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SUMMARY:Getting better UX work: Designing your UX portfolio - Ian Fenn
DTSTART:20130513T171500Z
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CONTACT:Michele Ide-Smith
DESCRIPTION:The three words that fill so many UX designers with dread: Ema
 il your portfolio.\n \nWe're often experts at telling our client's story\,
  but find it difficult to communicate our own.\n \nIan Fenn used to be a p
 ortfolio skeptic\, believing they caused more problems than they solved. H
 owever\, he's also a pragmatist - with requests from recruiters increasing
 \, he set about creating the perfect UX portfolio. Since publication\, cop
 ies have been requested by recruitment agents - not in relation to work\, 
 but to show to other designers as an example of how to do things right.\n 
 \nIn this entertaining talk\, Ian Fenn will share how he has addressed the
  common challenges in developing a portfolio:\n- Dealing with client non-d
 isclosure-agreements\n- Choosing suitable material and how to present it\n
 - Describing 'difficult' projects\n- Communicating UX research rather than
  design\n- Producing a portfolio when you're just starting out your career
 \n- How to stop worrying and start letting your skills and experience shin
 e through\n\nBook a free ticket on Eventbrite: http://gettingbetteruxwork.
 eventbrite.com/\n \nBiography\n \nIan Fenn designed his first digital inte
 rface in 1988 at the University of Surrey\, but it wasn’t until eight ye
 ars later that his formal UX career began with work for the UK’s first d
 igital agency\, Intervid. There he contributed to the groundbreaking launc
 h of RealVideo\, the world’s first cross-platform solution for deliverin
 g real time video over the Internet.\n \nBreakthroughs continued at the BB
 C a year later\, where achievements included a month-long web outside broa
 dcast from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and creation of one of the UK’s
  first blogs. His personal site\, the Chinese food website Chopstix\, was 
 also singled out for praise in the UK’s annual ‘Yell’ web awards.\n 
 \nFor the past seven years Ian has worked as an independent UX consultant 
 for everyone from startups to major corporates. Clients such as BT\, Virgi
 n Media\, LexisNexis\, and agencies such as M&C Saatchi and Conran Design 
 Group have recognised his ability to consistently exceed project targets t
 hrough intelligent and thoughtful interaction design.\n \nYou can find him
  on twitter as @ifenn. 
LOCATION:Red Gate Software\, Newnham House\, Cambridge Business Park\, Cam
 bridge CB4 0WZ
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