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The Ottawa Podcast and New Media October Meetup

Oct 2007 18
Thu 7:00 PM
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 15  people attended.
4.50 4.506

Who organized?
markblevis

Guest speaker: Jeff Parks

Presentation: Pay It Forward - Mentoring and Podcasting

Jeff will discuss his philosophy on mentoring and podcasting, and how this approach can be a model of behaviour for business and government around the concept of "community".

Jeff Parks is an Information Architect who has been Podcasting about IA, User Experience, and Human Factors for nearly two years. In November he will be starting a new role with the Market Reserach and User Experience Firm, Phase-5 www.phase-5.com as the Vice President of User Experience.

Jeff's podcasts can be found at the following URLs:
I.A. Podcast
CapCHI Podcast
Boxes and Arrows
Book IT - IT Conversations

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Who attended?

  • 15 attendees
    • “ Jeff Parks is always a great presenter and thought leader. Every time I leave one of his presentations I have long list of books I need to buy, blogs I need to read and podcast I need to subscribe to. ”
    • “ The presentation was excellent as well as the concept of mentorship. ”
    • “ Everyone was very enthusiastic and asked a lot of thoughtful questions. The speaker was conversational and informative. ”
    • Chamika Ailapperuma (+1 guest)
      “ Jeff was a great speaker, I loved the topic and the ideas that were presented. The other people there were also very nice. It's inspiring and energizing to meet with people who share a common vision of podcasting and new media. ”
    • “ I really enjoyed hearing Jeff Parks speak. I'd love to get his suggested UI and UX reading list. Jeff was mentioning some titles before his presentation and I forgot to get them from him before the meeting wound down. ”
    • Simon Chen (+1 guest)