[Sigia-l] Twin Cities MN Area UPA Meeting Oct 10 - Career Counseling & Future of Usability

Thu Oct 3 11:11:40 EDT 2002

This may be of interest to anyone near the Minneapolis/St. Paul area:
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I'd like to invite you to the next meeting of the Usability 
Professionals Association (UPA) - Minnesota chapter.  We're very 
excited to have Susan Weinschenk as our invited guest.  Susan is an 
outstanding speaker and the topic is sure to be of interest to everyone 
planning or continuing a career related to usability.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by emailing me 
(Lyle_Kantrovich at bigfoot.com) and let me know if you've invited any 
guests.  You can help build our membership by forwarding this note to 
others who might be interested.  

Meeting Details: 
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Date/Time: 		October 10th / 6:00PM 
Place: 		The St. Paul Companies
Address: 		385 Washington Street
			Saint Paul, MN 55102
			Phone:  (612) 310-7911
Host: 		JoAnn Graf - The St. Paul Companies
Speaker(s): 	Susan Weinschenk - Weinschenk Consulting
Topic: 		Career Counseling: Where are we all headed and where 
                  will we end up?

Agenda:		5:55 Note: Try to arrive prior to 6pm for faster 
                       security check-in
			6:00 Networking & Food (Pizza, lemonade and cookies will 
                       be provided.)
			6:15 Speaker
			7:15 Business meeting
			8:00 Adjourn

Topic & Speaker Information: 
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Whether you are an old pro, still getting your feet wet, or not even in 
the water, but thinking about dipping in a toe, during this session Dr. 
Susan Weinschenk (an old pro herself!) will give her prognosis of the 
near and far future of careers in usability.

Susan Weinschenk is the owner and principal consultant with Weinschenk
Consulting Group. For 25 years she has used her expertise in psychology 
to design technology products, including web sites and applications, 
for the Fortune 500. She has had three books published by John Wiley and
Sons and was chosen as one of the "Top 100 Women in Computing" by Open 
Computing magazine. Dr. Weinschenk is a highly-rated workshop and 
keynote presenter at national conferences. She has a doctorate in 
Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.

RSVP & Dues
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Please email Lyle_Kantrovich at bigfoot.com if you plan to attend.  Please
indicate the number of guests, if any, you have invited.  

Visitors and past members are welcome, but are asked to pay five 
dollars if they haven't paid chapter dues for the year. 

Directions & Map:
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MapQuest Map URL: http://tinyurl.com/1qxj

Map with downtown landmarks: 
http://www.stpaul.com/wwwcorporate/content/aboutus/chq_directions.asp

Directions:

Westbound on I94:
Take the Sixth Street exit. Take Sixth past Washington Street. The 
entrance to the visitor parking lot will be on your left. 

Southbound on 35E:
Take the 10th and Wacouta exit. Follow Wacouta Street to Sixth Street, 
turn right. Take Sixth past Washington Street. The entrance to the 
visitor parking lot will be on your left. 

Eastbound from Twin Cities International Airport:
Take Highway 5 East, which becomes West Seventh Street to Fifth Street. 
Turn right on Fifth Street and get into the left lane. Turn left on 
Washington Street. Go one block and turn left on Sixth Street. The 
entrance to the visitor parking lot will be on your left.

Northbound on 35E:
Take the Kellogg exit, turn right. Take Kellogg to Seventh Street and 
turn left. Turn right on Fifth Street. Turn left on Washington Street. 
Go one block and turn left on Sixth Street. The entrance to the visitor 
parking lot will be on your left.

Eastbound on I94:
Take the Fifth Street exit and follow to Washington Street, turn left. 
Go one block and turn left on Sixth Street. The entrance to the visitor 
parking lot will be on your left.

Checking In:
St. Paul Companies (SPC) are located in 2 buildings connected by a 
skyway.  You should enter the building at the Washington street 
entrance (the tall tower building). Because of security logistics, it 
would be best to arrive before 6 p.m.  If you arrive after 6 p.m. you 
will need to use the intercom to call a guard, who will then call JoAnn 
to let people in.  

Parking
There is a parking lot behind the building which you can enter from 5th 
street or 6th street - cost is $10. The Lawson ramp which is kitty 
corner from SPC (enter the ramp on 5th St. between St. Peter and 
Wabasha) costs $6 for the evening. The ramp at Marshall Fields, which 
is a block away (entrances on Wabasha and on 6th St.) costs $3 for the 
evening.  Additional parking options: 
http://www.rivercentre.org/images/parksmartdowntown.pdf

Help Spread the Word:
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Know someone interested in usability?  Feel free to invite them to an
upcoming meeting.  Visitors are always welcome.  Please forward this
announcement to other area professionals who might have an interest in
UPA-MN meetings or activities.

Upcoming Meetings & Events:
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November	Annual Meeting November 14th
		Special Topic: Board Elections
		Location: TBD (Can you help by hosting?)

Have an idea for a future meeting topic or know someone who you think
would be a good invited speaker?  Contact Lyle 
(lyle_kantrovich at bigfoot.com) with your suggestions.

Past Meeting Minutes:
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Notes and handouts from previous meetings are archived at
http://www.mousewks.com/upa/prevnews.html

UPA-MN Membership:
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To join UPA-Minnesota, contact our treasurer Debbie McConnell
(debbiemcconnell at mn.rr.com). You can also find out more about us by
attending one of our monthly meetings or visiting our web site:
http://www.mousewks.com/upa/join.html

You can apply for National UPA Membership over the Web:
http://www.upassoc.org/html/join_upa.html

Subscription Changes:
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You can join the UPA-MN email list via this web page: 
http://www.mousewks.com/upa/email_list.html

Regards,

Lyle Kantrovich
UPA-MN Program Director
Lyle_Kantrovich at bigfoot.com
http://www.upamn.org/