Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-26 Thread Jan Srutek
Catriona Lohan-Conway pointed out to me that those run great workshops: http://www.humantific.com/ http://vizthink.com/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=46648 _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-18 Thread William Hudson
To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops FWIW, I would definitely recommend Mulder's book over Adlin's. They are both useful, but if you only have time for one, the former is shorter and more specific and to the point. ... _

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-16 Thread Audrey
FWIW, I would definitely recommend Mulder's book over Adlin's. They are both useful, but if you only have time for one, the former is shorter and more specific and to the point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/di

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-14 Thread Jan Srutek
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions, ideas, and tips! Much appreciated. Chris: absolutely agree. We definitely conducted research beforehand, the workshop was mainly to valide some of the findings and to get clients more involved. Audrey: good idea to let the client listed to the interviews

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-14 Thread Sam Menter
> Hi Jan > I've done this a few times, and one thing that worked quite well was > getting the team to draw up personas, stick them up on the wall, then all go > around and add post-its to other people's with their comments. > > Make sure you have plenty of data for them to work from - run through >

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-13 Thread Audrey Crane
Following up on Chris' comment, with which I wholeheartedly agree, I've had some success with the following (assuming that you've conducted and recorded your research): 1. require all attendees to watch or listen to at least 1/3 of your interviews (or they'll be skewed) 2. have them note key takeaw

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-13 Thread Chris Avore
Jan, I'd be careful about organizing a workshop where your clients/client reps assist in creating personas. if such a workshop is the first step in creating these personas (i.e. you haven't been able to perform any interviews, observations, etc.), you open yourself up to creating personas that a

[IxDA Discuss] Persona Workshops

2009-10-13 Thread Jan Srutek
Hi all, I was wondering if someone would have any ideas for running an 'interesting and entertaining' workshop where the client reps will be involved in the process of creating personas. Thanks a lot for any thoughts or ideas on that. Cheers Jan ___