Serendipity as an information encountering experience – with Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.
Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United StatesDetails We will explore the role of information encountering (IE) and serendipity as a potential UX antidote to the threats of AI systems. Learn about the conceptual model of IE […]
Enabling Creativity through Community Building with Jena Nesbitt
Fresh Consulting 811 SE Stark St #300, Portland, OR, United StatesDetails After being let go from her first studio design job, Jena Nesbitt took a chance and attended an event that changed her life. She realized what she was missing […]
The Serendipity Social
White Owl Social Club 1305 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesCHIFOO invites you to join us at the White Owl Social Club for a casual meet and greet as part of an exploration of Serendipity in our 2023 lecture series. […]
Getting to Organic Intelligence (Hybrid Event) – with Robin E. Way
Fresh Consulting 811 SE Stark St #300, Portland, OR, United StatesIn stark contrast to the dramatic impacts that Artificial Intelligence may have on the tech industry, there is an alternative path to deriving true insights from data that we call “Organic Intelligence.”
Organic Intelligence is all about math and computers applied to data to tell a story about the human experience. If we could only understand Organic Intelligence better, then its cousin AI won’t seem quite so mysterious or ominous, and we could understand it better.
Job searching strategies for UX career transitioners with Julia DeBari (Hybrid Event)
Roboboogie 959 SE Division St #500, Portland, OR, United StatesStumbling into a UX role is often serendipitous. Many of us have transitioned from other careers. Join us this month as Julia DeBari provides advice about effective UX career search strategies. She will provide advice on distilling your skills toward applying for a role in UX including resumes and portfolios. She will provide tips on how to use LinkedIn and other websites for finding and applying for the right job. People will walk away with knowledge of how to plan an effective job search strategy with tips on how to catch a recruiter’s attention. We will not talk about interviewing strategies.
The Serendipity Social – May
White Owl Social Club 1305 SE 8th Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesCHIFOO invites you to join us at the White Owl Social Club for a casual meet-and-greet as part of an exploration of Serendipity in our 2023 lecture series. Bring a friend! While there are no fees associated with attending this event, the venue requires everyone to be 21+.
Cultural Swirl: Diversity as an Innovation Strategy with Ali Maaxa (Hybrid Event)
Fresh Consulting 811 SE Stark St #300, Portland, OR, United StatesA cultural swirl is an open system with diverse participants that, in its inclusion of different ways of knowing and sensing and solving, seeks out encounters with serendipity. It offers tools and frameworks to cultivate diversity and collaboration within your teams. Drawing from her own research on global digital makers and users, Dr. Maaxa illustrates examples of cultural swirl that have led to groundbreaking innovation.
The Serendipity Skill with Corey Pressman (Hybrid Event)
Fresh Consulting 811 SE Stark St #300, Portland, OR, United StatesCorey S. Pressman is an artist, author, and university professor living in the Pacific Northwest. This talk integrates game theory, psychology, philosophy, and art to demonstrate how serendipity may be developed as a skill.
Members Appreciation Social – Picnic In Sellwood Park
Sellwood Park, Portland OR SE 7th Ave and SE Miller St, Portland, OR, United StatesThe time has come for our annual social event in August and we can gather together in person again! This year we are returning to Sellwood Park for a lovely summer outing under the trees. The event will be catered and alcohol will be allowed on a BYOB basis. Non-members and guests can attend for $10. Bring the kids!
The Human Approach to Writing for Humans with Clifton B – (virtual event)
Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United StatesFrom websites to games to grocery stores, Clifton will show examples of when normal people are erroneously expected to think and act like superhumans, why being a superhuman is more of a curse than a blessing in this field, and provide tips on how to think like the regular humans we should be designing for.
Random Collisions in the Workplace – with Leo Frishberg (Virtual event)
Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United StatesFrishberg focuses on the economic value of serendipity by showing the value of bringing us back into the workplace to drive our organizations' innovation cycles, often through the simplest of interactions: Random Collisions. Based on the 18-month Future of Work taskforce effort he co-led at athenahealth, Frishberg offers several models and frameworks that reinforce the need for human-to-human engagement in a real-world setting.
Swimming in Poison Waters with Alison Greco
Your Own Home via Zoom OR, United StatesUnderstanding anxiety in difficult times and learning how to move forward when you can’t know all the answers. How do you acknowledge your feelings, learn what they have to teach you, but not let them hold you back? Explore the relationship between fear and freedom.