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This week from People Nerds: Implementing accessible design, how to transition to freelance research, and our new webinars on data viz

"Bias is everywhere." Accessible and inclusive design aren't just platitudes we throw around the meeting room. They're a conscious, daily habit we need to ingrain into our processes. Lauren Isaacson has a few thoughts on how your team can do just that.   READ MORE Full-time to freelance (in 6 steps) Maybe you've considered quitting your 9-to-5 and diving into the world of freelance user research. Consider this step-by-step guide a life vest; it'll keep you afloat as you navigate a new stream of self-employment logistics.    LEARN MORE Scale your research impact with data visualization We'll show you how with our first ever People Nerds workshop. Learn to harness data-visualization tools to more effectively display trends. All registrants will receive a walkthrough guide and be invited to a private Slack channel to discuss the material.    SIGN UP NOW More we're discussing: When you're asked to make the business case for UXR, reference these essential strategies. When you find yourself in a creative rut, try these tactics for sparking "creative rebellion." When you feel like you should be "doing more," return to these four thoughtful principles for service-minded UXR. What we're hearing:  UX Quests (Noam Segal) hosted an excellent recap/reflection on UXRConf Anywhere with with Monal Chokshi, Sekai Farai and Matt Gallivan. It's a channel worth keeping an eye on. Interesting take from the designers at IDEO on reimagining learning in a post-COVID world. Food for thought from Inside Design on the role of human insights in cybersecurity. dscout is a company composed of People Nerds working to make context-rich human insight an everyday habit across organizations. The dscout platform—Diary, Live, Recruit, and Express—enables remote qualitative research that brings researchers into the moments experienced and shared by real people. Curious about the platform or working with dscout? Talk to an account executive.  dscout, 222 North LaSalle St. Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 880-9715 Unsubscribe Manage preferences