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" You have to keep AI at arm’s length so you can critique it and not blindly trust it - Christopher. "

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

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

" You can change the conference time zone to your local time zone in the upper right corner so there’s no confusion about start times. "

" What if we had AI teammates who were on every call and could help moderate, recap, and track time? That future is likely. "

" Being true to our humanity and morality lets us better ourselves and our teammates. "

" If design ops only serves designers, it risks silos; instead it must apply design thinking across R&D and product teams - Patrizia. "

" If these two voices don’t work for you, you can reach out at conferences@rosenfeldmedia.com. "

" The Slack channel is the fastest way to get help, whether you’re virtual or in person. "

" Learning is a marathon, not a sprint, especially in the context of online conferences. "

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

" Huge shout out to Lauren Cantor, our house librarian, for her wonderful contributions. "

" If you have any questions for the speakers, you really need to put your question in the thread specific to the talk. "

" 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. "

" Manuel Herrera is here to take the burden of note-taking off us, so you can focus on the moment. "

" If you want to participate in the conference’s general vibe and community, it is essential to join Slack. "

" Slack is the way you ask questions to the speakers, and it’s where most of the community interaction happens. "

" Slack is where the real party is happening for this conference. "

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

" Our dedicated scribe Shivangi is making sure all the notes are captured so you don't have to worry about it. "

" Go out the next three days as being part of this conversation rather than simply sitting back and being a consumer of information. "

" Just because empathy isn’t always visible at the top doesn’t mean you can’t be the change. "

" Please keep your questions within the speaker’s thread so we don’t lose track of them in the busy chat. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

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

" When teams are connected to real strategic missions and own their key results, OKRs become positive. "

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

" If you want to take advantage of asking speakers questions and having discussions, join our Slack. "

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

" 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. "

" The cohorts have been a slam dunk hit in our virtual conferences while we’ve been doing them. "

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

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