Last week, WordCamp Europe folks announced the final speakers’ list and among the 36 speakers there’s a portuguese woman, Mónica Guerra Leiria, stepping up with a presentation about “Between Glorified Computer Interface and Ultimate Narcissist: delivering what the client needs”.
When doing client work there is a fine line between what the client wants and what we, as designers, would like to deliver; balanced on that line is what the client truly needs, and achieving it takes more than talent – it takes self-restraint and great communication skills.
Every designer has, at some point, been faced with that client who has a need to micromanage every aspect of the design, who relentlessly attempts to relegate the designer to the same role one would a keyboard or a mouse. This is a talk about the design process, about the pitfalls that lie in bowing to the client’s wants instead of tirelessly seeking the answer to their needs, and about the other fine line in this equation – the one between subservience and ego.
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Great news for Monica, but let’s not forget the backstage 🙂 The lead co-organizer is Portuguese (yours humbly), so is the Speakers’ Stage Manager (Ana Aires), not to forget a few volunteers.
Thanks for mentioning it Zé! It’s so nice to see so many Portuguese ppl participating in WCEU.