Bria Alexander

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

" No need to take notes — session notes, sketch notes, resources, videos and decks will be shared after presentations. "

" Please put your questions inside of the thread associated with the talk. "

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

" A lot of design ops impact comes from influence, and influence comes from empathy and showing the benefit of what you are putting out. "

" Optimization and using Slack a little better can make us gentler to each other. "

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

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

" This is a conference where you can stand up and people will see you do that — which we haven’t had in the past. "

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

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

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

" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, please let us know because it’s very important to keep the vibes positive. "

" Every talk you hear today couldn’t get more 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. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches, they’re incredibly high quality and free to attend. "

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

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

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

" Join our Slack channels—it’s really where the party is with gifts, jokes, and amazing conversations. "

" Go meet someone new at this conference and set up a coffee chat next week. "

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

" There’s no need to take notes. All session materials and videos will be shared quickly after presentations. "

" I simply cannot wait for you all to see the outstanding presentations they prepared. "

" Accessibility is a great example where OKRs can unify multiple product and design teams to a non-negotiable standard. "

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

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

" Our industry is new enough that we get to make design ops whatever we want it to be – that’s an incredible opportunity. "

" There are no overlaps between sponsor content and main programming, so you never have to choose what to attend. "

" The cohort experience is one of the highest rated things because you get to meet new people from different companies. "

" Day three is about keeping people at the center of an expanding enterprise, which is tricky but so important. "

" The official time zone of this conference is Pacific time. "

" Without your research, feedback, and engagement, we would never have pulled together such a diverse slate of speakers. "