Bria Alexander

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

" We are obligated to treat each other with kindness and respect as part of this virtual community. "

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

" The sponsor sessions are equal in quality and quantity as our main programming and completely free for anyone to attend. "

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

" The stories you’re gonna hear today really reflect the world we live in, design operations, and resilience. "

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

" Please stop by the Rosenfeld Bookstore to check out signed books and brand new titles. "

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

" We made a very intentional choice to build in five minute breaks after every talk based on feedback and experience. "

" Today's theme around researchers thriving in the organization is led by Steve Portico. "

" Design Ops plus — what does that mean? You’ll find out very shortly. "

" The code of conduct is on every page of our site; it includes procedures for getting assistance. "

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

" Many of you might be the only design ops person in whatever room you’re in for as much as 362 days a year. "

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

" If you feel uncomfortable or see bullying, please let us know. We absolutely do not tolerate it. "

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

" Because this is virtual, we have a digital swag bag with goodies you can access via QR code or URL. "

" If anything's going wrong on your end, please reach out to help-customer-desk-service in Slack for tech help. "

" Civic design is relatively new and spans all kinds of government agencies from federal and national down to tribal and local. "

" It’s not just about design; build relationships with HR, product management, sales, and more. "

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

" The conference is your annual opportunity to get to know each other and to step back together and amplify the power of design. "

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

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

" Everything can be designed – ourselves, relationships, processes, policies, systems. "

" There is no need to take notes; session notes, sketchnotes, resource lists, videos, and decks will be shared. "

" 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. "

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they offer content similar in quality to the main program. "

" 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. "

" Our digital swag bag is free to all registered attendees and packed with awesome sponsor offers. "