• Build the Product Your User Needs

  Taught By

  Geordie Graham Chief Product Officer, Ample Labs

  Mardi Daley Founder, Lived Experience Lab; Volunteer User Researcher, Ample Labs

  How to do user research right (with insights from a researcher with lived experience).

  User research: it’s what should determine the product you build and how you iterate. Most people are doing it wrong – but after this class, you definitely won’t be one of them, thanks to user research pro Geordie Graham, Chief Product Officer at Ample Labs. He’ll be joined by Mardi Daley, a user researcher with lived experience with homelessness for a can’t-miss discussion about how to leverage user research as a tool to really understand your users’ needs. With a grounding in Research Ethics, you’ll leave knowing:

  • How to actually do user research as a tech nonprofit
  • How to successfully work with individuals who have lived experience with the problem
  • How to turn user research insights into product roadmaps

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  ABOUT THE TEACHER

  Geordie GrahamGeordie Graham is the Chief Product Officer at Ample Labs, the chatbot helping people facing homelessness find resources. With over seven years of experience in the field, Geordie has an in-depth knowledge of inclusive design methodology and multimethod user research practices. At Ample Labs, he generates research that advises the organization’s UX strategy and product development. Geordie also supports the learning and growth of the User Research team at Ample Labs through workshops and applied mentorship. Previously, Geordie held user research roles at ecobee, TWG, and Xello.

  Mardi Daley Mardi Daley Is the Founder of Lived Experience Lab and a Volunteer User Researcher at Ample Labs. Her work includes contributions to the by-youth, for-youth "MY" Guide, Best Practices for Hiring Young Adult Peers. Mardi has worked as a consultant with Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness and A Way Home Toronto to bring her perspectives as a person with lived experience to research projects that work with at-risk youth.

  

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