Bria Alexander

" We’re seeing these agents trying to represent ourselves online in ways we’ve never seen before - Bria. "

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

" Even though we are virtual, we are still a community and we are obligated to treat each other with dignity and respect. "

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

" It’s energy management, not time management — listen to yourself rather than comparing your output to others. "

" Midday panel brings together Corey, Deanna, Laura, and Lane to talk about everything wonderful so far in the day. "

" Trust is fragile with designers; without clear communication, metrics can feel like micromanagement - Dave Malu. "

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

" We literally want to advance this field by creating space for really good professional conversations to happen. "

" 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. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, it is so important that you know you can reach out for help. "

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

" 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. "

" We want the Rosenfeld community, both in person and virtual, to feel as loving, supportive, and informative as possible. "

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

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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer really high content very similar to the main conference. "

" Louisa Scholar saves us a lot of work by curating the Civic Design library and digital benefits hub. "

" Our dedicated scribe Shivangi is making sure all the notes are captured so you don't have to worry about it. "

" There’s no need to take notes because session notes, videos, and decks will be shared promptly on the conference site. "

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

" The final panel will be grounded in your input from this summit — we want to hear from you in the FigJam link. "

" It seemed just like yesterday that I was talking with Dave Malouf. He dropped that term design ops on me. "

" You’re going to get the importance of empathy to the bottom line. "

" 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. "

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

" If you have more ops people than designers, you risk chaos and underappreciation of what ops actually delivers. "

" All session notes and resources will be available within the hour, so you can just relax and absorb the content. "

" You can invite your coworker, your brother, your sister, your aunt to sponsor sessions even if they’re not signed up for the conference. "

" The cohorts have been a slam dunk hit in our virtual conferences while we’ve been doing them. "

" Yesterday was a lot of fun, but today is going to be even more fun. "

" Sponsor sessions are truly a treat, with no overlaps to the main program and absolutely no sales pitch. "