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Linn Vizard

Aligning Our Business and Values: How Made Manifest Gives Back

Is it possible to do business ethically? How can you give back as a small business without the resources of a larger company?

4 min readApr 10, 2024

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Aligning Our Business and Values: How Made Manifest Gives Back

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Linn Vizard

Your Guide to Research Recruitment Methods Pros and Cons

Over my career, I’ve managed recruits for 100s of participants over the course of 65+ projects. In this post, I’m sharing four ways to find…

7 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Your Guide to Research Recruitment Methods Pros and Cons

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Linn Vizard

2023 Year in Review

2023 was an exciting year for us. We worked on 12 consulting projects, spanning sectors like early childhood education, healthcare, retail…

7 min readJan 23, 2024

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Set of logos of clients and collaborators in 2023, including IRIS, IDRC, ECE Lab, DesignWith, CRA, Ontario’s MECP, AlphaPlus, AECENL, WSIB, The Home Depot, LifeLabs, Ontario’s MAG, Sam Talbot Studios, October Systems, Studio Wé, All In

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How to make in person intercept research less stomach churning

Our best tips from research at Canada’s largest mall

4 min readJul 18, 2023

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Two researchers standing behind a stack of cardboard boxed with posters reading ‘help us design a better grafton quarter’ in Dublin. Each researcher is talking to a member of the public.

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Linn Vizard

Six Ways Stakeholders Use Service Blueprints — From a Real Project

Question: What are all the different ways stakeholders across the org actually make use of blueprints? Do you have some specific examples…

4 min readApr 4, 2023

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A (blurred out) excerpt of the current state blueprint. I used Practical Service Design’s MURAL template to create this. The total process has 22 steps!

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Bootcamp

Case Study: How to identify enablers and barriers in a complex system

A case study on systems mapping

4 min readFeb 18, 2023

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Case Study: How to identify enablers and barriers in a complex system

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Thinking Design

5 Common Career Paths in UX Design

Whether you’re just getting into UX design or you’ve been practicing for a few years, you might be wondering, “now what?”

7 min readApr 8, 2021

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5 Common Career Paths in UX Design

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Linn Vizard

What three years of training for my first pull up taught me.

‘A goal for this year is to be able to do 10 unassisted pull ups.’ - me, March 9th 2018

6 min readFeb 16, 2021

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Linn doing deadlifts outdoors, with her neck vein bulging

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Thinking Design

The Best UX Design Books for Experience Designers

Reading from a wide variety of books is a great way to continue your learning journey.

8 min readJan 4, 2021

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The Best UX Design Books for Experience Designers

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UX Collective

Common interview questions for UX design roles

You’ve perfected your resume & applying for positions. Now, get prepared to answer these common interview questions.

8 min readJan 4, 2021

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Mackenzie Derival working on a UX project in a design studio setting.

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Linn Vizard

Linn Vizard

Founder Made Manifest. Service Designer. I ❤ glitter, cats, and deadlifting. Previously @Bridgeable @UsabilityMatters. www.made-manifest.com

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