Recorded Meetups
We record most of our hyrid events and as long as presenters or panelists approve, try to share the recordings on our YouTube channel.
Workshop: Tools for Smarter Unmoderated Usability Testing
This month, we’re diving into unmoderated usability testing with a workshop exploring tools that help with testing and analysis. You’ll learn how to set up remote usability tests and leverage …features that speed up analysis.
After a quick intro, we’ll walk through a live test setup, review pre-collected participant data, and explore tools like UserTesting and Condens to extract key insights. Whether you’re new to usability testing or a seasoned pro, this session will help you refine your process and get smarter insights — or share some of your own tips.
About our Speaker
Germán Salazar is a Lead Product Designer at Advanced Local and a longtime member of our amazing DOUX planning team.[+] Show More
Workshop: Tools for Smarter Unmoderated Usability Testing
This month, we’re diving into unmoderated usability testing with a …
This month, we’re diving into unmoderated usability testing with a workshop exploring tools that help with testing and analysis. You’ll learn how to set up remote usability tests and leverage …features that speed up analysis.
After a quick intro, we’ll walk through a live test setup, review pre-collected participant data, and explore tools like UserTesting and Condens to extract key insights. Whether you’re new to usability testing or a seasoned pro, this session will help you refine your process and get smarter insights — or share some of your own tips.
About our Speaker
Germán Salazar is a Lead Product Designer at Advanced Local and a longtime member of our amazing DOUX planning team.[+] Show More
Workshop: Let the insights flow with ongoing generative research
In an ideal world, every UX project would have a full discovery phase. …
In an ideal world, every UX project would have a full discovery phase. For many features, though, design teams are often running with stale research data or, worse, blind assumptions …about the users they’re supposed to be solving problems for. If only we had a steady flow of users to talk to.
This month, Jason Beaird, DOUX co-organizer and Senior Product Design Manager at Sprout Social, will share lessons learned from launching an ongoing generative user research program with his team, and how it’s helping inform design decisions. Throughout the presentation, we’ll break into small groups to identify problems generative research can help solve, define key user groups, brainstorm recruitment strategies, and explore sustainable approaches for conducting and sharing insights. We hope you’ll leave with practical steps to kickstart or enhance your own generative research practice.[+] Show More
DOUX 10th Anniversary Tribute Videos
We shared this montage of clips from Downtown Orlando UX attendees, …
We shared this montage of clips from Downtown Orlando UX attendees, speakers, and co-organizers at our 10th anniversary meetup on October 16th, 2024.
Celebrating 10 Years of DOUX!
This month we’re celebrating 10 years of UX meetups in Central …
This month we’re celebrating 10 years of UX meetups in Central Florida! Join us as we take a look back at what we’ve accomplished since our first event in October …of 2014. The topic of that meetup was to, “Design a UX meetup.” Ten years later, we may reminisce a bit, but we’re mostly excited to look forward and explore with you how this group can continue fostering professional growth and relationships within our community. We’ll spend some time in small groups, so think about what you might want to see from the next ten years of DOUX, or maybe even what you’re going to teach us next. This meetup wouldn’t be what it is without every person who has participated, so thank you for joining us.[+] Show More
Workshop: Designing for the Future: AI User Experience Design
It seems like almost every tool has added AI features. Many early …
It seems like almost every tool has added AI features. Many early attempts simply copied the popular chat format, leaning on the ability of LLMs to take in textual content …and predict future content. But as the models are becoming increasingly multimodal and capable, there is an opportunity for a variety of new types of interfaces that keep the user in control while offering surprising capabilities.
John T. Murray, Associate Professor of Games and Interactive Media at UCF will break down several trends of UX that anticipate and incorporate the current capabilities of generative AI models, and where these might change how users interact with software in the future. He’ll demonstrate a new VR immersive authoring tool he is developing. Following a brief presentation, there will be a hands-on workshop where participants will redesign an existing interface to incorporate AI in different ways: as an agent, using mixed initiative principles and capitalizing on shared context and generating interfaces elements.
About our Speaker
Murray was co-founder and CEO of an early head-mounted display startup called Seebright, and is coauthor of two books, one of which, Flash: Building the Interactive Web (MIT Press, 2014), investigated the early media platform which empowered a generation of artists and creators to build interactive experiences and distribute them through the internet.[+] Show More
Workshop: Facilitating a Usability Test
This month we’re jumping back into practical applications with a …
This month we’re jumping back into practical applications with a workshop on usability testing. While there is a lot of work that goes into planning, scheduling, facilitating, and synthesizing findings …from user research, this workshop is going to focus on facilitating the usability test session.
After a brief primer on running the session, we will break into groups where everyone will have a chance to facilitate a short usability test. Facilitating user research is a skill that requires experience to build, so hopefully this will be a great opportunity for us all to work on this skill.
This workshop is open to all experience levels, so if you’ve never facilitated a usability test before, or you’ve done thousands, you’re welcome.
