Let's Meet Up Virtually: UX Research Meetup & Event Guide November 2024

"Join us for a sit down with Jess Holbrook, Head of UX Research for Microsoft AI, to chat about a role he's looking to hire: Principal UX Researcher.

​Bring a coffee, a snack, and, most importantly, your questions!"

"Google has been an early advocate of critical user journeys (CUJ) and how they help product teams become more user-centric. However, the devil is in the details.

To understand how to spin that CUJ ball, sit down with Javier Andrés Bargas-Avila, UX Director at Google. Javier has been a UX research leader at Google for over 13 years and spearheaded the implementation of Critical User Journeys for several products at Google."

"Join on November 7 for an AMA with Casey Gollan, Manager, Product + Research Operations at IBM. Casey will discuss how to build strategic research systems for scaling impact on topics like:

• Integrating research into product development

• Automating research processes and metrics tracking

• Strategic approaches to tooling and systems

• Best practices for knowledge management in research

• Measuring and scaling research impact"

"Successful AI products need high-quality training data to effectively interact and resonate with users. In this webinar, we’ll dive into the critical role that high-quality training data plays in developing effective AI models.

What you'll learn in this webinar:

• Creating conversations people want to have

• Why training data quality is the foundation of your AI product success

• Case study showing the impact of high-quality training data on AI performance"

"This event is organized to demystify the process of securing research funds for qualitative and ethnographic projects for early-career scholars. What kinds of resources are available for these types of research, and what are some best practices for crafting proposals? This panel will bring together recent awardees of three different types of grants/fellowships — the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) — for a conversation about their experiences preparing applications.

Panelists will provide advice on different types of funding mechanisms, how to pitch qualitative and ethnographic projects, and tips for writing a strong proposal."

"Have you struggled with value perception, demonstrating impact, limited influence or problems in recruiting participants? Join Kuldeep Kelkar, a seasoned user research leader and author of Strengthen Your User Research Superpowers, for an actionable fireside chat on overcoming those and other common research hurdles."

"An online series bridging the gap between Product, UX, Design and Dev to build better products, faster together:

• Democratizing Product Insights with Generative AI: Can generative AI help supercharge decision-making in teams and organizations? Learn how Google uses generative AI tools and techniques to slash time to insight and make product insights easily accessible to cross-functional teams.

• Product Managers and UX Designers - A Match made in Heaven.. or maybe not?: Are you a Product Manager struggling to collaborate with your designer? Are you a Product Manager that feels the UX team is slowing things down? Do you feel that designers are complicating things? Are you struggling to get the value which a designer might have to offer?"

"Join us for a delightfully thoughtful discourse between Kate Moran (VP of Research & Content @The Neilsen Norman Group) and Alexander Knoll (CEO @Condens) as they cover topics such as:

• Where AI is in UX research today (and where is it not)

• Ethical considerations and biases in AI analysis

• The impact of AI on UX research as a profession

• How to ensure the validity/effectiveness of AI-driven analysis"

"I'd be happy to share insights from my personal experience of being a designer for about 17 years!

You will learn:

• what is user research and its value in product development

• what are various user research activities

• what are user personas and their value in the design process

• when to start planning and when is the best time to conduct user research

• how to write a research plan

• how to conduct research

• how to present research findings to your team and stakeholders

• how to incorporate insights from research in designs"

"An online series bridging the gap between Product, UX, Design and Dev to build better products, faster together.

• AI and Emotional Design - Creating Empathetic User Experiences: This session will delve into the intersection of AI and emotional design, exploring how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to understand, interpret, and respond to user emotions. Attendees will gain insights into creating more empathetic and engaging user experiences through advanced emotional intelligence technologies.

• AI-First, Human Foremost - Why and How Zendesk Developed AI Design Guidelines: AI products are a breed apart - a fusion of elevated risks and the enigmatic elements of predictive technology. In the realm of product design, this reality propels us to broaden the spectrum of considerations that shape the final product."