During my studies (I’m actually an environmental engineer 🌱), I always struggled with giving talks in front of others.

Marina Kraus discusses the importance of conducting regular "UX showcases," where designers present work-in-progress to gather feedback with team members, stakeholders, and users. She highlights the benefits of such showcases, including: creating awareness, justifying design decisions, exchanging ideas, and reviewing one's own work. Kraus also provides practical tips on preparing for and conducting UX showcases, both live and asynchronously, using tools like FigJam and Loom.

Key points

• Conduct regular "UX showcases" to present work-in-progress designs for feedback

• Prepare by summarizing previous feedback, walkthrough designs, list open questions

• Consider asynchronous video showcases with shared whiteboards for comments

Highlights

I no longer sit alone for weeks over a project and when it's done, I present it. Instead, I work in an iterative process in which regular exchange and open discussions are simply part of the game.

Another advantage of asynchronous showcases is that everyone can reflect on their feedback for as long as they would like, jump forward or backward in the video, review all the details in depth and then give feedback