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12 year UX Designer here, AAA game studio and tools software background. I've also done UI Design and technical art. Facilitation alone isn't useful. Creating actionables from workshops is where the meat and potatoes are, and that's where the wheat is separated from the chafe. The biggest mistake beginners make is performing the UX rituals without knowing "why", and the "why" starts with focused endless curiosity and asking questions then creating actionables of what you learn. The next mistake is pretty presentations instead of actual content. Sketches on napkins is worth more than a pretty slide. State the problem, show the steps you took to analyze it, then show your solution. Do it succinctly. Less is more, no one has the time to read through superfolous details. Presentation often is a cover for a lack of skill - vets are keenly aware of this, keep it simple and content dense. Best of luck to all the aspiring designers out there, it's an awesome career choice.
Facilitation is extremely important, seeing as stakeholder management is also an important one and combining both is the best. Although, I think facilitation is something every designer (junior to lead) should do. It should be part of your proces. I feel you are just describing an important part of design thinking (double diamond, call it whatever you like), just like solving problems and creating designs is. Don't really get the 'beginners mindset' remark. Every designer gets input from users or the business. Never seen one that just does as he pleases. I've been in the UX world for 10 years now and being versatile, especially as a freelancer, is extremely important. Being able to do all skills, from first discovery to last pixel perfect design, is key for a UX designer. In other words, facilitation is important but don't exaggerate. It's starting to feel like product placement 😉 trying to sell your products as AJ&Smart
I like Dee's explanations :-) I am looking for that video which explains the " work together alone" method and the "dots system" and how to do it on some web tool when workshop is online.. it is not that long 1h video, it is shorter...can't find it, can you help me?
Together alone = any exercise where you ask a question set a timer and ask team members to generate their own answers individually. After the timer finishes you can do a note and vote where you group similar answers together and then allow the team to vote on their favourite answers. The top voted answer/s is the one you go with. This structure works for any question and is usually used to agree on what the top problems are or what the top solution or idea is.
Good video as always. Thanks! And just a note about small ux issue with the video itself - every time you blur the video and put text over it, it feels the video has come to an end :) Cheers
🤔 Do you think facilitation is an important skill for your UX career? Please share your answers in the comments below 👇
➡And if you want to learn more about facilitation and workshopping check out our 1-hour FREE TRAINING👉 go.ajsmart.com/start
12 year UX Designer here, AAA game studio and tools software background. I've also done UI Design and technical art.
Facilitation alone isn't useful. Creating actionables from workshops is where the meat and potatoes are, and that's where the wheat is separated from the chafe.
The biggest mistake beginners make is performing the UX rituals without knowing "why", and the "why" starts with focused endless curiosity and asking questions then creating actionables of what you learn.
The next mistake is pretty presentations instead of actual content. Sketches on napkins is worth more than a pretty slide. State the problem, show the steps you took to analyze it, then show your solution. Do it succinctly. Less is more, no one has the time to read through superfolous details. Presentation often is a cover for a lack of skill - vets are keenly aware of this, keep it simple and content dense.
Best of luck to all the aspiring designers out there, it's an awesome career choice.
Facilitation is extremely important, seeing as stakeholder management is also an important one and combining both is the best.
Although, I think facilitation is something every designer (junior to lead) should do. It should be part of your proces.
I feel you are just describing an important part of design thinking (double diamond, call it whatever you like), just like solving problems and creating designs is. Don't really get the 'beginners mindset' remark. Every designer gets input from users or the business. Never seen one that just does as he pleases.
I've been in the UX world for 10 years now and being versatile, especially as a freelancer, is extremely important. Being able to do all skills, from first discovery to last pixel perfect design, is key for a UX designer.
In other words, facilitation is important but don't exaggerate. It's starting to feel like product placement 😉 trying to sell your products as AJ&Smart
Why don't we see more of Dee?????????
This is a great overview! I am looking to do my first workshop and this is super helpful.
Thank you Patrick! Hope the resources listed in the cards of this video help you facilitate you first workshop. Best of luck!!
sure it is how should I start as a complete rookie?
I like Dee's explanations :-) I am looking for that video which explains the " work together alone" method and the "dots system" and how to do it on some web tool when workshop is online.. it is not that long 1h video, it is shorter...can't find it, can you help me?
Together alone = any exercise where you ask a question set a timer and ask team members to generate their own answers individually. After the timer finishes you can do a note and vote where you group similar answers together and then allow the team to vote on their favourite answers. The top voted answer/s is the one you go with.
This structure works for any question and is usually used to agree on what the top problems are or what the top solution or idea is.
Good video as always. Thanks! And just a note about small ux issue with the video itself - every time you blur the video and put text over it, it feels the video has come to an end :) Cheers
Hey thanks for the comment and the feedback. Cheers
Great, thanks
thank you!
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