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WUD 2024 Theme
Announcing the World Usability Day 2024 Theme: Designing for a Better World Designing for a Better World is both hopeful and practical. This year, we will organize events that demonstrate all the different ways that better design can improve our world. We take a Universal design approach to ensure the work is inclusive and diverse…
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Building and Scaling an Inclusive Workforce Development Pipeline
On December 19, 2023, MIT Sloan Executive Education hosted a LinkedIn Live event titled “Building and Scaling an Inclusive Workforce Development Pipeline.” This session, featuring Kate Isaacs, Malia Lazu, and Tom Giordano, focused on the urgent need for collaborative efforts in workforce development to achieve regional economic growth and competitive advantage. The mission of the MIT…
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2024 World Usability Day Theme
As 2023 comes to a close, it is time to decide on the theme for World Usability Day 2024! Please take the survey and let us know your choice. World Usability Day is a global event that takes place for one day each year. Its purpose is to bring together professionals, educators, citizens, government groups,…
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Reading “Straight Talk for Hard Times”
In his article published this Christmas Eve, “Straight Talk for Hard Times: Using Ethnographic Thinking in Interstitial Moments,” Jay Hasbrouck explores the challenges of navigating a volatile job market, especially in the field of applied research. This insightful piece is a guide for professionals at any career stage, focusing on how to use ethnographic thinking…
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Help plan Boston’s World Information Architecture Day 2024
Julia DeBari, has stepped up to lead the next World IA Day Boston on March 2, 2024. This is exciting because it will be Boston’s first event since 2021! Julia is looking for people to help make this happen. There are lots of ways to participate: event planning, helping to find sponsorship, or supporting marketing/communication/social…