Cast a spell in research sessions with participatory design

This week from People Nerds: Dive into participatory design strategies and tips for avoiding distorted research.

The magic of participatory design Typical question-and-answer sessions can feel passive. Nikki Anderson-Stanier shares how to spearhead participatory design, a creative and interactive way to draw out design ideas.   CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION...? Results from last week's community poll (n = 114) When budget is tight, what's the one thing that is affected most in your research world?   28.1% | The methods I use to do research    22% | The tools available to me 19.3% | The number of projects I run 11.4% | The internal bandwidth available to me 10.5% | The topics I run research about   8.8% | My incentive budget Avoiding distorted research insights There's nothing worse than presenting research insights and later learning your stakeholders completely missed the point. We dive into how to make research learnings crystal clear and actionable.   I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW It's our job to be the interpreter and the guide for our research participants, and we're neglectful if we're not challenging and operating at both ends. Autumn Sanders Founder, Quire Consulting Read more from Autumn on the People Nerds blog! More we're discussing: Considering conducting a competitive analysis? There are plenty of ways to do it, but think about what your team could accomplish by approaching it with a user research lens. You've collected data, but whether that data is significant enough to make a conclusion is another question altogether. Check out how to apply statistical measurement to your next project. TurboTax needed to launch product research during their busiest season—and they needed to do so efficiently. See how they worked with dscout to find new insights about potential customers. What we're hearing: Looking for some December reading? People Nerd—and UX Book Club founder—Sharon Bautista shares what she's paging through. If you've transitioned to freelancing or find yourself in need of hiring one, the AIGA maintains some resources like contracts and agreements. UXRs juggle a lot of potential skill-building on the career development path. David Hoang shares ways of selecting that match ones' goals. 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, United States Unsubscribe Manage preferences