Greetings!
Thank you again for joining the Catalyze community. We will be sending out biweekly email updates like this to keep all members up-to-date with links to the latest new content, discussion forums and events.
Catalyze broke the 1,500 member milestone yesterday. This means we have added more than 350 members since my last update 2 weeks ago and almost 1,000 since the beginning of August. The Catalyze LinkedIn Group has also proven to be very popular and now numbers more than 300 connections. We also set up a Catalyze Facebook Group last week for all of you Facebook fans and selected content from Catalyze will be cross-posted in Facebook as a way to expand our reach.
Beyond adding members, one of my recurring themes is that the key to Catalyze's long-term success is to have all members actively participate on a regular basis. Bookmark Catalyze, make it your homepage, subscribe to content or set up alerts to let you know when something new is posted in Catalyze.
Please keep recommending and inviting your friends and colleagues who may be interested in Catalyze by forwarding this email to them or telling them to check it out. |
| Check Out This Great Content |
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The Next Wave of Commercial Software Engineering
In this essay, Gordon Brooks examines the evolving business models, technolgy and how customers buy have driven change in the past 5 years - and will continue to drive change in the near future.
Social Interaction Design
Adrian Chan of Gravity7 presents and introduction to social interaction design -- a design approach to social media and social software
How Do Users Really Feel About Your Design?
In this essay from UXMatters, Paul Sherman examines a new method for measuring user experience.
Carnegie Mellon Professor (and HCI pioneer) Randy Pausch is dying from pancreatic cancer and he gave his last lecture at the university on September 18, 2007. In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about the lessons he's learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.
Is your company an innovator? Do you want to know how some of the leading companies are using IT to strategic benefit? Find out by checking out the latest InformationWeek 500 report.
Every two years the UPA surveys user experience professionals to attain in-depth data about the development of the user experience field. The survey is anonymous and open to all user experience professionals, not just UPA members.
Remember, all members can post content to the Resources section. If you have a favorite article or link that you would like to share with the community, please upload it to Catalyze to the Members Upload folder. |
| Catalyze LinkedIn and Facebook Groups |
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Expand your network with LinkedIn and Facebook
LinkedIn is the leading business and professional networking site with over 12 million members. Since many Catalyze members are also members of LinkedIn, we have created a special LinkedIn group for Catalyze members to leverage this connection.
When you join the Catalyze group, you will get a Catalyze group logo in your profile and you will be able to search for other group members.
All members are automatically pre-approved for the LinkedIn Catalyze group - simply click this link to confirm your membership in the LinkedIn Catalyze group. (note, you need to use the same email address used to join Catalyze or you will be added to the pending approval list which generally clears in less than 24 hours).
Facebook is not just for college students any more and the fastest growing segments are the 25-35 and the 35+ age groups. Read this blog post for more background info on Facebook. The Catalyze Facebook Group is an open group - anyone can join and invite others to join and anyone can see the group information, the discussion board, the wall, videos, photos, and posted items. |
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Thank you again for helping make Catalyze the number one destination community for business analysts and usability professionals.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Tom Humbarger, Community Manager
Catalyze Community
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