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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…
Methods over tools
Don't focus on tools or platforms at the beginning of your UXR journey. First, learn how to conduct user research without them. Master how to ask solid non-leading questions & interview. Then practice!!! Here are 7 reasons why this is critical:
7 reasons NOT to conduct user research
Here are 7 reasons NOT to conduct user research. Not everything is a user research problem people...
Join us at our next event: Conducting user research in the non-profit sector
JOIN US AT OUR NEXT UXR EXPERT SERIES EVENT: Conducting user research in the non-profit sector can be a terrific means to make a positive impact on society. It presents opportunities to…
Events! + 16 Ways to Make Better Decisions
I wear many hats in life – a parent, sister, daughter, aunt (my nieces and nephews call me Auntie M!), friend, researcher, landlord, consultant, educator, innovator, entrepreneur, and…
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