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Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 3 – POEMS

You can get better user observations and more useful user research with the POEMS methods. Here's my overview and how-to, plus a POEMS template.

UX/Design Techniques

Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 2 – Story Mapping

Starting a new initiative? Use Story Mapping to do some design thinking, and create a detailed understanding of the user’s experience.

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Design Thinking Toolkit, Activity 1 – The Love/Breakup Letter

Need to identify positive and negative things about your brand/product/company/event? Apply some Design Thinking with the Love/Breakup Letter exercise.

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Design Thinking Toolkit – The Supply List

Before diving into design thinking exercises, gather the proper materials—a personal toolkit of essential supplies and some nice-to-have big-ticket items.

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Design Thinking Toolkit – What Is Design Thinking?

Design thinking uses logic, imagination, intuition, & systemic reasoning to solve tricky problems. It's never boring, sometimes physical, & always engaging.

UX/Design Tools

6 More Helpful Sketch Shortcuts

Sketch keyboard shortcuts including Change Alpha, Show/Hide Inspector, and how to custom-make a Collapse All Layer Groups shortcut.

UX/Design Techniques

Pricing & Membership Models: Part Three – Layouts

An analysis of successful membership model layouts from several popular websites.

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Pricing & Membership Models: Part Two – Value Propositions

Carefully analyze user tests results and feedback. If you identify a newer, stronger value proposition, pivot towards it.

UX/Design Techniques

Pricing & Membership Models: Part One – The Structure

Thoughtful pricing models and a solid membership structure will let you make it rain in dollars and users.

Evolving the Industry

Pushing Past Logos: Weekend Blitz & Design’s Evolving Role

Designers are taking initiative and questioning the bigger picture to identify the real problem instead of jumping straight into a solution.

UX/Design Practices

Dazed & Confused: How to Keep Your Clients in the Know

To be a successful product lead, you must also be an excellent educator.

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