Speaker Profile: Kevin Von Appen
Ontario Science Centre
Associate
Director (Digital Media and Publications)
"Communicating
Science to a General Audience"
November
2002
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Kevin
von Appen directs the development and operation of the Ontario Science
Centre’s Internet initiatives, computer-based exhibits and
publications, and also oversees the science writing and exhibit
translation at the Science Centre. He has been at the Centre since
1987. |
He is also a champion of usability testing and user-centred design. He championed the creation of a usability lab and user-centred design process at Cyberplex Interactive Media, as the firm's senior communications specialist. He and his partners in Content Under Pressure, Inc., has co-developed creative projects for AOL Canada, Sympatico, MSN, Bell Emergis and Canoe.ca.
Kevin's background is in journalism and he has written extensively for new media.
(Thanks to the Ontario Science Centre for this image from http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/about/directory/default.asp)
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