UI/UX CoP Meeting Agendas 2024 (Wednesday 6PM PST)

Aparna1Gopal commented 5 months ago

Overview

This issue tracks the agenda for the weekly UI/UX CoP meetings.

Weekly Agenda, Recordings, and Meeting Notes

January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024

Resources/Instructions

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:sparkle: **This Week's UI/UX Community of Practice!** :sparkle: :bulb:**What?** [REPLACE] :watch:**When?** [REPLACE] :computer:**Where?** [REPLACE] :trophy:**Why?** [REPLACE] :meow_bread_appear: **Need the Zoom link?** If you have been onboarded to Hack for LA already and you deleted the CoP meeting link, add your email to this thread to let us know to add you to the invite. If you have questions, at message one of the UI/UX CoP Leads! UI/UX CoP Leads [at]Julia Gab [at]Aparna Gopal [at] Jennifer Nguyen [at] Peter Gown [at] Leo Peng

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## YYYY-MM-DD Meeting Agenda

### Prework to prep for meeting
N/A

### FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)
N/A

### Recurring items: 
 - [ ] [Getting Started at HfLA UI/UX](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX)
 - [ ] [Set up Research Profile](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/5)
 - [ ] [UI/UX Research Open Roles](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2)
 - [ ] [UI/UX Design Open Roles](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3)
 - [ ] [UI/UX Writing Open Roles](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/7)
 - [ ] [UI/UX Templates and Guides](https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/1)

### New Items 

### Notes from meeting

### Tasks

### Items for next week's agenda

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Aparna1Gopal commented 5 months ago

2024-01-10 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Guest Speaker event postponed as speaker was unable to make it this week. Guest Speaker
[x] MeetUp Announcement
[x] Guest Speaker 2024: Create Consent Docs for Sara G #535
[x] Generate Questions for 2024-01-10: Sara Gabriele/Coursera #533
Conducted Office hours instead.

Notes from meeting

Resources from today's UI/UX CoP: Wiki page: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki UI/UX Design Project Board: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3 UX Research Project Board: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2 UI/UX Projects: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects?type=classic UI/UX Guides: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/1

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

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Aparna1Gopal commented 5 months ago

2024-01-17 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Participatory Design: Feedback from UI/UX CoP members on goals for the community - JANUARY 2024 #544

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Participatory Design: Feedback from UI/UX CoP members on goals for the community - JANUARY 2024 #544

Notes from meeting

Conducted FigJam activity
Shared open roles/guides Resources from today's UI/UX CoP meeting:arrow_heading_down: Wiki page: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/wiki UI/UX Design Project Board: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/3 UX Research Project Board: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/2 UI/UX Projects: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects?type=classic UI/UX Guides: https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/projects/1
Slack Announcement/Call:

Tasks

Analyse data from activity using FigJam AI

Items for next week's agenda

Co-Leads prep for LinkedIn Reviews activity

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juliagab56 commented 4 months ago

2024-02-14 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Notes from meeting

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

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Aparna1Gopal commented 4 months ago

2024-02- 21 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

UI/UX CoP Co-Leads contacted all the points of contact listed on the project cards of the UI Design Open roles

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Sample of invite sent to the points of contact

Slack Announcement

Notes from meeting

Bonnie attended & spoke about the open UI & UX Design Roles and provided in-depth details of the various projects
Conducted open office hours for current & new members
Made announcement regarding Skillshare activity for next week
- Skillshare sessions, volunteers can present a tool, resources or teach a skill to each other. We have done Figma a lot, maybe we can have an Adobe Xd or Illustrator show’n’tell or walkthrough or presentation. Will be a great space to practice for job interviews & presenting!

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

Prep Slack Announcement for Skillshare Activity
Co-Leads to have 1 tool prepared to present/walkthrough as well (3-5 minutes skillshare walkthrough by each community member)

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Aparna1Gopal commented 4 months ago

2024-02-28 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Share open roles, guides, discuss progress & blockers with community members
SkillShare Activity - Fireside Chat & Walkthrough

Notes from meeting

What is the one skill/tool you have learnt during your time as a UX Practitioner, that would like to share with the community? One skill/tool that has been super helpful as you navigate your UX career? [Example: FigJam AI for affinity mapping, talk about it and do a walkthrough]
Resources shared

Accessibility:

