Communitech Academy: UX Learning Lab: Design Sprints - Fall 2019

In this one-day hands-on learning lab, you’ll experience a mix of short presentations and activities to guide you through an end-to-end design sprint including:

• Introduction to design sprints through the whats, whens, whys and how
• Identifying and clarifying the problem by understanding the target user
• Where and how to find inspiration using sketch techniques
• How to critique and what makes for a good storyboard
• Prototyping techniques, tools and tips
• Setting objectives and running a test
• What’s next? How to move forward in your own company
  
  

Outcome: You’ll leave equipped to use an end-to-end design sprint in your own organization

Who it's for: This learning lab is for you if you want to learn how to use design sprints to:

• Quickly solve customer problems and test new ideas
• Break the pattern of committee-based decisions and move toward a collaborative process
• Encourage original thinking and the exploration of new ideas
• Learn time-effective ways to engage stakeholders and team members from ideation through to validation
  
  

How big is the class? Maximum of 20 participants

Session Details:

Location: Communitech Hub, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 1H6
Date: Monday, December 9, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Registration fees*:

• Employees of startup and mid-size Communitech Member companies: $300
• Employees of enterprise Communitech Member companies & Communitech associate member companies: $375
• Non-members: $450
  
  

Includes light morning snack and lunch.

*Note: To encourage diversity of thought in the classroom, we cap participant enrolment at a maximum of three employees per company. If you would like more people from your organization to benefit from this program, let us know and we can talk about a potential team session.

Facilitated by:

Davis Neable - LinkedIn

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Questions?

For more information contact the Communitech Academy: academy@communitech.ca

Cancellation policy: 14 days notice is required to obtain a full refund of the registration fee (Monday, November 25 2019, by 5:00 PM)

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