About the IA Summit

The IA Summit is one of the most popular UX conferences, held each year since 2000. The 2016 edition was in Atlanta from May 4-8 and the keynote speakers were Cory Doctorow, Léonie Watson, Lisa Welchman, and Jesse James Garrett.

Poster Night

Poster night at the IA Summit is a social event where a variety of topics are presented including case studies and methods. Each presenter creates a poster or activity in advance, and leads a discussion with attendees at poster night.

At Poster Night 2016, exploreUX founder Michelle Chin (@soysaucechin) and Triangle UXPA Events Director Andrew Wirtanen (@awirtanen) presented a poster on mentorship.

About the Poster

The poster covers the following areas:

• The myths of mentorship
• The value of mentorship
• Starting a mentoring relationship
• Starting a mentorship program

Here’s a PDF of our poster.

The poster references six articles, presentations, and videos that one may find useful:

1. How to Find Your Design Mentor
   April 30, 2015 by Nathalie Crosbie
   http://blog.invisionapp.com/how-to-find-your-design-mentor/
2. A Case for Mentorship
   June 6, 2011 by Scott Baldwin
   https://uxmag.com/articles/a-case-for-mentorship
3. Mentoring the Next Generation of UX Designers
   April 14, 2014 by Fred Beecher
   http://www.slideshare.net/fred_beecher/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-ux-designers
4. Old Dog? Time to Learn Some New Tricks
   December 3, 2014 by Donna Spencer
   http://uxmas.com/2014/old-dog-how-can-you-learn-some-new-tricks
5. This is the Golden Age of Design
   Mike Monteiro at Webdagene 2015
   https://vimeo.com/143350728
6. How do we design designers?
   November 21, 2014 by Jared Spool
   https://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2014/11/21/jared-spool-how-do-we-design-designers-live/