Bria Alexander

" Two companies, Klarna and Duolingo, went all in on AI replacing humans and then recanted - Christopher. "

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect as part of this virtual community. "

" Sponsor sessions are optional but incredibly high quality content, not sales pitches. "

" The sponsor sessions are equal in quality and quantity as our main programming and completely free for anyone to attend. "

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

" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "

" We need standardized role definitions, not everyone is a manager just because they manage initiatives - Peter Bosma. "

" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com. "

" The virtual social event tonight is Cozy Juicy Reel, a fun board game our virtual attendees always love. "

" The themes this year include transforming century-old industries, startup to enterprise, the outsider’s perspective, and partnering to transform. "

" You can change the time zone on Rosenfeld Media’s website to reflect your local time. "

" No need to take notes at this conference. We share notes, sketch notes, videos, and decks very quickly. "

" If you have any questions for the speakers, you really need to put your question in the thread specific to the talk. "

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

" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "

" Lauren Cantor keeps all those links and other resources so we don’t have to be googling while listening. "

" Slack is the way you ask questions to the speakers, and it’s where most of the community interaction happens. "

" This is absolutely not the time for us to be throwing our hands up in the air and giving up on Research. "

" Adjust your conference time zone setting depending on where you are to avoid confusion. "

" If anything's going wrong on your end, please reach out to help-customer-desk-service in Slack for tech help. "

" MJ Broadband’s sketch notes will make your conference experience 10 times easier. "

" The next big thing will be knowledge management powered by new no-code and integrative tools. "

" Take advantage of the digital swag bag — it’s our way of replicating in-person perks in a virtual world. "

" Please read our code of conduct. Every participant should feel safe, included, and welcome. "

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

" An OKR coach told us to think of OKRs like a health panel at a physical—you have KPIs for status and OKRs for change targets. "

" Being a positive deviant means confronting challenges with limited resources but innovative, community-based approaches. "

" 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. "

" Sponsor sessions are free for anyone, whether you paid to attend or not, so invite your coworkers, friends, and family. "

" You can invite your coworker, your brother, your sister, your aunt to sponsor sessions even if they’re not signed up for the conference. "

" You are the reason why we are able to have such high quality programming that we do have at this conference this week. "

" If you want to take notes during this presentation, there’s really no need — we’ve got you covered. "

" It is my honor and pleasure to welcome each of you to the 2021 Design at Scale Conference. "