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💪The Key to Successful Products: Strong Product Strategy
| I'm Femke – a senior product designer helping designers level up their design career. |
Hey Reader,
Last week I kicked off my Product Strategy for Designers course! It’s been lovely meeting everyone and I’m SO pumped to teach cohort 1 the ins and outs of strategy.
We had a great kick-off session, where we connected, did some icebreakers, and spent a lot of time jamming on Figma.
After many months of creating the curriculum and content, editing, and getting organized it’s truly rewarding to get to meet and chat with everyone virtually, get to know their goals, and allow them the chance to dream where their career can go.
“Why is product strategy important” you ask? Well…
- Having a solid product strategy helps you understand your customers' needs better.
- This leads to greater business impact.
- A great product strategy helps you set clear goals and objectives for your product development process. This means you can focus your efforts and resources where they matter most – on fast feedback loops!
In a nutshell, a strong product strategy is the secret sauce that makes your product development process more effective and sets you up for success. Over the next few weeks of the course share how to create an effective product strategy that will get you an influential seat on your team. Excited to see how we all grow! 🌱
Interested in joining the next cohort? Join the waitlist.
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The course starts on April 17th and there are less than 10 spots left!
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Want to boost your strategic influence and build strong partnerships within your cross-functional teams? Join me at the Awwards Digital Thinkers Conference in Toronto from May 3-5, 2023.
I'll be hosting a crash course that will give you a taste of what it's like to tackle ambiguous product challenges, make design decisions based on rationale, and ultimately have a positive impact. Don't miss out on this opportunity to level up your skills and network with other digital thinkers!
👀 Illustration in Product Design
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Gems of the week 💎
March 29th 2023
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⚡ More AI-powered Figma plugins please!
April 7th 2023
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🎶 I have to get through two screens on Spotify to play the song I want to listen to, double tap on the album would make a nice interaction to quick play something 🤔A lot of people agreed in the replies - what do you think?
April 5th 2023
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🙌 Excited to have you here, Ridd 🙌
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