Talks – Ideaplatz

15 Sep 2025

Author Cheryl Platz speaks about Opti-Pessimism at Design Matters Tokyo on the Game Development Strategy Guide book tour

Books, Talks

September 14, 2025 / Tokyo, Japan: Author of the Game Development Strategy Guide, Cheryl Platz, debuted her second new talk in two months as one of the closing keynotes at Design Matters Tokyo 2025. Entitled "Future Sight in Design: Using Process and Context to Solve the Right Problems," this talk focused on two case studies that demonstrated how the use of Cheryl's opti-pessimism framework for design ethics at scale, helped her and her teams to design around critical issues before they occured. About Opti-Pessimism The opti-pessimism design framework was first introduced by Cheryl Platz at her DEVit 360 2018 talk…

28 Aug 2025

New talk debut: Modern Motivators of Play

Books, Talks

Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz was honored to debut her new talk, “Modern Motivators of Play,” as the kickoff to her book tour at McCaw Hall during the inauguaral SLICE (Seattle Loves Indie Creators Expo) conference on August 27, 2025. Cheryl’s talk expands on the Motivators of Play introduced in Chapter 1 of her book The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive, and covers some context that didn’t fit in the book. Talk Summary In the first portion of the talk, we cover more of the detail behind some of the many motivational frameworks that inform the Motivators…

27 Aug 2025

Author Cheryl Platz launches book tour for The Game Development Strategy Guide at Seattle Indies SLICE on August 27

Books, Podcasts, Press, Talks

Explore changes in player motivations backed by theory and data paired with ideas in Cheryl’s microtalk “The Modern Motivators of Play” at McCaw Hall SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, August 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Author, game developer, and creative director Cheryl Platz is honored to be launching the book tour for her new book, The Game Development Strategy Guide: Creating Modern Video Games That Thrive, with a microtalk intended to help indie game developers recalibrate their understanding of what drives today’s demanding video game fans based on industry scholarship, research, and data - all while gamers and game developers from around the…

15 Jul 2025

Ideaplatz now on YouTube and BlueSky!

Press, Talks

In preparation for the launch of Cheryl's new book The Game Development Strategy Guide, Ideaplatz is moving into new digital neighborhoods: BlueSky and YouTube. We're celebrating the move to YouTube by posting some hard-to-find archival talks from Cheryl's past. Ideaplatz on YouTube In support of our podcast, we've launched a YouTube channel. To kick things off, enjoy a selection of archival content that's hard to find elsewhere on the internet, including several talks no longer available due to the unfortunate loss of some of the Interaction Design Association's conference archives: Interaction 19: When the Void Shouts Back Topics: Livestreaming, gaming,…

26 Feb 2024

Cross-Channel Design Q&A : Feb 28 4PM PT (Free with Registration)

Talksdesign beyond devices, multimodality

Cheryl Platz, author of Design Beyond Devices, joins the community to share updates from her latest practice & facilitate discussion. By popular demand after Cheryl's successful January Q&A - we're moving to Zoom, where we can engage in more thoughtful roundtable communications as a community! Join author and designer Cheryl Platz as she provides an update on her practice - what's been working these past few years since publishing her first book - and answers community questions like how to handle difficult stakeholder discussions. We'd love to hear from the community about how your practice is going! Join us WEDNESDAY…

01 Feb 2024

LinkedIn LIVE Recording Available: Design Beyond Devices Community Q&A

Books, Talksdesign beyond devices

On January 31 2024, Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz ran a community Q&A for LinkedIn followers that yielded a nuanced conversation about how her book has impacted her practice as a Design Director these past three years, as well as some very thoughtful questions from attendees about navigating stakeholder relationships when working in this space. Check out the replay at the LinkedIn event page. Future community events, based on community feedback, will be hosted on Zoom via Ideaplatz - stay tuned for further details and your chance to participate! Sign up for our mailing list or follow our LinkedIn page to…

14 Oct 2021

Voiceflow Keynote: Demystifying Multimodal Design

Books, Talksappearances, design beyond devices, keynotes, multimodality, public, vui

On October 13, 2021, Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz joined the Voiceflow community to share a keynote specifically targeted at practitioners in the conversational design space, aiming to share some of the insights from her book Design Beyond Devices to reveal how multimodal design complements that existing practice. How do you position your multimodal experience, and how do you extend your designs? Thanks to all who attended live, and thanks to Emily Lonetto at Voiceflow for all of her organizing efforts along the way! Catch up with the talk on YouTube or download the slides below. Ready to go deeper? Check…

14 Sep 2021

Video from Opti-Pessimism keynote at Interaction Latin America 2019

Talksappearances, keynotes, public

We're delighted to share after long last the video from Cheryl's very well-received keynote presentation at the largest design conference in the Southern Hemisphere, Interaction Latin America. Her 2019 "Opti-Pessimism" keynote inspired many local designers to start thinking and talking about their "run!" moments. Opti-Pessimism is one of the many frameworks covered in Cheryl's book, Design Beyond Devices, which is now available from Rosenfeld Media. Can't see the video embedded here? Click here to view it on Vimeo. NOTE: The video feed was used for the large LED screens behind speakers, so it does NOT contain slides. We recommend you…

10 Sep 2021

Book club talk: “What Comes Next” Slides from Design Spaces

Talksdesign beyond devices, multimodality, public, slides

On September 9, Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz joined the San Diego-based but nationwide community Design Spaces to discuss the content from her book Design Beyond Devices. As most attendees had read the material, this talk focuses on what to do with it: what steps come first in the process, and how to move forward with skeptical stakeholders. Browse or download the slides from the talk below, and check back here for a link to the video when available. For attendees looking to use the free resources referenced in the talk, visit the Design Beyond Devices page on this site. Ideaplatz-DBDNextSteps-DesignSpacesDownload

06 Sep 2021

Free fall talks with Ideaplatz

Books, Talksbook club, design beyond devices, multimodality, public, voice design, vui

On September 1, Cheryl launched her newest keynote, "The Carousel of Progress: Adapting to a (Post) Pandemic World" to an enthusiastic response from the CHIFOO practitioner community. (Recording available to CHIFOO members.) This keynote is available for booking at your conference or event - reach out to us for more information. Still to come in early Fall: September 9 at 12 PM PT --Design Spaces Book Club: Design Beyond Devices Cheryl talks with folks who are reading her book about next steps to take when applying the content in her book. She'll answer audience questions, go through some of the…