The document discusses the results of a survey about employee concerns regarding social media and digital communication in the workplace. It found that the top three concerns were others being concerned about a lack of privacy and inappropriate information sharing (27%), personally being concerned about a lack of privacy and inappropriate sharing (18%), and others being concerned about decreased productivity (15%). It also provides examples of situations that could cause these types of concerns.
One Person's Link Bait is Another Person's News: Understanding Generational C...Michael Leis
Between boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z, there are lots of accusations thrown around. But here I take a look at how distinctly each generation approaches technology. I start with understanding the technology people had when they were 14, and apply that through quantitative and qualitative data to unlock trends that help us empathize with the unique qualities of why these generation understand systems and technology so differently.
We researched the Fortune 100 CEOs in the US to see how many were using social media services like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Wikipedia. The results are shocking - not one CEO has a blog and only 13 have LinkedIn profiles. We found the top CEOs to be disconnected from the rest of the world. If they want to connect with their target audience and raise their company's visibility, they need to change how they interact online.
Full research behind the presentation "Fortune 100 CEOs are Social Media Slackers". It shows how the most powerful CEOs are disconnected from Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Civility in America 2018: Civility at Work and in Our Public SquaresWeber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research, have conducted Civility in America: A Nationwide Survey annually since 2010. View the full report at http://bit.ly/2t5SxE2
One Person's Link Bait is Another Person's News: Understanding Generational C...Michael Leis
Between boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z, there are lots of accusations thrown around. But here I take a look at how distinctly each generation approaches technology. I start with understanding the technology people had when they were 14, and apply that through quantitative and qualitative data to unlock trends that help us empathize with the unique qualities of why these generation understand systems and technology so differently.
We researched the Fortune 100 CEOs in the US to see how many were using social media services like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Wikipedia. The results are shocking - not one CEO has a blog and only 13 have LinkedIn profiles. We found the top CEOs to be disconnected from the rest of the world. If they want to connect with their target audience and raise their company's visibility, they need to change how they interact online.
Full research behind the presentation "Fortune 100 CEOs are Social Media Slackers". It shows how the most powerful CEOs are disconnected from Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Civility in America 2018: Civility at Work and in Our Public SquaresWeber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research, have conducted Civility in America: A Nationwide Survey annually since 2010. View the full report at http://bit.ly/2t5SxE2
Intranets 2014, Mobility for Queensland PoliceCorne Grotius
The Queensland Police Service is moving to a new mobile information platform that enables officers to conduct police checks from the road; avoiding lengthy radio queues, maintaining higher visibility and getting more work done.
In this presentation, Cornè will discuss:
- the design challenges faced in enabling police to quickly find the information required (from multiple systems)
- how the solution is making a difference to frontline police officers
- how to design a simple interface to match the way officers work
Siobhan Toohill and Adrian Wiggins
Both urban design and sustainability are about creating better places to be. What role can service design play in supporting these practices?
There are already many examples of service design projects delivering sustainability outcomes, particularly in community and health. Despite this Service Design Thinking is not yet widely in evidence as an explicit approach in corporate sustainability and urban design in Australia, even while emerging and conventional activities in both areas exhibit service design attributes.
Clearly there is a role for service design approaches beyond those already in place today. This presentation on projects in the Australian property sector looks at the level of service design activity already embedded, as well as future opportunities for service design practice, and how they might present.
Allied to these considerations, urban informatics (UI) and community informatics (CI) are providing data and tools to better inform people’s experience of place and the design process. They support frameworks as diverse as new government legislation and the Green Building Council of Australia’s Greenstar Communities tool. We also look at the role of UI and CI in urban design and sustainability.
Siobhan Toohill is an Urban Designer & Sustainability professional. Adrian Wiggins is a UCD practitioner. In 2010 they began a discussion about the intersection of their two worlds. This presentation is part of that discussion.
