Bria Alexander

" To succeed now, designers must be lifelong learners ready to rethink and re-understand constantly - Christopher. "

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

" We want you to feel included and be able to take advantage of the awesome content and speaker efforts. "

" Please put your questions in the Slack thread associated with the talk, not just the general channel, or they’ll get lost. "

" Our behavior is implicit messaging; we need both explicit and implicit signals to support resilience on teams. "

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

" Design ops is still defining its service offering and must articulate value both internally and to business partners - Zi. "

" There’s no need to take any notes, because we have sketch notes, session notes, recordings available on Rosenfeld Media website. "

" We’ve got you covered with notes, sketch notes, slides, and recordings so you can sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. "

" Enterprise is kind of sexy because big, hairy, hard problems of scale and distribution live at the enterprise. "

" You don’t have to take notes because we have an incredible note taker capturing everything. "

" Design Ops plus — what does that mean? You’ll find out very shortly. "

" The code of conduct is on every page of our site; it includes procedures for getting assistance. "

" All three themes and all speakers you’ll hear came together through inclusive collaboration and insightful perspectives. "

" Try to walk away from this conference with at least one new design ops buddy. "

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

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

" Bria is the bringer of dad jokes and the glue of the conference. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Respect and kindness are mandatory; please read our code of conduct to ensure a positive community experience. "

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

" The community of practitioners is the way we carry each other through difficult moments. "

" Celebrate progress continuously and use OKRs as a learning process to evolve goals and strategies. "

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

" The most highly rated part of the conference every year are the facilitators making the cohorts sing. "

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

" Sponsor sessions are free for anyone, whether you paid to attend or not, so invite your coworkers, friends, and family. "

" There’s no need to take notes; we’ve got session notes, sketch notes, and a resource list all provided. "

" Man, oh man, what an incredible few days of learning and of the community that we have all had the opportunity to discover at Design at Scale. "

" If you want to take notes during this presentation, there’s really no need — we’ve got you covered. "

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