Bria Alexander

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

" Lauren Cantor is our house librarian and has made an outstanding contribution to the conference. "

" David Nicholson is our house scribe, a senior UX designer with a passion for enterprise-scale products. "

" If you want to make this conference better for you, just let us know in Slack — we want you to have a positive experience. "

" A lot of design ops impact comes from influence, and influence comes from empathy and showing the benefit of what you are putting out. "

" Co-creating operating models with our teams helps us remain resilient even when things get a little hairy and squirrely. "

" The answer to what design ops does is always it depends because the field is still emerging - Zi. "

" Everyone's sitting on the aisle, your right, my left — you gotta scoot over like two seats. "

" The virtual social event tonight is Cozy Juicy Reel, a fun board game our virtual attendees always love. "

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

" Use your phone camera to scan the QR code on screen and access the digital swag bag. "

" No need to take notes at this conference. We share notes, sketch notes, videos, and decks very quickly. "

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

" This day is focused on me, my job and my specific day-to-day challenges, not on some invisible finish line or senior title. "

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

" Cohorts are a super duper fun way to engage with more of our community. "

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

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

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

" If you are a cohort participant and don’t see your private Slack channel, please let us know so we can guide you. "

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

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

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

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

" I simply cannot wait for you all to see the outstanding presentations they prepared. "

" Language matters—make your OKRs user-centric and customer-focused to avoid them feeling like overhead. "

" Our job as civic designers is to bring government needs and community needs into alignment. "

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

" Design ops must learn to advocate for themselves because oftentimes when things go well, no one notices the work behind the scenes. "

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

" Check out our digital swag bag—our sponsors put a lot of effort into making compelling offers for all of you here today. "

" If you ever feel unsupported or unsafe, please let us know. It is our priority to make sure you feel protected and supported. "

" 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. "