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" These free models flounder, but high-end enterprise models are more accurate and context-aware - Brittany. "

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "

" If you want to make this conference better for you, just let us know in Slack — we want you to have a positive experience. "

" Always approach from a place of kindness and think about the experience you want people to have as the water that keeps trees bendable. "

" Being true to our humanity and morality lets us better ourselves and our teammates. "

" Design ops is like when everything's working well, nobody notices it; when things break down, everyone misses it - Theresa citing Camden Moore. "

" There’s no need to take any notes, because we have sketch notes, session notes, recordings available on Rosenfeld Media website. "

" Our speakers prepare and prepare and prepare — they have a dark board with my face on it because they’re so sick of hearing from us. "

" We'll have a centralized Slack channel for all discussion to come together as one community. "

" Even though we're virtual, our code of conduct still applies and requires respect and kindness. "

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

" A little color purple to start the day. Good morning. "

" This conference is the opportunity I saw to design an experience that felt personal to our community. "

" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "

" All the content, including slide decks and sketch notes, will be posted promptly after each session. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer really high content very similar to the main conference. "

" You don’t want to miss out on the sponsor sessions — they’re free and high quality, not sales pitches. "

" If you want to avoid time zone confusion, you can switch the conference schedule to your local time on the program page. "

" Civic design is relatively new and spans all kinds of government agencies from federal and national down to tribal and local. "

" Don't reinvent the wheel all the time; build on top of what others have built. "

" Please keep your questions within the speaker’s thread so we don’t lose track of them in the busy chat. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

" The community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "

" OKRs help highlight intentions to leadership and open up conversations that generate alignment and support. "

" Future-facing regulatory structures can avoid post-traumatic innovation by anticipating technology’s social impacts. "

" There is no need to take notes; session notes, sketchnotes, resource lists, videos, and decks will be shared. "

" We still don’t know if head of design ops will evolve toward a COO role or some other senior position. "

" Kay Abba is a business and project analyst, UX designer, and project manager who brings multifaceted expertise to our note-taking. "

" There’s no need to take notes; we’ve got session notes, sketch notes, and a resource list all provided. "

" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "

" If you are not on Slack, you are missing out on one of the biggest and most interactive parts of our conference. "

" Sponsor sessions are truly a treat, with no overlaps to the main program and absolutely no sales pitch. "