{"id":372,"date":"2025-04-18T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:59:05","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/index.php\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve spoken and run workshops at various events in the last 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lean-UX-and-Product-Design-Mind-the-Product-1024x625.png\" alt=\"Speaking at Product Tank, London\" class=\"wp-image-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lean-UX-and-Product-Design-Mind-the-Product-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lean-UX-and-Product-Design-Mind-the-Product-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lean-UX-and-Product-Design-Mind-the-Product-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lean-UX-and-Product-Design-Mind-the-Product.png 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaking at Product Tank, London, 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get your team onboard with assumptions mapping, Design Community Cambridge, Nov 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is User Experience?, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/welcome-to-user-experience-ux-design-at-emblebi\/72778556\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/welcome-to-user-experience-ux-design-at-emblebi\/72778556\">UX Design at EMBL-EBI<\/a>, March 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/francis-rowland-michele-idesmith-how-to-sabotage-an-organisation\/68387456\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/francis-rowland-michele-idesmith-how-to-sabotage-an-organisation\/68387456\">Sabotage: anti patterns for collaborative work and getting design done<\/a>, Service Design Global Conference, Amsterdam, September 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/designing-with-algorithms\/66033872\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/designing-with-algorithms\/66033872\">Designing with algorithms<\/a>, UX Cambridge, September 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/service-design-in-government-2015-conference-themes\/46142965\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/service-design-in-government-2015-conference-themes\/46142965\">Service Design in Government conference themes<\/a>, London, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rapid product design in the wild, NorDevCon, March 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-producttank\/42216007\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-producttank\/42216007\">Rapid product design in the wild<\/a>, Product Tank, London 2014 (see also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindtheproduct.com\/lean-ux-and-product-design\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mindtheproduct.com\/lean-ux-and-product-design\/\">recording from Mind The Product<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-agile-iceland\/41224138\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-agile-iceland\/41224138\">Rapid product design in the wild<\/a>, Agile Iceland, Rekjavik 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/uxpa-rapid-productdesign\/40387885\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/uxpa-rapid-productdesign\/40387885\">Are you designing the right product?, <\/a>UXPA Lean UX event, London 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/were-alluxdesigners\/38447227\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/were-alluxdesigners\/38447227\">We are all UX designers!<\/a>, Cam Creative meetup, Cambridge, August 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/designing-the-right-product-36140837\/36140837\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/designing-the-right-product-36140837\/36140837\">Designing the right product<\/a>, GOTO Amsterdam, June 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designing the right product, GOTO Berlin, October 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/getting-started-with-sketchnoting-ux-cambridge-workshop\/26125065\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/getting-started-with-sketchnoting-ux-cambridge-workshop\/26125065\">Getting started with sketchnoting<\/a>, UX Cambridge, September 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-agile-2013\/25240574\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-agile-2013\/25240574\">Rapid product design in the wild<\/a>, Agile 2013, Nashville, US, August 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/michele-ide-smithuxscotland\/23298242\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/michele-ide-smithuxscotland\/23298242\">Getting started with sketchnoting<\/a>, UX Scotland, June 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-18620160\/18620160\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild-18620160\/18620160\">Rapid product design in the wild<\/a>, GOTO Zurich, April 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/getting-started-with-sketchnoting\/17495468\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/getting-started-with-sketchnoting\/17495468\">Getting started with sketchnoting<\/a>, UXPA Creativity event, London, March 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User experience at Redgate, Loughborough product design student talk with Andy Morris, November 2012 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/collaboration-within-a-multidisciplinary-team-working-together-to-solve-design-problems-effectively\/15432758\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/collaboration-within-a-multidisciplinary-team-working-together-to-solve-design-problems-effectively\/15432758\">Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team<\/a>, workshop run with Andy Morris and Revathi Nathaniel, UX Cambridge , September 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live Labs at Red Gate, Tobias and Tobias internal event, London, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/micheleidesmith\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/micheleidesmith\/rapid-product-design-in-the-wild\">Rapid product design in the wild<\/a>, with James Murtagh, Agile Cambridge, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/how-to-run-a-live-ux-lab-at-a-tradeshow\/13639297\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/how-to-run-a-live-ux-lab-at-a-tradeshow\/13639297\">How to run a live lab at a tradeshow<\/a>, UXCamp London, July 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/winning-hearts-and-minds-tips-for-embedding-user-experience-in-your-organisation\/13018732\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/winning-hearts-and-minds-tips-for-embedding-user-experience-in-your-organisation\/13018732\">Winning hearts and minds: tips for embedding user experience in your organisation<\/a>, GOTO Copenhagen, May 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/winning-hearts-and-minds-embedding-ux-in-a-large-organisation\/10128373\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/winning-hearts-and-minds-embedding-ux-in-a-large-organisation\/10128373\">Winning hearts and minds<\/a>: how to embed UX from scratch in a large organisation, UX Cambridge, September 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/identifying-and-improving-top-tasks\/9294051\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/identifying-and-improving-top-tasks\/9294051\">Identifying and improving top tasks<\/a>, September 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing top tasks, with Matt Godfrey, July 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embedding-usability-in-your-organisation\/7152978\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embedding-usability-in-your-organisation\/7152978\">Embedding usability in your organisation<\/a>, Software East, Cambridge, March 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/social-media-in-fenland-cambridgeshire\/6666922\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/social-media-in-fenland-cambridgeshire\/6666922\">Social media in Fenland<\/a>, with Andy Allsopp, January 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/lessons-learnt-from-agile-in-local-government\/6662572\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/lessons-learnt-from-agile-in-local-government\/6662572\">Lessons learnt from being agile in local government<\/a>, UK GovCamp, London, January 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/cambs-socmedreactions\/5713206\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/cambs-socmedreactions\/5713206\">Perceptions of social media<\/a>, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/local-by-social-5657746\/5657746\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/local-by-social-5657746\/5657746\">Local by social, engaging the hard-to-engage with social media<\/a>, November 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/capita-conference-21-09-10\/5252460\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/capita-conference-21-09-10\/5252460\">Social media engagement<\/a>, with Paul Omerod, Customer Insight in Public Services, September 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/micheleidesmith\/embedding-usability-from-scratch-3762559\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/micheleidesmith\/embedding-usability-from-scratch-3762559\">Embedding usability from scratch<\/a>, UXCamp London, April 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/web-20-and-customer-service\/3481075\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/web-20-and-customer-service\/3481075\">Web 2.0 and customer service<\/a>, Public Sector Transformation Summit, March 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/testing-tools\/3338962\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/testing-tools\/3338962\">Usability and design tools for local government<\/a>, Local GovCamp, London, March 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embedding social media in local government, Local GovCamp, London, March 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social media for community engagement, Local GovCamp, March 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/local-gov-digital-engagement-in-at-the-deep-end\/2981172\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/local-gov-digital-engagement-in-at-the-deep-end\/2981172\">Local gov digital engagement &#8211; in at the deep end!<\/a>, with Paul Henderson, UK GovCamp, London, January 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-unset-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1742039936884.jpeg\" alt=\"Michele speaking at a Design Community Cambridge event in 2024\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1742039936884.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ide-smith.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1742039936884-300x225.jpeg 300w, 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