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SUX Academy for Designers

Masterclass "Become a Sustainable UX Designer"

4,5 hours in two sessions: 23 June + 26 June, 5pm CEST

Online

250€ regular, 80€ "low income" ticket available on trust basis (plus tax)

SUX Academy forDesginers

Masterclass "Become a Sustainable UX Desginer"  

4 or 8 hours option available

Online

250€ regular, 80€ "low income" ticket available on trust basis (plus tax)

Masterclass-Modules

The Masterclass teaches "Sustainable UX" based on the SUX framwork through lectures and practical exercises in five modules. The modules cover Sustainable UX and Digital Sustainability and build complementary on each other. According to your needs the modules can be adjusted in terms of weight and covered topics. For the practical exercises a product or experiences from your portfolio can be used or we can provided sample cases.

Module 1: Sustainability and digital products

  • Negative impacts of digital products
  • The role of UX and design
  • Sustainable UX (SUX)
  • Web Sustainability 
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Module 2: Understand the negative Impacts

  • The systemic context of digital products
  • Actor Mapping (+Exercise)
  • Consequences to Needs Mapping (+Exercise)
  • Non-user and non-human personas
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Module 3: Mapping negative Impacts

Fraom strategic to tactical level

  • Breaking down negative impacts to an actionable Level
  • Tools and tactics
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Module 4: From understanding to solutions

Methods and tools (from SUX, WSG, etc.)

  • Carbon-friendly design
  • Behavioural desing tactics
  • The Web Sustainabiluty Guidelines (WSG 1.0)
  • Sustainability Ideation
  • Methods and Tools
  • Exercise: Sustainable User Journey Ideation
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Module 5: Making Sustainability Default

  • How to make sustainability default in your daily work and in the entire design/product process
  • From ideas to roadmaps
  • Setting complementary goal and KPIs
  • Optional Exercise: Setting Sustainable Design Goals
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Module 6: Sustainable UX, business and stakeholders

  • The business case of sustainability in digital
  • Including and convincing stakeholders
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Bonus Module: AI, Sustainability and Creativity

  • Can we use AI sustainably?
  • AI and Creativity
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What you will receive after completion

  • Your personal SUX Certificate
  • Access to all tools, frameworks and resources from the Masterclass
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What you will learn

Your team will learn how to use Sustainable UX and Digital Sustainability practices in their daily work to create more sustainable digital products. The Masterclass is setup to enable your team to integrated sustainable practice in every step of the product design process and how to move beyond user-centered design.

Digital Sustainability: What are the different aspects of Sustainability and how they are connected to digital products

Negative Impacts: The negative impacts of digital products and experiences and how to uncover them

From high-level bird view to execution: how to get from understanding to action

The SUX Framework and the tools of Sustainable UX and Digital Sustainability

Techniques for carbon friendly design and behavioural based on the SUX Framework and the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG 1.0)

How to make Sustainable UX practices default in the whole design and product building process

The business side of Sustainable UX: Why it is good for planet, society and the future, but also for business

Bonus: AI, Sustainability and Creativity

And did you know ...

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The SUX Framework

Sustainable UX is also great for business.

Customer relationship

Incorporating sustainability in your digitale experiences becomes crucial for a good relationship to your users/customer. Customers demand sustainable products and are willing to pay higher prices for sustainable services.

Infrastructure costs

Web Sustainability Guidelines and Sustainable UX practices help creating more effective digital solutions and thereby directly impact the infrastructure costs of your digital solutions.

Future regulations

Regulations already begin to demand more sustainable digital solutions. New green deal, CSRD, etc. You can compare it to what happens with Web Accessibility at the moment. Expect the same to happen with web/digital sustainability soon.

Sustainable UX is also great for business.

Customer relationship

Incorporating sustainability in your digitale experiences becomes crucial for a good relationship to your users/customer. Customers demand sustainable products and are willing to pay higher prices for sustainable services.

Infrastructure costs

Web Sustainability Guidelines and Sustainable UX practices help creating more effective digital solutions and thereby directly impact the infrastructure costs of your digital solutions.

