Special September Edition | Welcome to the UX Vocab Club Newsletter :)

Hi, UX Designers and everyone else!

Welcome to the special edition of the UX Vocab Club Newsletter :)?

This month, we are launching our group workshops and new events schedule. You can save this newsletter as a reference so you know what's going on at the club all year.

We have three monthly events, seven weekly group sessions, and a few different ways you can participate.

If you're not a group training type, don't despair!! Hilary also offers one-on-one coaching and editing services and can help you prepare for an interview, improve your English, or reach your dream UX career.

The Club's Monthly Events

Three events occur once a month. Two are private, and the other is blasted all over YouTube for everyone to see!?

Let's start with the UX Vocab Club Group Event!?

It occurs on the last Tuesday of every month. August 30 was our last event, and it was awesome!!!?

If you haven't attended one yet, here's how it works.?

Hilary invites a guest, or guests, to join her live on YouTube to go through an exercise and apply the Bubble Method in different ways.?

The Bubble Method is a visual communication tool that helps you anchor thoughts to a piece of paper that you can bring with you during an interview, at meetings, or as a personal journal.

A few days ago, Stefanie León Villegas joined Hilary to learn a template to use while preparing for an interview so she could clearly articulate her UX story.?

We had Clint Lewis , Pema Riczin , Jay Ginsherman , Hanna Kavalevich , Malex Olivo, Starman, and Hovs Witness in the YouTube chat, and it was fun to have everyone interact with Stefanie :) She's currently searching for work as a UX Designer, and the support from the group was beautiful!?

It's what community is all about :) You can join Hilary and her guest on Zoom, and you will be training with them in person for $12, or you can join the YouTube chat for free.

Check out the replay, and follow along to create your killer template.

Next up, the UX Case Study Group.

Unique and private, the UX Case Study Group is a safe place for designers or anyone transitioning into UX to share their case studies and gain feedback from a wider audience than their friends and family.

Hilary hosts a special meeting for group members on the first Tuesday of every month. It's by invitation only and free to attend if you receive an invitation.

The first September 6 session will teach what components to include in any case study. The group will use the bubble method to explore this concept and get everyone on the same page.

Starting in October, Hilary will ask experts to join the private group sessions to share their case studies and show the group how to make similar presentations.? Nishant A Bali might be the special guest for October!! Fingers (*and toes*) crossed!

We meet on Zoom, and the capacity is 95 participants. The session is audio recorded, and each participant also receives a text transcript of the event for their reference later.

If you want to join the UX Case Study Group, click here for the link.

Finally, the most badass session of all!! Face Reading to Communicate Better with Others.

When you communicate, do you sometimes feel like you're not using the right words, tone or topic to engage with your counterpart? It's ok. Many people feel that way, too.?Like no one understands them.

Hilary used to get accused of being rude or too aggressive, and she studied face reading to understand better how to communicate. Susan Ibitz , Hilary's instructor, says, "People aren't trying to drive you crazy. It's how they process information."?

It's not about what we want to say. It's about how someone wants to hear it. Perhaps the person hears with their eyes? Or they care about people instead of facts and data.

Susan always says, "Face reading is complex, not complicated." And it's conducive to breaking down communication barriers and getting to know someone well.?

A typical comment from Hilary's live streams on YouTube is, "I feel comfortable! I forgot we were live! It's like talking to a friend."

Well, do you know what the secret sauce is? Face reading.

If you want to start learning the basics, you can join in once a month for a group workshop. This monthly group session costs $35 per workshop.

The Other Seven Weekly Group Workshops, $35 per session.

Group workshops are private events hosted by Hilary on Zoom. The capacity is 20 persons per session so that everyone can have a chance to participate appropriately.

The topics repeat every week. However, no session will ever be identical, so you can choose to attend as many as you like and always gain new knowledge.?Group Workshops run from Tuesday through Friday every week until September 2023.

Hilary is an excellent host; you will feel comfortable and more confident when you leave. And you will receive an audio recording and written transcript of the event to reference at your convenience.

Why groups?

There's a benefit to exploring ideas and concepts with others because you gain multiple perspectives and can piece a strategy together for yourself based on the data.

Seem familiar? It's very much like collaborating with your colleagues or other professionals. And collaboration is vital when it comes to user experience, right?

The Weekly Schedule

Tuesdays

Engaging Presentations

Outline and practice the critical components of an engaging presentation and identify each part of your presentation.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Engaging Presentations workshop.

Wednesdays

Business Culture Similarities and Differences

Understand business culture similarities and differences because we are global citizens, and everyone operates a little differently.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Business Culture Similarities and Differences workshop.

Thursdays

Gestures and Eye Contact On-Screen

Use body and posture to engage with audiences through gestures, eye contact and on-screen movement. And improve self-awareness on-screen, practicing moving in the frame and maintaining eye contact.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Gestures and Eye Contact On-Screen workshop.

Improve Speaking Clarity in English

Improve English speaking clarity by focusing on pronunciation and using appropriate keywords, tone, and verb choice.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Improve Speaking Clarity in English workshop.

English Small Talk and Professional Conversations

Improve English communication in office settings, including small talk and opening, carrying-on and closing conversations.

Link to purchase a ticket to the English Small Talk and Professional Conversations workshop.

Fridays

Handle Questions and Any Audience

Handle questions and other skills to interact and respond to any audience, including complex or challenging questions you don't know how to answer.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Handle Questions and Any Audience workshop.

Practice Writing Business Emails in English and Other Direct Messages

Practice writing business emails in English or other forms of direct messages because written communication is as important as how you say it out loud.

Link to purchase a ticket to the Practice Writing Business Emails in English and Other Direct Messages workshop.

Three Ways to Join the Workshops

You can participate in workshops in three different ways, depending on how frequently you attend.

Regular Ticket Price

Let's say you want to attend a workshop every once in a while. Then it would be ideal for you to purchase a one-off ticket for that workshop.

Tickets are $35 per workshop. Please see the links above to select your preferred workshop and purchase your ticket.

VIP Guest Pass Price

And if you plan on attending at least four workshops a month, getting the VIP Guest Pass is a good idea. The pass gives you a 15% discount on any workshop or group event and individual coaching and editing services with Hilary.

Link to purchase a VIP Pass.

If you are a Floxies Community Member, you automatically get a VIP Guest Pass to the UX Vocab Club :) You can claim your pass from the Floxies discord server. It's waiting for you.

Family Pass Price

Now imagine you want to drastically improve how you communicate and present yourself and your ideas in English, and out of the seven weekly events, you attend at least 1 per week for the entire year.

Then you might consider the Family Pass because all workshops are FREE, you always have a FREE ticket to any group event, and you get a 30% discount on individual coaching services with Hilary.?

Link to purchase a Family Pass.

The VIP Guest and Family Passes are valid from the date of purchase for one year. We have workshops scheduled until September 2023 so far.

Thank you for reading the UX Vocab Club Newsletter, Special Edition with our calendar of events :)?

We hope to see you at any of the events, on our YouTube channel, on Twitter or here on LinkedIn!?

Next month, we will hear more from Edward Penna and Rizwan Javaid :)

Until then, stay safe and prosper :)

XO