Ideas for UX summit (our whole group to meet on June 16)

- develop our elevator pitch (one sentence that says who we are)

- try out some creativity techniques

- solidify us as a group

- how to blend virtual & physical and avoid silos

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Meeting to plan this, May 23 (Darcy, Stephanie, Nicole)

- decided to focus on the outcome of developing our UX elevator pitch
- Nicole to scan instructions from Gamestorming book, send to Darcy & Stephanie
- Darcy and Stephanie to think through how we could apply the process and additional details
- Nicole to research other methods for developing elevator pitches
- next meeting June 2 (Darcy to find a time)

Some resources:
- Gamestorming

- Thinkertoys
(see also: http://creativethinking.net/WP01_Home.htm)

- Visual Meetings

- Elevator Pitch 101

- How to craft a killer elevator pitch

- How to create your unforgettable elevator pitch

- How to refine your elevator pitch

Meeting to plan this, June 2 (Darcy, Stephanie, Nicole)

Tentative schedule:

• 3:00-3:15  Welcome/snacks/intro to agenda
• 3:15-3:45  Explain and brainstorm each of 6 categories (one by one, 5 minutes each)
• 3:45-4:15  Go over brainstorm as a group, discussing each category and putting checkmarks next to priorities (3 checks/category)
• 4:15-4:35  Write pitch in small groups
• 4:35-4:50 Bring elevator pitch back to group as a role play (5 minutes each group?)
• 4:50-5:00 Bring pitches together into one as a large group

Small groups:

• Nicole, Remlee, LisaS
• Darcy, LisaH, Georgiana
• Steph, Melissa, Wendy