This year marked the 10th anniversary of the annual IA Summit conference, and we were lucky enough to have six local colleagues (including myself) make it out to Memphis, TN for the event. In an effort to bring the Summit back to the community, we held a recap event last Thursday. We shared our favorite presentations, and some of the larger themes we noticed throughout the event.
A huge thanks to everyone who came out, and, as promised, here are the presentations we talked about:
Amanda McGuire (BCBSNC)
- "ROI: Speaking the Language of Business," Eric Reiss
- "Using Enterprise IA to Support Business Strategy," Gary Carlson & Samantha Starmer
- "When Appeasement is Not Enough — Or, How to Work Within 'Government Time'," Naomi Norman
- "Strategies for Enabling UX to Play a More Strategic Role," Richard Anderson & Craig Peters
- "Turning HiPPOs into Allies: How to Connect With Powerful People in Your Organization," Samantha Starmer
Download Amanda's Slides (PPT)
Javier Velasco (UNC SILS)
- "Experience Themes: An Element of Story Applied to Design," Cindy Chastain
- "Evangelizing Yourself," Whitney Hess
Anita Crescenzi (UNC Health Sciences Library)
- Dr. Michael Wesch's Keynote
- "Revealing Design Treasures from the Amazon," Jared Spool
Download Anita's Slides (PPTX)
Jonell Gades (Fidelity)
- "Lessons from Slime Mold: How to Survive and Thrive in Ever-Changing Organizational Environments," Kate Rutter
- "Motivating Teams: Motivating Teams: Inspiring People to Do Great Work," Dorelle Rabinowitz
- "Beyond Findability: Reframing IA Practice & Strategy for Turbulent Times," Andrew Hinton, Livia Labate, Matt Milan & Joe Lamantia
Download Jonell's Slides (PPT)
Jackson Fox (Viget Labs)
- "Is Interaction Necessary?," Karl Fast
- "Digital Space & the Context Problem," Andrew Hinton
Download Jackson's Slides (PPTX)
Other Resources
In addition to our slides and the presentations linked above, you can see many more presentations on Slideshare, and listen to podcasts of the sessions on Boxes & Arrows.