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Sign up for “Fuel Your Curiosity.” Monthly-ish musings for user researchers and other curiosities.
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Create space for participants to add to the conversation
I'm going to stay it again for the people in the back. In user research, we never ask participants "What do you want?” for several reasons. And while this may be obvious to some, the reasons behind it may not. It’s also not their job to think in this way and most people do not have the ability to think in this way. Instead, create space for participants to add to the conversation.
Increase your UX and user research skillsets
YOU’RE INVITED!!! Joe Formica, founder of Bitesize UX, and I are teaming up to do another event together! Here's the skinny: We met on LinkedIn in March 2020 (have never met IRL actually). We co…
Transferable skills of UX Research
Teaching and UX Research offer transferable skills for a beneficial transition. At last night's Ladies That UX DC event I discussed several key transferable skills: 1. Teaching's communication…
Join us for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX
Today is the day! Please JOIN US for an "Ask Me Anything" event with Ladies that UX. Ask me anything about: User Research Best Practices, How to avoid bias when conducting User Research…
Myth: "User Research Slows Down Development"
🚫 Reality Check: Many believe that conducting user research slows down the development process. However, this myth overlooks the fact that incorporating customer and prospect…
Learn the lingo, improve your vocabulary
Do you know the difference between user research, user testing, a usability test, and UserTesting.com? People regularly ask me how to break into UX research and acquire better…
Ready to feel successful in UX research planning?
YOU’RE INVITED: Ready to feel successful in UX research planning? Feel proficient in asking customers the right user research questions in the right way? Want to make a quantum …
"Understand" often falls short of creating laser-focused and actionable research goals
The verb "understand" is commonly used as our compass in user research. Yet, let's face it. "Understand" often falls short of creating laser-focused and actionable research goals. More vivid …
User researchers improvise when…
To me, user research is part art, part science, and part improv. Yep, improv. But—let’s face it—not many people think of user researcher s as being good at improv. In truth, we…
Join us: I’m sharing some of my tools and templates
YOU'RE INVITED: I’ve built a suite of UXR tools, templates, and resources to help my students, clients and myself achieve better, faster, more efficient, and more accurate user research…
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