Designing communities
James and Maddy from Together By Design are here to share good news... if you can design an app, you already have the skills to design community.
Historically, UX hasn’t paid attention to community as a solution space. And yet… at a business level: products, brands and creators build community to deepen their bonds with users and customers. At an organisation level: the best teams are modelled on communities. At a personal level: community brings meaning to our world, in our neighborhoods and our personal interests.
In this session, we’ll explore what's involved in creating and sustaining healthy communities. We’ll draw on the wealth of knowledge in fields as diverse as economics, network theory, social work and the design of cities, and on case studies of communities efforts like Burning Man, Parkrun and Meetups.
Many people in UX are demoralised about their work right now. They’re in roles that under-utilise their skills, feeling under-valued, or working on products they don’t love. At the same time, there are many big challenges we can, and should, be helping to address, such as climate change, social isolation and political radicalisation. That’s where a focus on designing communities comes in.
Community makes our lives better: healthier, happier, more connected. If you are someone who values community – whether that’s in your neighbourhood, your hobby or your workplace – then this talk is for you. We’ll show you how to apply the techniques of experience design to create community where you are.
James and Maddy from Together By Design are here to share good news... if you can design an app, you already have the skills to design community.
Historically, UX hasn’t paid attention to community as a solution space. And yet… at a business level: products, brands and creators build community to deepen their bonds with users and customers. At an organisation level: the best teams are modelled on communities. At a personal level: community brings meaning to our world, in our neighborhoods and our personal interests.
In this session, we’ll explore what's involved in creating and sustaining healthy communities. We’ll draw on the wealth of knowledge in fields as diverse as economics, network theory, social work and the design of cities, and on case studies of communities efforts like Burning Man, Parkrun and Meetups.
Many people in UX are demoralised about their work right now. They’re in roles that under-utilise their skills, feeling under-valued, or working on products they don’t love. At the same time, there are many big challenges we can, and should, be helping to address, such as climate change, social isolation and political radicalisation. That’s where a focus on designing communities comes in.
Community makes our lives better: healthier, happier, more connected. If you are someone who values community – whether that’s in your neighbourhood, your hobby or your workplace – then this talk is for you. We’ll show you how to apply the techniques of experience design to create community where you are.
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