Figma Plugins for Accessibility
WebAIM: Contrast Checker
Colorblindly - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/colorblindly/floniaahmccleoclneebhhmnjgdfijgg
Typescale https://typescale.com/
Ngram Viewer - Google Books Ngram Viewer

Soft Skills (User Interviews):

Carl Rogers - humanistic psychology - developed methodologies
Rogers Three Characteristics/Attributes Needed for Client-TherapistRelationship - can be used while conducting UX interviews & other UX work

Design & Research:

https://www.pexels.com/ (free stock photos)
Pexels and Unsplash both have a plugin for Figma
Qualtrics - free Survey Tool
Fonts Ninja
sci-hub - for free research papers & publications

Weekly Project Management Tracker:

Any Spreadsheet
Notion
Update notes - physical note-taking everyday

Tasks

Slack Announcements

Items for next week's agenda

Planning meet - no UI/UX CoP meet next week

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Aparna1Gopal commented 3 months ago

2024-03-13 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

Items for next week's agenda

Prep for Guest Speaker Shipra K

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Aparna1Gopal commented 3 months ago

2024-03-20 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Meetup Invite
Zoom Calendar Invite (Co-hosts & Guest Speaker)
Send Guest Speaker : Consent Form & questions from the community

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/541 https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/558

Notes from meeting

Tasks

Advertise on Slack Channels (ui/ux, general, all-leads)

Items for next week's agenda

Office Hours or Guest Speaker

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Aparna1Gopal commented 3 months ago

2024-03-27 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/552 Meetup Invite

Notes from meeting

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

Next week, planning week

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pogwon commented 2 months ago

2024-04-09 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Tentative Schedule

6:00 PM - 6:10 PM (10 minutes): Wait for members to join meeting and also answer any questions new members may have, since we just went through onboarding on Monday.

6:10 PM - 6:50 PM (40 minutes): Hold open discussion/chat. Potential questions/points of conversation:

How did you get started in the UI/UX industry?
What was your background before?
What helped you get your first role and get your foot in the door?
Are there any tips or resources you'd share for people who are in similar paths?
What would you have done differently?

6:50 PM - 7:00 PM (10 minutes): Wrap up, make announcements for next week's meeting, and let members know that all resources will be shared afterwards.

Resources to share during meeting:

Recurring items:

Getting Started at HfLA UI/UX Set up Research Profile UI/UX Research Open Roles UI/UX Design Open Roles UI/UX Writing Open Roles UI/UX Templates and Guides

New Items

Notes from meeting

Work with Indies: Indie Game Developers Figma to Shopify code Plugin User Flows of Various Apps & Websites Dovetail Online Conference Daily UI Challenge Indie Hackers

Tasks

Advertise on UI/UX Slack Channel

Items for next week's agenda

Workshop: UI & Typography

leopeng101 commented 2 months ago

2024-04-17 Meeting Agenda

Tentative Schedule Intro 6 - 6:10pm First exercise 6:10 - 6:15pm Second and third exercise 6:15 - 6:25pm First article 6:25 - 6:30pm Fourth exercise 6:30 - 6:35pm Second article 6:35 - 6:40pm Closing 6:40 - 7pm

Recurring items: Getting Started at HfLA UI/UX Set up Research Profile UI/UX Research Open Roles UI/UX Design Open Roles UI/UX Writing Open Roles UI/UX Templates and Guides

New Items

Aparna1Gopal commented 2 months ago

2024-04-24 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Create Training Workshop GitHub issue and resources for training

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/569

Notes from meeting

GitHub Docs - Help for wherever you are on your GitHub journey HOW TO KANBAN FOR SUCCESSFUL OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

Tasks

https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/569

Items for next week's agenda

Planning meeting next week. No CoP.

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 month ago

2024-05-08 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Peer Review Night! (Portfolios, Resumes, Case Studies or any UX work)
First 10 minutes or so for any new members to ask questions.
In the case no peer review work to share by members, can ask them for feedback on the IA of our wiki.

Notes from meeting

Portfolio Hosting Platforms

Webflow
Wordpress
Squarespace
Notion
Figma
Netlify https://www.netlify.com
Behance
Wix
UX Folio
Dribble
Canva
Squarespace (could use a student account from uni to get some student discounts for subscription)

UX Feedback

Portfolio peer review - Member Ancy shared a draft portfolio and other peers discussed and provided their feedback & ideas

Tasks

Slack message on UI/UX Channel

Items for next week's agenda

Prep for next week - May 15- Workshop: Your UX Journey with us!

