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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Hello Folks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>It’s been a while since our last newsletter and a lot of things happened since then, but, first things first:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>We hope you had a great start and great two first month in 2021. For everyone who didn’t have the time to join our UX Mas in December or our first meetups, we briefly summarize the most important news<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Before we start:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>If you know anything that we should share on our social media channels (jobs opportunities, blog posts, news, podcasts, workshops, events – anything relevant to UX in the styrian UX community), let us know via:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><a href="https://forms.gle/FT7bBNHZRwGxzFMv5">https://forms.gle/FT7bBNHZRwGxzFMv5</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>--- Highlights ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Our core organization team grew to 4 people: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Amy is responsible for our new UX Graz website, which will be launched in March or April ( <a href="https://uxgraz.at/">https://uxgraz.at/</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Konny supports us by organizing and moderating meetups<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Niko is responsible for moderation and organization for remote participations for our events (as soon as we go back to local event, we will provide remote participations for people who cannot join our local events)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Johannes is still there </span><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span><span lang=DE-AT><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>We started to connect with the Austrian UX communities in Linz and Vienna and moved closer together in a single slack channel. If you also want to connect with us, let us know via <a href="mailto:community@uxgraz.at">community@uxgraz.at</a> and we will send you an invite to the uxaustria slack group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Besides that, we are actively participating in the organization of the 24 Hours of UX ( <a href="https://24hoursofux.com">https://24hoursofux.com</a> ) and will have a collaborative session with UX Brisbane as part of the event in June!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>--- First Events 2021 ---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>We had a great start in January. Jonas from considerly was talking about UX Research and will provide us a workshop on their tool in summer 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>February was a little bit stressful: The UX Graz community organized 3 events: (1) our first book club this year on Hooked by Nir Eyal, (2) we tried out a new format: Open Discussion, which we will include in our meetups from now on on a regular basis, since it provides a great opportunity to connect with each other and share your own expertise and knowledge, and (3) our first Tool Workshop took place: after a short keynote by A.J. Wood from Adobe, we had a short hands-on session – the second one is coming up in April and will give you insights into Uizard, an AI powered prototyping tool. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>In addition to our events, we had our quarterly organization meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>>> If you are interested to give back to the community and support us actively, feel free to get in touch via <a href="mailto:community@uxgraz.at">community@uxgraz.at</a> and we will invite you to our organization meetings and internal communication channels. Anyone is welcome </span><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span><span lang=DE-AT> <<<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>*** Upcoming Events ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>#1 Hands-on Session: 10 Usability Heuristics and Video Games (Online Event)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><a href="https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/events/276365075/">https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/events/276365075/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>📆</span><span lang=DE-AT> When?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Tuesday, March 16th 2021, 6:30PM (CET)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🗺</span><span lang=DE-AT>️ Where?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Anywhere ;) it is online!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>💬</span><span lang=DE-AT> What?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>The 10 Usability heuristics by Jakob Nielsen are general principles used in interactive design to ensure usability. This is not relevant in every kind of product design, heuristic evaluations and also in game design.<br>In this Hands on session we will have a closer look at the ten heuristics, how they are applied in video games and we will try to find them in games and software that we use.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>How much?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>The meetup is absolutely free!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>#2 Uizard Workshop: Creating a Functional High-Fidelity Prototype in 20 Minutes (Online Event)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><a href="https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/events/276754635/">https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/events/276754635/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>📆</span><span lang=DE-AT> When?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Tuesday, April 6th 2021, 7:00PM (CEST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🗺</span><span lang=DE-AT>️ Where?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Anywhere ;) it is online!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>💬</span><span lang=DE-AT> What?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Florian van Schreven, co-founder and COO of Uizard Technologies will show us in a short workshop what rapid prototyping really means. You will get to know Uizard - an AI-powered wireframing tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>We will create a functional high-fidelity prototype in 20 minutes!<br>More information about the tool: </span><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🌐</span><span lang=DE-AT> <a href="https://uizard.io/" target="_blank" title="https://uizard.io/">https://uizard.io/</a><br>You can create a free account through <a href="https://app.uizard.io/auth/sign-up" target="_blank" title="https://app.uizard.io/auth/sign-up">https://app.uizard.io/auth/sign-up</a> before the event and try out everything on your own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>How much?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>The meetup is absolutely free!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>#3 UX Graz April Meetup (Online Event)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>URL or Location Coming Soon on <a href="https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/">https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>📆</span><span lang=DE-AT> When?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Tuesday, April 20th 2021, 6:30PM (CEST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🗺</span><span lang=DE-AT>️ Where?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Anywhere ;) it is online!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>💬</span><span lang=DE-AT> What?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Framing in UX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>(more details coming soon)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>How much?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>The meetup is absolutely free!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>#4 UX Graz May Meetup hosted by Parkside (Online Event)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>URL or Location Coming Soon on <a href="https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/">https://www.meetup.com/uxgraz/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>📆</span><span lang=DE-AT> When?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Tuesday, May 18th 2021, 6:30PM (CEST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🗺</span><span lang=DE-AT>️ Where?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Location will be announced as soon as possible. If possible, we will meet in person!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>💬</span><span lang=DE-AT> What?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>UX Writing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>(more details coming soon)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>How much?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>The meetup is absolutely free!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>More Events will be announced soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>*** UXGraz is looking for speakers! ***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>If you want to share your knowledge or experience with us, or want to show one of your projects and discuss with the community, contact us <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><a href="mailto:community@uxgraz.at">community@uxgraz.at</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>We organize different meetup formats and will definitely find the right one for you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Konny, Niko, and Johannes from #UXGraz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Always stay up-to-date:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Follow #UXGraz on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook for updates!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Web: <a href="https://uxgraz.at">https://uxgraz.at</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>LinkedIn: @UXGraz | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxgraz">https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxgraz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Twitter: @UXGraz | <a href="https://twitter.com/uxgraz">https://twitter.com/uxgraz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE-AT>Facebook: @UXGraz | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uxgraz">https://www.facebook.com/uxgraz</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>