We’re excited to partner with Michigan User Experience Professionals Association for the fourth World Usability Day, Detroit on November 9, 2017.
After a year hiatus, World Usability Day Detroit returns for an evening event in downtown Detroit with guest speaker, Elle Waters, director of strategy at Simply Accessible, Inc.
What is World Usability Day?
World Usability Day is an annual worldwide event, where people gather in their community to ensure that the products and services important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.
It’s celebrated on the second Thursday of November; this year marks the twelfth anniversary of World Usability Day.
No-one should have to suffer through products and services that get in their way. People should not be made to feel stupid by technology.
World Usability Day events focus on celebration and education:
- Celebrating the successes in creating usable products and services
- Educating the community about how usability affects our everyday life
World Usability Day, Detroit 2017
This year’s World Usability Day, Detroit 2017 event features Elle Waters, who will present Usable Usability: Inclusive Design for the Real World.
Many times, user research doesn’t account for the needs of people with disabilities. We know that the user experience is more than a series of transactions, but all too often, we limit our understanding of what it means to design for everyone.
How can we move beyond rules and checklists to think about people more holistically?
With hands-on demonstrations and stories from inclusive usability studies, Waters will share best practices and practical recommendations for considering a range of people’s abilities and needs in your design process.
Our Speaker
Elle Waters is an inclusion activist, Taoist, gamer, xenophile, metaverse enthusiast, agile seeker, and social justice rabble-rouser.
In her work, she has seen amazing things happen, where inclusive design is the primary driver for change and innovation, all by putting people first.
In her life, she is learning how to embrace constant change and transformation as a path to participating in a kinder world.
Registration and Event Details
Our event will be held at Grand Circus on November 9, 2017, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Cost is $5.00, which includes food and refreshments.
Pre-registration is required so we know how much food to order. RSVP early, all the World Usability Day, Detroit events I’ve hosted have sold out early.
We’ll kick off the night with networking and food, before the program begins at 7:00pm. Shoutout to Grand Circus for hosting our event, we are thankful for your support!
Sponsorships Available
Become a sponsor of World Usability Day, Detroit!
By sponsoring our event, you’ll reach an audience of business, government, and higher education professionals throughout southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio.
Our attendees include user experience professionals, accessibility specialists, designers, content strategists, developers, programmers, digital strategists, business owners, project managers, government staff, higher education students, and professionals, and more.
We offer a range of benefits to our sponsors, including:
- Your organization name printed on event program
- Logo and company description on the Meetup event page
- Table space to share promotional materials, business cards, job listings
- Time before program to introduce your company, what you do, and announce current job openings
- Shoutout for sponsorship and thanks on social media
- Tickets to the event, and other benefits
Contact Deborah Edwards-Onoro for more information about sponsorship.
See You There!
Whether you’re a user experience professional, accessibility specialist, designer, developer, project manager, or someone interested in creating more usable products and services, World Usability Day, Detroit is an event you don’t want to miss!
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