Friday, January 30, 2009

Sex, Money, and Storytelling

Time and Date:
Saturday 10am-noon
28.Feb.09

Location: http://tinyurl.com/6z3f3
Involution Studios Boston
661 Mass Ave, 3rd floor
Arlington, MA 02476


We know you like sex, and we all like money, but... storytelling? Yep. Storytelling. It's a way to open up the design process to new ideas and new ways of listening to users. And that leads to a better user experience. Participants will learn the importance of stories and storytelling in the design process, will learn the basics of telling stories, and will leave with the experience of having crafted a story that addresses a design problem.

This two-hour workshop will include:

The role of storytelling in user experience design
The power of listening
Why your audience matters
Using imagery for powerful stories
Using stories as part of design
Wrapup and discussion

Exercises in listening, telling stories and designing from stories will keep the session interactive. Come prepared to work.

Laptops, iphones, and other comm devices are required to be turned off (and preferably left at home).

5 comments:

Paul Irish said...

Hopefully a video emerges out of this, as very few of the interested people can attend.
Thanks!

Natasha Lloyd said...

I agree with Paul. I'd love to attend this event, but won't be able to. A video would be great!

Pauric said...

Sorry guys, the host is not allowing video/cameras. Out of our control.

mTp said...

How do you know if you have been accepted to the meeting? I signed up but did not get any feedback.

mTp said...

Some inspiration for tomorrow: http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/03/02/ira-glass-on-storytelling/