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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 4: Maintain
Make sure you never leave your participants hanging after an important meeting. Part 4 of this series will help you maintain a long term relationship with your participants.
Part 1 of this series gave an overview of the purpose behind collaborative design sessions and how to prepare to conduct your own. In Part 2, we showed you how to [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 3: Facilitate
Clients and users need guidance when contributing their design ideas. Part 3 of this series will prepare you for the challenges inherent in facilitating collaborative meetings.
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we explained how to prepare in advance for collaborative design sessions and how to begin your meetings with a solid focus [...]
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Webitect ~ Conducting Collaborative Design Sessions – Part 2: Inform
Getting the most out of your users requires that you take the initiative. In Part 2 of this series, you’ll learn how to begin your design session in a goal-oriented manner.
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the benefits of collaboration with users and clients at various stages throughout the design process. We also provided [...]
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Freebie – aMAZEing Desktop Wallpaper for August 2009
Here’s the August maze calendar wallpaper! If your screen resolution is not listed below, feel free to comment and I’ll create another version for you.
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