Things to bring
A laptop (preferred) or cell phone to use as a usability test participant
A notebook to take a few notes when you’re in the notetaker role
Yourself – please arrive on time as this workshop will be a bit longer than our usual events
Remote attendees
If you are joining online, please be prepared to share your screen with a small breakout zoom room in order to participate in the usability test part of this workshop.[+] Show More
Panel: Finding, Selecting & Working with UX Recruiters
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to find and work with a UX …
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to find and work with a UX Recruiter for direct placement or contracting opportunities?
Our April meetup will be a panel discussion with seasoned …UX Recruiting professionals, giving you a chance to learn more about their experience working with and placing UX talent.
This is your chance to hear from specialists who know what companies are looking for and to get answers to your questions about UX recruitment. Our panelists will be sharing how you can stand out as a candidate, how to prepare for interviews, and more.
About Our Panel
– Ahna Schamore, Kforce, Client Relationship Director
– Brooke Milchman, TEKsystems, Digital Recruiter
– Sofia Krasny, Synergis, Sr. Account Executive[+] Show More
Rewire Your Team: Embracing Neurodiversity by Design
Neurodiversity is more than an inclusive headcount. It’s about …
Neurodiversity is more than an inclusive headcount. It’s about building sustainable creative environments that benefit everyone. Belonging shouldn’t be a nice-to-have feeling. Join Amy Johnson, a Product Designer and late-diagnosed …autistic woman, as she walks us through her personal journey and shares with us the thoughts and learnings she’s had along the way.
During her live remote talk, Amy will share key takeaways to help us learn about the rapidly growing population of late-diagnosed neurodiverse women in the world. We’ll discover how neurodiversity intersects all other diversity and why that is an important call to the future of design culture. Amy will tap into actionable ways to improve hiring practices, sustainable work environments, and normalizing different types of effective communication.[+] Show More
Presentation Karaoke 2023
This month we welcomed the return of a December DOUX …
This month we welcomed the return of a December DOUX tradition—Presentation Karaoke.
Compelling storytelling and improvisation are essential skills for UX Designers. For the 5th year, and for the first time …as a hybrid event, we are encouraging everyone to practice these abilities with a game called Presentation (or PowerPoint) Karaoke.
The idea is to pick a UX related topic that you’re passionate about and give a short presentation on it – with 5 slides you’ve never seen before. Sounds easy, right?!
Regardless of whether you’re excited to get up and give an impromptu presentation, or just want to enjoy the show, we look forward to seeing you there for this event![+] Show More
Framer Workshop: Learn How to Build Beautiful No-Code Websites
Wish you could take your Figma designs and publish them straight from …
Wish you could take your Figma designs and publish them straight from a canvas? Dream of creating stunning, interactive websites that capture your vision? Join us for an interactive session …where we’ll use Framer to build a portfolio website from the ground up, all in just one hour.
Tariq Sokkarie, a UI/UX designer with a fervent enthusiasm for no-code solutions will be joining us this month to help expand our design toolkit. Here’s what he wanted to share about the event:
Whether you’re a seasoned designer or a beginner, this event is for you. Zero experience is required! Here’s what you can expect:
Introducing Framer
– Discover what Framer is all about and why it’s a game-changer in web development
– Explore its features, functionality, and what sets it apart from the rest
– Learn about the benefits of using Framer, from saving time and effort to creating visually stunning websites
Build-With-Me Session
– Buckle up as we dive headfirst into a hands-on, step-by-step journey to create a stunning portfolio website from scratch using Framer
– Follow along on your own laptop, ask questions, and witness the magic as our creativity takes form
Our aim is to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to make your web design dreams a reality. No matter your skill level, you’re welcome to join us. Bring your curiosity, your enthusiasm, and be prepared to be amazed by how easy it’ll be.[+] Show More
Celebrating 9 years of DOing UX together!
In October, we celebrated the 9th anniversary of Downtown Orlando UX …
In October, we celebrated the 9th anniversary of Downtown Orlando UX by catching up with a few of our favorite past local and remote presenters.
In addition to hearing what they’re …currently working on, we discussed how the UX industry is changing, what the most important skills are for UXers today, and what lessons they wish they learned earlier in their careers.
Our panel included:
Avery Smith – Sr Product Designer at Schoox – Orlando, FL
Saleena Beharry – Sr Product Designer at Red Ventures – Charlotte, NC
Erin Fonzi Denton – Sr Product Designer at 15Five – Orlando, FL
Jasmine Orange – UX Lead at EY – Atlanta, GA
Moderator, Jason Beaird – Sr Product Design Manager at Sprout Social – Orlando, FL[+] Show More
Mind Matters: Understanding Cognitive Science
What drives people to think, behave, and communicate in particular …
What drives people to think, behave, and communicate in particular ways? Find out when you experience a bite-sized Introduction to Cognitive Science.
For our September 2023 meetup, James Young helped us:
– …Explore how science and technology make better experiences for users.
– Investigate how we use our memory and how it impacts mental stamina (cognitive load and demand).
– Discuss computing and artificial intelligence as it relates to cognitive science.
– Witness how people provide, develop, and distribute information within a shared consciousness.
– Finally together, learn how this knowledge applies to everyday UX issues.[+] Show More