James Robertson's closing keynote at Intranets2012 (Sydney, 16-18 May 2012). Explores "four principles of delight", and how they can be applied to intranets, and intranet projects.
UX Australia - Service Design 2016: Designing great services for suppliers - ...Briony Williamson
This is a Case Study of one of the largest Service Design projects recently undertaken at nbn with its external supply workforce.
This presentation will give a unique insight into what it takes to deliver Australia’s largest infrastructure project, and the challenges behind designing a seamless experience when, being a Wholesale company, it is neither in direct control of selling to the public nor delivering the services itself. nbn has an aggressive rollout timeframe and over the next 4 years suppliers will need to scale operations significantly to meet its strategic target – eight million happy homes by 2020.
There is a cultural shift occurring within nbn – a shift that values collaboration with customers and suppliers. Service design is increasingly adopted across the business to identify strategic and tactical programs of work that improve workforce efficiencies.
The project in which this case study is based not only identified 80 change initiatives but also served as a trial for a new way of working with suppliers.
This presentation will discuss the:
· Factors that led to the cultural shift and establishment of a large scale service design project
· Challenges we experienced and our learnings along the way.
· Techniques we used to enable findings to stick and how we were able to transfer ownership of insights to business owners.
Embrace, Extend and Leap. Three strategies to help you ensure that SharePoint keeps pace with the Social innovation that is taking place on the Internet today.
Closing keynote by James Robertson at Intranets2011 (Sydney, May 11-13). Outlines three "life stages" for intranets, and shows what "essential" intranets look like.
SEO in the Age of Entities: Using Schema.org for FindabilityJonathon Colman
How is SEO changing to support microdata like Schema.org? And why is this metadata good for information retrieval and organic search engine optimization?
In this introductory guest lecture for the University of Washington, I present some of the problems in information retrieval for unstructured content ("blobs") and how to solve for these challenges using Schema.org microdata to define "entities".
There's a simple Schema.org markup exercise to expose students to the basics as well as jokes about horror movies, The Simpsons, Keanu Reeves, and even Joss Whedon just to keep things light-hearted and fun.
You can learn more about Jonathon Colman at http://www.jonathoncolman.org/
Until now the collection of debt was largely a private matter. The combination of endemic middle class debt and the megaphone of Social Media might just end all that.
Intranets 2014, Mobility for Queensland PoliceCorne Grotius
The Queensland Police Service is moving to a new mobile information platform that enables officers to conduct police checks from the road; avoiding lengthy radio queues, maintaining higher visibility and getting more work done.
In this presentation, Cornè will discuss:
- the design challenges faced in enabling police to quickly find the information required (from multiple systems)
- how the solution is making a difference to frontline police officers
- how to design a simple interface to match the way officers work
Siobhan Toohill and Adrian Wiggins
Both urban design and sustainability are about creating better places to be. What role can service design play in supporting these practices?
There are already many examples of service design projects delivering sustainability outcomes, particularly in community and health. Despite this Service Design Thinking is not yet widely in evidence as an explicit approach in corporate sustainability and urban design in Australia, even while emerging and conventional activities in both areas exhibit service design attributes.
Clearly there is a role for service design approaches beyond those already in place today. This presentation on projects in the Australian property sector looks at the level of service design activity already embedded, as well as future opportunities for service design practice, and how they might present.
Allied to these considerations, urban informatics (UI) and community informatics (CI) are providing data and tools to better inform people’s experience of place and the design process. They support frameworks as diverse as new government legislation and the Green Building Council of Australia’s Greenstar Communities tool. We also look at the role of UI and CI in urban design and sustainability.
Siobhan Toohill is an Urban Designer & Sustainability professional. Adrian Wiggins is a UCD practitioner. In 2010 they began a discussion about the intersection of their two worlds. This presentation is part of that discussion.
James Robertson's closing keynote at Intranets2012 (Sydney, 16-18 May 2012). Explores "four principles of delight", and how they can be applied to intranets, and intranet projects.
