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<div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">Refresh Portland: Using Data to Disrupt Your Brain: Less Biased Product Management</h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2016-09-21T18:00:00" datetime="2016-09-21T18:00:00">Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 6</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2016-09-21T19:30:00" datetime="2016-09-21T19:30:00">7:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202392091'><span class='fn org p-name'>New Relic</span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">111 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 2700</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">Oregon</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97204</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">United States</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=111%20SW%205th%20Avenue,%20Suite%202700,%20Portland%20Oregon%2097204%20United%20States'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <h3>Our Topic</h3> <p>Did you think you were more healthy before you started wearing a FitBit? In this talk, Laure will review how using data can help to make better decisions for products, software development, and life in general. The human brain depends on a combination of rational processes and gut reactions, and learning how and when to trust them both in concert allows for great decisions.</p> <p>Our implicit and unseen biases often step from good intuition, but in order to make reality-based choices, it helps to use quantitative and qualitative data to check ourselves and get the facts.</p> <h3>Our Presenter, Laure Parsons</h3> <p>Laure Parsons is a Senior Product Manager at <a href="http://usenotion.com">Notion</a>, the analytics layer for intelligent teams. Prior to her work at Notion, she led the marketing-communications efforts at live chat leader Olark, and lead specific projects that spanned product and operations. As a consultant, she also helped a number of startup companies on product acquisition and activation.</p> <p>Before moving into technology, she held a number of leadership roles in independent film distribution and production. Laure has served on several non-profit boards and, in perhaps the highlight of her career, was a DJ at <a href="http://wfmu.org">WFMU</a>, the country’s premiere independent radio station.</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://rfrshpdx.org/using-data-to-disrupt-your-brain/">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>

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Refresh Portland: Using Data to Disrupt Your Brain: Less Biased Product Management

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 6–7:30pm

New Relic

111 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 2700

Portland, Oregon 97204, United States (map)

Public WiFi

Access Notes

Check in at the security desk to get access to the 27th floor. This usually isn't required for official events and meetups.

Website

http://rfrshpdx.org/using-data-to-disrupt-your-brain/

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Our Topic

Did you think you were more healthy before you started wearing a FitBit? In this talk, Laure will review how using data can help to make better decisions for products, software development, and life in general. The human brain depends on a combination of rational processes and gut reactions, and learning how and when to trust them both in concert allows for great decisions.

Our implicit and unseen biases often step from good intuition, but in order to make reality-based choices, it helps to use quantitative and qualitative data to check ourselves and get the facts.

Our Presenter, Laure Parsons

Laure Parsons is a Senior Product Manager at Notion, the analytics layer for intelligent teams. Prior to her work at Notion, she led the marketing-communications efforts at live chat leader Olark, and lead specific projects that spanned product and operations. As a consultant, she also helped a number of startup companies on product acquisition and activation.

Before moving into technology, she held a number of leadership roles in independent film distribution and production. Laure has served on several non-profit boards and, in perhaps the highlight of her career, was a DJ at WFMU, the country’s premiere independent radio station.