Events 2005

World Usability Day - Conducting a Usability Walkthrough for www.globalhand.org
3 November 2005

In support of World Usability Day and with the kind support of Global Hand, UPA HK will conduct a Usability Walkthrough of two pages on www.globalhand.org. We will also discuss the important of Home page usability and present findings to help optimize the Global Hand Home page. The principles applied will help think about Usability in your own organizations.

What is a Usability Walkthrough?- A usability Walkthrough is a tool where a group of stakeholders, including designers, users and developers, are brought together to review a design. With the help of the Hong Kong Usability community we will be conducting a walkthrough to help improve elements of the Global Hand website that is currently in the works. Ultimately, we hope to improve Global Hand’s ability to assist the poor.

Benefits
• Learn about Home page usability
• Learn how to conduct a Usability Walkthrough
• Learn how the tool could be applied to your own web sites
• Takeaway tools to conduct a Usability Walkthrough in your own businesses

Takeaways
• Usability Walkthrough Datasheet
• Sample workbook

Target Audience
• Web Developers
• Marketing Managers
• Writers/editors
• Strategic Managers

Facilitator - Daniel Szuc
Daniel Szuc is the Principal Usability consultant with Apogee Usability Asia Ltd. - www.apogeehk.com - a Hong Kong-based usability and user research house that helps companies in Asia like PCCW, HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Marriott, Yahoo and eBay make their products easier to use. He has also worked with Telstra Australia and IBM.

He is a founding member and President of the Usability Professionals Association chapter in Hong Kong and holds a BS in Information Management from Melbourne University Australia. He has spoken about Usability in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.

Supporting Organisations
Apogee Usability Asia Ltd - www.apogeehk.com

About World Usability Day
The Usability Professionals’ Association is organizing the first annual World Usability Day on November 3, 2005. This worldwide series of events will promote awareness of the benefits of usability engineering and user-centered design. Activities will be held at the local level all over the world, and will be occurring on the same day. This year’s focus is e-government, while also including commercial applications. The theme is “Making It Easy.” See: www.upassoc.org/worldusabilityday/index.html

About Global Hand – www.globalhand.org
Often likened to a “humanitarian eBay”, Global Hand matches offers and requests between the corporate and Non Government Organisation (“NGO”) sectors. Until now, Global Hand has primarily facilitated offers and requests for goods. Now, those services are being expanded to include human resources, freight, and funding as well.

Sponsorships
Interested to sponsor a UPA event? Contact UPA and we can provide sponsorship options to suit your budget.
Number of participants is limited to 38. Registration will be accepted on a "first come first served" basis. For further information, please contact Daniel Szuc (Tel: 25812166, Email: info@usability.com.hk).