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Please join us THIS WEDNESDAY, April 12, for a presentation by Dorian Freeman, User Experience Lead at Harvard Public Affairs & Communications and Harvard University Information Technology, "Perception is Reality: Lessons Learned from User Research"<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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How are the apps and websites you work on perceived by the people who use them?<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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As content editors, designers, researchers, and developers, it’s hard not to focus on specific details in isolation rather than looking at the larger context. This makes it even more important to remember the mental models and expectations people have as influencing
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What affects perception? How do you measure it? What happens if perceptions are not what you had anticipated?<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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As User Experience Lead (Academic Technology / HUIT / HPAC / HWP), Dorian focuses on the user experience of the administrative interface of OpenScholar. She is founder of the <a href="http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/harvarduxgroup" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Harvard
UX Group</a>community of practice, created to connect user experience practitioners at Harvard, now at close to 90 members. She also runs a working group to manage the community of practice, and currently teaches an IT Academy UX Fundamentals course* open
to all staff. She joined Harvard in July 2013. LinkedIn: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_dorianfreeman&d=CwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EkFi6BF7pof1mvmoyqcphtSeruEfuDmHCUNhyy4Y_XM&m=BctcDqp26_9gZwQeQZt6g1hrqQfgZypOu3BbhRSrjwc&s=Ig9LVCAMkjlDthOcdJ_EktIeasszSJTWEmK9D8UwBtE&e=" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorianfreeman</a> Twitter: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_dorianshmorian&d=CwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=EkFi6BF7pof1mvmoyqcphtSeruEfuDmHCUNhyy4Y_XM&m=BctcDqp26_9gZwQeQZt6g1hrqQfgZypOu3BbhRSrjwc&s=ySTHsQvWfREfHEuXXB7ojL4TR6VjpEenLlMr6wHWGx0&e=" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">@dorianshmorian</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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*Links to IT Academy – User Experience – Fundamentals Classes: <a href="https://trainingportal.harvard.edu/Saba/Web_spf/NA1PRD0068/common/leclassview/class-00007712" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">April </a> <a href="https://trainingportal.harvard.edu/Saba/Web_spf/NA1PRD0068/common/leclassview/class-00007795" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">May </a> <a href="https://trainingportal.harvard.edu/Saba/Web_spf/NA1PRD0068/common/leclassview/class-00008136" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">June</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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• <b class="">When</b>: Wednesday, April 12th, 3:30-5:00pm<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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• <b class="">Title</b>: Perception is Reality: Lessons Learned from User Research<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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• <b class="">Who</b>: Dorian Freeman, User Experience Lead at Harvard Public Affairs & Communications in Harvard University Information Technology<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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• <b class="">Where</b>: Lamont Library, Forum Room <font color="#954f72" class=""><a href="http://goo.gl/E5oaMf" class="">http://goo.gl/E5oaMf</a></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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NOTE: Attendees without a Harvard ID card need to <a href="mailto:mleigh@law.harvard.edu?subject=RSVP-w3-UX" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">RSVP</a> for building access. Thanks!<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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