Practice Groups
Next Practice Group – early 2025, TBA
- Practice Groups are special exercises with Indi; this is not the course.
- The separate Self-Paced Course contains the lessons, quizzes, and solo exercises.
- Not yet enrolled in the matching course? Click the Bundle button for 10% discount.
- Already enrolled in the matching course? Use the Enroll button.
- Yes, you can join this Practice Group even if you took the Part 2: Qualitative Data Synthesis course years ago. (You “already enrolled” years ago.)
Group A – Wed @ 9am San Francisco
Kickoff: 16-Oct-2024 (1 hour)
Meeting #1: 23-Oct (2 hours)
Meeting #2: 30-Oct (2 hours)
(catch-up week)
Meeting #3: 13-Nov (2 hours)
Meeting #4: 20-Nov (2 hours)
Group B – Thu @ 6pm San Francisco
Kickoff: 17-Oct-2024 (1 hour)
Meeting #1: 24-Oct (2 hours)
Meeting #2: 31-Oct (2 hours)
(catch-up week)
Meeting #3: 14-Nov (2 hours)
Meeting #4: 21-Nov (2 hours)
– – – > Then Part 2: Qual Data Synthesis kicks off 16-Oct-2024 (see further calendar dates at bottom of this page)
Countdown Available Spots:
Group A: 20 places left (of 20)
Group B: 20 places left (of 20)
Employees of the same org can form a Private Group of 7+, scheduled the same weeks as the Public Groups. Contact Indi
About the Practice Groups
- We use Mural and Zoom to practice for 2 hours, once a week for 4 meetings.
- Indi leads each practice meeting.
- We do special exercises together. These are in addition to the exercises that come with the course.
- Get personal feedback from Indi during the practice meetings.
- This is how you may qualify for Certification: Practice Group + Course for all courses.
- Choose either Group A or B depending on the start time in your time zone.
- Are you in India? The times for India are 9:30pm or 6:30am. Are you a night owl or an early bird?
“Most beautiful exercises I’ve seen!”
Weekly Schedule
You can begin the matching self-paced course right after the Kickoff meeting, or earlier–as soon as you enroll. Whatever works in your schedule. Just be prepared for the meeting each week by doing the matching course section first.
Wednesdays at 9:00am San Francisco time
Thursdays at 6:00pm San Francisco time
(Fridays if you are on the other side of the dateline from San Francisco)
Which group is right for my schedule?
6 months : access to group practice canvas & recordings : 6 months
Price Levels to Join the Practice Groups
Live Practice Only:
(does not include the required self-paced course)
(Since there are limited spots in each Practice Group, Indi can put you on a waiting list if your circumstance doesn’t fit any of the four price-levels above. Let her know what you can afford: contact Indi.)
Refund Policy
Refunds are possible up until 3 days prior to the Practice Group kickoff date.
* Current Planning – The frequency of Practice Groups will increase after Indi finishes upgrading the courses “Thinking Styles” and “Framing Your Study” to be beautifully produced videos like “Listening Deeply” and “Qual Data Synthesis.” For now, Indi is interleaving the Practice Groups in no real order. This plan depends on how well Indi hits her goals in the content-upgrading work.
Practice Groups:
2024: 16-Oct kickoff – Part 2: Qual Data Synthesis
2025: January kickoff – Listening Deeply?
2025: April/May?: Thinking Styles (when upgraded course is complete)
2025: September?: Listening Deeply?
2026: January?: Framing Your Study (when upgraded course is complete)
2026: April/May?: Part 1: Qual Data Synthesis?
… then hopefully a more steady cadence of Practice Groups
Testimonials
The Practice Group is a great way to practice the skills you learn from the book and the course. And you get real time feedback from Indi and everyone attending the course!
— anonymous, 4-Nov-2018
Indi’s class allows you to practice research rigor and apply what you learn in a real-world setting. A class like this is hard to come by, where you learn tactical tips to do strategic research right. You walk away learning that questions are a powerful tool of clarity and that…
— DJ Heo, 15-May-2020
Read moreYou’re gonna love it. The group format really helps a lot as people bring in lots of interesting questions that you could never think of and indi answers each of them patiently. That and the discussions that follow them are really invaluable and rare online. You’ll not feel rushed and…
— Raghav Agrawal, 2-Nov-2018
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Do it. It’s incredibly useful regardless of your experience. Practice meetings feel personal because the groups are small and there is plenty of opportunity for practical work to help you understand it better.
— Debbie Sit, 7-Nov-2018
I highly recommend Indi Young’s Course Certification path for current or future UX researchers. Unlike most workshops and seminars that give only an introduction to a topic or theoretical examples, Indi’s series makes you feel confident you are getting a deep level of training applicable in a professional setting.
— Steve, 2-May-2018
Good use of time – active sessions and very worthwhile. The sessions are delivered well. Indi is an expert and its a great opportunity to learn.
— Jane Cockburn, 11-Nov-2018
I really enjoyed the dynamics of the practice group meetings and the way Indi brings together people from some many countries who learn together as a knowledge-hungry team. The exercises were extremely helpful, and honestly I did not expect an online experience to be this productive and skill-boosting.
— Maria Mishchenko, 1-Jul-2020
The Listening Session practice group was a joy to be part of. Indi was so accommodating and accessible. It was an absolute treat to have such an intimate and informative learning space, even via zoom, across the globe.
— Sasha Abram, 10-Dec-2018
If you really want to understand what listening deeply is and a safe place to practice, take this course and practice group.
— Francesca Barrientos, 21-Aug-2019