Get Ready! Tomorrow is a Big (D)esign Day!

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Wow! The Big (D)esign Conference is tomorrow! We’re working hard to ensure that this is the best, most interesting, most enjoyable one-day User Experience conference around. Here are some details that might prove helpful to you on Saturday: Directions The conference is taking place at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center at Southern Methodist University. You can see the Google map here and see the directions on SMU’s website here. You should also check out this map marked with the Student Center and parking garages. Parking Your attendance fee includes parking at the Moody or Airline parking garage (your choice). Volunteers will [...]

Touching the design community in an appropriate manner

All kinds of people showing up at Big D 2009

For this being the first year of the Big (D)esign Conference we have had an outstanding response–actually we have had an outstanding response no matter how long the conference has been running. Throughout the planning and organization of Big (D)esign our goal has been to help bring the design community together. To illustrate just how many companies and organizations will be represented at the conference through the trade show, sponsorships, as speakers, and as attendees we have compiled this list. This is by no means a definitive list – we have a lot of people coming and I got tired [...]

Introducing Your Conference Organizers

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While many conferences tend to run nameless and faceless, the Big (D)esign Conference has been a true team effort.  We have many people leading the way to help make a great conference experience for you.  Let me introduce you to the conference organizers: Brian Sullivan (DFW-UPA President) — conference co-chair Ryan Plesko (DFW-UPA Chair) — conference co-chair, webmaster Danielle Arvanitis (DFW-UPA VP) — Big D Trade Show, registration Cone Johnson (DFW-UPA Membership) — Big D tweetups, conference party planner BJ Allen (DFW-UPA Co-Treasurer) — Volunteer Manager, registration Lara Becker (DFW-UPA Co-Treasurer) — Conference Finances, registration Justin Stasio (DFW-UPA Secretary) — [...]

Let people know you’ll be at Big (D)esign!

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We’re closing in on the big day and to help you spread the word about your attendance we’ve created a badge (in two convenient sizes) that you can use on your website or blog! Feel free to download them or link to them directly. The code for each is included below for embedding them on your site. Spread the word and invite your friends and colleagues!