Bria Alexander

" These free models flounder, but high-end enterprise models are more accurate and context-aware - Brittany. "

" We talked all about resilience, curated by myself yesterday. "

" Please put your questions inside of the thread associated with the talk. "

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

" Managing to outcome, not output, lets people own their way of working and leverages their best strengths. "

" Optimization and using Slack a little better can make us gentler to each other. "

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

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

" We want you to have a great time and feel good about being here — if anything is preventing that, let us know. "

" The themes this year include transforming century-old industries, startup to enterprise, the outsider’s perspective, and partnering to transform. "

" All speakers will be present in the #ARgeneral Slack channel to answer your questions. "

" If you have a question for one of the speakers, put it in the specific thread associated with the talk or it will get lost. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or bullied, please let us know because it’s very important to keep the vibes positive. "

" 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. "

" Please read our code of conduct; it’s on every page of our website and includes ways to get help if needed. "

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

" Slack is the way you ask questions to the speakers, and it’s where most of the community interaction happens. "

" There is no need to take notes over the next few days. We have dedicated sketch notes and session resources. "

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

" Please put your questions inside the thread specific to the talk so we can keep everything organized. "

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

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

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

" Sponsor sessions are not sales pitches. They offer incredibly high-quality content and are free to anyone to attend. "

" Each of these speakers shares career defining experiences scaling design organizations large and small. "

" An OKR coach told us to think of OKRs like a health panel at a physical—you have KPIs for status and OKRs for change targets. "

" We need to slow down decision-making processes so that ethics and systems thinking scale with project scope. "

" We have over a thousand members in the #do-general Slack channel, and that’s where the party is at. "

" Design ops job descriptions change every three to six months depending on the company’s needs. "

" Sponsors make this conference possible, without them we wouldn't be here talking about some incredibly interesting things. "

" The cohort experience is one of the highest rated things because you get to meet new people from different companies. "

" Please read our site’s code of conduct — it ensures we all treat each other with kindness and respect. "

" Our cohort facilitation sessions are one of the best parts of this conference. "

" If you have trouble logging in or streaming, please go to hashtag DAS help in Slack for support. "