UX Research and Strategy: Designing your 1:1

Designing your 1:1 - The most important meeting in your UX career

Celebrate WUD on November 1, 2023 with UX Research and Strategy

Who Should Attend

What are you doing with the most important meeting in your UX career?

The most important conversations about your career happen in your 1:1 (One on One meeting) between you and your manager.

Or at least they should. In an effective 1:1 you and your lead prioritize and untangle the topics that will have the most positive impact on how you work and how you show up. But many of us miss the fact that a 1:1 is more than just a meeting. It is one of the few vital tools that you and your manager can use to unblock your career progress and unlock your potential.

In this talk we’ll discover what makes a 1:1 effective, along with some traps to avoid. We’ll explore a framework for understanding, prioritizing, and discussing your needs (even if you find it difficult). 1:1s are about you, and for you and your career. Let’s learn to use them well.

Schedule

5:00 PM – 5:10 PM CT: UXRS Intro & Announcements 

5:10 PM – 6:10 PM CT: Presentation + Q&A

6:10 PM – 6:40 PM CT: Breakout Rooms Networking (2 Topics, 15 mins each)

6:40 PM – 7:00 PM CT: Happy Hour & Closing Announcements 

Speakers

Farai Madzima
Born in Zimbabwe, Farai Madzima was going to be a doctor but didn’t get the grades. Now he’s a coach and public speaker. Make of that what you will. Using words, scribbles, and pixels he’s spent the last 14 years helping design and build products and teams in the UK, South Africa and Canada. Today, he makes a living designing interactions and leading a team as a UX Manager at Shopify in Ottawa. In South Africa, Farai designed banking apps used by many across the continent. He grappled with unique design challenges because most internet users have never used a laptop or desktop. And some buy data by the megabyte. Farai enjoys speaking about bridging knowledge gaps between designers. He’s appeared at events worldwide, including IXDA Interaction and IASummit. Also, he adores verbiage, in all languages, township jazz, nerdy hip-hop, and the number 127.

Event Leaders

UX Research and Strategy