MYMOM
DOESN'TLIKE
THEFONT
SARAHMILLS
@starsoup7
“Selfie Inception”
Ayesha Badhwar
Feedback  What has and hasn’t worked for you?
 What wasn’t covered that you had
expected to be?
 What metrics can we use to quantify
success?
 What’s the craziest feedback you’ve
ever gotten?
MYMOM
DOESN'TLIKE
THEFONT
Notusefulfeedback
•	My mom doesn't like
the font
•	I don’t love it
•	Play with it, I’ll know it
when I see it
•	Why is this wireframe
so gray
•	Make that button blue
= Taskfailure
•	High bounce rate
•	No email sign-ups
•	High cart abandonment
•	Low social sharing
•	High site search usage
Yourclientisauser
ofyourservice.
 Defining goals
 User Journey
 Personas
 Accessibility
 Content strategy
 Interface structure
 Testing and Feedback
Thistalkisstructuredaround
itemsinaUXtoolkit:
Success:
youwantnotjustapproval,
butmeaningfulfeedbackthat
improvestheworkandallowsit
tobestmeetgoals
 GOAL DEFINITION
Tobeabletocompletethetask
(giveusefulfeedback)clients
mustunderstand:
 strategy
 design principles in use
 context
 unique problems being solved
 common misconceptions
 GOAL DEFINITION
Hiring
Process
StrategyDiscovery
Competitive
Landscape
User
Research
Wireframes/
Prototypes
Branding/
Moodboard/
Styletile
clientA
idealuserjourney
 USER JOURNEY
Hiring
Process
StrategyDiscovery
Competitive
Landscape
User
Research
Wireframes/
Prototypes
Branding/
Moodboard/
Styletile
clientA
reality
clientB
clientC’smother
Debbieinaccounting
clientC
 USER JOURNEY
Clientstateofmind,
goalsandmotivations
“Welcome to the world of internal
dysfunction. Bob is your client and Bob
is in a power struggle with Mary, but
you need to get information from Mary
to do the job, but Bob doesn’t want you
to talk to Mary because he’s afraid he’ll
look weak, or he doesn’t want Mary to
know what’s going on. There’s no way
this ends well.”
— Mike Monteiro, Design is a Job
 PERSONAS
technicalandenvironmental
constraints=accessibility
 ACCESSIBILITY
#FFB81C
Helpthemtoremember
andshare
Desert Orange
•	 storytelling
•	 bite size content
•	 “thingyness"
 CONTENT STRATEGY
“We’re using progressive
disclosure to maximize
influencer engagement against
KPIs, through a core set of
CTAs defined in the MVP. We
feel that the atomic approach
to your dynamic v. evergreen
content will allow us to double
down strategically on the
audience centric rivers that
will drive user pathing through
side door traffic. Do we need to
talk with HQ about this or go
useaconsistent
vocabulary
butavoidjargon
 CONTENT STRATEGY
errorhandling
 CONTENT STRATEGY
“Thanks for your initial comments. I had
some specific questions that I wanted
feedback on.”
“That’sgreathigh-levelfeedback,butcanwego
throughthedesignpointbypointsoIcanget
yourinputoneachofthedecisionswemade?”
“Ok. Now pretend you’re a user of the
system and walk me through how you would
accomplish the most important tasks.”
— Dan M. Brown, Designing Together
 CONTENT STRATEGY
don’tforget,YOUaretheprimary
elementoftheexperience
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
presentationtools
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
becontextual
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
review
strategyand
goals
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
defineterms,
guideevaluation,
andhighlight
critiquepoints
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
beexplicit
aboutwhat
greatfeedback
lookslike
https://wonderfulfeedback.com/client/
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
explainhow
yousolvethe
problem
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
highlight
relevantdesign
principles
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
describe
common
misconceptions,
beforethey
comeup
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
showdesignin
context
putnotesand
description
inthesame
screen
 INTERFACE STRUCTURE
testandpracticethe
presentation
“Like building muscle memory,
repetition is important here.
Problem solving skills are
cumulatively learned. We want to
keep practicing. As we critique each
other’s techniques, saying what we
like about them, we can incorporate
them into our own and get better
with practice.”
— Jared M. Spool, Developing a UX
Practice of Practicing
 TESTING AND FEEDBACK
thequestionsyouask
Asking “Do you like it?”
…The client didn’t hire you to make
something they liked, and something they
like may not be the thing that leads to their
success. So do not conflate the two…And
nowhere is this message more undermined
than using language that leads them down a
subjective path.
—Mike Monteiro, 13 Ways Designers Screw
Up Client Presentations
 TESTING AND FEEDBACK
AFTERTHE
PRESENTATION
 TESTING AND FEEDBACK
MYMOM
DOESN'TLIKE
THEFONT
thinks the typeface
doesn't have enough
contrast to be legible
to older readers
specialthanksto
Nguyet Maggie Joshua
 What has and hasn’t worked for you?
 What wasn’t covered that you had
expected to be?
 What metrics can we use to quantify success?
 What’s the craziest feedback
you’ve ever gotten?
THANKS!		
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My Mom Doesn't Like the Font—Applying UX to Design Presentations for Better Client Feedback