Bria Alexander

" Designers need to help users recognize when AI is wrong and what to do about it - Christopher. "

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

" Sometimes resources are available as soon as an hour or 30 minutes after the talk, like the team is working miracles. "

" I want you to have the best time possible and bring your fullest self to our conference today. "

" Always approach from a place of kindness and think about the experience you want people to have as the water that keeps trees bendable. "

" Co-creating operating models with our teams helps us remain resilient even when things get a little hairy and squirrely. "

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

" If you have questions for the speakers, put them in Slack under the associated thread. "

" If you want your question asked, please put it in the Slack channel, because I cannot keep up with the rapid things happening live. "

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

" There is no overlap between the main program sessions and sponsor sessions. "

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

" Sponsors bring so much color and so much light into the community. "

" 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. "

" By showing up, you’re doing so not just for yourselves, but for everyone else that’s here. "

" We are on our third and final day of Advancing Research 2023. "

" The official conference time zone is Pacific Daylight Time, but you can adjust it based on where you are. "

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

" If you have problems with Slack or the conference experience, please contact the help desk customer service. "

" If you are a cohort participant and don’t see your private Slack channel, please let us know so we can guide you. "

" MJ Broadband’s sketch notes will make your conference experience 10 times easier. "

" Make a business case for yourself by bragging about your capabilities and making them applicable. "

" Cohorts are consistently one of the highest rated parts of the conference — they’re a fantastic way to learn together. "

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

" You’ll hear tactile guidance on defining ROI. "

" OKRs help highlight intentions to leadership and open up conversations that generate alignment and support. "

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

" Our community would not be what it is without you. "

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

" Check out our digital swag bag for some awesome offers from our sponsors – it's like free t-shirts and sweaters but digital. "

" Thank you to all our sponsors; this entire conference would not be possible without you. "

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

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

" Day one is all about ensuring craft on a massive scale, led by Uday Gahender. "