Hi everyone, Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Dorian, your helpful Director of Marketing and Communications for 2011.

If you haven't noticed, the year has started with a great bunch of events, and many more on the way. We're excited to be helping provide you with informative and fun workshops and seminars, both hands-on and in webinar form.

Hey, I'm looking for people who like to write about UX-IA-usability-design-etc. to be guest posters here on the blog. Raise your hand if you have something to say. (And I know you do-- we have the most talented pool of UPA-ers out there!) Please email me at dorian.vangorder@duke.edu with your ideas. You know you have something you've written in the past for work (or school, or your own blog) that you can share here, don't you? Or maybe it's something you've been dying to write about but didn't have the motivation. Well, here it is!

We're also looking to spread recognition of our group. We've started tweeting and Facebooking some. Have you seen us? Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook! Help spread the good word!

And now, to the "better-late-than-never" part of this post... I've attached the newsletter from the last quarter of 2010 (with a few minor adjustments) for your reading pleasure. Enjoy, and hope to hear from you soon.