Rein, I also work for a (very large) IT company with a lot of consultants. We've found that using internal channels (forums, blogs, workshops, etc.) has been pretty effective in raising awareness of what exactly UX is and what it can do for the company. We regularly circulate "37better" documents around those channels; we've done makeovers on everything from internal error pages to login screens to application dashboards. Showing (visually/interactively) examples of how UX can take an interface from one state to a new, elevated state does far more to open up opportunities than talking about it in abstract terms (but talking will come later).
UX is highly marketable, and if you can show your company that the competency for good UX design exists in the company, then it should be follow that the light bulb goes off in their heads as they realize "Hey, this is something I can sell!" Jared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28266 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
