Bria Alexander

" The next generation is going to be AI native, digitally literate with these tools almost from birth - Brittany. "

" Impact curated by France Alana was outstanding. "

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

" This is a great opportunity. This is a gift to yourself to dig in with other design ops peers and really learn together. "

" When I think about resilience, I think about flexibility, like trees that bend in strong winds instead of breaking — that starts with mindset and communication. "

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

" We need standardized role definitions, not everyone is a manager just because they manage initiatives - Peter Bosma. "

" Thank you to our sponsors, we could not do this conference without you. "

" This is a conference where you can stand up and people will see you do that — which we haven’t had in the past. "

" This is the same conference in so many good ways — good ways are that it’s resilient and there’s a certain steadiness. "

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

" Huge shout out to Lauren Cantor, our house librarian, for her wonderful contributions. "

" Slack is a huge part of how we are going to be engaging in today’s conference. "

" It’s about us, the design ops practitioners, and what we need today to be better at our jobs. "

" Please post your questions in the thread associated with each presentation so we can see and address them. "

" If you feel uncomfortable or unsafe engaging in this community, we want to know about it. "

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

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

" Please read our code of conduct — even though we’re virtual, we are a community obligated to kindness and respect. "

" Our sponsor sessions are not sales pitches; they are serious, high content learning opportunities for everyone. "

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

" Your strengths, even if perceived as weaknesses, can be your superpower. "

" The program page has a time zone selector so everyone can attend sessions on their local time without confusion. "

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

" Through the expertise of our speakers and your engagement, we forge the future of our industry. "

" OKRs help highlight intentions to leadership and open up conversations that generate alignment and support. "

" Working on a different word than empower: People already have power, we have to respect it. "

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

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

" If you have any tech issues or need customer support, #deogenerall.help is here to assist you throughout the conference. "

" If you’re not in our Slack channel, you’re missing out on so many big parts of the party. "

" 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. "

" You don’t need to take notes; Rosenfeld media has sketch note makers creating creative and interactive notes for each talk. "