The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been examining IA and developing a framework for how IA can be used to develop an inventory of federal government programs. The problem they are facing is inconsistency around definitions and information across agencies. The ultimate goal is to make government more transparent and reveal areas of duplication and overlap. On November 30, 2017 the IAI invited the IA community to a webinar where the GAO team presented: How IA Principles and practices can help organize, structure and present federal programs Key steps to develop and maintain the...
Thank you to everyone who joined the virtual 2017 Information Architecture Institute annual general meeting on October 11 at 9am PT/4pm GMT. Here are some of the links we mentioned in todays meeting: Salary Survey sneak peek – The full report will be coming out soon! IAI Library Barn Raising IAI Conversation Space Journal of IA We will be posting the recording of this meeting shortly. The meeting will highlight the the Institute's high-level strategy toward sustainability followed by an open floor for questions. Thanks again to our sponsor, Rosenfeld Media. Every IAI Annual Meeting attendee...
World Information Architecture Day is a one-day annual celebration hosted by the Information Architecture Institute and held in dozens of locations across the world. This community of like-minded professionals and enthusiasts share the common goal of teaching, learning, and shaping the future of information architecture. Because of the ubiquitous nature of information, we see information architecture is not just practiced by specialists. Instead information is architected by people holding all sorts of titles, coming from all walks of life. Each World IA Day celebration is hosted by one or...
logo-designers-ethiques-01.png On May 12 at ENS de Lyon (France) will run the first French conference about ethics in the design practice. The Designers Éthiques collective, students of ENS de Lyon, and the FLUPA association have the pleasure to invite you to this day - sponsored by the Information Architecture Institute. This day aims to gather speakers and public from the design workers and researchers, in various conferences, workshops and round tables. Around two hundred people will work with us to think the ethics of design and built concrete tools and features for the design workers. If...
What Good Means with Rob Bell and Dan Klyn Register today for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell and current IA Institute President Dan Klyn, who'll each present a teaching and together lead audience Q&A on what it means (and some of what it takes) to make things be good. Music entertainment will be provided by Los Tres Caballeros who are a batá vocal ensemble of folkloric proportions. Able to leap any cultural barrier in a single bound, this trio of batá toting super heroes will be sonically sampling sounds from all around the world...leaving it up to you to...
Attention students! Enter to win a chance to attend the IA Summit in Vancouver, Canada. Share with us what you think is the best representation or example of Information Architecture to win a free registration to the Summit’s 3-day main conference from March 24 - 26, 2017. Entry is simple. Just post a photo with a short statement to our Twitter account (@iainstitute) or Facebook page by March 4, 2017 9:00am PST to participate. Contest Disclaimers and Notes Four prizes will be awarded, consisting of one free ticket to the 2016 IA Summit, which includes the conference ticket only and does not...
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's online webinar format for the IAI Annual General Meeting. We convened in two identical sessions during the third week of September.The meeting recording is available on YouTube . As was the case when last we convened for an Annual Meeting in Minneapolis in 2015, Sean Fitzell's clear analysis of what the numbers from the latest salary survey seem to say will provide one of the highlights of the meeting. We provided time in the agenda for an "open floor," and attendees provided remarks and questions in advance by submitting them to president@...
Architecting Information Like Richard Saul Wurman and Christopher Alexander A workshop in two parts, presented by Dan Klyn for the benefit of the Information Architecture Institute. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Wednesday, 21 September. Cost € 300 full day / € 150 half day Register Now Discount for EuroIA attendees: € 200 full day / € 100 half day For the benefit of the Information Architecture Institute, IAI President Dan Klyn has designed a two part workshop where he will teach you how to use the ideas of Richard Saul Wurman and Christopher Alexander to design better experiences for people. A...
Please join the IA Institute in Atlanta on the Saturday of the IA Summit. We are hosting and facilitating a working session to architect the information of Georgia House Bill 757 . Reserve your seat today by emailing us at at info@iainstitute.org . Architecting The Information of HB757 This is a working session toward increased understanding of the controversial legislation in Georgia known as HB757. In the admittedly brief time that we'll work together, facilitators will lead participants in conceptual modeling and semantic analysis of the text of the now-vetoed bill. By working together...
The IA Institute is inviting students from all over the world to enter our competition to win a free ticket to this years IA Summit in Atlanta . What do you need to do? Students are required to create a customer journey detailing how you plan to experience the IA Summit were you to win the competition. The journey should be divided into three phases : Before the conference At the conference After the conference And each phase must include: Objectives Actors User tasks / actions and behaviours Content and functionality Media and channels Your submission must include all three phases (each...