ladies that ux: supporting a diverse ux community
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Ladies that UX: Supporting a Diverse UX Community@LaraPietersen || @ladiesthatuxCPT || www.ladiesthatux.com/cape-town/
Ladies that UX Global
Since September 2013 Ladies that UX has grown from a bold idea in a Manchester bar to an international meetup for Ladies across the world.
To create a welcoming and collaborative community of inquisitive women, that aim to push the boundaries and promote women in UX. Now operating in over 50 cities, with 3K members on LinkedIn and a combined total of over 13K followers on Twitter, we are creating a global movement that empowers women in their roles.
Ladies that UX in Africa
Ladies that UX Cape Town has nearly 100 members and we are the first chapter on the African continent!
Ladies that UX in Cape Town
Ladies that UX aims to create a space for Cape Town women in UX to build professional and personal relationships with other women in the UX community.
Through engaging and talking about experiences, as well as peer inspiration and mentorship, we hope to provide women with the chance to support support each other, push the UX boundaries, and promote female skill and talent.
• From nuggets of possibility to a blossoming reality
•Quirk became Mirum. Mirum is a global experience design agency created by WPP in 2015 and operates in 20 countries, with more than 46 offices and 2,200 professionals. Our mission to design experiences that businesses need and people want is enabled by a laser sharp focus on user centred design processes and practices.
North America
Bentonville Chicago Los Angeles Mexico City Miami Minneapolis Montreal New York City Salt Lake City San Diego Seattle Toronto
South America
Curitiba Sao Paulo
Dubai
Copenhagen Düsseldorf Helsinki London Paris Reading Stockholm Toulouse
Cape Town Durban Johannesburg
Mumbai
Bangkok Hong Kong Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Manila Melbourne Singapore Sydney
Asia Pacific
Africa
South AsiaMiddle East
Europe
The Vision to start a conversation
Women in UX
Diversity in UX
InclusivityGoogle’s XX-UX
Global networkSpace for women to connect
Builder-Maker
NetworkingMentorship
Is this needed?
What is needed?
Plan the launch
8 women
The Vision to start a conversation
Women in UX
Diversity in UX
InclusivityGoogle’s XX-UX
Global networkSpace for women to connect
Builder-Maker
NetworkingMentorship
Is this needed?
What is needed?
Creating the Cape Town chapter of LTUX
The availability of a global network of leaders in Ladies that UX, along with supportive on-boarding information, provided inspiration to fully on-board and advertise the Launch Event.
Within 2 weeks, our meetup group grew to over 50 members and we needed to upgrade our subscription. This was our first confirmation that there was definitely a need here!
• The Launch Event
• Launch Activities
Informal Networking Welcome and Introduction
The LTUX Placemat Exercise What do you want? Ideate and Vote!
Post-launch Survey
The Placemat Exercise: Understanding and Connecting
#UXSA16
UX South Africa
UXSA
• Seeds of Understanding
Current and Desired Levels of UX Knowledge
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Who are our members?
Novice UX Professionals
Established UX Professionals
Mentorsh
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Women with UX Aspirations
Curious women who don’t see the need
Men
Remote membersWhy? How?
Supportive
FreelancersEmployees
• Growing and Nurturing • the UX Community
Networking, understanding and connecting Resource Gap Analysis
Mentorship Initiative Establish an online community
Next Event: 30 November 2016 meetup.com/Ladies-that-UX-Cape-Town/
• Future Plans
• Ladies that UX Cape Town • Lara Pietersen@ladiesthatuxCPT @LaraPietersen
• Mri Cloete@mricloete
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