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Cheryl Platz

Designer, Author, Speaker, Actress: A Twenty-Sided Woman.

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Spring 2019 Appearances

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Cheryl
A cast photo for the Star Trek parody Where No Man Gas Gone Before. It features Cheryl as Nurse Chapel and actors portraying Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Bones, and other original crew members.

It’s been a long year! 2018 brought an exciting speaking calendar on two continents, including Interaction 18 in Lyon; a workshop at Microsoft’s Office AI Design Days; a workshop and talk at UX London 2018; DEVit 360 in Thessaloniki, Greece; UX Week

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Acting, Seattle, Speaking, Technology, Travel

Fall 2017 European Tour Itinerary

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Cheryl

After months of planning, part 2 of my European voice design speaking tour is upon us. I’m honored to be speaking 5 times across 3 cities: Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Many of the events are close to selling out, so if one

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel interaction design, talks, travel

A Day at Chambers Bay: The US Open

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Cheryl

Yesterday, my husband and I spent a very long day at Chambers Bay, WA for the first day of championship play of the US Open. These tickets were my Christmas gift for my golf fan husband. Such a rare opportunity couldn’t be

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Biography, Seattle, Travel

Business Travel for Beginners: Part 2 (The Journey)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Cheryl

In Part 1 of this two-part article, I discussed some of the quirks and speedbumps you might expect when planning a business trip. What happens next? Time for the journey to begin. While some of these tips may apply to all forms

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Travel, Work career, travel

Business Travel for Beginners: Part 1 (Planning and Booking)

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Cheryl

Business travel tends to sounds glamorous to outsiders. Yet the reality is often anything but – once you get past the initial adrenaline rush when you represent your company on the road. And the logistics can be overwhelming, especially for first-timers. Let

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My Africa Diaries: Nashipai’s Big Adventure

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Cheryl

There’s one particular story about my Africa trip that I’ve been saving. I’ve described in previous posts my 3-day safari to the Maasai Mara – but I’ve not yet discussed the events of the final morning prior to our return to Nairobi.

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Biography, Travel Africa, travel

My Africa Diaries: The Mara in Photos

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Cheryl

After our first day of pre-safari adventures, our next two days were full day game drives in the Maasai Mara game reserve. Each morning started quite early – usually up by 5:30 so that my colleague and I could shower and dress

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika, travel

My Africa Diaries: A Village Welcome

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Cheryl

On our first day on safari (just viewing wildlife – not hunting it!), we discovered that the Masaai Mara reserve had changed their policy so that it was impossible to pay for a partial safari day – and charges per person per

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Biography, Travel Africa, travel

My Africa Diaries: Video Safari

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Cheryl

Video diary of our travel to and time in the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya: Since I’m not a professional cinematographer or photographer, my goal on safari was largely to experience it myself, not to document it perfectly. I brought my

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My Africa Diaries: The Good Safaritans

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Cheryl

After a full week at the iHub, we awakened early to meet our safari guides for our 5 hour drive to the Maasai Mara. The van we were to take was out front along with numerous other safari vehicles – the Norfolk

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