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CLIENTSWORKING WITH

BETTERImage credit: Carolco Pictures, Pacific Western, Lightstorm Entertainment, Canal+ and T2 Productions (Terminator 2, 1991)

UX?SO, HOW DOES THAT RELATE

Spent days putting this awesome design together and just got client feedback. Looks like I'll be spending the next few days ruining it!!

Gah. Working w/ a client who doesn't get this. Making my head explode. They don't care about UX.

When you push forward a client design request that you both know is a terrible idea.

Image credit: Talkback Thames and Channel 4 TV (The IT Crowd, 2006)

Image credit:Capella International, Eric’s Boy, KC Medien, Moving Pictures and New Line Cinema (Austin Powers, 1997)

http://clientsfromhell.net/

http://www.sharpsuits.net/

http://www.sharpsuits.net/

BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR WORK

Image credit:Universal Pictures (Frankenstein, 1931)

How much of the shit we complain about all day has our fingerprints all over it?

MIKE MONTEIRO

Photo credit: Amber Gregory: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fontshop/7091584773/ YOU SHOULD BUY HIS BOOK: http://www.abookapart.com/products/design-is-a-job

I CLIENT WORK

Image credit:Chartoff-Winkler Productions and United Artists (Rocky, 1976)

The design process is weird and complicated because it involves people… !

…who are weird and complicated.

MARK BOULTON

Photo credit: Anton Peck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26545827@N00/5691825327/ Source: http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/post/where-theres-muck-theres-brass-mark-boulton-at-smashing-conference/

CLIENT WORK IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

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THREE KEY FACETSImage credit:L.A. Films and HBO (¡Three Amigos!, 1986)

EMPATHY

TRUST

COMMUNICATION

EMPATHY

PUT YOURSELF IN YOUR CLIENT’S SHOES THEY HIRED YOU TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT ALONE

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CLIENTS WANT TO BE GUIDEDCLEARLY DEFINE THE ROLES OF

THE CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.Image credit:Paramount Pictures (Forrest Gump, 1994)

Image credit:Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Cubicle Inc. (Office Space, 1999)

ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS

Image credit:Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Baltimore Pictures, Spring Creek Productions, Face Productions, Tribeca Productions (Analyse This, 1999)

http://goodkickoffmeetings.com/2010/04/stakeholder-frontloading/

The turning point in many interviews is when the interviewee gets up and closes the office door and lowers their voice.

PAUL BOAG

Photo credit: Andreas Øverland: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasoverland/4954194732/ Source: http://boagworld.com/business-strategy/how-to-improve-your-site-using-stakeholder-interviews/

AGREE ON PROJECT GOALShttp://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2000-11-05/

TRUST

INTEGRITY

RELIABILITY

TRANSPARENCY

RESPECT

HONESTYDON’T OVER-PROMISEAND UNDER-DELIVER

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GIVE UPDATESEVEN IF THERE ISN’T MUCH TO REPORT

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BE RELIABLEDELIVER WHEN YOU SAY YOU WILL

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This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If you just keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious… !

…If you've put in the pondering time in first.

JOHN CLEESE

John Cleese on Creativity - Watch every second of it, you won’t regret it, I guarantee it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5x1Ea7NjQ

TRANSPARENCYINVOLVE YOUR CLIENT THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS

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TAKE THE CLIENT ON THE JOURNEY WITH YOU

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SURPRISES SUCK

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WORKSHOPS ARE A DESIGNER’S BEST FRIEND

EXPOSE YOUR CLIENTSTO RESEARCH DIRECTLY

There is a direct correlation between this exposure and the improvements we see in the designs that team produces.

JARED SPOOL

Photo credit: Jeffrey Zeldman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeldman/8614173005/

http://www.uie.com/articles/user_exposure_hours/

RESPECTImage credit:Paramount Pictures, Alfran Productions (The Godfather, 1972)

SORRY DAVEImage credit:MGM and Stanley Kubrick Productions (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968)

FIND THE PERFECT BALANCEImage credit:Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm (The Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981)

Your ego is a bad designer

CHRISTOPHER BUTLER

http://www.newfangled.com/your_ego_is_a_bad_designer

UNCOVER THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM

GET THE CLIENT TO FOCUS ON PROBLEMS RATHER THAN SOLUTIONS.

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STAY POSITIVE MEANS YOU CAN SAY NO WITHOUT BEING THE ‘NO’ PERSON

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People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.

MAYA ANGELOU

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COMMUNICATION

ACTIVELY AVOID MISINTERPRETATION

FORK HANDLES OR FOUR CANDLES?

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When you're struggling to write a sensitive email, stop trying. Pick up the phone and call instead.

CARL SMITH

http://devianthippie.com/ Source: https://twitter.com/carlsmith/status/430505161765974017

PRESENT DESIGNS, DON’T JUST EMAIL THEM

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DESIGN FEEDBACK CHINESE WHISPERS

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YOUR DESIGNS WON’T SELL THEMSELVESImage credit: Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television (The Simpsons, 1997)

“WHAT DO YOU THINK?” IS THE ENEMY OF CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACKImage credit: Warner Bros, Hawk Films, Peregrine and The Producer Circle Company (The Shining, 1980)

The client didn’t hire you to make something they liked, and something they like may not be the thing that leads to their success.

MIKE MONTEIRO

Photo credit: Amber Gregory: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fontshop/7091584773/ BUY HIS BOOK, ALREADY, DAMNIT: http://www.abookapart.com/products/design-is-a-job

Source: https://medium.com/@monteiro/13-ways-designers-screw-up-client-presentations-51aaee11e28c

KEEP DESIGN CRITIQUES GOAL ORIENTED

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SKETCHImage credit: Twentieth Century Fox Films, Paramount Pictures and Lightstorm Entertainment (Titanic, 1997)

PROTOTYPEImage credit: Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment and Dark Blades Films (Iron Man, 2008)

STYLE TILEShttp://styletil.es/

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Image credit: Sandollar Productions and Touchstone Pictures (Father of the Bride, 1991)

PROTOTYPEPATTERN LIBRARIEShttp://boagworld.com/design/pattern-library/

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Image credit: Universal Pictures and Alphaville Films (The Mummy, 1999)

TESTImage credit: The Ladd Company, Shaw Brothers and Warner Bros. (Blade Runner, 1982)

EMPATHY

TRUST

COMMUNICATION

SO NEXT TIMEImage credit: Michael White Productions, National Film Trustee Company and Monty Python Pictures (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975)

WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?

COULD YOU HAVE DEFINED THE ROLES BETTER?

DID YOU SET AND MANAGE THEIR EXPECTATIONS?

DID YOU COLLABORATE AND INVOLVE THEM AS AN EQUAL?

DID YOU STRUCTURE FEEDBACK APPROPRIATELY?

SOMETIMES…

No matter how much you try, you can’t stop people from sticking beans up their nose.

JARED SPOOL

Source: http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2011/07/08/beans-and-noses/Photo credit: Brandon Dilbeck (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JellyBellyBeans.jpg)

MORE OFTEN…

LEARN

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