How Are You Getting Your Team on the Same Page?

While developing the topics and workshop leaders for this year’s User Interface 20 Conference in Boston, November 2–4, I realized that a general theme was emerging—getting everyone on the same page about your designs. Here’s how each workshop at UI20 contributes to this theme:

• Marc Stickdorn’s workshop on Service Design: Creating Delightful Cross-Channel Experiences is about your entire organization thinking about the customer experience.
• Kim Goodwin’s workshop on Using Scenarios to Solve Problems is about your team understanding what your users need from your design.
• Nathan Curtis’s workshop on Building Scalable Design Systems and Style Guides is about working with your developers to make the design cohesive.
• Bruce McCarthy’s workshop on Collaborative Product Strategy: How UX Can Influence Product Decisions is all about finding the right strategy among your teams.
• Steph Hay’s workshop on Content-First UX Design: A Lean Approach is about developing the conversation your designs will have with your users.
• Erika Hall’s workshop on Cultivating Shared Understanding from Collaborative User Research is all about your teammates understanding who your users are and what problems you’re trying to solve.
• Jenn Lukas’ workshop on Mastering CSS to Build a Living Style Guide standardizes how your design should look and feel.
• Jeff Gothelf’s workshop on Lean UX: Agility Through Cross-functional Collaboration looks at what problems your designs are solving and if it makes good business sense.

If getting your team on the same page is critical for your design success, then you won’t want to miss this year’s UI20 conference. Go explore the full-day workshops and discover how they can make your team stronger and more in sync.