UX for Good – Chicago, IL (2011)

Ed Chen – a graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – gives us a look inside one of the teams with only 24 hours to make sense of an impossible challenge. “I felt that quite often, 7 or 8 of the 9 agreed on a direction and wanted to move [...]

“This approach seems far-fetched at first. Friday afternoon I sat in on the CeaseFire team as they began dissecting their challenge. A common discussion thread was “who are we as designers to tell these organizations what they should do differently?” As the team dove into their chalenge and learned about how people involved with CeaseFire [...]

Danyell Jones Day job: User Experience Architect, Manifest Digital Description: Formerly a teacher and web developer, I’m a user experience architect who proudly embraces her inner nerd. When I’m not working at Manifest, I also teach Web and Flash development at the Illinois Institute of Art at Schaumburg.  Her elevator pitch for UX: “I find [...]

Haley Ebeling Day job: User Experience Lead, Manifest Digital Description: Haley Ebeling is an expert in applying user-centered design methodology to develop concept and detailed designs for websites, software applications, and intranets in a variety of industries, including: retail, healthcare, fitness services, finance, museum and research institutions, non-profit, and professional services. She has been a [...]

Sarah Malin Day job: Design researcher, The Third Teacher Description: Sarah Malin provides The Third Teacher team an attention to the implicit values that drive a community and a keen ability to synthesize and articulate findings. Before her arrival to the design field, she studied anthropology and researched identity negotiation in Morocco’s urban centers. To [...]

PJ Loughran Day job: Chief Creative Officer, Manifest Digital Description: PJ Loughran began his career doing illustrations for the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times while attending Parsons School of Design. Since then PJ has created thousands of illustrations for clients including Sports Illustrated, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, Nike, Ford [...]

Day job: Video producer Description: Blake Beckstrom is the Senior Video Producer at closerlook, inc.Blake draws on his 26 years of experience as a video producer, director and editor to produce memorable creative solutions. He has been with closerlook since 1994 and holds a B.A. in Psychology from Dartmouth College and an M.S. in Telecommunications [...]

Bryan Campen Day job: Social Media Director, Manifest Digital Description: Bryan is  coordinating the social media efforts for this conference and loves every single moment of it. When people ask about his job, he says, “I absorb uncertainty.” Superpower: Ability to see through glass walls.Ability to cry on command. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/campen Twitter: @cyrusbryan Site: http://manifestdigital.com/now

Tom Riley Day Job: Principal at closerlook, inc. Superpower: Tom aspires to the superpower of getting a bar to stay open past closing time. Web: www.closerlook.com

Jim Jacoby Day job: CXO & Founder of Manifest Digital Description: Jim is a business strategist, seasoned user experience specialist, and entrepreneur. He applies his extensive background to build fully-integrated online solutions that create market advantage. What does he say he does? He solves business problems for companies. Superpower: Super Unflusterable Man. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=742541066 Twitter: [...]