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🚀 What an Incredible Session! UX Design x Product Management Insights Delivered 🎤 Yesterday, I had the privilege of hosting a dynamic webinar on “The Role of UX Design in Product Management Success.” The response and engagement from the audience were beyond amazing—thank you all for making it so special! 🙌 Here’s What We Covered: 1️⃣ The Fundamentals of UX Design and why it’s essential for product managers. 2️⃣ Real-life Case Studies: • How excellent UX design propelled Airbnb to global success. • How poor UX contributed to Kodak’s downfall, a cautionary tale for businesses today. 3️⃣ Bridging the Gap Between Design and Product Teams, fostering collaboration for maximum impact. 4️⃣ UX Tools & Best Practices to supercharge your workflow. 5️⃣ Live Q&A with participants, addressing their unique challenges and insights. What’s Next? The energy and enthusiasm during this session have inspired me to offer more in-depth courses and webinars. I’m working on exciting programs that delve deeper into: • Advanced UX strategies for scaling businesses. • Personalizing UX for diverse user bases. • Tools and techniques to enhance product-market fit. If you’re a product manager, designer, or entrepreneur looking to take your skills to the next level, let’s connect! 💡 Whether it’s a webinar for your team, a hands-on workshop, or strategic UX consulting, I’d love to collaborate. 📩 DM me or comment below if you’re interested in future sessions, or tag someone who’d benefit from these insights. Together, let’s create products users love! 💙 #UXDesign #ProductManagement #Webinar #CaseStudies #UserExperience #DesignLeadership #FutureOfWork #Airbnb #Kodak Thanks for participation W3Schools.com, JavaScript Mastery, DesignBoat UI/UX School, Designlab, Fluxacademyco, Shaik Khader

Have your team learn from experts in the UX field and kick-start their journey to UX mastery. Register your team of 3 or more for Akendi’s next training session and receive a team discount! Have your team join us at our downtown Toronto location or sign on virtually.   Reach out to us directly at contact@akendi.com to receive your discount. If you sign up before May 25th, your team qualifies for an additional 5% off our early bird discount!   Our UX certification training is: ◦ Personal: Small group sizes mean there is time for personalized experiences.  ◦ Interactive: Engage with peers like yourself, bring questions relevant to your situation, and get pragmatic answers. ◦ Tactile: Learn with hands-on activities and have your exercises validated by the instructor. ◦ Expert-led: Facilitators have years of experience in the field of UX and use examples from their own experiences to enrich your learning. ◦ Fun: Get energized through discussions, activities and interactions with peers.   Learn more about our course offerings here: https://lnkd.in/eJa_ngha #training #UX #Research #Design #hybrid #expertled

🌟 #MyUXJourney: Episode 1 – Back to Learning with Design Sprints! 🌟 After a break from the Google UX Certification, I’m diving back in and revisiting what I’ve learned before continuing where I left off. Today’s focus is on the power of Design Sprints! Here’s a quick recap: Design Sprints are structured, five-phase processes that help teams tackle big problems, prototype solutions, and test them with users—all in just five days. The five phases are: 1️⃣ Understand 2️⃣ Ideate 3️⃣ Decide 4️⃣ Prototype 5️⃣ Test This process streamlines innovation and ensures teams make informed decisions efficiently. 💬 Let’s connect: Are you running Design Sprints at your company? What’s been your experience? Share your tips or learnings—I’d love to hear them! 🎯 Resource Spotlight: "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days" by Jake Knapp is a must-read if you’re curious about Design Sprints. Stay tuned for #Episode2, where I’ll share my next learning in the UX Certification! Let’s inspire and grow together. 💡 #UXDesign #GoogleUX #DesignThinking #UserExperience #UXTrends #ProductDesign #LearningJourney #DesignSprints #UXStrategy #UXCommunity

Level Up Your Skills with UX-PM Level 1 Training! 🚀 Ready to create user-centered products and services that truly delight? Join Jumping Elephants for our upcoming UX-PM Level 1 training December 11-13, 2024. This isn't your average training session. It was meticulously designed and delivered by a team of industry experts from around the globe, bringing you the latest insights and best practices in UX. We've combined cutting-edge research with real-world experience to create an interactive learning journey that will transform the way you approach product development. Why UX Matters: >> For Organizations: UX-driven organizations outperform their competitors. Happy users mean increased customer satisfaction, loyalty, and ultimately, better outcomes. In the public sector, this translates to improved service delivery, increased citizen engagement, and greater trust in government. >>For Individuals: UX skills are in red-hot demand across all industries! In today's digital landscape, every organization needs to provide exceptional user experiences, whether it's through their website, app, or product. This is especially true for the public sector, which is increasingly reliant on digital channels to deliver essential services. By mastering UX principles, you'll boost your career prospects, increase your earning potential, and make a real impact by designing intuitive and engaging experiences that users will love. In this training, you'll learn: - Key UX concepts and methodologies - User research techniques - Information architecture and interaction design - Usability testing and evaluation Ready to jump in? Visit the Jumping Elephants website (https://lnkd.in/dXMCaGz) for more details and registration information. Limited spots available, so don't miss out! #UX #UserExperience #UXDesign #ProductManagement #Training #JumpingElephants #LevelUp

