{"id":1767,"date":"2019-12-24T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T14:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2021-05-06T09:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T09:29:13","slug":"how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/","title":{"rendered":"How to plan design research | Interview with Erika Hall, author of Just Enough Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/2db53c0f-797c-40d4-87be-95c6ab5305c9?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"episode-info-heading\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"episode-desc-p\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"episode-desc-p\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">Both of her books are available at A Book Apart: https:\/\/abookapart.com\/products\/just-enough-research<\/p>\n<p class=\"episode-desc-p\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">Recently, I spoke with her about the gap that exists today between research and conversational design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"episode-desc-p\" data-v-64afff2a=\"\" data-v-8334d7b8=\"\">I learned a TON from this talk and anyone that\u2019s creating any type of digital experience will certainly benefit from it too. We covered a lot of ground, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">How a philosophy major like Erika became a design leader<\/li>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">Meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/muledesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mule Design<\/a> co-founder Mike Monteiro, author of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruinedby.design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ruined by Design<\/a> (my 2019 fave book!)<\/li>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">Changing with the industry as a designer<\/li>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">Making a case for research and convincing stakeholders to commit to a research process<\/li>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">Defining goals before starting your research -Asking the right questions as a researcher<\/li>\n<li class=\"episode-desc-p\">How research can be like planning a vacation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy this episode!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Summary Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics. Both of her books are available at A Book Apart: https:\/\/abookapart.com\/products\/just-enough-research Recently, I spoke with her about the gap that exists today between research and conversational design. I learned a TON from this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"acf":{"descriptions":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UX WRITING HUB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-24T14:23:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-06T09:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"855\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yuval Keshtcher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yuval Keshtcher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/\",\"name\":\"UX WRITING HUB\",\"description\":\"Learn to write user experience\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":855},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/\",\"name\":\"How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-24T14:23:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-06T09:29:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3c71d45eb3a97e2e1e4d0ff52fe9aab2\"},\"description\":\"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to plan design research | Interview with Erika Hall, author of Just Enough Research\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3c71d45eb3a97e2e1e4d0ff52fe9aab2\",\"name\":\"Yuval Keshtcher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Yuval Keshtcher\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall","description":"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall","og_description":"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.","og_url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/","og_site_name":"UX WRITING HUB","article_published_time":"2019-12-24T14:23:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-06T09:29:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":855,"url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Yuval Keshtcher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Yuval Keshtcher","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/","name":"UX WRITING HUB","description":"Learn to write user experience","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png","width":1200,"height":855},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/","name":"How to plan design research | Podcast interview with Erika Hall","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2019-12-24T14:23:25+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-06T09:29:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3c71d45eb3a97e2e1e4d0ff52fe9aab2"},"description":"Erika Hall is the author of Just Enough Research and Conversational Design\u2014probably two of my favorite books on these topics.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/how-to-plan-design-research-interview-with-erika-hall-author-of-just-enough-research\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to plan design research | Interview with Erika Hall, author of Just Enough Research"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3c71d45eb3a97e2e1e4d0ff52fe9aab2","name":"Yuval Keshtcher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg","caption":"Yuval Keshtcher"}}]}},"tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png",1200,855,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika.png",700,499,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika-300x214.png",300,214,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika-768x547.png",768,547,true],"large":["https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/erika-1024x730.png",800,570,true],"default":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"December 24, 2019","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":60,"name":"Podcast","slug":"podcast","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":60,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":94,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":false},"author_name":"Yuval Keshtcher","author_url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/author\/yuvalkesh\/","author_email":"yuval@uxwritinghub.com","author_website":"","author_description":"","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Yuval","author_lastname":"Keshtcher","user_login":"yuvalkesh","author_avatar":"<img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-300x300.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-200 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/profile-picture-150x150.jpg","comment_count":2,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":{"category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/category\/podcast\/\" alt=\"Podcast\" class=\"category-podcast\">Podcast<\/a> "},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uxwritinghub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}