Bria Alexander

" To succeed now, designers must be lifelong learners ready to rethink and re-understand constantly - Christopher. "

" We are closing out design ops 2024 with innovation curated by the incomparable John Kuda. "

" You should absolutely participate in Slack—if you're missing that, you're missing a key part of our conference. "

" 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. "

" Design ops is still defining its service offering and must articulate value both internally and to business partners - Zi. "

" You will have full copies of everything that you experienced today and all the questions. "

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

" Sponsor sessions may require registration by email to prevent Zoom bombings and protect session integrity. "

" We have at least 10 minutes of breaks between each session so you can take in everything. "

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

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

" This day is focused on me, my job and my specific day-to-day challenges, not on some invisible finish line or senior title. "

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

" Sponsor sessions are optional but offer incredibly high content, and they are not sales pitches. "

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

" 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. "

" You can access the digital swag bag by scanning the QR code or visiting fld.me/cd2022 for cool sponsor offers. "

" Sponsor sessions are free, not sales pitches, and do not overlap with the main program so anyone can attend. "

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

" The final panel will be grounded in your input from this summit — we want to hear from you in the FigJam link. "

" The conference is your annual opportunity to get to know each other and to step back together and amplify the power of design. "

" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "

" It's okay to try and mess up your OKRs in the first few quarters and learn from it. "

" Our job as civic designers is to bring government needs and community needs into alignment. "

" Please read our code of conduct to ensure everyone can be their fullest selves while respecting others. "

" If you have more ops people than designers, you risk chaos and underappreciation of what ops actually delivers. "

" If you want to take part in the gifs, laughs, jokes, questions, and links to resources, join us on #deogenerall Slack channel. "

" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "

" If you’re not in Slack, you’re missing out on the party. "

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

" We have 11 cohorts and 130 people participating in this week’s conference for small group discussions. "