Presentation by Allie Ofisher | Lead UX Designer at Pixo

University of Illinois 2022 Webcon, April 7th.

Miro Templates

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Resources referenced

Digital whiteboard tools

<aside> 🔨 Miro Whiteboard

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<aside> 🔨 Mural

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<aside> 🔨 Google Jamboard

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Tools for engagement in meeting

<aside> 🔨 Miro’s “dot voting” feature

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<aside> 🔨 Aha slides

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Video messages

<aside> 🔨 **Slack video clips**

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<aside> 🔨 Loom video clips

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<aside> 📘 A Pocket Guide to Interviewing for Research by Andrew Travers,

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<aside> 📘 Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights by **Steve Portigal

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Presentation Slides

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<aside> 📄 Download a PDF

Death to Draining Meetings_Allie.Ofisher_2022.pdf

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Notes from the presentation

Introduction

Hi I’m Allie 👋  a UX Designer with 7+ years of consulting experience. I’m currently working at Pixo—a software consultancy based in Urbana, IL, and we build apps, websites, and software for a variety of clients, many in higher ed.

• I find myself at the crossroads of working between stakeholders, users of the digital tools, and the teams that help build them.
• Oftentimes we are in meeting rooms together (in-person or remote)
  • Talking through ideas
  • Sharing challenges
  • Iterating on a concept
  • Tweaking a layout
  • Prioritizing a feature.

Meetings have become the most essential ingredient of my work as a UX designer, and maybe yours too, if you’re working with designers, creating a digital product, or have collaborative meetings.

Meeting remotely is not the same as in-person.

• I've had to evolve my practice and techniques to fit this new style of remote collaborating.
• I've found traditional UX research methods and strategies to come in handy when working closely with a team or getting feedback remotely.

What I’m sharing