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2008 PhillyCHI Design Slam
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Date: January 31, 2008
6:15 PM - 8:30 PM US/Eastern
Location: University Club Reserved Section, 6th Floor, MacAlister Hall
3250 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Please join us for the Philadelphia region's second annual Design Slam. Contestants will participate in a fast-paced race to create the best design solution to a real-world problem. Awards given to the victors!


2008 PhillyCHI Design Slam
When: Thursday, January 31, 2008, from 6:20pm to 8:30pm

Location: University Club Reserved Section, 6th Floor, MacAlister Hall, 3250 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Directions: Building is on the NE corner for 33rd and Chestnut Sts and contains the Drexel University Bookstore. As soon as you get off the elevator, walk straight into the room (its divided into 2 sections and the room to the left has tables and chairs set up in it. That's where we will be. 
Website: http://phillychi.acm.org


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If you would like to participate, please RSVP to phillychi@gmail.com. We must cap participation, so RSVP early to reserve your space.

What's a "design slam"?
During the meeting, participants will be teamed and introduced to a full-fledged hypothetical project, including appropriate client-side deliverables. They'll then have an opportunity to interview key players on the client's team. The session will conclude with proposal presentations from each of the groups to the "clients" and the assembled audience.

Then the "clients" team will choose a winner. Members of the winning team will receive a plethora of praise from your peers and an award.

What's in it for me?

This is a chance for interested IAs, designers, usability practitioners, developers and marketing professionals to get their hands dirty working side by side with colleagues as they tackle tough business problems in a fun and sometimes crazy environment. Knowledge transfer, technique sharing, and a social atmosphere makes this session stand out from the garden-variety "lecture-and-Powerpoint" presentation.
Those that want to participate need to be at the meeting by 6:20pm at the latest. The client team will be introducing the design challenge promptly at 6:30.

If you do not want to participate because you won't be able to get to the meeting ontime or a have severe case of social phobia, fear not! We would like to have an audience during this session to play the role of users, and help choose the winning team.


This idea is shamelessly stolen (with permission) from the IA Summit's IA Slam. For more information about the IA Slam, visit http://www.e-reiss.com/Seminars.aspx

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