I have been invited to be a Guest Speaker at the User Experience Design immersive 2 in Sydney after being a student at the UXDi1. The presentation contains some tips on staying focused and what I have done to improve my chances of getting a job. Links: How to sketch for UX - http://snapguide.com/guides/sketch-for-user-experience/ Meet&Greet kit - http://saramichelazzo.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/meet-greet-prep/

1. SARA
MICHELAZZ0
My UXDi journey
UXDi
Sydney
-­‐
Guest
Speaker
-­‐
15
April
2014

2. If
I
could
offer
you
only
one
@p,
“listen
to
Karen”
would
be
it.
The
rest
of
my
advice
has
no
basis
more
reliable
than
my
own
meandering
experience.
Karen
is
@kcallaghans
Lead
instructor
for
UXDI

3. Sketch,
even
if
you
have
no
idea
how
to
do
it.
hPp://snapguide.com/guides/sketch-­‐for-­‐user-­‐experience/
Here
my
short
guide
:)

4. Don't
waste
your
@me
on
jealousy.
Some@mes
you're
ahead,
some@mes
you're
behind.
The
race
is
long
and,
in
the
end,
it's
only
with
yourself.
Baz
Luhrman

5. Learn
one
thing
from
everyone
in
the
class.

6. Remember
compliments
you
receive,
they
are
the
best
way
to
understand
your
strengths.

7. Working
in
team
is
hard
…
Be
hard
on
the
problem
and
so
on
the
people
Anna
Maravelas

8. Projects
end
…
Friends
last

9. Give
me
six
hours
to
chop
down
a
tree
and
I
will
spend
the
first
four
sharpening
the
axe.
Abraham
Lincoln

10. sharpening
the
axe.
to
chop
down
a
tree
Set
the
tools:
poraolio,
CV,
linkedIn,
…
Apply
for
jobs
=
=

11. How
bad
do
you
want
it?
vs
Know
yourself

12. DURING
THE
COURSE
MEET
&
GREET
-­‐
4
Projects
-­‐
Poraolio
-­‐
CV
+
LinkedIn
-­‐
Printed
Poraolio
-­‐
Business
cards
-­‐
Meet&
Greet
Kit
-­‐
Social/blog
-­‐
Apply
for
jobs
-­‐
Follow-­‐up
M&G
-­‐
Apply
for
jobs
-­‐
Refine
CV
+
LinkedIn
JOB
SEARCH
8
weeks
1
week
1
week

13. INTERVIEWS
-­‐
Apply
for
jobs
-­‐
Interview
kit
-­‐
Refine
CV
+
LinkedIn
ALWAYS
2
weeks
-­‐
Meet-­‐up
&
Events
-­‐
Keep
in
touch
with
classmate
-­‐
Keep
in
touch
with
GA
-­‐
Help
start-­‐ups/friends
-­‐
Refine
UX
Skills
NEW
JOB
3
weeks

14. Q&A
And
Meet&
Greet
take
aways
:)
hPp://saramichelazzo.wordpress.com/2014/03/11/meet-­‐greet-­‐prep/