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·Mar 2, 2020

5 strategies learned from volunteering that can be applied to product design

I have served in the Peace Corps twice. The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served. I was assigned to live and…

Peace Corps

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5 strategies learned from volunteering that can be applied to product design
5 strategies learned from volunteering that can be applied to product design
Peace Corps

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UX Collective

·Jul 31, 2019

Successful card design in 3 steps: UX, UI, and Framework

Introduction I’ve worked on various ed-tech products over a few years in my current position as a product user experience designer. We’ve updated the designs to existing codebases, and we’ve architected new interfaces from the ground up. In user experience design solutions should revolve around your user's needs, stakeholder’s priorities, and…

UX

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Successful card design in 3 steps: UX, UI, and Framework
Successful card design in 3 steps: UX, UI, and Framework
UX

8 min read


May 3, 2019

Visiting my Peace Corps country 5 years later reminded me why I joined in the first place.

Just last week I had a coffee with a current student who wants to join the Peace Corps after she graduates, and she asked: “What made you want to join the Peace Corps?” …

Peace Corps

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Visiting my Peace Corps country 5 years later reminded me why I joined in the first place.
Visiting my Peace Corps country 5 years later reminded me why I joined in the first place.
Peace Corps

8 min read


Aug 23, 2018

A reflection of my twenties: Each harmonious and polarizing year

Tomorrow I’ll complete my thirtieth trip around the sun, setting off the birth year that I’ve been socialized to dread since turning twenty-five. My coworkers tell me they would love to be this young again. My students tell me they can’t imagine being this old. It’s all downhill from here…

Twenties

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A reflection of my twenties: Each harmonious and polarizing year
A reflection of my twenties: Each harmonious and polarizing year
Twenties

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Aug 22, 2018

4 things I learned while working as a web design and development consultant in the South Pacific

I’m currently sitting in a cafe in Krabi, Thailand listening to an acoustic version of a really popular 1990's song, drinking coffee with condensed milk in it and periodically swatting mosquitos away from my screen. I’m taking the long way home, physically circling the globe, back to the States after…

Web Design

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4 things I learned while working as a web design and development consultant in the South Pacific
4 things I learned while working as a web design and development consultant in the South Pacific
Web Design

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Volunteering in Vanuatu

·Jul 26, 2016

Professional and intercultural development in the Peace Corps Response program.

Reposted by the Peace Corps here. I just completed my 4-month assignment in the Peace Corps Response Program in Port Vila, Vanuatu. I took a leave of absence from my job, packed up everything I own into a storage unit and headed out to a country I had never been…

Peace Corps

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Professional and intercultural development in the Peace Corps Response program.
Professional and intercultural development in the Peace Corps Response program.
Peace Corps

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Volunteering in Vanuatu

·May 26, 2016

Introducing UX, UI and interaction design at an ICT Camp for Girls in Vanuatu

Being in the right place at the right time has never been as applicable as when describing how I got involved with being able to teach at the SMARTSistas ICT Camp for Girls. This camp is an initiative that has been in the works since 2014, from a former volunteer…

Peace Corps

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Introducing UX, UI and interaction design at an ICT Camp for Girls in Vanuatu
Introducing UX, UI and interaction design at an ICT Camp for Girls in Vanuatu
Peace Corps

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Volunteering in Vanuatu

·May 3, 2016

Kava — Part 2 of 2

Before coming to Vanuatu I did as much research as possible on the culture, the climate, what type of food I would be eating, etc. The elusive “kava culture” kept popping up as something extremely unique to Vanuatu and of course, sparked my interest. With a stroke of luck, there…

Kava

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Kava — Part 2 of 2
Kava — Part 2 of 2
Kava

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Volunteering in Vanuatu

·Apr 28, 2016

Dear Momma, you died on a Monday and I went back to Vanuatu on a Friday.

Dear Momma, I knew when I took my second Peace Corps assignment in Vanuatu that it could possibly be the last time that I saw you alive. …

Peace Corps

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Dear Momma, you died on a Monday and I went back to Vanuatu on a Friday.
Dear Momma, you died on a Monday and I went back to Vanuatu on a Friday.
Peace Corps

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Volunteering in Vanuatu

·Apr 18, 2016

Benefits of design thinking for ICT4D

On the walk to my first day of work in Vanuatu I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. When I went to meet my future coworkers, no one was in the office. I had been assigned to work in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development as a web design…

Design Thinking

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Benefits of design thinking for ICT4D
Benefits of design thinking for ICT4D
Design Thinking

6 min read

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Brenna Grey Mickey

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senior product designer, basketball coach, 2x @peacecorps alum, tiny dog mom, brennamickey.com

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