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 month ago

2024-05-15 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Prepare Workshop issue and FigJam workspace for meeting

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

[x] Create the Workshop Template. Circulate amongst Co-leads for feedback. Once feedback received and template finalised, use template to work on this Workshop
[x] Use template to create Workshop issue & details
[x] Agenda and time distribution for activities (6-7PM PST)
- [x] First 10 min - Introductions and hellos!
- [x] 10 min - Introduce workshop
- [x] 20 min - Community members work on the tasks on the FigJam Board
- [x] 15 min - Discussion on feedback
- [x] 5 min - Wrap-up & goodbyes!

Notes from meeting

Other feedback for next week's activity - Design Challenge was discussed with the community
UI/UX resources & Wiki was shared with the community

Tasks

[x] Prepare Workshop issue and FigJam workspace for meeting

Items for next week's agenda

Prep for next item on Schedule - Design Challenge

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 month ago

2024-05-22 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Prep Figma Design Challenge - workspace for members to work on https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/574

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Figma Workspace
https://github.com/hackforla/UI-UX/issues/574
Slack Announcements

Notes from meeting

10 min: Mini office hours to answer questions
5 min: Reviewing reminders with members (image attached)
5 min: Intro to Design Challenge
20 min: Work on design challenge
20 min: Reviewing the designs & discussion/feedback

Tasks

Figma Workspace

Items for next week's agenda

Prep for Office hours

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 month ago

2024-05-29 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Office Hours, no prep required

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Office Hours

Notes from meeting

Discussed various ways to show Impact & case studies
General chat on how to apply for roles, where to find roles, personal experiences in designing portfolios etc.

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

Next week is Planning week. No UI/UX CoP next week.

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 month ago

2024-06-12 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

UI Design Workshop (Digital Illustration)

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Notes from meeting

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

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Aparna1Gopal commented 2 weeks ago

2024-06-12 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Notes from meeting

Swapped the UI/UX CoP schedule. Had office hours this week & moved the Figma Illustration Workshop to next week (due to low turnout of members)
Co-leads (Peter G & Aparna G) stayed back to discuss a plan of action for the GitHub Project Board Migration
Bonnie joined meeting. The Co-leads & Bonnie worked together to set-up the new CoP: UI/UX: Project Board & Project board migration prep. Notes from meeting can be found here

Tasks

Items for next week's agenda

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Aparna1Gopal commented 1 week ago

2024-06-19 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

N/A

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Figma Board Workshop

Notes from meeting

Workshop by Peter G, shared Figma Board, conducted exercises & shared resources

Tasks

Prepare the Figma Board

Items for next week's agenda

Prep resources for content creation brainstorming chat next week

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Aparna1Gopal commented 4 days ago

2024-06-26 Meeting Agenda

Prework to prep for meeting

Prep interview guide for discussion
Research talking points for content creation

FYIs (nothing needs to be done, just keeping each other informed)

N/A

Recurring items:

New Items

Guide for spearheading the discussion - Content Creation

Have you had any experience in content creation? Like having a YouTube channel, posting on TikTok, a Podcast, streaming on Twitch, Discord, Instagram? Or even contributing your knowledge in an audio/video format a la Reddit. If yes, how and what did you do? And what were your goals? Example of contributing your knowledge & being a content creator: Learners UX Research platform
Have you used any sort of audio/video content while crafting your UX portfolio & case studies?
Do you have any best practices to share for content creation Examples of best practices: Know & understand your audience, create for a niche audience & niche content, your brand, automate workflows
Any ideas for how you can incorporate the best practices learnt today in your own UX portfolio and case study creation?
Resources:

Notes from meeting

Keeping in theme with the month of June, no members attended the CoP this week (slow time of the year due to summer).
The UI/UX Co-Leads available on the call (Peter G, Julia G, Aparna G) instead did UI/UX CoP Housekeeping (reviewing Github migration, planning meeting for next week etc.) on this call

Tasks

Prep interview guide for discussion
Research talking points for content creation
- Slack announcement on UI/UX Slack channel

Items for next week's agenda

No CoP next week (Planning week)
No CoP meetings in July as HfLA on break.

Link back to top of issue

hackforla / UI-UX