The Information Institute, a professional development resource at UT Austin’s School of Information, offers seven new courses this spring and summer for information professionals and others whose work entails the management or use of information:
Putting Data to Work in Your Organization: Big Data, Data Science, and Strategic Thinking for the New Web, May 15-17
In this 2.5-day seminar with UT professor Megan Winget, you will come to understand what Big Data is, what cutting-edge applications exist, how to think strategically about Big Data projects, how to hire the right people, and how to address cultural and technical challenges.
User-Experience Design for Work, Home, Play, and On the Way: Workshop for User-Experience (UX) Managers, Designers, and Software Engineers, May 22-24
Recently tasked with getting new products/services out the door with the latest in social media, mobile, and information visualization? Not sure what do next? This 2.5-day workshop with master designer Aaron Marcus will guide you through user-centered design, providing insights about managing projects and people, with resources to get you up and running immediately.
TOPSIGHT: Discovering how information flows in your organization (Part 1), May 25
Topsight—understanding the big picture—is hard to achieve in organizations. There’s too much going on, too many moving pieces. But without topsight, you have a hard time figuring out how information circulates, where it gets stuck, and how you can get it unstuck. In this half-day workshop with UT professor Clay Spinuzzi, you’ll learn how to gather the information you need for gaining topsight. See also our June 22nd listing.
Understanding Cultural Presence in the Workplace: The Mâtauranga Mâori Workshop, June 19
In our workplaces we are called on to collaborate with colleagues and serve patrons with wide-ranging cultural affiliations. How do we truly work with members of other cultural communities in ways that are respectful? Join this half-day workshop with UT professor Loriene Roy and Anahera Morehu, Library Manager Mâori and Pasifika Services at the University of Auckland Library, to find out.
TOPSIGHT: Analyzing and fixing how information flows in your organization(Part 2), June 22
If you've examined how your organization works in practice—not just how it's supposed to work—you’ve probably seen a lot of surprising issues. Hacks and innovations. Problems where there shouldn't be problems. Disagreements and miscommunications in the most unlikely places. Learn how to sort out and fix these problems in this half-day workshop with UT professor Clay Spinuzzi. See also our May 25th listing.
Managing Projects and People: A Workshop for New Managers of Information Professionals, June 24-26
Recently promoted to manager? Not sure what do next? Hoping everyone just works together well? This 2.5-day workshop with UT professor Diane Bailey and management consultant Julie Rennecker will guide you through the basics of how to manage projects and people, with resources to get you up and running immediately.
Doing Business with Open Source, July 12-14
Open source communities provide real options for corporations seeking to improve systems design, development, and support. Yet they function quite differently than working with other sources of software, at best innovative, cost effective and fun, at worst ornery, confusing and unreliable. Take this 2.5-day workshop with UT professor James Howison and University of Nebraska professor Matt Germonprez to learn how to put open source to work for your organization.
For more information, pricing, and registration, please access our website at infoinstitute.utexas.edu or contact us at [log in to unmask]. See you in class!
Diane E. Bailey
Assistant Professor and
Director, Information Institute
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
https://infoinstitute.utexas.edu/