Bria Alexander

" AI is not really doing anything better than humans yet; it’s just faster and more efficient - Bria. "

" Lauren Cantor is our house librarian and has made an outstanding contribution to the conference. "

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

" This is a great opportunity. This is a gift to yourself to dig in with other design ops peers and really learn together. "

" Managing to outcome, not output, lets people own their way of working and leverages their best strengths. "

" Corey’s story of resilience during his 2023 to 2024 job search ends well because we accepted his offer at Adobe. "

" The pressure in design ops is often delivery-first mindset instead of quality and strategic impact - Dave Malu. "

" If you have questions for the speakers, put them in Slack under the associated thread. "

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

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

" Our sponsors offer sessions with no sales pitches, just incredibly high-quality content. "

" Please put your dropdown or your personal agenda in your local time zone so there’s no ambiguity. "

" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

" We want you to leave feeling like all those missed Slack messages and emails are worth it. "

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

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

" We could not do this conference without our incredible sponsors who spend a lot of effort thinking about ways to enrich our programming. "

" You will not be missing out on much if you don’t snag the digital swag bag. "

" Louisa Scholar saves us a lot of work by curating the Civic Design library and digital benefits hub. "

" Sponsor sessions are completely free and offer content just as valuable as the main program sessions. "

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

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

" The program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "

" You bring energy that blows me away. I’m so excited by your excitement. "

" Each of these speakers shares career defining experiences scaling design organizations large and small. "

" Language matters—make your OKRs user-centric and customer-focused to avoid them feeling like overhead. "

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

" Lauren Cantor works with companies to create new business strategies by tackling human-centered design. "

" People are re-evaluating their lives and careers, which inspired me to start a podcast exploring these shifts. "

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

" Check out our digital swag bag—our sponsors put a lot of effort into making compelling offers for all of you here today. "

" Sponsor sessions are completely free, and you can invite anyone you want to those. "

" You can access our digital swag bag by scanning the QR code or visiting app.everthere.co/e/d-a-s. "

" If you have trouble logging in or streaming, please go to hashtag DAS help in Slack for support. "