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UPA Minnesota Meetings

Thursday, Apr 10th@Target: User-Centered Design and Your Software Development Process

Thursday, Mar 13th@Thomson West: Unlocking the Secrets of Successful Networking

Thursday, Jan 10th@Zuhrah Center: Human Factors in Automated Medical Record Systems

Thursday, Oct 11th@Target: 10 Minute Talks: Focus on Healthcare and World Usability Day

Thursday, Sept 13th@Trane: More than just a pretty page- The importance of user interface design patterns

Thursday, Aug 9th@Zuhrah Center, MN: Design and usability considerations for mobile GPS products: improving UX along several dimensions

Thursday, May 10th@ Perficient, Mpls, MN: Contextual Inquiry and Designing for Small Screens

Thursday, April 12th@ Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN: Redefining how health care is delivered with SPARC Innovation

Thursday, March 8th@ Orfield Labs, Minneapolis: Tour of acoustic and lighting lab and applications for usability

Thursday, February 8th@ 3M, Minneapolis: Eye Tracking Presentation and Industrial Design of a 3M hand tool

Thursday, January 11th@ Zuhrah Shrine Center, Minneapolis: Why can’t I figure this out?!

Tuesday, November 14th @ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: World Usability Day - Making Life Easy
Thursday, October 12th @ Allianz, Minneapolis: Digital Storytelling and Usability
Thursday, September 14th @ Target Corporation, Minneapolis: Card Sorting from the Bottom Up (and the Top Down)
Thursday, August 10th @ US Bank RiverBank Business Center, St. Paul: Making Accessibility Real
Wednesday, July 19th @ U of M Campus Club, Minneapolis: Idea Fetch - because you can never have TOO many ideas
Thursday, May 11th @ Zuhrah Shrine Center, Minneapolis: 10-Minute Talks: Prototyping, Designing, Designs, Creative, Standards
Thursday, April 13th @ National Federation of the Blind, Minneapolis: Latest Research on Interface Design
Thursday, March 9th @ 3M Corporation, Maplewood: The Usability Sampler Platter
Thursday, February 9th @ REI, Bloomington: Web 2.0: What You Should Know - Presentation Slides
Thursday, January 12th @ US Bank RiverBank Business Center, St. Paul: Comparing Market Research & Usability Methods

Thursday, November 3rd @ Radisson Hotel, Roseville: World Usability Day - - Special Dinner Event & Presentation
Thursday, October 13th @ Target Corporation: 10-Minute Talks: Five Power Packed Presentations
Thursday, September 8th @ UGS: Remote Usability Testing: Expert Panel Discussion
Thursday, August 11th @ Microsoft: Microsoft Vista User Experience & User Research - Meeting Minutes
Thursday, July 14th @ Santorini Taverna & Grill, St. Louis Park: Networking Event
Thursday, June 9th @ Target Corporation: A Case Study for Strategic Usability Success - Meeting Minutes - Presentation Slides
Thursday, May 12th @ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis: Accessibility: Beyond Checklists and Standards - Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, April 5th @ Mayo Clinic, Rochester: Presentation & Tour of the Mayo Usability & Innovation labs.
Thursday, March 10th @ Como Park, St. Paul: Private Tour of The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park
Thursday, February 10th @ US Bank RiverBank Business Center, St. Paul: Less is More - How to Reduce Interaction Complexity in Product Design
Thursday, January 13th @ 3M Corporation, Maplewood: The Usability Sampler

Thursday, November 11th @ Unisys: Usability in the Unisys World
Thursday, October 14th @ United Defense: GUI Development & Human Factors in the Defense Industry
Thursday, September 9th @ Cargill: Tablet PC Field Trials
Thursday, August 12th @ UGS: The PLM Company: Understanding the Realities of Offshoring: a panel discussion
Thursday, July 8th @ Unisys: UPA-International 2004 Conference Review
Thursday, May 13th @ 101 Walter Library (U of M East Bank): The Value of Student Internships in Usability
Thursday, April 8th @ Target Usability Center: "Why Can't Johnny Search?"
Thursday, March 11th @ Digital@JWT, a division J. Walter Thompson: Testing the Experience Beyond Usability: An approach and Synopsis of usability/experience testing the Marines' "Class of Tomorrow" recruiting CD.
Monday, February 2nd @ the Rockford Road Library in Crystal: History & Evolution of Consumer Web Sites and Chapter Discussion -; Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2004 @ the Rockford Road Library in Crystal: Ergonomics vs. Human Factors: What's the Difference; Presentation: Ergonomics vs Human Factors: What’s the Difference? (PDF) -; Meeting Minutes

December 11, 2003 @ St. Paul Companies: Usability and Accessibility in Today's World
November 13, 2003 @ Cargill: Leonardo's Laptop
October 9, 2003 @ Leede Research: Research, Resources and Rumors: A Roundup of Recent Usability Revelations
September 10, 2003 @ Hosmer Library - Minneapolis: Politics in Usability and Design
August 10, 2003 @ EDS: Remote Usability: Process, Tools and Techniques of UCD from Afar
July 10, 2003 @ Cargill: Highlights of UPA 2003 Conference in Scottsdale, AZ Review design concepts for new UPA-MN site
May 8, 2003 @ 3M: Tour of New 3M Usability Lab
April 10, 2003 @ Aquent: John Wooden, Usability Engineer at Fredrickson Communications: The 20 Laws of Interface Design
March 13, 2003 @ Target Usability Labs: Debbie McConnell, Workplace Performance Tools: Workshop - Practicing What We Preach
February 13, 2003 @ US Bank: Dr. Joseph Konstan - University of Minnesota: Recommender Systems
January 9, 2003: Dr. Susan Dray of Dray & Associates: Dealing with Challenges of Practicing Usability

December 12, 2002 @ Evantage Consulting
November 12, 2002
Oct 10, 2002 @ The St. Paul Companies: Dr. Susan Weinschenk: Where are we all headed and where will we end up? (career counseling)
September 12, 2002 at Leede Research
August 8, 2002 @ Target Usability Lab
July National UPA Conference
June UPA MN Annual Picnic
May 9, 2002 @ University of Minnesota
April 24, 2002 @ CHI 2002: Presentation: Certification for Usability Professionals
February 12, 2002 @ Cargill
January 10, 2002 @ EDS: Presentation: Designing for Accessibility

Last update: March 21, 2008