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Upcoming: Collaborating in the Cloud
Firecat First Friday June: Collaborating in the Cloud June 3, 2022 at 12 pm CT Organizations of all sizes have embraced a variety of cloud-based (SaaS) tools to strategize, write, design, organize, and maintain digital… Continue Reading
Crisis Communications
Firecat First Friday May: Crisis Communications May 6, 2022 at 12 pm CT Crisis can hit any company, at any moment. But roughly a third of companies have no crisis management plan in place. People… Continue Reading
Design, Leadership, & Ethics
Firecat First Friday April: Design, Leadership, & Ethics April 1, 2022 at 10 am CT Register for the free, virtual session here: https://fff2022apr.eventbrite.com Designers have earned their "seat at the table." In a time of great… Continue Reading
Social Media and the Blockchain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAojYK9yUjs About the SessionHave you worried about how social networks exploit users? Blockchain-based social networks are in their infancy, but there's a gold rush coming. Web 3.0-based social networks offer enhanced privacy, less censorship with transparent… Continue Reading
Build Trust with Quality Content
https://youtu.be/rAgm_ZEbVqE About the Session People buy from people they know, like, and trust. How do we do that when we're aren't out there networking? One answer: Quality Content. We're all familiar with the opt-in marketing… Continue Reading
A New Era for Leadership
https://youtu.be/ybeocs9caDUAbout the SessionThe rules of the workforce have changed. Are you playing by the old rules, or the new?Thank goodness, many workers can work from anywhere, and they've discovered that there are more important factors… Continue Reading
Adopt & Adapt for UX
https://youtu.be/RHOBL2bDKQc Get the UX Resources List! Download the resource sheet — and please do let us know if you have resources to suggest to add to the list, or if any of the resources get… Continue Reading
Focus Your UX Research
https://youtu.be/vROHlJHlXOUAbout the SessionIt's hard enough to get time and budget for user research! Make sure the activities answer key questions and drive key business outcomes.UX researchers ignore — at our peril — the critical step… Continue Reading
Creating a Critique Culture
https://youtu.be/MzWrLamoPcQ About the Session Spur collaboration, amplify diverse voices, and harvest actionable feedback with a deceptively simple vocabulary for your critiques. Imagine a creative culture where constructive criticism is welcomed across disciplines, without significant training,… Continue Reading