Other Usability Events
November 13, 2008
Ann Arbor, East Lansing, & Houghton, MI
World Usability Day is blossoming here in Michigan! We’ve grown from one event in 2007 to three events in 2008, spanning 555 miles within Michigan! Local events can be found in Ann Arbor, East Lansing, and Houghton. While it might be challenging to get to all three, please do join in the festivities, wherever you are located in Michigan!
Michigan Usability Professionals’ Association
The Michigan UPA chapter is offering Usability in Your Life and the Products You Use 6:00-9:30 p.m. in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Speakers from the University of Michigan, Ford Motor Company, Menlo Innovations, Tec-Ed, Ansys, and the getDowntown program of the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce will highlight usability in transportation.
Michigan State University’s Usability and Accessibility Center
MSU is celebrating World Usability Day with their sixth annual usability and accessibility event. The event is 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the MSU Union, in East Lansing, Michigan. A distinguished speaker line-up will address usability and accessibility issues.
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Tech is hosting WUD-UP! World Usability Day in the Upper Peninsula at Michigan Tech featuring a poster session 3:00-4:00 p.m. and a panel discussion 4:00-5:15 p.m. in Houghton, Michigan. 
Posted on October 26th, 2008
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
Host: The User eXperience network (UXnet)
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008
Time: 9:30am – 5:00pm
Location: The Henry Ford
Street: 20900 Oakwood Blvd
City/Town: Dearborn, MI
Visit to The Henry Ford with your User Experience colleagues. See the special exhibit “Out of this World” and other parts of the museum (and Greenfield Village if the weather is good). There MIGHT be a special time/place to meet your UX colleagues, but there might not. If we all go on the same day, we will run into each other as we visit the museum, and that may be enough.
Posted on September 21st, 2008
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI
The next Refresh Detroit meeting will be 6:30pm, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at Ann Arbor SPARK in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. We are fortunate to have Adobe representative Doug Halliday lead the presentation.
Doug will highlight features in Acrobat, including creating PDFs, sharing, forms and usability. He’ll also discuss the new features in the upcoming Acrobat 9 version, due for release in mid-summer 2008. Adobe expert Greg Pisocky will join our meeting remotely to explain the accessibility features in Acrobat.
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Posted on June 9th, 2008
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May 6, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI
The Southeastern Michigan Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC/SM) offers its May program entitled “Navigating the Job Market: Staying Positive and Creating anEffective Resume” on Monday, May 19, 2008 at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Posted on May 9th, 2008
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Wednesday, April 23
Ann Arbor Public Library
It’s our demo night, where people in the audience are invited to “show and tell” their latest creation, design, application, or a cool tool they’ve discovered that’s made their life easier. Each person has five minutes to present and answer questions. Demo night is a great opportunity to share your work, see what others have been working on, and get feedback on works in progress.
Interested in demoing your work? RSVP on the Refresh Detroit website.
Posted on April 8th, 2008
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March 19, 2008
SPEAKER: Barb Hernandez, User Experience Manager at TechSmith
Refresh Detroit, an organization with whom the Michigan UPA frequently collaborates, is holding a meeting on March 19th that is definitely of interest to the usability community.
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Posted on April 4th, 2008
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