IxDF Denver Meetup Sat 6/21 - Improper City RiNo: 11am-1pm
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Denver, CO, United States
About the Meetup
Hi IxDF Denver, our June UX & Tech meetup will be hosted at Improper City RiNo, on Sat June 21, from 11am - 1pm.
This indoor/outdoor space has seasonal cocktails, taps, and food trucks. All welcome. Plenty of street parking and we’ll pick a cooler / indoor area due to the heat.
We are sitting inside near the doors to the patio on the left!
Food Trucks: 1. Turkish Chef on Wheels (11am) 2. Pupusas (1pm): Salvadorian cuisine with Caribbean flavors + Mexican food (pupusas, sweet fried plantains, yucca fries, tacos, quesadillas, asada fries, churros..)
MeetupAgenda: We’ll kick off planning for our volunteer group UX project this year that can be used for your portfolio to pivot into UX or grow your existing career. We’ll also begin planning for our in-person future IxDF Denver UX Conference, co-hosted/sponsored by our new partner Miro!
Topics: We’ll dive into UX for AI, leveraging AI tools, thought leadership, and accelerating your UX career.
*Reach out if you are interested in presenting at our future IxDF Denver UX Conference or bring your ideas to one of our upcoming meetups.
Finding us: Look for the IxDF logo signs on the tables.
We have a new Slack channel for real-time messaging during meetups. *Join our updated Slack channel here: https://lnkd.in/gZUE67yE
*Picture of the table location with new IxDF signage will be posted here: on the day of the event at 11am to help find the group. Host(s) will have IxDF name tags to help the group find us.
Check-in is not required, but feel free to introduce yourself at the front desk as an IxDF member. Our hosts at Improper City would love to meet us all.
Questions when you arrive? Ask for the manager at the main bar and they can assist you with helping to find our tables.
Connect: Join our IxdF Denver Linkedin group here for all the latest announcements, or search “IxDF Denver - Interaction Design Foundation.”
———————————- Portfolio UX Project Opportunity + Sr UX Panel of UX Leads/Mentors: We’ll kickoff planning for an IxDF Group hackathon project, pro-bono non profit project, or a volunteer UX project for a company this year.
This will be a portfolio opportunity to apply your IxDF learnings to:
UX Strategy: Stakeholder project intake, defining problems to solve UX Research: Discovery Interviews, Surveys, Concept + Usability Testing UXR Analysis: Data Analytics, Affinity Mapping, Survey Analysis Heuristic Review: Existing product platforms UX Design: End-to-end low to high-fidelity concepts in Figma (or AI tools) UI + Visual Design: High-fidelity prototyping + Dev handoffs User Experience Analytics: Using Data to understand user behavior Defining and Measuring UX Success Metrics Agile Workflow: Iterations UX & UXR Team Lead opportunity: Strategy, UX management, and mentoring
*We’ll be interviewing for a group of those interested in working on parts of the end-to-end UX project - Be sure to complete the relative IxDF courses related to the role on the project you are interested in!
Reach out: Do you know of or own a company seeking volunteer UX work or have a team hackathon event you’re interested in? Have a recommendation for a great meetup location? *Reach out / bring your ideas to our next event
————————— We hope to see you! Grow your professional network, meet potential future colleagues (you never know where new connections can take you), and help us build our IxDF Denver UX and Tech community. All are welcome!
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