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Jul 08
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033: Making and Breaking Habits through Design with Victor Yocco

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Victor Yocco says: "Shifting your belief is probably one of the hardest things people do. How do I start to believe things like... not drinking... lead to positive outcomes in my life?

User Experience designer and recovering alcoholic Victor Yocco speaks about habit formation–good and bad.

You’ll Learn:
1. Victor’s personal story and implications for forming effective habits and breaking ineffective ones
2. The power of teaming up with others to achieve your ambitions
3. How to use a design approach to construct and reach your career goals

About Victor
Victor is a Philadelphia-based research director, author, and speaker. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University, where he studied communication and psychology. Victor regularly writes and speaks on the application of psychology to design and addressing the design and tech culture of promoting alcohol use. He has written for A List Apart, Smashing Magazine, UX Booth, User Experience Magazine (UXPA) and many more. He is the author of Design for the Mind, a book from Manning Publications on the application of principles of psychology to design.

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Jun 03
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019: Increasing Likability with Arel Moodie

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Arel Moodie says: "If we make people smile when they are around us, we'll be more influential and we'll be more memorable."Speaker/author and fellow career podcast host Arel Moodie teaches us the do’s and don’t’s for how to be well liked in all areas of life.

You’ll learn:

1) A quick way to craft texts or emails into more likable, powerful messages
2) The power of a smile, and the impact it can have on people remembering you
3) Easy ways to make people around you feel special every day

About Arel
Arel Moodie has given the TEDx talk on Likability and wrote the Forbes article on the subject. Arel has been quoted in The New York Times, Businessweek and USA Today. He’s given presentations to over 255,000 people in 48 states and 5 countries. Arel Moodie was named to Inc. Magazine’s prestigious “30 Under 30” list. Arel Moodie was personally acknowledged by President Obama two years in a row for his work as a leader in America and has been a featured speaker at the White House. He’s was selected as one of the 100 world “Leaders of Tomorrow” by the St. Gallen Symposium, an international organization in Switzerland.

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