
Students, professionals, and executives looking to stay on the bleeding edge of accessibility will be heading to Addison, Texas, from May 31 - June 2 for the annual Big Design Conference. Googlers will also be in attendance to present research and share experiences and best practices surrounding accessibility technologies at Google.
This is Google’s first year sponsoring Big Design, though our commitment to accessibility has been long standing. As the Gold Sponsor for this year’s conference, we’re partnering with conference organizers and Knowbility (a non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas, that makes sure people with disabilities can access websites) to identify six recipients to receive Google-sponsored travel grants to attend the conference.
While at Big Design, I will be giving a talk on my recently published book, It’s Our Research. The talk will feature tested techniques for engaging stakeholders of UX research. The primary theme is that stakeholder engagement for UX research is attained by making any research activity their own, not the researcher’s. Involving stakeholders throughout the process of planning, execution, analysis, and reporting UX research dramatically increases the chances that they will act upon its results. I’ll suggest 14 tips and tricks for fostering truly great relationships with UX research stakeholders.
At Google, my research is focused on organic search results, voice-activated search, and identifying solutions to people’s search needs. I founded and led UPA Israel and am also the co-founder and organizer of leanUXmachine, a weekend of UX learning, collaboration, and mentorship for Israeli startups. I am proud of Google’s accomplishments in the accessibility space and look forward to seeing what others in the industry are working on at Big Design. To learn more about the work Googlers all over the globe are doing in the world of accessibilty, visit www.google.com/accessibility/.
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