Top tips for creating plain English forms
| Cost: | NZ$625 excluding GST. |
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| When: | To be confirmed |
| Where: | To be confirmed |
| RSVP: | Simply email Michelle if you'd like to attend, or have any questions. |
Description
Learn how to create forms that work for the user and deliver the information you want.
Have you ever had trouble filling in a form? Written your name in the wrong box of an immigration card? Been told off by a website because your phone number doesn't fit their format? Web and paper-based forms regularly cause confusion, frustration and incomplete or inappropriate data entry.
In this workshop you'll learn what it takes to create bulletproof forms to help you capture important information about your users. You'll learn practical tips to ensure that the user's experience is intuitive and satisfying.
Workshop topics include:
- Designing forms to suit your purpose
- Overarching usability principles for usable forms
- Using appropriate form widgets to capture information from users
- Using visual design to ensure that forms are intuitive and easy to fill out
- Discovering web-based and paper form do's and don'ts.
RSVP
Email Michelle if you'd like to attend.
About the Auckland presenter - Dave O'Brien
Dave O'Brien is a senior consultant at Optimal Usability, New Zealand's leading usability consultancy company. Optimal Usability has completed over 1,600 user tests for clients such as Trademe, Westpac, Department of Conservation and Yahoo!
Dave is an experienced usability practitioner with ten years in San Diego working for Qualcomm and Intuit. More recently Dave has worked for some of New Zealand's largest companies including Telecom and AirNZ.
If the weather's good, Dave's out riding a user-centered bike and planning his next cycling tour. When it gets cold and wet, you'll find him carving stone, juggling, or playing Texas Hold'em (not at the same time).
About the Wellington presenter - Trent Mankelow
Trent Mankelow is the co-founder and director of Optimal Usability, New Zealand's leading usability consultancy company. Since 2002 Optimal Usability has observed over 1,500 people interacting with websites, software, cellphones, automated phone systems and consumer electronics for clients such as Trademe, Navman, Westpac, Yahoo!, ACC and many others.
Trent runs the Wellington office of Optimal Usability and remains involved in many of the user testing projects himself, as well as co-ordinating the activities of the other consultants. He is the President of the Usability Professionals' Association in New Zealand, has a computer science degree from Waikato University and is (relatively) fluent in Spanish.
Schedule
The day will be from 9:00am - 5pm with short morning and afternoon breaks and approximately 45 minutes for lunch. We will be catering the day, so if please advise if you have any special dietary requirements (including vegetarian).
What to wear
For your enjoyment all our workshops are designed to be as interactive and relaxed as possible, so please wear comfortable clothing. We are not always able to completely control air conditioning and room temperature, so wearing layers will be handy in case you are too hot or too cold.
Course cancellation
- A course may be cancelled or postponed by Optimal Usability either due to exceptional circumstances beyond our control (e.g. presenter illness) or should the minimum number of participants not be reached.
- It is recommended that if you are travelling from outside the city that refundable travel tickets and accommodation are booked. We cannot accept liability for non-refundable travel and accommodation in the case of cancellation or postponement.
- If a course is cancelled or postponed you will be advised and, on your instruction, the fee will either be refunded or transferred to an alternative workshop.
Participant withdrawals
- While you may send a substitution at any stage at no extra charge, we do ask that you notify of us of this within 48 hours of the workshop commencing.
- A 20% withdrawal fee will be charged if you withdraw between 15 and 5 working days before the start of the workshop.
- A 50% withdrawal fee will be charged if you withdraw between 5 working days and 48 hours before the start of the workshop.
- A 100% withdrawal fee will be charged if you withdraw less than 48 hours before the start of the workshop.
