More of our transactions and social interactions are moving online every day. People access these digital products and services using a growing variety of devices: notebook computers, mobile phones, wearables, voice-driven smart assistants, and more.
Good experience requires that these systems be coherent and understandable. As a result, information architecture (IA) is more important today than ever before.
In this fast-paced one-day workshop you will:
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Understand the primary goals of information architecture
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Explore how people find information and how IA helps that search effort
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Learn about the use of conceptual modeling in IA
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Master basic IA components: organization schemes, labeling systems, and navigation systems
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Identify the communication skills essential to architecting in multi-disciplinary teams
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Learn how UX designers communicate IA design concepts to other team members
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Discover how to create architectures that can evolve over time
Structure
The workshop is divided into four parts:
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Part 1 introduces information architecture
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Part 2 covers conceptual modeling, which is foundational to good IA
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Part 3 reviews the standard components used to implement information architectures
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Part 4 describes essential skills one must master to actually do IA
Hands-on exercises give participants a direct practical understanding of key IA concepts.
About me
I’ve been practicing information architecture for over twenty years. I’ve helped “make the complex clear” for organizations ranging from non-profits in the developing world to Fortune-100 corporations.
I’m a co-author of Information Architecture: for the Web and Beyond, the fourth edition of O’Reilly’s celebrated polar bear book about IA, and the author of Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places. I’m also a former president and director of the Information Architecture Institute.
In addition to working as a consultant, writer, and speaker, I’m also an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, where I teach Systems studio classes to Interaction Design master’s students (MDes).
Would you like me to teach this workshop at your organization or event?