Bria Alexander

" We’re seeing these agents trying to represent ourselves online in ways we’ve never seen before - Bria. "

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

" If you ever need help, you can reach us at help-customer-service for technical issues and customer support. "

" Manuel Herrera, our sketch noter, has contributed wonderfully to visually capturing the spirit and content of the conference. "

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

" Co-creating operating models with our teams helps us remain resilient even when things get a little hairy and squirrely. "

" Design ops should coordinate initiatives, measure impact, and advocate for designer happiness as a business metric - Peter Bosma. "

" Look for people wearing the very acute Rosenfeld Media black hats if you need help. "

" If you want your question asked, please put it in the Slack channel, because I cannot keep up with the rapid things happening live. "

" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "

" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "

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

" David Nicholson is the reason why you don’t have to write very fast. "

" Practical ops is about getting stuff done because it’s our job to scale the organizational ability to design and amplify the work of designers. "

" 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. "

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

" Cohorts are one of the favorite parts of the conference, so really participate if you’re in one. "

" Please put your questions inside the thread specific to the talk so we can keep everything organized. "

" We are still a community even though we are virtual and are obliged to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

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

" Cohorts are consistently one of the highest rated parts of the conference — they’re a fantastic way to learn together. "

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

" The waters of operations can feel incredibly murky and the path forward may not always be clear. "

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

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

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

" I’m a power user of Airtable because it combines multiple tools into one accessible system for designers and teams. "

" Sponsors make this conference possible, without them we wouldn't be here talking about some incredibly interesting things. "

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

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

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

" Our digital swag bag is free to all registered attendees and packed with awesome sponsor offers. "