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UX Magazine – These Are My People: The Value in UX Organizations

By Cory Lebson|2020-12-04T09:08:41-05:00August 21st, 2013|Networking, Posted elsewhere, Publication, UX Career, UX Leadership, UXPA|

While at the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International conference last month in Washington, D.C., I spent a lot of time talking with attendees. I heard all sort of interesting things there, but one simple comment resonated with me: as an attendee looked around the room, she exclaimed: “These are my people!” I realized that this is why I’ve attended this conference for the past eight years: these are my people.

While we at the conference didn’t necessarily share a religious, geographic, or perhaps a classic cultural bond, what we did share was UX. And this appreciation for user experience brought us together to learn and to be with others who saw and understood our professional perspectives.

See full article: Lebson, Cory. “These Are My People: The Value in UX Organizations” UX Magazine, Article No. 1075 (August 21, 2013).

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About the Author: Cory Lebson

Cory Lebson has been a user experience consultant for over 20 years and is the Principal and Owner of Lebsontech LLC. Lebsontech is focused on user research and evaluation, user experience strategy and UX training. Cory is the author of The UX Careers Handbook and is a LinkedIn Learning instructor. Cory also speaks frequently on topics related to UX career development, user experience, user research, information architecture, and accessibility. He has been featured on the radio and has also published a number of articles in a variety of professional publications. Cory has an MBA in marketing and technology management, as well as an MA in sociology and a BS in psychology. Cory is a past president of the User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International and is also a past president of the UXPA DC Chapter.