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Category: On Tour

Speaking at American Society for Interior Designers

Posted on September 17, 2006May 7, 2018 in On Tour, Travelby Scott Berkun

One thing I strive for is universal themes: finding points that connect different fields and backgrounds. So I’m psyched…

Australia: Leading successful projects, the course

Posted on August 2, 2006 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

The good folks at step two designs are taking me on tour in Australia next month – If you…

Seattle: Crash course in web design & usability

Posted on August 1, 2006 in design, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Biznik is a fun Seattle business networking group – they host local events and meetups for people looking to…

How do executives learn? Executive software summit – Oct. 16-18

Posted on July 20, 2006 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

When Steve McConnell asks you to speak somewhere, it’s hard to say no. I’ve been invited to round out…

Berkun down under: Sept. workshops in Australia

Posted on June 19, 2006 in On Tour, Uncategorizedby Scott Berkun

Working out the final details with the fine folks at  Step two designs to teach my workshop on Leading…

Gel ’06 re-cap

Posted on May 12, 2006April 30, 2014 in design, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Gel is my favorite design conference – this year did not disapoint. Four really smart things GEL does: Short…

Mindcamp 2.0 re-cap

Posted on May 10, 2006 in On Tour, Uncategorizedby Scott Berkun

Seattle Mindcamp 2.0, a local self-organizing conference, took place two weekends ago – I arrived at 1:30pm and was…

In Toronto this week – Fri/Sat

Posted on March 20, 2006 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

In the short notice visit department – I’ll be in Tornto end of this week speaking at the CBC…

E-tech report and UI talk slides

Posted on March 9, 2006 in On Tour, Uncategorizedby Scott Berkun

Missed the first day of E-tech and never got into the swing – conferences are fun if you can…

Art of PM the course: In Vancouver April 12th/13th

Posted on March 4, 2006 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Over the last year I’ve been devloping a two day course based on the book, The art of project…

Personal: visiting India this month

Posted on February 6, 2006 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

In my ever expanding quest to see the world, I’ll be vacationing in India this month, starting next week.…

Speaking at Emerging technology conference

Posted on February 2, 2006 in design, On Tour, Web 2.0 / social softwareby Scott Berkun

I’ll be speaking at E-tech in San Diego on Data vs. Design: UI design in a Web 2.0 world.…

Best questions from the Microsoft talk

Posted on December 8, 2005 in Microsoft, On Tourby Scott Berkun

Had about 120 people yesterday – and was thrilled to see some familiar faces. It’s always good to speak…

(Seattle) Speaking at Microsoft

Posted on December 1, 2005October 12, 2012 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

For all you Microsofties, I’m speaking on the main campus next week. If you the have a copy of…

Speaking in Portland Thursday

Posted on November 7, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

On Thursday 11/10 I’m down in Portland, OR speaking at the Rose City SPIN group at 7pm (details &…

Book tour wrap-up

Posted on October 31, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Judging by the low number of comments, my book tour travelog has been a snorefest so I’ll wrap up…

Speaking at amazon.com today

Posted on October 28, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Short notice, but if you’re an amazonian working in Seattle, I’ll be speaking at the Friday speaker series today…

Stories from the road: the train experience

Posted on October 27, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

Thursday was my first day off: a travel day. A short cab ride and I was in Boston’s historic…

Lecture #2 at MIT: Why software sucks

Posted on October 24, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

I quickly lost myself in the MIT campus. It was fun to poke my nose into classrooms and departments…

BT: Lecturing at MIT

Posted on October 21, 2005 in On Tourby Scott Berkun

When I was a student at CMU, I thought of MIT as the school we wanted to compete with…

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