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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Refresh Portland - Ballin' on a Budget</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2015-01-21T18:30:00" datetime="2015-01-21T18:30:00">Wednesday, January 21, 2015 from 6:30</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2015-01-21T20:00:00" datetime="2015-01-21T20:00:00">8pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202394254'><span class='fn org p-name'>ThinkShout</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">321 NW Glisan St Suite 700</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97212</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=321%20NW%20Glisan%20St%20Suite%20700,%20Portland%20OR%2097212%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Join us January 21st at 6:30pm!</p> <p>Our TopicVirgin America. The New York Times. Apple. All three are design leaders and have beautiful websites.</p> <p>Unbeknownst to many of us, they also have gigantic design teams, amazing product or content, and seemingly unlimited budgets - things most of us designers don’t have.</p> <p>After spending several years designing large-scale responsive websites for Fortune 500 companies with mega-budgets, I now specialize in design for progressive non-profit organizations. The good news is that we can still create kick-ass design for any budget as long as we utilize solid design fundamentals, great communication, and a few tricks up our sleeves.</p> <p>Some points that I’ll be covering in this talk are: How to effectively iterate on concepts Time-sucks in the design process and how to fix them Great time-saving open source tools Better communication with developers and clients</p> <p>Our Presenter, Josh Riggs Josh started his UX design career back in ’02 just like most other designers - by creating a website for his metal band. Since then, he’s been a designer for various interactive agencies, a mega health care conglomerate, and an entertainment-focused Drupal consultancy.</p> <p>He’s currently the Lead UX Designer at Portland-based ThinkShout, where he puts his design skills to work for non-profit organizations doing good in the world. Originally from Florida, Josh was lured to Portland by Pok Pok’s chicken wings and Blue Star’s donuts. He likes cold weather, long-exposure photography, and has a female dog named Frank.</p> <p>Our Venue, ThinkShout Thanks to ThinkShout for hosting us this month! They are located at 433 NW 4th Ave, Portland OR 97209, Suite 100.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.eventbrite.com/o/matthew-oliphant-766168901?s=32077307">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>