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At Cooper, we preach what we practice.

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Cooper U courses deliver effective techniques for improved concept development and strategy as well as design and implementation. Taught by our experienced teachers, we also work with you to develop custom workshops tailored to the needs of your organization. Have questions? Email us a cooperu@cooper.com.

Upcoming courses

UX Boot Camp: Marketplace Money
Jun 11-14, 2013 in San Francisco, CA

Interaction Design
Jul 16-19, 2013 in San Francisco, CA

Visual Interface Design
Jul 22-23, 2013 in San Francisco, CA

Design Leadership
Jul 24-25, 2013 in San Francisco, CA

Interaction Design
Aug 13-16, 2013 in San Francisco, CA

See the full schedule of courses.
when new courses are added.

Courses

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Cooper courses deliver practical methods and techniques through hands-on activities and discussion led by experienced design practitioners.

Interaction design

Learn how to use Goal-Directed Design to create products and services that people love.

Visual interface design

How to design for engagement and deliver more desirable products.

Design leadership

Getting alignment around a shared design vision through participation.

UX Boot Camp

Learn user experience design and practice those skills through hands-on projects for nonprofits.

Custom courses

We can develop custom courses focused on your specific design or business challenge. Contact us to learn more.

2013 Schedule

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Our instructors bring a wealth of experience
from start-ups to
global corporations.

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Our instructors aren't just knowledgeable teachers, they are active design practitioners with experience designing real products for real companies. We have a passion for sharing our experience. We thrive on collaboration, and encourage participation and discussion in every course so that we can map the processes, methods, and techniques to your real-world situation.
Have any questions? Contact Kendra Shimmell, Director of Cooper U at cooperu@cooper.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kendra is the managing director of education and training services at Cooper. She has brought user-centered strategy and design practices to big companies and startups in a range of industries, including healthcare, retail, consumer electronics, and financial services.

Kendra Shimmell

Managing Director, Cooper U

Chris Noessel is a managing director of interaction design at Cooper. His industry experience ranges from owning a small, museum-focused company in Houston to working with Microsoft's futures prototyping group in Seattle. For marchFIRST he was Director of Information Architecture.

Chris Noessel

Managing Director, Interaction Design

Doug LeMoine is a managing director of interaction design at Cooper. In ten years at Cooper, his designs have helped orthopedic surgeons more precisely wield bone saws, revealed risk in mutual fund portfolios, and created a friendly way for elderly people to monitor and communicate about their health.

Doug LeMoine

Managing Director, Interaction Design

Nick Myers is managing director of visual design and branding at Cooper. Nick has worked on personalized health predication, EMRs, portfolio and wealth management, in-home patient care, 3D home redecoration, medical informatics, geological exploration, check fraud, and many more mobile products and devices.

Nick Myers

Managing Director, Creative Services

Stefan is a director of interaction design at Cooper. His experience ranges over a diverse set of domains including medical, consumer, finance, learning, and enterprise. He is curious about how and why things work and passionate about improving them.

Stefan Klocek

Director, Interaction Design

Steve Calde is a managing director at Cooper, where he’s been helping to make the digital world a safer place for users since 1998. Steve has worked in diverse domains such as golf course irrigation, IT administration, online radio, intravenous medication delivery, telecommunications, and more.

Steve Calde

Managing Director, Business Development

Susan Dybbs is a director of interaction design at Cooper who focuses on interpreting human behavior to form the foundation for her designs. She has worked with a wide selection of organizations, from start-ups to global businesses.

Susan Dybbs

Director, Interaction Design

Suzy Thompson is a director of interaction design at Cooper. Her work ranges from broadly targeted consumer web applications to complex, mission-critical business software. Prior to joining Cooper in 2005, Suzy served a variety of product definition and design roles over the course of 10 years at PeopleSoft, Inc.

Suzy Thompson

Director, Interaction Design

Teresa Brazen is a curriculum & marketing strategist for Cooper U. She pulls from her experience across many disciplines (art, film, design, journalism) to inspire curriculum, teach, and build community. Her passion is empowering people with methods for creating dynamic, inspired cultures within teams, projects, and organizations.

Teresa Brazen

Curriculum & Marketing Strategist

Professor R. Brian Stone, of the Department of Design at Ohio State University, brings over 20 years of design education and practice to Cooper U. His work has garnered numerous awards for design excellence, usability, and user satisfaction, including the Apple Distinguished Educator award.

Brian Stone

Education advisor

Cooper speakers can come to you

Onsite or Custom Training

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If you have a large group to train or you want a course focused on specific needs, consider treating your whole team to a Cooper U course. Our standard courses work well for most companies, but if off-the-shelf just won’t do, we’ll work with you to develop a customized program. We often provide abbreviated versions of our standard courses, exercises that relate to your current projects, or one-day workshops that combine training with design consulting to solve specific problems.

Speaking

Getting your company excited about design is usually the first step in changing attitudes and incorporating design into your processes and culture. Our inspiring staff speaks about a myriad of topics including design research, sifi interfaces, healthcare innovation, the future of journalism (to name just a few).

Frequently speaking: Alan Cooper, Chris Noessel, Doug LeMoine, Jim Dibble, Kendra Shimmell, Nick Myers, Stefan Klocek, Susan Dybbs, Suzy Thompson, Teresa Brazen.

Other members of Cooper’s leadership team are all available to speak about a variety of topics.

Need someone to inform, inspire, or shake things up? Call us at +1.415.267.3500 or email business@cooper.com.