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  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">CHIFOO Event: Let's Pretend</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2016-09-14T19:00:00" datetime="2016-09-14T19:00:00">Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 7</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2016-09-14T21:00:00" datetime="2016-09-14T21:00:00">9pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202393394'><span class='fn org p-name'>Connective DX Community Room</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">2030 NW Pettygrove St</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97209</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2030%20NW%20Pettygrove%20St,%20Portland%20OR%2097209%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>CHIFOO presents "Let's Pretend: Using Personas to Play with Personas to Play with Problems" with Carolyn Chandler and Anna van Slee!</p> <p>To uncover the most common problems, designers must empathize with their users and come to know the spaces and times in which they move. In this interactive presentation, UX guru Carolyn and game designer Anna take personas and other empathy exercises to the next level.</p> <p>About the Speakers</p> <p>Carolyn Chandler, Mira Fitness</p> <p>Carolyn has been working in the field of User Experience Design for over 16 years, and was named one of “Chicago’s Tech 50” by Crain’s Magazine. Now she leads the Experience Design efforts at Mira Fitness, which offers a wellness-focused wearable designed for women.</p> <p>Anna van Slee, Sideshow Collectibles</p> <p>Anna is Director of New Brands at Sideshow Collectibles, a production manager who is hands-on with production, particularly in writing/editing, visual design, UX/CX design, brand strategy and content creation.</p> <p>Together, Anna and Carolyn, coauthored "Adventures in Experience Design" which teaches experience design to beginners with games and activities.</p> <p>Come join CHIFOO for our eighth speaker event of 2016's theme "Bounded Irrationality: Supporting Users and Building Communities".</p> </div> </div>