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November 12, 2009 - Get Involved!

World Usability Day (WUD) was founded to ensure the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Our focus this year is sustainability. The fifth annual World Usability Day is off to an exciting start. The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) is coordinating more than 36 hours of activities in over 40 countries around the world on November 12, 2009. Your involvement is integral to the success of this global initiative. How your efforts with World Usability Day made an impact in 2008:

  • 200 events, 180 cities, 43 countries
  • 40,000 people at events worldwide
  • Thousands of online participants
  • Extensive worldwide media coverage

As part of our focus on Designing for a Sustainable World in 2009 we will be approaching design from “Cradle to Cradle”. Coming from a user-centric perspective and looking beyond form and function, we are exploring the impact design has on our World. The “Cradle to Cradle” approach is to start the design with the premise of using materials that can fully enter a new life cycle by either going back to nature or going back into the design process as a new product. This holistic approach to sustainable design shows how usability can apply to all of what we do and build. Designing for a Sustainable World focuses on how our products and services impact our world. We look at all products and services, whether they are buildings, roads, consumer products, business, services or healthcare systems; throughout their life cycle. The impact focuses on – our environment, energy, water, soil, and more. Have the materials and processes that have been used been recycled and are they reusable? Are they user and environmentally friendly? These are questions we all must consider as we design, purchase, use and dispose of products each and every day. How can you get involved?There are many ways for you to GET involved and be part of our WUD Global Team:

  • Organize an event for your local UPA Chapter, company, and community
  • Register your event for FREE on the World Usability Day website: www.worldusabilityday.org
  • Other ways to share ideas about designing for a sustainable world:
  • Share your experiences – take photos and videos in your community of the innovative and challenging aspects of designing for a sustainable world. Upload these photos to: www.flickr.com and tag them WUD2009 or upload your videos to: www.Youtube.com and tag them with WUD2009. Start uploading your photos and videos today!
  • Volunteer on the WUD committee
  • Submit your content, white papers, or thoughts on the WUD website: www.worldusabilityday.org
  • Sponsor WUD 2009 – for more information, contact Nicole A. Tafoya at sponsors2009@usabilityprofessionals.org

We look forward to working closely with you over the next several months as we organize and promote this important initiative. We hope you will share your experiences, register your event, and encourage your colleagues and friends to be a part of our team! We look forward to working closely with you over the next several months as we organize and promote this important initiative. We hope you will give us your input, share your experiences and encourage your colleagues and friends to be part of our team. We are organizing our WUD global team and sponsors now. Please email Amy Ballard, Project Manager, wud@usabilityprofessionals.org to GET INVOLVED or for more information or call + 1.608.291.2388.  

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008