Ideaplatz

12 Jun 2019

IxD19 video now available: lessons from digital broadcast communities

Talks

Cheryl's talk from this year's Interaction Week conference is now available on Vimeo! Join her as she tackles an entirely new subject: her experience with digital broadcast communities. (And another thank you to the IxD organizers for the opportunity to share this story, in spite of a memorable snowstorm.) https://vimeo.com/321830432

05 Apr 2019

UX Days Tokyo & Seoul 2019

Talks, Workshops

Cheryl is honored this week to speak at both UX Days Tokyo and the inaugural UX Days Seoul! UX Days 2019 marks the debut of Cheryl's new brand new talk, Voice User Interface Design: New Solutions for Old Problems. (Click here to download Cheryl's UX Days 2019 talk slides in PDF form: 18MB.) Based on one of Cheryl's most popular Medium posts, this new talk reflects upon the success of today's voice interfaces and provides a framework for beginning your product's voice design journey. Cheryl is bringing this talk later this year to An Event Apart in Chicago, and to…

05 Mar 2019

Improv + Design Webinar with Rosenfeld Media

Talks

Cheryl will be the guest for the March edition of the Enterprise Experience webinar, hosted by Rosenfeld Media. Join Cheryl for a live Q&A expanding upon the themes she introduced in her popular "Collaborative Creativity with Improv" talk from DesignOps Summit 2018.The webinar is provided to registered members of the Enterprise Experience community - but registration is free! March 7, 2019 / 11AM ET / 8AM PT https://rosenfeldmedia.com/enterprise-experience-community/archive/videoconference-cheryl-platz-merging-improv-design/

04 Dec 2018

Video from Amuse UX 2018 now available

Talks

In October, Cheryl had the honor of speaking at Amuse UX Conference in Budapest, Hungary. She delivered her popular "Future of Voice" talk, updated to reflect new developments and including major new points around voice personas and human perception. That talk is now available to view, either on the Amuse conference site or on YouTube. Thanks again to all of the hardworking volunteers and staff members who made the event possible! Are you interested in this talk for your event? Contact us at info@ideaplatz.com. Cheryl's 2019 calendar is filling rapidly!

19 Nov 2018

Seattle-area voice design workshop on Nov 30

Workshops

After two years of touring the world, "Giving Voice to your Voice Designs" is coming home! We're offering the full-day version of this renowned voice design workshop in Redmond, WA on November 30. $350 includes all fees, snacks, a boxed lunch, and take-home materials. A 10% discount is available for teams of 4 or more when booking together. Don't miss this rare opportunity to take this workshop with a small group without traveling abroad! Perfect for both first-party voice designers (at companies like Amazon or Google), multimodal designers looking to add voice to existing experiences, and product managers or developers…

12 Nov 2018

New improv for design talk premiered at DesignOps Summit 2018

Talksappearances, improv, keynotes

This week in New York City, Cheryl took the stage with local guest performer Jason Specland to bring a brand new keynote-length talk to the attendees of Rosenfeld Media's DesignOps Summit 2018. In this brand new talk, Cheryl outlines three key improvisational principles and how they can be directly applied to our roles as design leaders. Along the way, Cheryl and Jason perform improvisational games that reflect these principles and show how embracing the unknown can lead to engaging outcomes. Cheryl and Jason also taught the audience several take-home group improv games to take back to their teams. Full video:…

29 Oct 2018

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Speaking at Amuse UX Conference

Talks, Workshopsappearances, europe, vui

Cheryl is in Budapest today to speak at Amuse UX Conference, bringing a newly updated version of her groundbreaking talk The Future of Voice. A few additional seats have been added to our full-day Giving Voice to Voice Designs workshop scheduled during Amuse workshop day on Halloween - grab one here for $330 before they're gone again! CherylPlatz_FutureVoice_LongForm_v8-AMUSE-UpdatedDownload

27 Oct 2018

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Expanded corporate training available

Workshopscorporate, vui

This week, Cheryl had the honor of leading a two-day conversational UI workshop for a talented group of designers and other futurists at BMW Group in Munich, Germany. Thanks to everyone on the team for the opportunity, and the excellent questions along the way! Is your design team looking to level up their skills in the face of increased input and output complexity? Our workshops can help. Reach out to us today to discuss a single or multi-day workshop plan customized to your team's needs. Choose from these popular full day workshops and mix and match to fit within your…

22 Oct 2018

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Featured on BBC Radio’s “The Digital Human”

Press

Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz had the honor of speaking with BBC Radio 4's venerable program, "The Digital Human". The episode, entitled "Subservience", explores our relationship with our digital assistants - and how that relationship may unintentionally influence our relationships with other humans. The episode aired live on Oct 22, 2018 and is available on demand from the BBC website here. Podcast links will be updated here once available. Did the conversation spark ideas? Are you a business owner looking to explore conversational UI, or a designer looking to learn how to deliver voice designs? A few ways you can get…

03 Oct 2018

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NEW TALK: Creativity through Improv (DesignOps Summit in NYC)

Talks

Ideaplatz is proud to announce the debut of our 2nd new talk in 2018: Collaborative Creativity with Improv. This highly energetic, interactive, entertaining session is a great choice to re-energize a crowd after a long day of mind-bending sessions. Session brief: "Improvisational theater performers create an environment where creativity is maximized within an environment of listening and nonjudgemental collaboration. Take a peek behind the curtain as two professional improvisors (and technologists!) demonstrate some of the key principles they apply not just onstage, but their day jobs at software companies as well. All this while laughing your way through the end…