You'll learn how to develop a global core for your information design, avoiding culturally biased elements. Then you'll learn how to go beyond this core to deal with localization for different cultures. The seminar focuses on the major markets for technology and scientific products, including Japan, Germany, France, and England. On-Site Designing Modular Information Products Learn a structured approach to analyzing information and producing documents that consist of discrete functional units. This seminar presents top-down planning techniques that are useful for both writers and project managers.
Writers learn to develop material once, then adapt it for multiple uses and media.
Project managers learn a way to plan and control their projects from start to finish. On-Site Human Factors in Information Design Get the foundation you need to design intuitive information displays. Examine the principles of user-centered design and learn how people process information, so you can create products that work best with the strengths, weaknesses, and requirements of your users. Learn to anticipate user needs during product development, understand user performance in usability and prototype testing, and smooth the transition to new delivery media. This seminar is for professionals who design paper documentation, online information systems, graphical user interfaces, or training programs.