September .NET, SQL Server, and Power BI User Group Meeting

Location: Louisiana Tech Park
Agenda:
• 5:00 - 5:30: Food and Drinks (Note our earlier start time!!)
• 5:30 - 5:45: Introduction
• 5:45 - 7:00: Presentations
• 7:15 - Until: Open forum for questions
Sponsor: TBD
Presentations:

### Facilitating user-centered dashboard ideation sessions

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Take the guess work out of what your users need from a dashboard. These guided workshops simplify the requirement process and incorporate the needs of not only the end-user, but the entire team.

Presenters: Thelma Van

Thelma Van is a user experience strategist, product designer, and UX leader. She currently serves as a UX design innovation expert for Excella. Thelma has served as product director for elections and campaign systems, designed experiences for aviation and nuclear chemistry management, and more recently began applying human-centered design to machine learning. For the past decade, she has used logic and creativity to make complex systems easy to use and understand.

Thelma has a passion for helping others achieve their career goals. Through mentorship, she provides growth opportunities for designers at all levels. In her last role as Director of Product, she implemented a six-month internship program for aspiring UX designers and product managers. Partnering with local non-profits, Thelma conducts human-centered design workshops with the premise of believing that HCD principles can help reshape how we define problems and find solutions in multiple areas of life.

linkedin.com/in/thelmavan/