Episode 16 - Building a Feedback Community

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Source: http://www.outlawdesignblog.com/

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to listen to @CarlSmith talk at a local design group meet up I attended. If you aren’t familiar with Carl, he works at wicked cool company called nGen Works and is the mastermind behind Happy Webbies. But, enough about that guy…

Being the big usability expert that he is, he constantly mentioned getting feedback from his “pool of people” on various topics. He would poll the audience, so to speak, to see what the majority of people ...

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Whatever business you are in, you need to "test" yourself: what is working, what isn't etc. If you don't do some surveying and playing around with options you will never find better ways of approaching things and becoming more successful.

Asking questions is also a great way of giving the creative process a kick-start. Fresh ideas are never unwelcome

Juliet

4 months ago by Juliet on Wordpress

Hi Whatever business you are in, you need to "test" yourself: what is working, what isn't etc. If you don't do some surveying and playing around with options you will never find better ways of approaching things and becoming more successful. Asking questions is also a great way of giving the creative process a kick-start. Fresh ideas are never unwelcome :) Juliet

4 months ago by on Intensedebate

You make a really good point.  Asking for specifics is VERY important.  Like you said,  people outside the design community may not know what they are looking for.  When requesting feedback,  always go into it with a specific question in mind, 3 max.

If you ask too many questions, you probably wont get very many answers.  If you dont ask enough questions you might not get the answers you are ... See all content

4 months, 1 week ago by on Intensedebate

Be prepared for the down-side to this.

For this to work outside of the design community - you have to be specific with the feedback inquries.

You cannot simply ask some random person "what do you think about X or Y design?" - you'll get vague and non-relevant feedback. "It's nice" - "I think it's neat" and so on.

I've tried ... See all content

4 months, 1 week ago by billy bob on Wordpress

Be prepared for the down-side to this. For this to work outside of the design community - you have to be specific with the feedback inquries. You cannot simply ask some random person "what do you think about X or Y design?" - you'll get vague and non-relevant feedback. "It's nice" - "I think it's neat" and so on. I've tried to include my non-design ... See all content

4 months, 1 week ago by on Intensedebate

Outlaw Design Blog » Episode 16 - Building a Feedback Community: Find as many people who are willing to give yo.. http://bit.ly/8VpM3

4 months, 1 week ago by Listmans on Twitter

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4 months, 1 week ago by uberVU - social comments on Wordpress

@DannyOutlaw Thank you so much for the kind words and asking the question: How do you get feedback? http://outlawdesignblog.com/8b6H

4 months, 1 week ago by carlsmith on Twitter

Episode 16 - Building a Feedback Community:

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to listen ... http://bit.ly/3JMN8F

4 months, 1 week ago by Creativest on Twitter

Building a Feedback Community - http://outlawdesignblog.com/8b6H - Thanks to @CarlSmith for the idea.

4 months, 1 week ago by DannyOutlaw on Twitter

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