Bria Alexander

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

" Please put your questions for a specific speaker in the associated thread for the talk. "

" David Nicholson is our house scribe, a senior UX designer with a passion for enterprise-scale products. "

" What is your mission for this design Ops summit? When this conference ends, what do you want to feel? "

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

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

" Operations is the de-risking activity that creates scalable processes for better outcomes - Theresa. "

" Everyone's sitting on the aisle, your right, my left — you gotta scoot over like two seats. "

" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "

" There will be session notes and sketch notes so you don’t have to take notes yourself unless you want to. "

" All speakers will be present in the #ARgeneral Slack channel to answer your questions. "

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

" Sponsor sessions do not overlap at all with the main programming. It is 100% fully optional. "

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

" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

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

" 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. "

" There is no need for you to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

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

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

" Slack is the heart and soul of this conference — that’s where you ask questions, get help, and connect with others. "

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

" Through the expertise of our speakers and your engagement, we forge the future of our industry. "

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

" Designers must do the internal work of self-awareness and reflection before shifting power to communities. "

" If you ever feel unsafe or threatened, please let us know in the #do-help channel. "

" Design ops has an opportunity to inject human-centeredness into product development to balance business and customer value. "

" 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 ever feel unsafe or threatened in this virtual community, we want to make sure you’ve got the support you need. "

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

" Our cohort facilitation sessions are one of the best parts of this conference. "

" If you have trouble logging in or streaming, please go to hashtag DAS help in Slack for support. "