Future regulations

Regulations already begin to demand more sustainable digital solutions. New green deal, CSRD, etc. You can compare it to what happens with Web Accessibility at the moment. Expect the same to happen with web/digital sustainability soon.

Become a Sustainable UX Designer

Our proofed Masterclass-format is based on the SUX Framework and especially designed for a comprehensive learning experience, ensuring participants can apply sustainable UX principles effectively in their projects.

4,5 hours in two sessions: 23 June + 26 June, 5pm CEST

Online

English

For all levels (Junior to Senior)

250€ regular, 80€ "low income" ticket available on trust basis (plus tax)

That's included:

4,5 hour Masterclass, done in two session

Proofed mix of lectures and hands-on practical exercises based on the SUX Framework

Lecturer: Thorsten Jonas, Sustainable UX expert, Web Sustainability Guidelines Co-Author, international Keynote Speaker and SUX Network Founder

Dedicated Workshop Miro Board

Access to all SUX tools, templates and frameworks

Access to a dedicated resource collection with all resources discussed in the masterclass

Personal SUX Certificate after completion

„We need to move from a human to a humanity and environmental centered design approach.“

Thorsten Jonas, founder SUX

„We need to move from a human to a humanity and environmental centered design approach.“

Thorsten Jonas, founder SUX

Thorsten Jonas, SUX Founder

Hi, I'm your lecturer.

I am Thorsten, digital sustainability Trailblazer, Sustainable UX Designer, Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host and Founder of the SUX Network.

I am one of the drivers of making sustainability default in all design processes. With my long year experience, I am guiding and training design-teams and companies in crafting sustainable, responsible and ethical digital products while I am also speaking at conferences and events worldwide like Adobe MAX, Interaction Conference or World Usability Congress.

Furthermore I am serving as co-lead of the UX committee for the W3C Sustainable Web Guidelines at the official W3C Interest Group for Web Sustainability.

My passion for the outdoors and mountaineering drives my commitment to make sustainability a fundamental aspect of digital design and to advocate for responsible and ethical usage of tech for the good of every being on this planet.

Thorsten Jonas, SUX Founder

Hi, I'm your lecturer.

I am Thorsten, digital sustainability Trailblazer, Sustainable UX Designer, Keynote Speaker, Podcast Host and Founder of the SUX Network.

I am one of the drivers of making sustainability default in all design processes. With my long year experience, I am guiding and training design-teams and companies in crafting sustainable, responsible and ethical digital products while I am also speaking at conferences and events worldwide like Adobe MAX, Interaction Conference or World Usability Congress.

Furthermore I am serving as co-lead of the UX committee for the W3C Sustainable Web Guidelines at the official W3C Interest Group for Web Sustainability.

My passion for the outdoors and mountaineering drives my commitment to make sustainability a fundamental aspect of digital design and to advocate for responsible and ethical usage of tech for the good of every being on this planet.

Frequently asked questions

Will I get an official certificate?

Yas, all participants who complete the Masterclass will get a personal official SUX Academy Certificate. 

Will I get access to the tools and resources from the Masterclass?

We recommend a group size between 4 and 20 participants. Upon request bigger groups sizes are possible, but recommend to work with an additional lecturer supporting for the practical exercises.   

Do I need any pre-knowledge in digital Sustainability?

No, you do not need pre-knowledge in sustainable UX and Design practices. The Masterclass will show and teach all relevant new tools as well as enhanced UX methods like "User Journey Mapping".

How can I apply for a "low-income" ticket?

We offer for each Masterclass a limited number of "Low-Income" tickets for people how come from low-income countries or do not have a job at the moment, for example, These are available on a trust basis via the eventbrite-booking page, so please decide carefully yourself if you are applicable. 

The dates do not work for me, will there be other dates available?

Yes, we will offer further dates in the future. You can sign up the general waitlist and by this you will get notified once we release new dates: https://forms.gle/uwdTa2uhurjuxpCu9

"Low-income" tickets are already gone, what can I do?

If the "low-income" tickets are aready sold out, you can sign up the waitlist. If the maximum number of overall participants will not be reached, we will apply the open seats to people on the "low-income" waitlist for the reduced price.

Any further questions?
Do not hesitate to get in touch.

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