HFI News

• Andrew Schall gives tutorial on Eye-Tracking for the User Researcher at HCI International 2009 – July 19 in San Diego
• Jeff Horvath speaks on User-Friendly E-Government at the National Association of Secretaries of State – July 18 in Minneapolis
• Mary Michaels speaks on the ROI of Usability at the NYC UPA on June 16th.
• Susan Weinschenk speaks on Persuasive Presentations at UPA 2009 – June 11 in Portland, OR
• Andrew Schall speaks on Eyeing Successful User Experience at UPA 2009 – June 11 in Portland, OR
• Neuro Web Design: What makes them click? New book by Susan Weinschenk, PhD, CUA, Chief of Technical Staff, HFI
• HFI India's Corporate Responsibility Program highlights positive influence in local communities.
• Beyond Usability: Designing Web Sites for Persuasion, Emotion, and Trust.
  Article by HFI's CEO, Dr. Eric Schaffer appears in UX Matters
• The Washing Machine That Ate My Sari - Mistakes in Cross-Cultural Design. Article by Apala Chavan, Sarit Arora, Beena Prabhu, and Douglas Gorney is cover feature of Jan/Feb issue of Interactions magazine.
• The Usability Challenge – Express Intelligent Enterprise – Dec. 2008. A good CIO can help institutionalize usability in an enterprise. This article features CEO Eric Schaffer, and Executive Director Hitesh Agrawal.
• Usability Experience Specialist considered one of top 30 careers for 2009 by US News & World Report.
• Press release: HFI launches PET Design™ methodology for persuasive Web design, and HFI Connect,™ a worldwide community for user experience design professionals
• 'Digital UX strategy is most critical in IT' - CIOL Network interviews Jerome Nadel
• ConnectIT News interviews CEO Eric Schaffer on PET design

Media advisory - Live webcast - Why usability is no longer enough Breaking news! HFI CEO proclaims, "Usability is no longer enough" HFI makes Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies

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