Bria Alexander

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

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

" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "

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

" Our behavior is implicit messaging; we need both explicit and implicit signals to support resilience on teams. "

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

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

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

" Our speakers prepare and prepare and prepare — they have a dark board with my face on it because they’re so sick of hearing from us. "

" If something makes you feel unwelcome, the code of conduct explains how to engage with staff to resolve issues. "

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

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect, even though we’re a virtual community. "

" You don’t have to take notes; session videos and decks will be shared as soon as possible. "

" All three themes and all speakers you’ll hear came together through inclusive collaboration and insightful perspectives. "

" If any of those adjectives do not apply to how you’re feeling right now, we wanna know. "

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

" David Nicholson is our in-house scribe who produces wonderful sketch notes throughout the conference. "

" This is absolutely not the time for us to be throwing our hands up in the air and giving up on Research. "

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

" 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. "

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

" We could not have this conference without you all — the curation team relies heavily on audience participation. "

" The theme is clarity. But really I’m gonna say the theme is you — the 613 people from all over the planet. "

" I am so incredibly proud of Dante, Courtney, Olney, and Gonzalo for their care and effort in the curation process. "

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

" Everyone, both speakers and participants, understood the assignment of civic design from day one. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are super similar to the quality of the main conference session. "

" People are re-evaluating their lives and careers, which inspired me to start a podcast exploring these shifts. "

" Sponsor sessions are free for anyone, whether you paid to attend or not, so invite your coworkers, friends, and family. "

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

" You are the reason why we are able to have such high quality programming that we do have at this conference this week. "

" 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. "