welcome slides for April 2009 BayCHI monthly meeting

1. Welcomes You
April 14, 2008

2. Tonight’s program…
Designing Your Product as a Platform
 Micah Laaker, Yahoo!
20 Conversations About Creativity
 Dan Brodnitz, about-creativity.com

3. Tonight’s speakers…
Micah Laaker leads User Experience for
the Yahoo! Open Strategy (YOS)
Dan Brodnitz is interviewer-in-chief at
About-Creativity.com

4. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

5. Join BayCHI…
Visit the BayCHI web site at
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www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
Membership is just $20 for the first year
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and $15 to renew

6. BayCHI Member Benefits
Job Bank
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Consultants Directory
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Library
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BayCHI LinkedIn Group membership
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Tutorial discounts
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Monthly newsletter
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Membership Directory
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Supporting the organization that brings you
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outstanding programs, BOFs, and tutorials

7. Sign up for monthly meeting
announcements or the BayCHI
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8. Become part of the
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Go to www.linkedin.com/
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Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
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details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

9. BayCHI needs you…
Volunteers make things happen!
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Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
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 Dinner Coordinator (bi-monthly)
 BayCHI Podcast Team Needs:
• One additional Series Producer
• Four Podcast Website Editors (for
Conversations Network)

10. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

11. Tonight’s program…
Designing Your Product as a Platform
 Micah Laaker, Yahoo!
20 Conversations About Creativity
 Dan Brodnitz, about-creativity.com

12. Tonight’s speakers…
Micah Laaker leads User Experience for
the Yahoo! Open Strategy (YOS)
Dan Brodnitz is interviewer-in-chief at
About-Creativity.com

13. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

14. BayCHI BOFs
Birds-of-a-Feather groups for BayCHI
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members and others
East Bay
  Future Systems BOF
Kids’ Media
  Java Web Developer BOF
Mobile Applications
  Japan BOF
North Bay
  Consultants
 Open Source Usability
Student
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 Interaction Design
Usability Engineering
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Web Interface Design
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Visit www.baychi.org/bof

15. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF Event
Out of the lab and into the field:
a lab rat’s guide to getting started with
ethnographic research
Speakers: Emily Hebard, consultant
Keren Solomon, Intuit
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Intuit, Mountain View
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

16. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

17. BayCHI Library
A service for BayCHI members only
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 See our staff in the lobby to browse and
check out materials
 Visit www.baychi.org and click Library
for:
 our list of tutorial notes and videos
 how to reserve, borrow, and return
materials

18. BayCHI audio & visual recordings
are available…
Did you miss a BayCHI meeting?
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 Download the recordings directly or
subscribe to our podcast feed at
www.baychi.org/podcast/
News Flash! BayCHI will be publishing
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the backlog of podcasts soon. Stay
tuned to the podcast page for details

19. BayCHI Recording Policy
Recording of this program meeting by
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audience members is not permitted
 The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

20. BayCHI Dinner
Join us before the BayCHI meeting
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 For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

21. Follow BayCHI
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 http://twitter.com/baychi
On Facebook:
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22. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
News Flash! BayCHI podcasts will be
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published as a new channel on
Conversations Network!
 We need volunteers to help with this
exciting effort:
 One additional Series Producer
 Four Podcast Website Editors (for
corresponding CN web pages)
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23. May BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, May 12th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
The Unexpected Joys and Sorrows of Translating In-person
Experiences to Online Tools
Luke Hohmann, founder and CEO, Enthiosys
How to fire your boss and start your own consulting
business
John Carter, Consultant
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/