Whitney Quesenbery makes the case for strengthening democracy through design, and shares how she’s making this happen. This episodes includes: What is Civic Design and why is it important? How is democracy a design problem? What impact can good design have on elections? ====== Who is Whitney Quesenbery? Whitney is the co-founder and Director of the Center for Civic Design - a non-profit UX consultancy, working to "ensure voter intent through design". She serves on numerous advisory boards, including The Center for Tech and Civic Life, VotingWorks, and The Participatory Budgeting Project. And, among many other things, she is also the co-creator of the first course on Election Design, for the University of Minnesota and the author of three books on UX. Before starting the Center for Civic Design, Whitney invested over 23 years solving complex problems, as a consulting UXer, for organisations like the National Cancer Institute, the New York Times, and Sage Software. ====== Find Whitney here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyq/ Website: https://civicdesign.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/whitneyq Center for Civic Design: Field Guides to Ensuring Voter Intent - https://civicdesign.org/fieldguides/ Projects - https://civicdesign.org/projects-2/ Showcase - https://civicdesign.org/showcase/ Whitney’s books: A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences - https://bit.ly/2T9EOwJ Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design - https://bit.ly/3bMLlUs Global UX: Design and Research in a Connected World - https://amzn.to/3vjRWh1 ====== Thank you for tuning in! If you liked what you saw and want more ... ... please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listened). You can also follow us on our other social channels for more great UX and product design tips, interviews and insights! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Host: Brendan Jarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/

Whitney Quesenbery - Strengthening Democracy Through Design

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