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Comet Studios offers several short talks and is also available for panel discussions on topics related web site design and development. All talks range from 60 minutes to full day sessions in length and include time for discussion. Suggested topics cover:

Building usable web sites
Online Branding
Creating online communication
Designing for the User experience
Designing successful web sites

If you would like more information about Comet Studios speaking engagement availability at your location, please Email or give Dianne McKenzie a call at 505.995.0075.

Past Speaking Events:

Seybold Seminars

Conference:
San Francisco, California
Session #H926
Speaking Topic: Web Design Principles
Speaker: Dianne McKenzie

Description:
This tutorial will explore and analyze the fundamentals of designing for the web in terms of design and communication factors such as composition, typography, color, style, visual hierarchy, navigation, information architecture, user interface, usability, accessibility, and internet branding.

Syllabus:

gain a critical eye for evaluating web site design
understand effective use of graphics, color, typography and composition
learn to build accessible web sites
develop content through information architecture
learn the methods involved with designing effective and easy-to-navigate site
incorporate brand strategies in creating a successful web presence

Who should attend?
This tutorial will be of interest to designers, content developers, production artists, producers, marketing managers and anyone who is involved in the planning or design of web sites and interactive media. Intermediate to advance session level.

HOW Design Conference

Conference: Fill Your Head -
New Orleans, Louisiana
Speaking Topic: Web Design Accessibility
Speaker: Dianne McKenzie

Description:
Accessibility and Usability are important factors in creating a successful Web site. Although the World Wide Web has the ability to put a lot of information out to a huge audience, it can also be a source of frustration to people with disabilities. At the fundamental level, Web accessibility is the core of usability.

Accessibility, from a usability viewpoint, means designing the user interface to be effective, efficient, and satisfying to all users. Accessible design solutions focus on with making Web sites perceivable, operable, and understandable.

In this session we will explore the guidelines, standards, laws, and policies for building accessible Web sites that enhance the user experience. By examining examples you will understand how inadvertently accessibility barriers make a Web site harder to use and how other features can enhance the ease of use.

Creating a truly universal design that is user centered, incorporates accessibility by designing inclusively for the widest range of users and environments and avoids the pitfalls of self-referential design solutions.

Objectives:

In this session, attendees will learn how to:

Deploy specific techniques for developing accessible web sites
Use cascade style sheets to make accessible web pages that are easy to update and are consistent
Integrate an inclusive universal design process with accessibility features for a user centered design solution

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Dianne speaking at the HOW Conference in New Orleans

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