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July 21, 2010:
Boston-IA and UPA-Boston: 10-Minute Talks 2010

On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Boston-IA and the Boston chapter of the Usability Professional Association (www.UPA-Boston.org) held a joint meeting featuring a panel of speakers presenting 10-minute talks about the accessibility and usability of electronic information.

The meeting was held at the Staples corporate headquarters in Framingham, Massachusetts.

• July 21 Meeting Description
• Topics & Speakers

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Topics and Speakers

On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Boston-IA and UPA-Boston presented a panel of speakers giving 10-minute talks about the accessibility and universality of electronic information.

The evening meeting consisted of a series of talks by a panel of speakers, each talk limited to ten minutes. After each talk, members of the audience had a brief opportunity to ask questions and participate in discussion with the speakers.

The following topics were presented:

• Jeanne Spellman (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative) & Kim Patch (President and Founder of Redstart Systems):
  "W3C WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Why They are Important, and How You Can Make a Difference."
• Susanna Kirk, User Research at IBM:
  "Why Does it Think That? Improving Interaction Design for Personalized Recommendation Systems."
• Tole Khesin, Director of Marketing, 3Play Media:
  "Transcribing and Captioning Video."
• Joe Ranft, Principal, Joe Ranft Design:
  "Usability's Brand Problem"
• Chris LaRoche, User Research at AutoDesk: "The User Edit Method: When a Usability Method Fulfills a Technical Communication Need."
• Traci Lepore, Principal Interaction Designer, InContext Design:
  "More Effective and Actionable Personas Through Embodiment of 3-Dimensional Characters."

Sponsor

Our venue sponsor for this event was Staples. The meeting was held at the Staples corporate headquarters at 500 Staples Drive in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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