UX Australia - Service Design 2016: Designing great services for suppliers - ...Briony Williamson
This is a Case Study of one of the largest Service Design projects recently undertaken at nbn with its external supply workforce.
This presentation will give a unique insight into what it takes to deliver Australia’s largest infrastructure project, and the challenges behind designing a seamless experience when, being a Wholesale company, it is neither in direct control of selling to the public nor delivering the services itself. nbn has an aggressive rollout timeframe and over the next 4 years suppliers will need to scale operations significantly to meet its strategic target – eight million happy homes by 2020.
There is a cultural shift occurring within nbn – a shift that values collaboration with customers and suppliers. Service design is increasingly adopted across the business to identify strategic and tactical programs of work that improve workforce efficiencies.
The project in which this case study is based not only identified 80 change initiatives but also served as a trial for a new way of working with suppliers.
This presentation will discuss the:
· Factors that led to the cultural shift and establishment of a large scale service design project
· Challenges we experienced and our learnings along the way.
· Techniques we used to enable findings to stick and how we were able to transfer ownership of insights to business owners.
Embrace, Extend and Leap. Three strategies to help you ensure that SharePoint keeps pace with the Social innovation that is taking place on the Internet today.
Closing keynote by James Robertson at Intranets2011 (Sydney, May 11-13). Outlines three "life stages" for intranets, and shows what "essential" intranets look like.
SEO in the Age of Entities: Using Schema.org for FindabilityJonathon Colman
How is SEO changing to support microdata like Schema.org? And why is this metadata good for information retrieval and organic search engine optimization?
In this introductory guest lecture for the University of Washington, I present some of the problems in information retrieval for unstructured content ("blobs") and how to solve for these challenges using Schema.org microdata to define "entities".
There's a simple Schema.org markup exercise to expose students to the basics as well as jokes about horror movies, The Simpsons, Keanu Reeves, and even Joss Whedon just to keep things light-hearted and fun.
You can learn more about Jonathon Colman at http://www.jonathoncolman.org/
Until now the collection of debt was largely a private matter. The combination of endemic middle class debt and the megaphone of Social Media might just end all that.
Case Study:Twitter as Customer Service (aka: Drinking From the Fire Hose)
Presented by: Jenny Dervin, Vice President of Corporate Communications, JetBlue Airways
Customer expectations for service are the same, but their ability to hold companies accountable is changing rapidly. Learn how JetBlue harnesses the power of social media to better serve customers, and how the New York-based airline ensures their social media presence isn’t bogged down by complaints
www.bdionline.com
A copy of the Employment Law presentation given at the Kansas City CFO Breakfast Series event. Topics in this presentation include:
- Social Media As Company “Property”
- Legal Issues Affecting Ability to Protect
- Whistleblowers—Current Trends
“- Hot Issues”-A speedy checklist
Designing the Workforce of Tomorrow: 4 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Mille...Snag
Thirty-three percent of Millennials think it’s acceptable to text during a job interview! There's no denying there are some BIG differences between Gen Y and other generations ... so what are the biggest differences and what does it take to design, develop, engage and empower the workforce of tomorrow?
Check out our ‘Getting the Most out of Millennials’ presentation to:
-- Discover how to reposition recruiting in order to quickly attract the best Millennial talent
-- Find out the one thing 72% of candidates want to know before they’re hired
-- Understand why the first 5 days on the job are more critical than ever to your engagement and retention
-- Learn the 4 key ways to maximize your Millennial workforce and increase productivity
-- Uncover the 1 thing about your job application that will make 1 in 3 job seekers quit the process all together
Tinder Lawsuit, A Case Study in Crisis Communications William Smith
A case study slide deck accompanying the final presentation on the current lawsuit against Tinder launched by it's former co-founder Whitney Wolfe for the Advanced Practices in Digital Reputation Management course in University of Toronto's Digital Strategy Certificate program.
