Tomer Sharon
Sr. User Experience Researcher, Google
Tomer Sharon is a Senior User Experience Researcher at Google Search in New York City and author of the book, It’s Our Research: Getting stakeholder buy-in for user experience research projects (2012). He founded and led The Israeli chapter of the User Experience Professionals' Association and is a mentor at Google's Campus TLV, a program including UX learning, collaboration, and mentorship for Israeli startups. He speaks at conferences and professional events, is a published author of articles and papers, and a past editorial board member for UXPA’s UX Magazine. Tomer holds a master’s degree in Human Factors in Information Design from Bentley University in Waltham, MA.
He is @tsharon on Twitter.
Previously (39):
Mean, Lean UX: What mindset do you need to develop products that people desire?
Review examples of lean and mean UX, discuss customer development and strategies to make your product appealing.
12 Times
Validating Assumptions with Lean UX Research
During this full-day workshop, you will learn how to practically and reliably validate a new product or service idea.
5 Times
How to Evaluate the Design of a Homepage
In this class, we’ll go over five questions people ask themselves when they access a homepage, as well as UX research techniques to evaluate a homepage design.
4 Times
Need to Know: Evaluating Startup Ideas
Discover a different, risk-mitigating, more scientific approach to the art of starting a business.
4 Times
Replays: Rapid Prototyping + Fast UX Research (Online Workshop)
Learn how to do quick UX research and how to use the following prototyping tools: wireframing, Samantha Warren’s Style Tiles, Keynotopia, and “sketching with code."
3 Times
High-quality, Impactful, Fast UX Research (Replay from NYC)
Through three short case studies, we will demonstrate how UX research can be done with high quality standards, have an enormous effect, and be completed quickly without high costs.
2 Times
Recruiting User Research Participants Through Social Media
Learn techniques for creating a pipeline of representative members of a product’s target audience who are willing, capable, and available to participate in research.
2 Times
UX for Doers: Evaluate Your Homepage Design (Online Class)
This class will introduce UX research techniques to evaluate a homepage design: interception survey, first click test, and online usability testing.
UX for Doers: Five Things Everyone Needs to Know About Users (Online Class)
This class will highlight 5 things about how people see, read, remember, think, focus attention, get motivated, socialize, feel, make mistakes, and decide.
High Quality, Fast, Lean UX Research for Engineers (Online Class)
Using three short case studies, this livestream will demonstrate how UX research can be done quickly, effectively, and most importantly, by the software engineers themselves.
User Experience Research Office Hours (Online Class)
Have a question about finding out what products/features users want? Here's your chance to get advice on best practices from an experienced UX researcher at Google.
Brainwriting Workshop
Learn the fast and effective technique of brainwriting, and leave with a template to begin your own brainwriting sessions with your team.
Lean UX Research Techniques (Replay from NYC)
Learn the key to effective user experience research: good, focused research questions.
Validating Assumptions with 12 UX Research Methods
This class will introduce 12 user experience research methods.