Refresh Dallas: Effective Dashboard Design October 16, 2008

Practical tools and examples for your next dashboard project

As enterprises and other organizations look to sift through and make sense of the all the structured and unstructured data available to them, dashboards are being positioned as the solution to their problems. However, a dashboard needs special attention to the visual design or the dashboard will fail to meet expectations. If not carefully designed, a new dashboard can leave consumers unsatisfied, frustrated, confused, and even overwhelmed.

Aaron Hursman will share his experiences designing effective dashboards that deliver on the promise of targeted, accessible, and actionable information. He will discuss examples from both his personal work and contributions of thought-leaders in this space. Through these examples, he will present practical dashboard design techniques. He will also present effective approaches to take during design and construction. Finally, Aaron will explain the challenges and obstacles that dashboard designers face today, and how to mitigate the risks that result.

Live streaming will be available on our Ustream Channel, but that's no excuse not to show up in person.

Here's the Rundown
Come early (7:00) to mingle with like-minded designers and developers and then soak in a fresh presentation (7:30).

Free Pizza & Drinks
We'll provide the pizza and drinks (thanks to EMC's 404 User Experience Design Group) if you provide the questions and conversation.

Building Details
Office is on 18th floor. Take ground floor elevator to 17th floor then you'll see signs that point you the way to the 18th.

Garage parking will be a free exit until 9:30pm.

Official Website: http://refreshdallas.org