October 2022: Fireside Chat with author Abby Covert

This month we are joined by information architect and author, Abby Covert. Abby is currently on a mission to rid the world of bad diagrams, one diagrammer at a time. 

Abby recently published her second book, STUCK? Diagrams Help., a much anticipated follow-on to her wildly popular debut title How to Make Sense of Any Mess, in which she demystifies the practice of information architecture. 

She is excited to join our online uxWaterloo community to answer audience questions about practicing information architecture, parenting during the pandemic but especially about … you guessed it, diagramming.

About Abby Covert

Abby Covert is an information architect, writer and community organizer with two decades of experience helping people make sense of messes. In addition to being an active mentor to those new to sensemaking, she has also served the design community as President of the Information Architecture Institute, co-chair of Information Architecture Summit, and Executive Producer of the I.D.E.A Conference. 

Abby is a founding faculty member of School of Visual Arts’ Products of Design graduate program. She also managed the team that helped Rosenfeld Media to start both the Design Operations Summit and Advancing Research Conference. Her most proud achievement is having come up with the idea for World Information Architecture Day, bringing accessibly priced education to thousands in their local communities annually. 

Every November Abby hosts Makesensemess, an annual sensemaker party where she gives new voices a platform to share their sensemaking stories of messes made clear in each year. 

Abby spends her time making things that help you to make the unclear, clear, many of which she makes available for free on her website abbycovert.com or at accessible price points in her popular Etsy shop AbbytheIA. Her books are available wherever books are sold (or loaned!) but she always appreciates when people buy them right from her.

Abby lives and writes from Melbourne, Florida where her most important job title is ‘Mom’.

Please register for this free event

October 20, 2022
12:00pm ET
Live streamed to wherever you are!