Bria Alexander

" Two companies, Klarna and Duolingo, went all in on AI replacing humans and then recanted - 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. "

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

" Supporting different ways people prefer to engage—like asynchronous workshops or prep time—helps introverts and extroverts contribute equally. "

" Resilience means the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties or toughness. "

" Design ops is like when everything's working well, nobody notices it; when things break down, everyone misses it - Theresa citing Camden Moore. "

" Take a picture of the QR code to access the digital swag bag and special offers. "

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

" We'll have a centralized Slack channel for all discussion to come together as one community. "

" We have at least 10 minutes of breaks between each session so you can take in everything. "

" Sponsor sessions are completely free and not just a normal sales pitch, they’re very similar to the main programming. "

" David Nicholson is the reason why you don’t have to write very fast. "

" Every talk you hear today couldn’t get more personal to our community. "

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

" If you have a question at the end of a presentation, please put that question in the thread associated with the talk. "

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

" Researchers have really taken it on the chin during this latest economic downturn. "

" If you have problems with Slack or the conference experience, please contact the help desk customer service. "

" 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. "

" Don't reinvent the wheel all the time; build on top of what others have built. "

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

" MJ Broadbent’s sketchnotes are absolutely outstanding. You really do not have to take notes yourself. "

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

" Accessibility is a great example where OKRs can unify multiple product and design teams to a non-negotiable standard. "

" How do we know how to evaluate radical participatory design? Has there been a sustained shift in power? "

" Please read our code of conduct to ensure everyone can be their fullest selves while respecting others. "

" We still don’t know if head of design ops will evolve toward a COO role or some other senior position. "

" Check out our digital swag bag for some awesome offers from our sponsors – it's like free t-shirts and sweaters but digital. "

" Technical difficulties happen, so please use hashtag.deo help within our Slack channel or email for support. "

" 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. "

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