How do we achieve this?

Intimate week-long container that gives you the new experiences and in-depth UX Research Intensive Training you’ve been craving.

• You get to connect and collaborate with like-minded individuals. 

• You get to get practical experience conducting UX research with real-life participants

• You get to interact with local stakeholders with real-life business problems

2023 Dates:

• June 4-10, 2023

Course Description:

• This​ ​intense research training retreat, taking place on Oahu catering to local Hawaii businesses, is for people who have a basic understanding of user​ ​experience​ ​research, and who need real-world experience conducting research and working with stakeholders.​

• ​Students will work in teams to conduct in-person in-depth interviews for local Oahu businesses. Students will synthesize findings and present to stakeholders.

• Students will work intimately with senior-level researchers who will provide feedback and pointers from real-world experiences conducting research and working with stakeholders.

• This training takes a process approach: students will execute a research study (that will be planned prior to the retreat), analyze results, and report findings effectively to stakeholders.

• In addition, students will partake in local Hawaii activities, such as lei making and sound healing. Students will live together on Oahu, Hawaii, just steps to the ocean.

• Lunches and dinners will be included.

• Transportation is not included.

• Space is limited to 8 people to ensure an intense hands-on learning environment. Students will work closely with each other and instructors and will have extensive personal training and attention.

Learning Objectives:

When​ ​students​ ​have​ ​completed​ ​this​ ​course,​ ​they​ ​will​ be able to:

• Understand and explain to others what user experience research is and what it can contribute to a design effort

• Choose a method and plan research for real-life application

• Develop, conduct, analyze, and report findings from a survey

• Develop, conduct, analyze, and report findings from in-depth interviews

• Interact with stakeholders and understand what questions to ask and how to keep them engaged

• Reflect on how to pivot when things do not go as expected in a research study or with stakeholders

• Ensure that research is applicable to product development

• Ace interview questions with real-life experiences

• Give back to local Hawaii businesses, while experiencing paradise with aloha

  
  

Certification:

• Participants will complete the course with a UX Research Intensive Certificate from UXR Coach, LLC in partnership with Authentic Travel Adventures.

Timeline for the UX Research Intensive Training

Does this sound like you?

• You can’t get past the interview stage to get a job in UX research because you don’t have any experience with stakeholders?

• You don’t have any real world experience deciding which methodologies to use and then actual research experience using them?

Testimonials For Kendall’s & Jen’s Teaching:

• "Kendall and Jen's class was insightful for me...for people getting into UX Research" - Elda

• The class was “a good taste of what it would be to work in the field. A sprint to get research done quickly." - Brent

• "I loved the opportunity to get direct feedback and get that validation from this course. [The retreat would be a good] excuse to create the practical experience I have been missing in UX." -Megan

• The course “crystallized my understanding of methods. I got to develop my understanding in an industry setting with experts and talk through situational examples." -Class Participant #12

• "The quizzes forced us to think and drills to keep us on our toes and integrate what we were learning. This vastly increased my general research knowledge so that I can apply it to the work I do." - Class Participant #14

• "The course was a great refresher on the UX research coursework I took at U. Berkeley extension. The pieces on presenting findings were very valuable. Thank you dear Jen and Kendall." -Class Participant #6

• "The ability to confidently choose research methods is the important thing I gained in this course. The quizzes really helped. I also learned a lot about presenting findings." -Class Participant #4

• "1. Learned about new methods that I hadn't used myself 2. Gained better understanding of which method of choose when and why." -Class Participant #9