Bria Alexander

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

" We are back and we are right on time. Eight o'clock on the dot. "

" Even though we are virtual, we are still a community and we are obligated to treat each other with dignity and respect. "

" Our curators have been working for months taking presentations from little ideas to something big that advances design ops as practice. "

" It’s energy management, not time management — listen to yourself rather than comparing your output to others. "

" Today’s theme is resilience expressed through inspiring personal and professional stories. "

" The answer to what design ops does is always it depends because the field is still emerging - Zi. "

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

" Sponsors believe in advancing research, and we wouldn’t be here without them. "

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

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

" Sponsor sessions are completely free and not just a normal sales pitch, they’re very similar to the main programming. "

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

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

" We want the Rosenfeld community, both in person and virtual, to feel as loving, supportive, and informative as possible. "

" We’re obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect. "

" Today we’re gonna be talking about researchers as organizational change makers. "

" MJ Broadband saves our fingers some pain and some stress because we don’t have to take notes. "

" Slack has over 650 people actively talking and sharing experiences right now. "

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

" Civic design is relatively new and spans all kinds of government agencies from federal and national down to tribal and local. "

" You gotta write that charter to get clarity with your team. "

" No need to take notes — our scribe David Nicholson is capturing detailed session notes and insights for you. "

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

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

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

" The future of civic design will be localized, designed for and by communities rather than dictated top-down. "

" 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. "

" Cohorts are one of the most highly rated parts of our conferences every single year, you get to meet somebody new from a different company. "

" If you’re not in our Slack channel, you’re missing out on so many big parts of the party. "

" All the videos and decks will be shared almost within minutes after each presentation so you can relax and enjoy. "

" We have many breaks, and sponsor sessions usually take place during those. "

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Standard Time, but you can change it to your own time zone at designatskill.com. "