New Hampshire Usability Professionals Association

Welcome to the New Hampshire UPA

The New Hampshire Chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association (UPA) provides networking and professional development opportunities for usability professionals, information architects, interaction designers, and other user experience professionals and students in the Seacoast and Southern NH regions. Our mission is to foster the growth of the local usability community and to provide an environment for members to exchange information on tips, tools, methodologies, and technologies related to usability.

Monthly Meetings

NH UPA meets every month in various locations around the Seacoast and Southern NH regions. We work hard to rotate event locations to try and make it possible for all members to attend a meeting. Our meetings include invited speakers, group discussions, workshops, demonstrations, local studio tours, and social gatherings. NH UPA meetings and events are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.




Join our Mailing List on Yahoo! Groups

Joining our mailing list ensures you will receive timely information and reminders of our events and activities. This mailing list is also the best way to communicate with other NH UPA members. We invite all group members to post their experiences, challenges, job opportunities, and other UX related conversation to the group.

Join the NH UPA Yahoo! Group

UPA Publications:

The Journal of Usability Studies (JUS)

The UPA Voice

User Experience Magazine



Our "Design Slam" Experience

In March 2009, we tried a “Design Slam” format to our meeting where attendees teamed up to help solve the design problems of a local not-for-profit.

Design Slam Lessons Learned (.pdf)

Next Meeting Details

Delivering Results: How Do You Report User Research Findings

To learn more and register, please go to:
http://nhupajan2012.eventbrite.com/

The long, textual written report is dead, isn't it? So how do you deliver your findings to your clients? Is it PowerPoint? An email? A spreadsheet? Post-it notes? And what do you include? Positive findings? Screenshots with callouts? Just issues? Or recommendations as well? Are they prioritized?
 
If you ask our panelists, some of us have developed templates that we use and modify for each research activity, and others change the deliverable based on the activity and client. Each panelist will spend 5 - 10 minutes showing you their typical deliverable(s), and then we'll open the floor for audience Q&A.

Panelists:
Jen McGinn, Principal Usability Engineer, Oracle
Eva Kaniasty, Founding Principal, RedPill UX
Dharmesh Mistry, Usability Specialist, Acquia
Kyle Soucy, Founding Principal, Usable Interface
Carolyn Snyder, Founding Principal, Snyder Consulting

 

Agenda:

6pm-7pm: Networking and Refreshments

7pm - 8pm: Panel Discussion


Where:
Mad*Pow
27 Congress St, Portsmouth, NH
http://www.madpow.com

 

Please RSVP at: http://nhupajan2012.eventbrite.com/

 

NH UPA meetings are ALWAYS open to anyone who is interested in attending. Membership to the UPA is NOT required.
 

Hope to see you there!