Have you heard that my book is available from Rosenfeld Media? Surveys that work: A practical guide for designing and running better surveys. In the book, you’ll find a seven-step process for designing, running, and reporting on a survey: GoalsContinue reading… Surveys That Work: an excerpt from chapter 1, Goals
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Surveys that work: a webinar for FocusVision
When FocusVision asked me to do my webinar about the Survey Octopus for their webinar series, I felt honoured and a little nervous. Would my ideas about surveys really be valuable to their audience of market research professionals, many ofContinue reading… Surveys that work: a webinar for FocusVision
Surveys that work: a webinar for UXPA
Some of us find that colleagues or clients think of ‘doing a survey’ as the same as ‘doing some research’ – which may explain why organisations send out so many survey requests. In this webinar, for UXPA International, I introducedContinue reading… Surveys that work: a webinar for UXPA
What does low literacy mean in practice?
Hi! You’re reading this, correct? What about someone who has low literacy? What does that actually mean for them? Low literacy means ‘not good at reading’ There’s a lot of low literacy about. One major investigation in the UK discoveredContinue reading… What does low literacy mean in practice?
Creating presentations for stakeholders: contributing to an article for UXmatters
Janet Six asked me to contribute to an ‘Ask UXMatters’ panel discussion on the topic of how to create presentations for development teams versus executive teams. I shared my thoughts, which focus on how the teams will want to knowContinue reading… Creating presentations for stakeholders: contributing to an article for UXmatters
Live and live differently – an Effortmark poster
Back in January 2020, I did a thing we don’t do any more: go to a conference. It was New Adventures 2020 in Nottingham and I chose it for two reasons: Andrew Travers recommended it, and I wanted to hearContinue reading… Live and live differently – an Effortmark poster
What is a design system?
Recently, Amy Hupe asked this question on Twitter: Who’s got a really clear and concise explanation of what design systems are, that would make sense to someone who’s never come across one before? We had a good discussion and IContinue reading… What is a design system?
“Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual
Someone asked me about writing good questions for forms. As usual I recommended the NHS Digital service manual page as a favourite resource – and then I thought “have I put that on my website?” And I hadn’t. So hereContinue reading… “Write good questions for forms” advice in the NHS Digital service manual
Please make survey tools more accessible
“Which is the best survey tool for accessibility?” It’s a question that I’m asked quite often, and also that I’ve often asked myself. There are two ways to interpret this question: Which is the best survey tool for creating questionnairesContinue reading… Please make survey tools more accessible
A poster for co-design
What does co-design mean to you? This Effortmark poster for World Usability Day 2020 celebrates some of the things that co-design means to me. At the end of September 2020, I attended the inaugural meeting of a cross-government co-design community.Continue reading… A poster for co-design