Name: A Fireside Chat with Indi Young!
Start: 2024-04-25T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-25T21:00:00-04:00

As a user experience professional, you likely already know that empathy is essential to meeting user needs, but you still have questions: **What does empathy look like in practice? How do you ensure that you are truly bringing empathy to your work? Is there a better way?**

We are thrilled to invite you to an exclusive fireside chat featuring Indi Young, qualitative data scientist, renowned for her pioneering work in user experience research and empathy-based methodologies.

Indi’s insights have reshaped how UX professionals like you approach people’s needs, emphasizing a deep understanding of their purposes to craft products and services that matter. Her refined approach to listening generates *human-centered* *data* that gives meaning to *Big Data* to ensure that we create impactful experiences.

**Prepare to be inspired, motivated, and empowered** as Indi illuminates the practical and strategic significance of empathy in experience research and design.

Whether you’re a seasoned UX professional, an emerging talent, or simply curious about how to transform the power of your research and design, this fireside chat promises to spark inspiration and ignite new perspectives.

If you want to level up your skills and the value of your work, don’t miss out!

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**About the Speaker**

**Indi Young** is a problem-discovery researcher and solution strategist who uses purpose-focused qualitative data science. With a background in psychology and computer science, she has dedicated her career to exploring the intersection of human behavior and technology. She has developed a unique UX research methodology over a 30-year span, which she teaches through courses, coaching, workshops, books, talks, and by working with research teams.

Indi was one of the founders of Adaptive Path, the pioneering UX agency, and has written three books: *Time to Listen*, *Practical Empathy*, and *Mental Models*. She is currently working on another book in the series, *Assumptions Aside*, which will cover thinking styles.

You can access many resources on her website, [indiyoung.com](http://indiyoung.com), and [Medium](https://medium.com/inclusive-software). You can also follow Indi on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/indiyoung/), [Twitter (@indiyoung)](https://twitter.com/indiyoung), and [Bluesky (@](https://bsky.app/profile/indiyoung.bsky.social)[indiyoung.bsky.social](http://indiyoung.bsky.social)[)](https://bsky.app/profile/indiyoung.bsky.social).

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Thank you to Professor Rupa Misra and Rutgers University for their sponsorship of this event. We are looking to develop a full-fledged sponsorship program.

**Agenda**
7:30 - 7:45 pm: Welcome, announcements, job seekers/offers
7:45 - 8:15 pm: Presentation by speaker
8:15 - 8:45 pm: Questions from audience
8:45 - 9:00 pm: Closing

Time: Thursday, April 25, 2023 07:30 Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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Meeting ID: 945 3895 2103
Password: 927370

Kinsey Katchka

User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA), NJ chapter

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