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		<title>Surviving A Downturn (User Experience)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be Kaler Blake (Aquent UK) and Gerred Blyth (Lighthouse Experience) recently presented the following presentation on surviving the current economic downturn: UK UPA: User Experience In A Downturn View more presentations from Uk Upa. Key Takeaways: 1) Thinking about user experience for projects: - Push towards customer self-service (experience should be as good as possible) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="__ss_1069044" style="width:425px;text-align:left">Be Kaler Blake (Aquent UK) and Gerred Blyth (Lighthouse Experience) recently presented the following presentation on surviving the current economic downturn:</div>
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<div style="width:425px;text-align:left"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" title="UK UPA: User Experience In A Downturn" href="http://www.slideshare.net/UKUPA/uk-upa-ux-in-a-downturn?type=powerpoint">UK UPA: User Experience In A Downturn</a><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="355" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ukupajan2009-uxinadownturn-090225115633-phpapp01&amp;rel=0&amp;stripped_title=uk-upa-ux-in-a-downturn" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355" src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=ukupajan2009-uxinadownturn-090225115633-phpapp01&amp;rel=0&amp;stripped_title=uk-upa-ux-in-a-downturn" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div>
<div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/UKUPA">Uk Upa</a>.</div>
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<p>Key Takeaways:</p></div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">1) Thinking about user experience for projects:</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Push towards customer self-service (experience should be as good as possible)</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- SEO most attractive and crucially measurable piece</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Brands will survive even if the company doesn&#8217;t</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Put yourself in the clients shoes.  Would you spend the money?</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">2) For the individual:</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Self promote</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Ensure your contributions are noticed</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Improve on weak areas</div>
<div style="width:425px;text-align:left">- Produce your own projects</div>
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