Mary Fran Thompson
Mary Fran Thompson
Senior UX Designer, Insight | Co-host of UX IRL podcast
Mary Fran is a Senior UX and Product Designer based in Durham, NC with over 6 years of experience. She thrives on finding ways to leverage knowledge from both users and cross-functional teams to design transformative experiences. Facilitating workshops is one of her favorite ways to uncover that knowledge. In her spare time, Mary Fran enjoys reading, drawing, ballroom dancing, and playing video games. She also hosts a podcast with long time UX buddy, Michelle Chin, called UX IRL (UX in Real Life).
🗓️ Mary Fran’s talk:
How to design inclusive workshops in a hybrid world
Track A (Upstairs), Friday 10:00 am - 10:45 am
In the past, there was a mindset that we need to be in-person to conduct great workshops. Anyone remote would bear the burden of figuring out ways to contribute and follow the conversation.
As employees become empowered to decide where they work best, we're rethinking how we collaborate on a daily basis. So how do we meet everyone’s needs when designing and facilitating a workshop?
In this interactive talk, we'll walk through proven ways to engage your participants and tailor workshops to get the most engagement. Conference participants will get a chance to try out some of these techniques.