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Tuesday
Mar272012

Retail Experiences 2016

What will the future of customer experiences in retail environments look like? A Research Brief by Mediapost captures some aspects of what the landscape might look like then. We’ll check back in 5 years and see what actually happened. 

Tuesday
Feb282012

Atlanta Service Jam

It has been a great honor and privilege to be hosting the Atlanta Service Jam, one of the 85+ locations of the Global Service Jam 2012. Amazing people joined us here to create amazing services, and I can’t wait to do it all over again next year. Please see a video here:

Monday
Feb202012

Some thoughts on UX-centered CR

Saturday
Jan212012

Atlanta Service Jam

Furthering the emerging field of Service Design, I am helping to organize the Altanta Service Jam. For 48 hours, interested people will come together at locations around the world and create amazing services. Here in Atlanta, we anticipate a good, energized crowd! 

Saturday
Mar122011

Service Design

"Service design is the alignment and design of multiple brand touchpoints in a customer's journey, including environments, interactions, media, and products. The results are more effective and more enjoyable customer experiences"

I was giving a presentation on Service Design to Grad Students of the Industrial Design Program at Georgia Tech recently, and used above definition of the practice. 

Tuesday
Aug102010

Interaction Design & Strategy

Over at core77, there is a fine article on interaction design. Check it out.

Wednesday
Jul142010

Customer Experiences – A few links

So, in reference to some work we are doing over at Info Retail, I came across some good references for creating meaningful customer experiences. I thought I would share some of these links here, just for good measure.

The Three "Ds" of Customer Experience HBS

Designed Experiences: The Evolution of Intelligent Design - Fastcompany

How to Close a Sale - Inc.com

The Elements Of A Great Shopping Experience - Forbes

Creating an online experience that matches the off-line experience

Co-worker Alisan just shared the following, thank you:

Point of Value – Customer Engagement is Completely Neglected 

 

Sunday
Jun062010

Ruhr.2010 - Sing! Day of Song

They all are singing. Sing! Day of Song in my home town and area, the Ruhrgebiet. 

Sunday
Jun062010

Hands on Atlanta

The GardenerThis piece will be on silent auction at a Hands on Atlanta fundraiser, June 19th.

Sunday
May302010

Thank you! 

The Distanz Debut Event was a great success, and I want to thank everybody involved!