The Customer Experience Revolution Coming to Everywhere Near You!Jennie Vickers
Customer Experience Revolution and implications for Boards of Directors concerned about their governance role. Presentation to the New Zealand Oracle Users Group Conference 2013 by Jennie Vickers of ZeopardLaw and ZeopardConsulting
"The Accessible Editor Workshop" by Corey Vilhauer, from Now What? Workshops ...Blend Interactive
Your website's not just designed for your audiences: it's designed for everyone. Which means it needs to be accessible to everyone.
Often, accessibility falls into the hands of back- and front-end developers. But just as important is the ongoing maintenance of content within the CMS - the headings and images and alt tags and simple verbiage used to communicate your brand's message: a message that deserves to be seen and heard by everyone.
In this talk, we will dive into what we can do as editors to help fuel more accessible websites, separating the code from the content and making clear the responsibilities we all have in making sure the web is a better place for everyone.
"The Accessible Editor" by Corey Vilhauer, from DrupalCon 2018 in Nashville, ...Blend Interactive
Your website's not just designed for your audiences: it's designed for everyone. Which means it needs to be accessible to everyone.
Often, accessibility falls into the hands of back- and front-end developers. But just as important is the ongoing maintenance of content within the CMS - the headings and images and alt tags and simple verbiage used to communicate your brand's message: a message that deserves to be seen and heard by everyone.
In this talk, we will dive into what we can do as editors to help fuel more accessible websites, separating the code from the content and making clear the responsibilities we all have in making sure the web is a better place for everyone.
"Click to Continue" by Sam Otis, from Content+Design Meetup, Oct. 4, 2017Blend Interactive
Graphical interfaces help make powerful technology intuitive and accessible. They give us super powers. Join Sam Otis, Lead Designer at Blend Interactive, as the Sioux Falls Content + Design Group joins up with Sioux Falls Design Week for a fun look at how GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) have developed, what makes an interface good today, and what challenges the future holds.
"Never Knowing Enough: dealing with the self doubt that hinders your success....Blend Interactive
From Karla Santi's presentation, ""Never Knowing Enough: dealing with the self doubt that hinders your success," given at the Sioux Falls Crossroads Summit 2017 in Sioux Falls, SD.
"Making things real: Content strategy for realistic content management" - Con...Blend Interactive
From Corey Vilhauer's workshop "Making things real: Content strategy for realistic content management" at Confab Intensive 2017 in Denver, Colorado.
Everyone has a plan. Until reality sets in.
You've seen it all before. A marketing team that's created unreasonable expectations. A designer who's looking to break barriers—without regard to the content model. The myth of personalization. The dangers of the completely customizable website.
And now it's your job to bridge the gap between dreams and usable web programming. How do we take what we want and translate it into something usable? How do we take someone's ideas and turn them into a usable web implementation, navigating the constraints and pitfalls of project dreams, organizational bias, and unrealistic expectations?
It's called "reification," and it's the act of making something real. We're not talking code. We're not talking CMS selection. We're simply talking about helping those we work with understand the content management landscape though a common language and practical questions. Let's take the best case scenario and get it closer to a real life scenario. Let's make things real.
"Making things real: Content strategy for realistic content management" - Con...Blend Interactive
From Confab Central 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota - June 8, 2017
Everyone has a plan. Until reality sets in.
You've done the interviews, and you’ve rallied the team, and now you have a dream. Here’s the thing: Your dream isn’t going to work. No dream ever does. Instead, your dream is going to cause disappointment and frustration, because it hasn’t been paired with the content management robots that will eventually serve and store your future website.
How do we prepare our dreams so they can function within the cold world of web programming? How do we help teams understand the reality of content management, and set expectations accordingly? How do we balance the rigidity of a content model with the creative flow of a marketing team? More than anything, how do we get everyone on the same page—from ideation to CMS help text?
