Welcome slides for March 2012 BayCHI monthly meeting

1. Welcomes You
March 13, 2012

2. Tonight’s program…
Measuring the Utility of Human-
Computer Interactions
Michael Toomim, University of Washington

3. Tonight’s speaker…
Michael Toomim is a PhD student in
Computer Science at the University of
Washington, researching intelligent user
interfaces and end-user programming

4. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

5. Join BayCHI…
§ Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
§ Membership is just $20 for the first year
and $15 to renew

6. BayCHI Member Benefits
§ Job Bank
§ Consultants Directory
§ Library
§ BayCHI LinkedIn Group membership
§ Tutorial discounts
§ Monthly newsletter
§ Membership Directory
§ Supporting the organization that brings you
outstanding programs, BOFs, and tutorials

7. Sign up for monthly meeting
announcements or the BayCHI
discussion lists…
§ Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org/subscribe/

8. Become part of the
BayCHI LinkedIn community…
§ You must be a current member of BayCHI
§ Go to www.linkedin.com/
§ Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

9. BayCHI needs you…
§ Volunteers make things happen!
§ Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
§ Volunteer Co-Chairs
§ Tutorials Co-Chairs
§ Membership Assistant
§ Interested? Contact Stacie or Claudia at
volunteer@baychi.org

10. Upcoming Officer Elections
§ BayCHI Officer Elections will be held at
the June monthly meeting (06/12/2012)
§ Officer terms are from July 1 to June 30
§ Interested in running for Chair, Vice-
Chair or Treasurer?
§ See BayCHI Bylaws for more info:
• www.baychi.org/bylaws/

11. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

12. Tonight’s program…
Measuring the Utility of Human-
Computer Interactions
Michael Toomim, University of Washington

13. Tonight’s speaker…
Michael Toomim is a PhD student in
Computer Science at the University of
Washington, researching intelligent user
interfaces and end-user programming

14. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

15. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

16. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF Event
Pass the iPad, Please:
Five Lessons for Creating Great Tablet Experiences
Speaker: Brennan Browne, AnswerLab
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Citrix, Santa Clara
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

17. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI North Bay BOF Event
User Centered Design (UCD) at your company
Open Discussion
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Accolo Inc., Larkspur
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

18. BayCHI Tutorials
§ BayCHI is looking for new Tutorial Co-
Chairs to organize tutorials!
§ Interested? contact:
§ BayCHI officers: officers@baychi.org
§ BayCHI volunteer coordinators:
volunteer@baychi.org
Visit http://www.baychi.org/tutorial/

19. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
§ BayCHI podcasts are now available via
Conversations Network
§ For more details, see:
§ http://www.baychi.org/podcast/
§ http://chi.conversationsnetwork.org/
§ We need additional volunteers to help
with this exciting effort:
• Podcast Curator
• Podcast Copywriter

20. BayCHI Recording Policy
§ Recording of this program meeting by
audience members is not permitted
§ The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

21. BayCHI Dinner
§ Join us before the BayCHI meeting
§ For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

22. Follow BayCHI
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§ http://twitter.com/baychi
§ On Facebook:
§ http://www.facebook.com/sfbaychi

23. April BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, April 10th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Topics and Speakers To Be Announced
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/