UXCamp Naarm | Melbourne

Can you believe this time last week we wrapped up UXCamp 2024?! 🤯 A massive thank you to everyone who attended, spoke, and supported this incredible day. It was truly a memorable event, and we’re so grateful for the amazing community that made it happen. 💚 Good news: We’ve just uploaded our keynote talk by Elaine Tan on "I don’t need a seat at the table" to our YouTube channel! Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/giqTji66 Please subscribe & stay tuned—we’ll be uploading the rest of the talks soon! We can’t wait to share more insights and inspiration from the day with you all. Thank you again, and let’s keep the UXCamp spirit alive all year! 🙌

🎤 Attendees pitch to have their topic voted into the schedule. Over 110 design professionals attended Melbourne's only community based unconference, with many pitching to land on the schedule for the day. #uxdesign #unconference #pitching

Our most voted talk of the day is now live on YouTube! ✨ We’re excited to share the recording of our locknote talk, “UX & Content: Why Words Matter” by Sean Brown. Sean’s insights on the power of language in UX made it the top-voted session of the day! Catch his talk here: https://lnkd.in/gJaRTx8E and see why words matter in crafting impactful experiences. Thank you to everyone who joined us for UXCamp 2024. More talks coming soon! 💚

Part 3. We can’t stop looking back at this day full of support, passion and knowledge. 🫶💥 #uxcampmelbourne #uxcamp #design #unconference

Part 2. It’s hard to pick a favourite part. 🙌🔥 #uxcampmelbourne #uxcamp #design #unconference

✨ Life recently, part 1. What a day. #uxcampmelbourne #uxcamp #design #unconference

We were so blown away by the UX community last Friday ❤️ Thank you for an incredible turnout and all the engaging conversations 🥹 But the fun doesn’t have to stop here! Our amazing sponsor, Mantel Group, is hosting an event this Friday to continue the conversation and learning. Join us for another great session where some of your favourite speakers & committee return! 🎉 Details in the link below ⬇️

So, I had my first UXCamp Naarm | Melbourne last week. ✨ As a recent grad, I’ve been feeling the pressure of how tough the UX industry can be. Ngl, I’ve been rethinking my whole life every single morning. Like, is UX really the right path for me? 😓 But after attending UXCamp, I think I finally have my answer. I spent the whole day interacting with people in the world I’ve been trying my best to break into. I could easily write a 5,000-word essay about all the knowledge I gained, but more than that, it was heartwarming to see the passion and dedication of each UX professional I met. A huge shoutout to the incredible speakers I had the privilege of listening to: ✨ Elaine Tan, Brandon Di Bartolo, Tom Mansfield, 👩🏻💻 Tiffany Pun, Rebecca Devasagayam, Julia Yeskova, Fabio Liberatore, my mentor - Sean Brown, and everyone I connected with throughout the day. Hearing your stories was a genuine pleasure, thank you for your insights and advice, they were carefully noted and will accompany me on my next journey. A big thank you to the organizers of UXCamp for putting this amazing event together. Seeing how passionate, supportive, and inspiring the people in the industry are has confirmed that they are exactly the kind of professionals I want to become. It was such an amazing experience, and I’ll be back for the next one!

Holy heck, how did this even happen!? I had the privilege of presenting as the locknote speaker at UXCamp Naarm | Melbourne last Friday! Somehow my little pitch about content and UX (mixed with a good dose of manga references and slam poetry) got the most audience votes, and I ended up on the big stage! Really thankful to all the organisers (Lauren Jones and Simone Chaitra for the best pep talks, Mickey Rummery, 👩🏻💻 Tiffany Pun, Mindy Nam, Joshua Holmes) and sponsors (Askable, Design Outlook, Intopia) for giving me the opportunity to speak about the importance of content in UX to such a welcoming crowd. Also big shout-outs to the best hype team (Samantha Mathews, Tom O., Stacey Le) and the other great speakers I had the pleasure of hearing - keynote Elaine Tan (I swear I did not steal your slide template), Troy King, David Bacon, Matt Jensen, Tom Mansfield and Tiff. Very keen to run this back next year - on what topic though, we shall see...! 👀