It's called “reification,” and it's the act of making something real. We’re not talking code. We’re not talking CMS selection. We’re simply talking about helping those we work with understand the content management landscape through a common language and practical questions. Let’s take the best case scenario and get it closer to a real life scenario. Let's make things real.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
* More effectively plan content projects for both the editors and the CMS.
* Balance the complexity of a content model with the talents and efficiencies of the editorial team.
* Account for structural needs while still maintaining discussion of messaging and overall branding.
* Better communicate how content models affect the final usability of the CMS.
Getting Started With User-Centered Content by Emileigh Barnes & Kate Garklavs...Blend Interactive
Writing for the web is messy and complicated. As web content managers, we must weigh user needs against stakeholder demands, tight timelines, budget constraints, and more. We’re often thrown into projects that are already underway or lack a clear strategy. Our work is constrained by organizational pressures.
In this workshop, we’ll talk about aligning content with project goals, creating a strategy that puts users first, and building products that can maintain momentum and success, even after we’re gone.
Content Measurement and Analytics: Making Positive Change on the Web by Rick ...Blend Interactive
We all want to create useful, usable content—and we want to deliver that content to the right users. But how do we know what works? And how do we use these insights to inform and adapt our content strategy? What does success look like?
Join us as we relate content goals to relevant and meaningful success metrics in order to quantitatively assess the quality of our web content and the efficacy of our content strategy. Say hello to positive change on the web!
Join us and learn to:
Translate strategic business objectives into measurable content goals
Find the right metrics for the right goals (and how to avoid misleading metrics
Measure and adapt your content strategy
Effectively present analytics data to engage content stakeholders and inform their work on the web
Configure Google Analytics to support your measurement plan
Rick Allen has worked on the web his entire career to help shape communications and content strategy. Rick is co-founder of Meet Content, an online resource aiming to empower higher education to create and sustain web content that works. As principal of ePublish Media, Inc., a content strategy consultancy in Boston, Mass., Rick partners with organizations big and small to drive and sustain bold goals.
“How Silos Learn: Working in the Idea Factory” by Amanda Costello - Now What?...Blend Interactive
Taking up the cry against organizational silos can bring both empathy and cringing. Of course, silos are awful and keep us from doing our best work, but when you’re in the middle of a silo – and maybe that silo is inside ANOTHER silo – well, what’s a website manager to do?
Based on her career among higher education’s ivory-tower silos, Amanda Costello brings together lessons from architecture and the Midwestern landscape to examine not only how to understand our silos, but to teach them a thing or two as well.
In 2017, “adaptive content” has become a buzzword. To some, it’s a complex, long-term initiative to structure content for flexible reuse and dynamic targeting. To others, it’s a way to ensure that everyone, everywhere, sees exactly what they want—like magic! In this talk, Karen shares her perspective (and reservations) on how adaptive content is being used today. She’ll discuss how adaptive content supports targeting content to device type—and why that’s rarely necessary. She’ll also describe ways that adaptive content can support tailoring content according to context—and ways that can go wrong. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of when adaptive content is necessary and how to get the most value from it.
"Empathy Behind the Algorithms" by Chris Corak - Now What? Conference 2017Blend Interactive
Search engine algorithms are always changing, it can feel impossible to keep up. But the goal behind every Google search result has always stayed the same—to give people exactly what they want and need. If that’s Google’s #1 goal, then why would we cater to search engines instead of working harder to make our audience happy? Great SEO that results in better visibility and higher conversions always maps back to the people behind the keywords. In this talk, Chris will show you practical SEO techniques and approaches you can use to make sure your content is helpful, relevant, and findable, too.
“The Beauty of Brevity” by Ravi Jain - Now What? Conference 2017Blend Interactive
The temptation with video content is to do too much: too many stories, too many voices, too many seconds! Parsing a bigger message into smaller bites offers a flexibility to align with an integrated marketing strategy. But it’s not about speeding things up or cutting things out.
Utilizing short form content effectively takes foresight, contingency planning and conceptual agility. In this session, Ravi Jain will walk through the creative process of harnessing the potential of short- form aggregate storytelling.
