Workshops

Generative User Research: Why It Works, When It Works

Is your generative user research working for you? We explore its true meaning as well as examples of generative user research that you can use today! We’ll also cover why you should conduct generative research and when it’s most effective in UX or service design.

Miro’s New Features and Updates: AI, Intelligent Canvas, and Innovative Workflows

Today’s blog post breaks down Miro’s newest updates, Intelligent Canvas, Composable Workflows, and AI, and shares how these features will improve your workflow and enhance team collaboration.

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A UX team of smiling men and women, seen through a one-way mirror that they are sticking post-its on as part of their codesign workshop.

October 25, 2023

Finding Inspiration for More Creative UX Teams

In Part 2 of our series on unblocking creativity, we’re discussing creative ways to inspire your UX teams when collaboration falters and new ideas are few and far between. And, as a bonus, our Outwitly Team has gotten together to share their top techniques for finding inspiration in their specific types of work.

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An Agile facilitator giving her teammate a high-five as she leads a sprint restrospective for a smiling UX design team.

August 15, 2023

Sprint Retrospectives for UX and Service Design, Part 2: Agile Facilitation

Leading fruitful discussions between grueling Agile sprints is no easy feat, but it’s an important skill for any UX or service design practitioner. In Part 2 of our series on sprint retrospectives, we walk through 6 tried and tested strategies for effective Agile facilitation, and we provide a bonus list of further resources for facilitator training.

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A group of service designers use a clear whiteboard and sticky notes to host a sprint retrospective.

August 02, 2023

Sprint Retrospectives for UX and Service Design, Part 1: Introduction and Methods

At Outwitly, we know the value of reflection and solution-driven thinking when it comes to team projects. That’s why we’re dedicating two posts to sprint retrospectives! In Part 1, learn about our favourite retrospective methods and how these essential meetings differ from your standard post-mortem.

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A man is working on an empathy map in a virtual empathy mapping workshop. He is using the Miro empathy mapping template.

December 01, 2022

How to Plan and Conduct a Virtual Empathy Mapping Workshop

This post will teach you how to plan and conduct an effective virtual empathy mapping workshop! We also dive into accessibility and empathy mapping.

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March 25, 2020

Going Remote: Our Favourite Research & Workshop Tools

We offer our top remote-working strategies, tools, and techniques for conducting user research and design workshops at a distance. Team collaboration and qualitative user research can be completely digital and your projects can move forward in uncertain times!

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February 12, 2020

How to Facilitate a Great Design Workshop

We explore in detail how to plan for, properly structure, and conduct a variety of design-oriented workshops for client projects that include brainstorming and collaboration, stakeholder alignment, team exercises, design-thinking, and UX design.

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