What do you think about the NN/g courses for UX management certification? ✨ All five courses that I attended were fantastic, well paced and engaging. Sometimes I felt that there is an overkill of methods and frameworks. For example, creating personas for stakeholders... But I took that as a nice material for explaining the concept behind stakeholder engagement rather than what UX leaders actually do. I loved the energy during trainings, and even though I started a couple years ago with this certification program, I go often back to the slides to get inspired. My prioritization based on novelty of material, structure and applicability to my current work situation: 1. Managing UX Strategy 2. Successful Stakeholder Relationship 3. Becoming a UX Executive 4. Leading Highly Effective UX Teams 5. UX Roadmaps https://lnkd.in/ecWzmXsN

🔎 #UXDesignTrends: Gearing up for an intensive educational program tailored to equip UX professionals with lasting skills and transformative best practices? This is going to be a robust week of learning and growth, kicking off from October 5 - October 11, 2024. 📚Here’s a breakdown of what to expect: 1️⃣Instructionally Sound Training: The courses aim to deepen the understanding of the UX landscape. 2️⃣Future-Proof Skillset: Focused on delivering perennial techniques, these cour.workshops not only promise immediate, but also enduring skillset benefits. 3️⃣Industry-Oriented Content: Alignment with the broader digital landscape standards characterizes these training courses - ensuring you are ever ready to face the industry. 🔍Given the rapidly evolving dynamics of the digital world and accompanying UX design trends, this knowledge acquisition opportunity could not have come at a better time. If there’s anything we can unarguably agree on, it’s that in the realm of UX, adaptability and continuous learning form the core survival toolkit. 🚀My prediction? Participants are set to depart with more than just insights - forging an entirely reshaped lens to appreciate, understand and innovate within the panorama of UX. ✔️With the induction of such initiatives, the future is definitely looking bright for UX professionals. A revamped skillset is key to thriving amidst the constant changes rocking the technological landscape. #UXProfessionalDevelopment #UXTraining2024 #DesignThinking+

🌟 Thrilled to share my latest milestone! 🌟 I’ve completed six certifications from Product Institute 🏫, enhancing my expertise in: ✅ Product Management Foundations ✅ Market Research 101 ✅ User Research ✅ Tech Fundamentals ✅ UX Design Fundamentals ✅ Metrics These courses have deepened my understanding of building user-centric products, making data-driven decisions, and bridging the gap between technology and design. I’m excited to apply these insights to create impactful solutions and drive innovation. 🚀 #ProductManagement #ContinuousLearning #UXDesign #DataDriven #Learning #Certifications

Another mission completed on my product management journey 🎉 Today, I finished course 2 in the Google UX Design Professional Certificate! Some cool things I learned: ✅ How to create User Journey Maps ✅ The purpose of User Journey Maps ✅ How to do Competitive Audits ✅ How to create Goal Statements ✅ How to create Problem Statements ✅ How to create User Personas ✅ How to create Empathy Maps And so much more… 😎 I’m enjoying this course and journey more than I imagined. Exploring the world product management has open my eyes to so much and there is still so much to learn. #productmanagement #userresearch #dataanalyst

Scenario: You've been in the UX field for a while, and everything on paper shows you're succeeding in your efforts. Even still, you are struggling with the thought that "you are not qualified enough to be where you are". You have put all this time and energy into a pursuit, only to consistently feel like something is missing - a piece of knowledge that everyone around you has, that you've somehow missed. Putting all your focus into something you want to succeed in, only to feel like you don't belong is disheartening. 🎓 That's where we can help! Join our team of UX experts, as well as individuals like yourself, in our 5-day UX certification program, December 2nd to 6th, 2024. This week will allow you to engage with your peers, learn with hands-on activities, and interact with the instructor in a way that will build on the UX knowledge you already have. Solidify your knowledge, and feel confident in your ever-expanding skillset. Have the confidence to not only explain what UX is but apply UX learnings in a tactful and meaningful way. Sign up for the FULL CXD certification program with 3 or more individuals, and get a 10 percent discount! https://lnkd.in/ewFdQm2C If you are not ready to dive headfirst into a full week, why not take one of our individual courses, such as "Information Architecture", or "Persuasive Design", just to make sure that we are the right fit for you. Come learn with us! 🎒 #training #UX #Research #Design #hybrid #expertled

🎯 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐗 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭. The landscape has changed dramatically.💭 Whilst UX roles once emphasised deep user understanding and journey mapping...👉 Today's market increasingly demands hybrid UX/UI and Product Design roles with a heavy focus on visual design skills. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐔𝐗 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐨𝐧. 💡 The truth? I need to evolve. And I suspect I'm not alone. 🚀 Taking Action: I'm embarking on the 100 Days of UI Challenge to strengthen my visual design muscles. But this is just the beginning.🤔 To my fellow UX practitioners feeling this shift: How are you adapting? I'm particularly interested in: 🎯 Communities focused on UX-to-UI transition 🛠️ Real-world projects for skill building 🤝 Mentorship opportunities 📚 Resources beyond the usual Coursera/Udemy courses 🚀 Something different from a bootcamp teaching about UX Design and Research, because really I do have these skills nailed down. It's showcasing UI I want and need to focus on. 💭 Questions for the community: How are you bridging the UI gap whilst maintaining your UX expertise? What resources have truly made a difference in your journey? Are you seeing this shift in your local market too? 👥 To hiring managers: Are we potentially losing valuable UX insights in this rush towards visual-first design? How do you balance these competing needs in your teams? Let's start a conversation about staying relevant whilst preserving the core UX principles that drive meaningful user experiences. 🤝 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭? 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. #UX #UXDesign #UIDesign #ProductDesign #CareerTransition #DesignCommunity #UXResearch #DesignEvolution #TechCareers #DesignSkills #PersonalDevelopment #UXUIDesign #DesignThinking #CareerGrowth #DesignEducation #UserExperience