UX Swindon - The UX of emails / Intro to UX & Scrum

We are pleased to welcome two speakers to share their insights and experiences for this month's meetup. And there will plenty of time to grab a beer and slice of pizza!

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*** Unfortunately due to unavoidable circumstances AJ is no longer able to make this talk and we are hoping to reschedule***

18:30 - The user experience of email subscriptions - AJ Justo - Cancelled

18:30 - UX Design & Scrum: A Gentle Introduction - Dr John Pagonis
19:00 - 19:30 - Networking & Close

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Talk 1 - The user experience of email subscriptions - Cancelled

Email is part of every digital product and service in one way or another. We all receive commercial emails on a daily basis. It is fair to say that email affects the digital experience of billions of people every day. Yet, as UX professionals, we often don't get a chance of looking at how it affects users and how it fits with the broader journeys. In this talk, I'm going to tell you about my own journey of exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of email subscriptions, how they affect the experience of users and what we can do to improve them.

About AJ:

Throughout AJ's career he's had the opportunity to work with more than 200 businesses to help them build effective and engaging digital products and services. AJ is especially passionate about the power of ideation and surfacing knowledge that comes with Design Thinking and UCD. He love's facilitating and participating in workshops and founded and co-organise the Design Thinking Oxford events to help disseminate the benefits of it. When AJ's not working, he is either reading or walking along Oxfordshire's beautiful countryside paths with his two daughters.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajjusto/

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Talk 2 - UX Design & Scrum: A Gentle Introduction - Dr John Pagonis

Is it worth going fast to the wrong place? John will discuss the foundations of integrating UX into Scrum, the role of UX designers and how can Scrum work with UX design and research. The session will be highly interactive and fun!

About John:

Dr. John Pagonis is a senior UX researcher and software production coach. He helps organisations produce useful software and transform to agile ways of working. He has been in the software production business for more than 20 years and still enjoys it!

John assists organisations discover what they really ought to focus on by means of UX design and Scrum. His specialty lies with user research, agile transformations and the integration of UX design into agile software production. He has managed teams in enterprise and startup environments. He also likes to teach.

John has a PhD in machine learning and a keen interest in software development productivity, operating systems, virtual machines and software archaeology, which includes the design of legacy systems and the human aspects that underlie them. He likes working with humans as much as he likes technology.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpagonis/

---------Venue---------

The Workshed - It's a 5 minute walk from Swindon train station, or if you're driving, the closest car park is on Bristol Street.

---------Sponsors---------

Bravedog (www.bravedog.co.uk) will be kindly providing the venue for this event.

And thank you to C4S-Search (http://c4s-search.co.uk) for funding the beer, soft drinks and nibbles!