In his final presentation as host of the UX Cocktail Hour, our Principal Designer Bob Corporaal shares his learnings from past 7 years.

1. | 22–03–2018
Better design through cocktails
— Looking back at 7 years of UX Cocktail Hour R’dam
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2. I’m moving to Chicago to build the C°F US office photo: Bob Corporaal

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23 events
51 presentations
1595 members
14 workshops
In 7 years there were

4. 7 years of awesome UX events

5. So what did I learn from that?
LEARNING 5

6. I met a great group of smart people

7. photo: Bob Corporaal
Had some excellent cocktails

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Learned some new workshop tips and tricks

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Some with crazy results

10. But beyond that…
LEARNING 10

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Back to the start…

12. In 2011 I started working at UI
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13. We we’re opening a new office in Rotterdam

14. photo: Bob Corporaal
Actually the old office of Mangrove

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Where is everybody in Rotterdam?
So we needed to build our network.

16. #1
Just start somewhere
LESSON #1

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So we created our own event

18. And it worked…
UXCH #1 18

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The first edition was a success

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So much that not everybody wanted to leave

21. …so we continued.
UXCH #1+ 21

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23. #2
Bring people together…
LESSON #2

24. …and make them do silly things.
LESSON #2

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Making snowflakes to learn about Scrum

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Creating a dating app with personality

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All great conversation starters

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Sharing hobbies in the Coolblue team

29. photo: Mirabeau

30. #3
Plan in detail,
then don’t mind the details
LESSON #3

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Sometimes workshops had crazy results

32. photos: Exact & Mangrove

33. #4
Always have side projects
LESSON #4

34. UX Cocktail Hour
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38. Explore
Learn
Try new things
Get inspired
Fail
Have fun
Side projects provide opportunities to
SIDE PROJECTS 38

39. Scratch your own itch
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40. Keep a simple backlog for your projects
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41. photos: Exact, Guilty People & Mirabeau

42. NOT EVERYTHING WORKED 42
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Some events had some learning points

43. NOT EVERYTHING WORKED 43
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44. #5
Reflect and iterate
LESSON #5

45. RETROSPECTIVE 45
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We all do retrospectives

46. But also do a personal retrospective
How do I feel about this?
Why do I feel this way?
What should I do different next time?
PERSONAL REFLECTION 46

47. Resulting in the UX Cocktail Hour manual
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48. And the improved manual
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Open Sourced, because why not

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23 events
51 presentations
1595 members
14 workshops
So that was

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24 events
53 presentations
1595 members
14 workshops
Or actually right now

51. 1. Just start somewhere
2. Bring people together and enjoy the chaos
3. Plan in detail and then don’t worry about the details
4. Always have side projects
5. Reflect and iterate
So what did I learn from the UX Cocktail Hour?
LEARNINGS 51

52. Exact
THANKS
Fabrique
Mirabeau
Online Department
Hogeschool Rotterdam
User Intelligence
MetrixLab
Thanks to all the hosts
Coolblue
Deloitte Digital
ISM eCompany
Rotterdam Startup Port
Hike One
Philips
IN10
Guilty People
Colours
We Are Reasonable People
Sensor Lab
CLEVER°FRANKE
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53. Thanks to everybody who attended

54. The UX Cocktail Hour will continue!

55. One more thing

56. Design Sprints
TOPICS
Strategy
Quantitative Research
User Research
Design Process
Iterative Design
Designing for Exhibitions
Client Collaboration
B2B applications
Designing for personality
Corporate Design
Robots
Agile Development
Internet of Things
Design Thinking
Design Education
Designing for Kids
Storytelling
Empathy
Dynamic Design
Startups
Personas
Design Systems
Design thinking
Conversion Optimization
What we talked about
Artificial Intelligence
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57. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Design
Designing with data
Designing systems instead of instances
The role of the designer
Building and growing design teams
Design Ethics
What we should be talking about next
TOPICS 57

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