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" There’s a big discrepancy between accessible consumer AI and what deep research-driven AI can do - Brittany. "

" Lauren Cantor is our house librarian and has made an outstanding contribution to the conference. "

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

" We have got you covered with sketch notes, resource lists, session notes, videos, and decks all shared ASAP after presentations. "

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

" We can make ourselves and our practice better because of what we’ve learned on our journeys of resilience. "

" Design ops should coordinate initiatives, measure impact, and advocate for designer happiness as a business metric - Peter Bosma. "

" We have the entire Rosenfeld Media staff on hand to support you throughout this conference. "

" Please stand up and hold each other’s hands, and on three, raise them high and shout Yeah so virtual can hear you. "

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

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

" Sponsors make this conference possible, and we genuinely thank you from the bottom of our hearts. "

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

" We want you to leave feeling like all those missed Slack messages and emails are worth it. "

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

" Please be sure to make sure you change your conference itinerary to your local time zone. "

" We could not do this conference without our incredible sponsors who spend a lot of effort thinking about ways to enrich our programming. "

" 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. "

" You will come away from this conference with so many artifacts from these talks you won’t miss anything. "

" I’m still early on in measuring accessibility impact but tying early bug fixes to ROI is promising. "

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

" You bring energy that blows me away. I’m so excited by your excitement. "

" The waters of operations can feel incredibly murky and the path forward may not always be clear. "

" OKRs are not one-size-fits-all; you have to shape them based on your organizational context and culture. "

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

" This is our third and final day of the design operation Summit 2021. "

" Design ops must learn to advocate for themselves because oftentimes when things go well, no one notices the work behind the scenes. "

" 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. "

" There’s no need to take notes; we’ve got session notes, sketch notes, and a resource list all provided. "

" We have some truly phenomenal sketch notebooks, so you don’t have to worry about taking any notes on your own. "

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

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