from the venue, and we will have transportations options available
*The raffle will take place at the afterparty, it's also a free event
*Yes, I need vounteers. Please email if you'd like to get involved! [email protected]
*All of the information shared at WIAD will be streamed live, uploaded to youtube, flickr and slideshare and available for free afterwards.
*Doors at 8:30
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WORLD IA DAY - ARCHITECTING HAPPINESS THROUGH DESIGN THINKING - FREE!
Our world is increasingly made of information, yet so much of that information is not as clear or accessible as it could be to those it is intended for. Every organization out there seems to say that they want to make their users happy, but who is really delivering on those promises? Who is really architecting for happiness?
On February 21, 2015 we want to ask the world to help us uncover answers to questions we believe to be critical to the future of what Information Architecture is and how we practice it:
Can information affect happiness?
How can we best architect structures for information that promote happiness?
What work are organizations doing to bridge the gaps we face as we transition from a primarily analog to a primarily digital way of life?
What does Information Architecture actually mean?
Agenda:
9:00 - 10:00 Spencer Williams, Architect and City Planner, Futurewise
Social Architecture and City System Design: Integrated, Iterative And Intuitive Placemaking
In this talk, we'll examine why current city systems have the designs they do and what kind of information is required to plan for people. Information Architecture and Architecture itself are synonymous. What makes being in a building, a city, a community, or a body so rewarding is how that information is communicated and the response gleaned from those experiencing it. This talk covers information-as-architecture, cities that are more than a collection of just these objects (sidewalks, intersections, etc) and what we can learn about this planning process that can be applied to nearly any industry.
10:00 - 11:00 Thubten Comerford, Co-Founder of Pitchlandia, Founder & CEO of WePost Media
Optimal Sequencing - Human Interaction Design
Designing success in life and business through the strategic sequencing of interpersonal communication.
11:00 - 12:00 Jose Caballer Chief Education Officer, The Skool + Director of Digital Strategy, Blind and Chris Do Co-Founder, The Skool + CEO and Creative Director, Blind
Designing Powerful Facilitated Work Sessions
Brainstorming doesn't work. This talk is focused on how to design powerful, effective work sessions, which result in high-fidelity team interaction and create happiness for all involved. The most important takeaway will be how the design of the agenda extends beyond the work session, which will reveal techniques you can use right away. For example; shifting from follow-up design tasks to design experiments can be seen as a happier way of producing more innovative solutions. We will explain the best ways to document and track your ideas to help them become reality by engendering ownership from each team member and instill confidence across all stakeholders.
1:00-2:00 Shannon Anderson, Recruiting Director, ISITE Design
Happiness Design for Job Seekers, Employers and Clients
For the job seeker, orchestrating a job search can be just as challenging as a company's internal process design required to source and retain talent. I will be delving into both sides of the equation to uncover tools to help find the 'right fit' through the following steps: interview process design, cultural alignment, values assessment, workplace atmosphere design and motivating benefit packages. Learn about how all these processes and practices can positively shape the future vision of the company and all those employed within.
2:00-3:00 Rain Dove, Androgynous Supermodel and Public Figure, Major Model
Identity Design: Breaking The Binary Gender Code
Genderqueer Supermodel Rain Dove will help audiences become more aware of identity design through a look at binary gender identity ('he' and 'she'), its origins and why this form of social design is no longer relevant. This person will discuss implementation of a new system of gender identity, which exposes the advantages of designing one's own identity and thus engagement with the world around them
3:00-4:00 Ken Rubin,VP Culinary Training, Rouxbe Online Cooking School
Not Enough Cooks In The Kitchen: Curating Food Culture with Technology & Design
How does technology and information design around food impact how we cook and eat? In a world marked by an increasing sense of culinary culture amnesia, cooking is a lost art and many have a fragmented and distant relationship to food. So, the world needs more cooks - people who craft their world through a lens of food, cooking and eating. Cooking is not only a potent symbol of empowerment, it is among the most human of all acts that stands at the center of an opportunity for widespread social impact. An increase in cooking has innumerable positive outcomes for individuals, communities and our planet. As an example, cooking literacy is at the core of how we will solve our public health and chronic illness crisis. In designing learning technologies and educational experiences to build confidence in the kitchen, I am on a mission to (re)produce food culture through active participation and engagement with others.
4:00-5:00 Joshua Burkhow, Global Ops. Performance Management & Analytics, Nike
We Need All The Help We Can Get: Analytics For Happy People
One form of happiness is having the confidence to make fact-based decisions, but when there's so much data thrown at us, how can we make sense of it, regardless of our professional industries? Believe it or not, there is a shortage of Information Professionals and so we'll share what kind of valuable work these people do, how you can employ the best practices, even if you're a solopreneur and how best to organize data research. We'll leave you with key techniques that can be enacted before leaving this conference.
5:00-6:00 Cynthia Owens, Senior Consultant, XPlane
What the F*CK is IA?: Learn About IA Through Visual Thinking
After a day of sessions, we will discuss some key visual thinking concepts and develop a PDX-specific answer to that compelling question. Learn how visual thinking will help make the practice of developing IA delightful.
6:00-7:00 Charles Adler-KEYNOTE Designer, Co-Founder, Kickstarter
Designing for the Unknown
The design of any system is an experiment. The design thinking and execution behind Kickstarter was no different. Yet everything has been done before, so how do we cross the chasm of these two extremes? Using Kickstarter as an example, we'll look into experimentation across multiple facets of the platform, applied models from blogging, web video and audio while also pressing the envelope with regard to collective fundraising, community, and transparency. Charles will share stories from the company's genesis, design decisions met along the way, shaping Kickstarter into what it is today - the largest funding platform for creative projects.
______________________________________________________
ABOUT WORLD IA DAY
World Information Architecture Day is a free one-day conference hosted annually by the Information Architecture Institute and held simultaneously in selected cities all over the world. Each year, a new theme is selected, new cities are added, and our community continues to grow as more people from all across the world join this truly global celebration of Information Architecture.
http://www.2015.worldiaday.org/
ABOUT IAI
The Information Architecture Institute is a non-profit organization empowering local communities to shape the global practice of information architecture by providing places to share and opportunities to learn.
http://iainstitute.org/
FAQs
*You can reach the organizers at [email protected] or [email protected]
*The conference, food and drink are all free and open to the public, but you must register!
*The afterparty is from 7-9 at our sponsor, FINE's HQ (wearefine.com), located at 1140 SW 11th, suite 200, Portland, OR 97205. This is a fair distance from the venue, and we will have transportations options available
*The raffle will take place at the afterparty, it's also a free event
*Yes, I need vounteers. Please email if you'd like to get involved! [email protected]
*All of the information shared at WIAD will be streamed live, uploaded to youtube, flickr and slideshare and available for free afterwards.
*Doors at 8:30
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