Talks & Workshops
EPIC Members and sponsors share expertise and wisdom in these online sessions during Learning & Networking Week, May 6–10.
*All Talks & Workshops are FREE for EPIC Members.
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Catalyzing Organizational Learning: The Value of Making an Organization Visible to Itself
Learn how researchers can use insights to help build capacity for organizational learning.
Cyborg Literacy for the 21st Century
Learn a key framework for analyzing technology and society, and explore its applications to your research and product or service development projects.
Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset
Learn core principles of ethnographic thinking that help us leverage the full value and scope of ethnography.
Understanding Your Business Stakeholders
Learn techniques for identifying and mapping your stakeholders—the essential first step for doing strategic work and communicating insights for impact.
The New AI Toolstack for Research
AI’s true value lies in its ability to transform data into knowledge — at scale. Find out how AI-powered workflows can change your job for the better. Session sponsored by HeyMarvin.
Building Trust in AI Requires a Human at the Helm
Get actionable guidance on how to support human-AI interactions that build trust, drive adoption, improve efficiency, and foster human fulfillment. Session sponsored by Salesforce.
Grounded AI: Integrating Data and Social Science
Learn how the integrated Grounded AI approach shifts the research skillset from narrow user research to integrated data. Session sponsored by Stripe Partners.
Integrating Ethnography and Futures Thinking
Learn how to position ethnography as an integral component of strategic foresight. Session sponsored by IS IT A BIRD.
Should We Measure Research Impact?
This session takes on the current debate about why and how to demonstrate research impact with business metrics. Session sponsored by Atlassian.
Graphic Ethnography: Communicating Research through Comics
Explore comics as a medium for communicating research and learn how to do it yourself—no drawing skills required!
Visual Ethnography for Consumer Insights
Explore the value of visual ethnography in product design and public discourse. Session sponsored by Hasty Storytelling.
Career Pivots: A Day in the Life of Researchers Working in Government and NGOs
Explore the roles, topics, strategies, and methods pursued by ethnographers, designers, and researchers in government and nonprofit spaces.
Crafting a Trauma-Informed Scope of Practice
Learn fundamentals of trauma-informed research and clarify your own values, roles, and responsibilities in your design and research practice.