“Why Content Projects Fail” by Deane Barker - Now What? Conference 2017Blend Interactive
The content management implementation failure rate is higher than it should be, and projects seem to fail for the same cluster of reasons: unrealistic requirements, expectations, human factors, etc. In this session, Deane will discuss the major reasons for project failure learned through almost two decades of implementation experience, and discuss strategies and policies to put in place at each stage of the project to prevent them.
Not Perfect, "Always Better: A Story of Inclusion" by Derek Featherstone - No...Blend Interactive
Jake walked out of the conference room after meeting with Claire (VP of Engineering) and Sanjay (Design Director). He almost felt their glare burning a hole through his shirt. Jake had just sat through a hour-long meeting reviewing the user feedback from last year’s site launch. There had been reports of some accessibility issues for some time, but they’d been mostly ignored. The picture wasn’t getting any better: they were missing out on a lot of potential revenue by being hostile to people with disabilities.
Jake pulled out his phone and sent a message to his team in Slack. “We’ve got some work to do”
What was his next move? How did he begin the work and start to prioritize what needed to be done? How did he change the team’s process to include accessibility in EVERY post launch plan? Check in with Derek to find out what Jake and his team did next; you’ll learn what you need to do after a site launch to ensure your site is both accessible and easy to use by people with disabilities… and stays that way.
Content Design for Mobile Devices - Now What? Conference 2017Blend Interactive
We’ve all been so focused on designing for mobile devices that we’ve forgotten about content. But how your customers find, consume, and share your content on mobile is more important than ever. Learn about how to use content strategy to solve these issues, including content modeling, content auditing, and the core model. It may sound super nerdy now, but it won’t be once you’re there.
"Making Things Real: Taking content strategy from abstract to functional" - M...Blend Interactive
From MinneWebCon 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota - May 1, 2017
Everyone has a plan. Until reality sets in.
You've done the interviews, and you've rallied the team, and now you have a dream. Here's the thing: Your dream isn't going to work. No dream ever does. Instead, your dream is going to cause disappointment and frustration, because it hasn't been paired with the content management robots that will eventually serve and store your future website.
How do we prepare our dreams so they can function within the cold world of web programming? How do we take what we want and translate it into something usable? How do we take someone's ideas and turn them into a usable web implementation, navigating the constraints and pitfalls of project dreams, organizational bias, and unrealistic expectations?
It's called "reification," and it's the act of making something real. We're not talking code. We're not talking CMS selection. We're simply talking about helping those we work with understand the content management landscape though a common language and practical questions. Let's take the best case scenario and get it closer to a real life scenario. Let's make things real.
“Writing for Your Audience — The Message, the Words, the Plan” – Business Sen...Blend Interactive
Every word has an audience. And every audience has a message. Tying those three things together, however, is what takes the act of writing into something more strategic. This talk will touch on determining audiences and message, and then dive into some basics on how to write and plan effective web content that is both on point and on time.
Take idiomatic C# and apply a few favorite patterns and concepts from functional languages like F# to make something hopefully more expressive, more elegant, and less bug-prone.
A talk by Bob Davidson for South Dakota Code Camp 2016.
"The Self-Directed Strategist: Building a Practice and Managing Organizationa...Blend Interactive
There are two big parts to content strategy: the people, and the process. But there's a third one that presents some of the industry's biggest struggles: managing the space between people and process—especially in an organization that is new to content strategy. In this talk, we will discuss managing expectations, projects, and people—within small teams, among changing organizations, and with new clients.
Next Level Collaboration: The Future of Content and Design by Rebekah Cancino...Blend Interactive
Imagine a future where siloed departments and legacy workflows don’t stand in our way. Today’s content is complex, interconnected, and needs to be ready for devices we haven’t even dreamed of yet. Tomorrow isn’t going to get any simpler. Successful outcomes demand a new kind of collaboration. For the past two years, Rebekah has studied how successful teams collaborate and has helped transform the way her team works and produces together. In this session, you’ll hear what she’s learned about making effective cross-discipline collaboration possible, and leave with actionable inspiration you can use to unite your team and workflow, too.
