experience design: how to win more business, create engaging events, and... live an happy life!...
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Dario Cherubino
Azimut – creating emotions
Experience DesignHow to win more business,
create engaging experiencesand live an happy life
Dario CherubinoSite Italy president 2014Azimut - creating emotions creative director
CONTENTis king
…But we are given the CONTENT by our client!
We just provide the CONTEXT:
the setting,
the timing,
the mood
CONTEXTis king
How can we influence the context of events?
How can we influence learning, networking, motivation?
Recent studies in
neuroscience, psychology, storytelling, gamification,
design, behavioural economics (and more),
can actually help us!
We are influenced by Availability
Fact
i.e: the more easily you can recall an information,
the more likely it seems
We are influenced by Availability
Fact
Increase the availability of
specific information
Instant tip
We learn in little “chunks”
We remember up to 4 chunks at a time
Fact
Successive Disclosure
Instant tip
Attention
Relevance
Confidence
Satisfaction
Search for more information on this topic on the web or in your local library!
Chunks theory influences buying
Instant tip
If more than 4 options are available, the buyer will not buy
If 3 options are available,
most people will choose the middle one,
both in value and position
We relate to stories
more than to data
Fact
How much a lunar rock costs?
Tell the story behind the fact
Instant tip
Underline scarcity and unicity
Always introduce speakers, artists and performers
Use live testimonials
We infer causality
(even if it doesn’t exist)
“Joey’s mother became furiously angry with him.
The next day, Joey’s body was covered with bruises”
Fact
Dopamine makes you search for
more informationDopamine causes you to be dependent by emails, social
media, sms…
Dopamine is related to desire, not to pleasure:
it is responsible for the anticipation and expectation of
the pleasure, and stimulates you to act
Dopamine system is stronger than opiod system
Search is stronger than pleasure
Fact
Create expectation
Instant tip
Dopamine is stimulated by
unpredictability
Instant tip
140 characters are even more addictive
Our senses influence each other
and our final perceptionIn speech perception seeing the lips of the speaker affects what we
hear (‘Do We Hear with our Eyes?’, McGurk &McDonald, 1976);
In the cinema we locate the voices of actors as coming from the
screen although the sound does not comes from there
(‘Ventriloquism Effect’, Alais & Burr, 2004);
What we hear can affect what we see (‘Sound-induced Flash
illusion’, Shams et. Al, 2000);
Smells and colours affect how sweet a food tastes (‘Sweetness
Enhancement’, Stevenson, 2009);
Sounds can change how rough or smooth one’s hands feel
(‘Parchment Effect’, Jousmäki & Hari, 1998)
Fact
the Bouba/Kiki effector the Takete/Maluma effect
Fact
Colours influence our mood
Blue and Brown are relaxing
Red is exciting and creates urgency
Orange reflect enthusiasm
Yellow brings optimism
Green is connected to nature and piece
…
Fact
Colours influence our perception
Yellow causes fatigue on the eye
Orange is often considered aggressive
Black is elegant and “serious”
…
Fact
About colors1) Avoid vibrating color combinations
2) Use high contrast color combinations if you are to use
a videoprojector
3) Choose a 2/3 colors palette and stick to it!
Instant tip
Colours in cultures
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colou
rs-in-cultures/
Instant tip
If it’s purple someone’s gonna die
Instant tip
Preston Bailey’s color palette picker
Instant tip
http://www.prestonbailey.com/tools/color-story/
Adobe Color app
Instant tip
Think about lights AND shadows
Instant tip
We feel the beat!
Humans and songbirds are the only creatures that
automatically feel the beat of a song.
The human heart wants to synchronize to music, the
legs want to swing, metronomically, to a beat.
Our bodies are made to be moved by music and move
to it.
Fact
Volume
Instant tip
Normal conversation volume is 60-80 dB
We perceive as “twice as loud” a 10dB increase
Check the volume with free apps like:
Decibel Ultra
Decibel 10th
Decibel Meter
Volume
Instant tip
“Signal to noise” is a metric that takes into account the ambient
noise of a room, which includes any undesired sounds that can
be heard or measured (heating/ventilating/air conditioning,
elevators, projectors, weather…).
Absolute minimum signal to noise metric
in a conference room is 20 dB.
For best results, the conference room facility should be
designed for a signal to noise metric of at least 25 dB.
the perfect soundcheck
Instant tip
Alan Parsons Sound Check cd
Canford’s Quick Check cd
“Rikki don’t lose that number” - Steely Dan
“The Show must go on” - The Queen
Soundscape
Instant tip
Brian Eno’s Music for Airports
Taste is our
more intimate sense
Fact
Eating has always been a social experience.
Taste and smell have the ability to trigger nostalgic and
pleasant memories, inspire adventure, and much more…
Enjoy tasty sculptures
Instant tip
Explore molecular mixology
Instant tip
People is fascinated
by “real” experiences
No matter if good or bad
Fact
Hans Brinker Budget Hotel
“worst hotel in the world”
Hans Brinker Budget Hotel
twit:
Hans Brinker Budget Hotel
Making things together
bonds people
Singing, walking together, dancing, eating…
any simultaneous action actually works!
It activates the mirror neurons and strengthen the feeling
of being a cohesive group
Fact
Emotions are connected to the
movement of the muscles
If you feel happy, you smile
AND
if you smile, you feel happy
Fact
Instant tip
Zygote (led) balls
Instant tip
Social games
Instant tip
Spinning wheel
Instant tip
Teambuilding activity:
Lip Dub
Instant tip
Teambuilding activity:
Urban Golf
Instant tip
Build
something
together
Memories are important
Do you prefer to enjoy a seven-days vacation, knowing
that you will forget everything,
or just a 3-days vacation, but retaining your memories of
the experience?
Fact
Give them an easy way to
collect memories
Instant tip
Hire a professional photographer
Hire a professional videomaker
Create an hashtag
Produce inspiring backdrops
Instant tip
Give them something
branded to shoot
Instant tip
Think about
alternative photo-booths
Give them an easy way to share
Instant tip
Wi Fi is COMPULSORY
Use SpeedTest.net to check your bandwidth
Download/Upload: This is how fast your network is downloading/uploading a file.
The upload and download speeds are measured in Mbps (Megabits per second): the
higher the Mbps, the better.
1000 Kb = 1 Megabit
8 Megabit = 1 Megabyte
Google's Hangout recommends at least 1 mbps for both uploads and downloads, though
you can squeak by with a bare minimum of 250 Kbps uploads and 512 Kbps downloads.
For a hangout with more than two people, Google suggests a download speed of at least 2
mbps and an upload speed of 1 Mbps, or you'll end up with frustratingly low-resolution (and
possibly choppy) video and stuttering audio.
Hulu, Netflix, Vudu recommend 1-2 Mbps for SD video streaming, 2-4 Mbps for HD 720p
video, 3-9 Mbps for HD 1080p videos.
Instant tip
100 is good
50 is very good
30 is awesome
Ping: measures the time it takes for a packet of data to travel from your computer to
another system and back. The lower the ping value, the better. Ping times that are high can
indicate a latency issue with your connection.
Human perception limit is 80ms
Instant tip
The Dunning Kruger effect
Unskilled individuals tend to suffer from illusory
superiority, rating their ability much higher than is
accurate, while highly skilled individuals tend to rate their
ability lower than is accurate
Fact
Be patient with your clients
Instant tip
Be true
Be consistent
Be unexpected
Be fun
Go one step further
“Experience design:
how to win more business,
Create engaging experiences
And live an happy life”
is a project made by Dario Cherubino for