Different needs, different workshops
Alastair Somerville designs and delivers a range of different workshops for conferences and corporate clients.
He has created customised workshops for organisations to help explore the effect of new technology and change as well as specialist talks on new ideas in accessibility, cognition and user experience for UX conferences.
Workshops in 2014 and 2015
Casinos, habits and interaction design
A workshop for user experience and interaction designers on behaviuoral design ideas and the importance of social interaction in customer experiences.
Using real roulette wheels, participants learn about the theory of behavioural design and then play together to explore what it means for themselves and the people around them.
Themes: behavioural design, interaction design,
Social Technology
A workshop on ideas of human memory and social interaction using new concepts of peripersonal space as an important area in the design of new devices and services which depend on social connection between users.
A simple workshop that uses play to embed very new ideas of how people interact together with and through their devices.
Themes: UX, technology, social interaction
Question of Sport
A custom workshop using play to examine ideas of open data and sport at the Open Data Institute in Leeds.
Themes: open data, sports, public involvement
Memory and Minds
A series of 15 minute lightning talks for the London-based LegUp digital education and games meetup on a selection of new concepts on brains, memory and emotion that are relevant to the design of software for people of all ages.
Themes: neuroscience, inclusion, ageing, UX, design
Sensory Web
A short talk on wearables and the internet of things for the CODEC conference on technology and Christian churches.
Discussing how the Internet of Things and Wearables can be used to enable new forms of connection with existing and new church members.
Themes: new technology, community, religion
UX of Touch
A one hour talk on the cognitive and physical meaning of touch in design of maps, apps and devices for the SWUX user group in Bristol.
Themes: UX, physical accessibility, cognitive accessibility
Wearables, inclusion and emotion
South By SouthWest (SxSW) interactive 2015 talk on how developments in assistive technology map out the future of wearable technology and how designing with people inclusively is so important to innovation.
Themes: wearables, UX, inclusion, happiness
Sensing Happiness
A one hour talk for Accessible Bristol on how cognitive accessibility shows that both digital and physical places can be made more welcoming, more comprehensible and simply happier places to people whatever their physical or cognitive capacity.
Themes: cognitive accessibility, design, UX, happiness, inclusion
Culture in Numbers
A workshop using play to examine ideas of open data and culture at the Open Data Institute in Leeds.
Themes: open data, cutlure, public involvement, storytelling
Accessible Storytelling
A lightning talk on problems of cognitive accessibility when using narrative to structure information for World Information Architecture Day 2015 in Bristol.
Themes: information architecture, storytelling, cognitive accessibility, happiness
All of these workshops are available for conferences or corporate customers. Please email to discuss.
Custom Workshops
Alastair Somerville has created many workshops to enable corporate customers to understand more about both their own companies and the future markets they may operate in.
If you need a different way of discussing strategic issues, future technology or corporate change, contact Alastair Somerville to discuss your needs.
He has created customised workshops for organisations to help explore the effect of new technology and change as well as specialist talks on new ideas in accessibility, cognition and user experience for UX conferences.
Workshops in 2014 and 2015
Casinos, habits and interaction design
A workshop for user experience and interaction designers on behaviuoral design ideas and the importance of social interaction in customer experiences.
Using real roulette wheels, participants learn about the theory of behavioural design and then play together to explore what it means for themselves and the people around them.
Themes: behavioural design, interaction design,
Social Technology
A workshop on ideas of human memory and social interaction using new concepts of peripersonal space as an important area in the design of new devices and services which depend on social connection between users.
A simple workshop that uses play to embed very new ideas of how people interact together with and through their devices.
Themes: UX, technology, social interaction
Question of Sport
A custom workshop using play to examine ideas of open data and sport at the Open Data Institute in Leeds.
Themes: open data, sports, public involvement
Memory and Minds
A series of 15 minute lightning talks for the London-based LegUp digital education and games meetup on a selection of new concepts on brains, memory and emotion that are relevant to the design of software for people of all ages.
- Memory and ageing - how our minds change over our lives and design can be adjusted to meet the needs of users as they age.
- Memory and narrative - how narrative is a strong tool in creating strong memories but highlighting problem areas.
- Memory and senses - how our senses matter in embodied cognition. How memory is not just in the brain.
Themes: neuroscience, inclusion, ageing, UX, design
Sensory Web
A short talk on wearables and the internet of things for the CODEC conference on technology and Christian churches.
Discussing how the Internet of Things and Wearables can be used to enable new forms of connection with existing and new church members.
Themes: new technology, community, religion
UX of Touch
A one hour talk on the cognitive and physical meaning of touch in design of maps, apps and devices for the SWUX user group in Bristol.
Themes: UX, physical accessibility, cognitive accessibility
Wearables, inclusion and emotion
South By SouthWest (SxSW) interactive 2015 talk on how developments in assistive technology map out the future of wearable technology and how designing with people inclusively is so important to innovation.
Themes: wearables, UX, inclusion, happiness
Sensing Happiness
A one hour talk for Accessible Bristol on how cognitive accessibility shows that both digital and physical places can be made more welcoming, more comprehensible and simply happier places to people whatever their physical or cognitive capacity.
Themes: cognitive accessibility, design, UX, happiness, inclusion
Culture in Numbers
A workshop using play to examine ideas of open data and culture at the Open Data Institute in Leeds.
Themes: open data, cutlure, public involvement, storytelling
Accessible Storytelling
A lightning talk on problems of cognitive accessibility when using narrative to structure information for World Information Architecture Day 2015 in Bristol.
Themes: information architecture, storytelling, cognitive accessibility, happiness
All of these workshops are available for conferences or corporate customers. Please email to discuss.
Custom Workshops
Alastair Somerville has created many workshops to enable corporate customers to understand more about both their own companies and the future markets they may operate in.
If you need a different way of discussing strategic issues, future technology or corporate change, contact Alastair Somerville to discuss your needs.