This talk will show you:
* What it takes to make effective collaboration possible
* How you can play a key role in creating the cross-discipline teams of tomorrow
* Practical tips you can use to bridge silos, increase productivity, and deliver better project outcomes for everyone
From the 2016 Now What? Conference: www.nowwhatconference.com
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
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32. Miriam works in corporate real estate. She mentions that she's traveling to another
city next week to look at a new office property. Several employees deduce (correctly,
it turns out) from her post that the company might be acquiring a competitor. An
uproar ensues about the assumed layoffs that would result, the stock price of the
target company skyrockets, and the acquisition is abruptly canceled.
33. Has Occurred 6%
No Concern 50%
Others Concerned 27%
Personally Concerned 18%
34.
35.
36.
37.
38. Mike updates his status indicating that he's very frustrated with his job and
that he's about to "go postal." Later that week, Mike uploads a file
containing 100,000 customer credit card numbers to his personal website,
which are later used fraudulently. During his prosecution, his status update
is discovered and the company is sued, citing the fact that they should have
known he was a security risk.
39. Has Occurred 0%
No Concern 42%
Others Concerned 28%
Personally Concerned 31%
40.
41.
42.
43. On an internal company forum for a company consisting of mostly lower-paid employees, posts
begin to appear about the concept of unionization and how it benefits all employees. Several
private groups are created to discuss unionization, and open calls appear for employee solidarity
in the face of impending wage and benefit cuts.
44. Has Occurred 3%
No Concern 35%
Others Concerned 47%
Personally Concerned 15%
45.
46.
47.
48. Mary makes a post to a public newsgroup about how much she enjoyed the
company picnic and thanking the company for arranging it. Mark, holding
a long-standing grudge against Mary, responds by saying, “I’m sure your
husband enjoyed it too, Mary, considering how much he drank. Sometimes,
less is more.”
49. Has Occurred 5%
No Concern 32%
Others Concerned 35%
Personally Concerned 27%
50.
51.
52.
53. John from accounting makes an update to his status saying that
he's hoping everyone gets their year-end expense forms in by
Friday at noon. John is mistaken -- the actual deadline is Thursday
at noon. Based on John's post, many people turn in their expense
forms on Friday morning, and are denied reimbursement.
54. Has Occurred 5%
No Concern 34%
Others Concerned 29%
Personally Concerned 32%
55.
56.
57.
58. A group collaboration tool is introduced which allows team-based
conversations between workgroups. It is discovered that a majority of the
conversation is not work-related, and employees are spending inordinate
amounts of time in the tool, talking about unrelated topics.
59. Has Occurred 11%
No Concern 26%
Others Concerned 45%
Personally Concerned 18%
60.
61.
62.
63. John is the long-time Director of Facilities. He’s very good at his job, but quiet,
unassuming, and a bit socially awkward. His new social intranet includes a
microblog, and, though reluctant and nervous, John attempts to make the most of it,
posting items like “Salisbury steak in the cafeteria today! My favorite!” and “We’re
resurfacing the parking lot next week! Everyone park on the south end!!!” Some
employees mock John’s posts, and eventually a private email thread starts called
“How many exclamation points did John use today!?!”
64. Has Occurred 15%
No Concern 23%
Others Concerned 43%
Personally Concerned 20%
71. Ted makes a post to his profile page complaining about the new
compensation structure. Several other employees "like" this post,
and chime in with their own comments. These feelings "spill over"
into other areas of the company, with employees suddenly
discussing compensation frequently and indicating that they feel
they're underpaid. Belong long, dissatisfaction over compensation
is widespread and morale has suffered.
72. Has Occurred 14%
No Concern 20%
Others Concerned 40%
Personally Concerned 26%