The User Research Strategist: UXR | Impact | AI

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Three times a month, I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

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This is Dear Nikki’s first-ever user research membership spotlight, where I bring on user researchers from my membership to discuss their particular experiences on a given topic. For this episode, I spoke with Harmony on how to think about and choose user research tools for your team!

Resources:

* Harmony’s LinkedIn

* HUX Innovation

* Tooling Up for Success

* G2 User Research Tools

* Join my Membership!

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Three times a month, I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* Six-month mentorship program

* User Research Membership

* Skills assessment sheet

* Failure journal

* Create a career plan

* Mistakes I’ve made as a UXR - part one & part two

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

Resources:

* Walk the store interviews

* Continuous discovery

* Submit a topic/question

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Three times a month, I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* Jira Product Discovery

* Six-month mentorship spots available

* Submit a topic

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.userresearchstrategist.com/subscribe

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* Submit a topic/question

* Personal ReadMe example

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* 2023 Salary Report

* Global UX Compensation Transparency Project

* Submit a question/topic

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* Submit a topic/question

* Write a literature review

* Secondary resources list:

* Google Scholar: A great source of academic papers or reports by universities.

* ResearchGate: A handy resource for scientific or academic papers.

* ACM Digital Library: Has many scholarly peer-reviewed journals, particularly on information technology disciplines.

* Springer: Filled with scientific documents and books on many different topics.

* Wiley Online Library: Scientific and academic journals, articles, and books on a wide range of subjects.

* Forrester: Has insights on tending and essential marketing topics.

* Baymard: Filled with UX articles, UX Benchmarks, and research that helps make more informed design decisions.

* Voicebot: Trends and reports specifically on AI and Voice.

* Charity Choice: Free reports of charities in the UK.

* The Guardian's "What I'm Really Thinking" Series: Dives into the social science of what people in certain situations think or feel.

* Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) digital library: A repository of resources on computing research and practice.

* Journal of Usability Studies (JUS): A publication dedicated to exploring usability and other research-related topics

* Stanford d.school: Brings sources on a variety of topics when it comes to design and research

* MIT D-Lab: Dives into topics related to humanitarianism and other social causes

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Resources:

* How User Research Impacts the AARRR Metrics

* Submit a topic/question

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

Podcast resources:

* Surveys that work

* 11 Usability Testing Metrics to Enrich Your Reporting

* Measure satisfaction without the NPS

* A Practical Guide to Measuring Usability

* Conduct a benchmarking study

* How to conduct a tree test

* Submit a question

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast, and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

If you want to see everything I post, subscribe below!

Podcast resources:

* Treat stakeholders like users

* Submit a question

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit userresearchacademy.substack.com