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Yadvi Maheshwari

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

Hello 👋 I'm Yadvi, a product designer passionate about crafting intentional...

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Carmen Broomes

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Lean, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

Carmen Broomes is the Head of UX Research at Handshake where she helps students...

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Victoria Nduka

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Victoria Nduka is a user experience designer passionate about technology,...

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Antara Dave

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Design Systems, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Antara Dave is a Product Designer a unique blend of skills, combining her foundation...

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Leena Joshi

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsEntrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Leena Joshi is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, climate advocate and author....

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Parul Gupta

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Design

TopicsCareer, Ethics, Innovation, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Parul is a Senior Production Engineer at Meta, where she works within the Python...

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Priya Bajaj

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Sales

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

Priya Bajaj: Sales, Marketing, AI. Curiosity-driven career strategies for the 3/3 jackpot...

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Esmeralda Tijhoff

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Product Management

TopicsCommunity, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Product Development, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

Esmeralda Tijhoff is a Product Manager and Open Source Officer at Dictu, specialising...

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Creativity, Design Thinking

Jamal joins Women Talk Design to elevate the stage with bold, visionary design...

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Valeria Stromtsova

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsEnvironment, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Valeria is a product leader focused on sustainability, mentorship, and innovation....

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Lisa Gralnek

DisciplinesBrand, Business, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Creativity, Environment, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership, Sustainability

IndustriesMarketing, Nonprofit

A driving force in strategy and brand building, Lisa is an influential business...

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Berenice Méndez

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCareer, Culture, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Berenice is a Creative Director living in San Francisco, originally from the border...

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Julie Smithson

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Community, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Top 100 Women of the Future, CEO of METAVRSE, & CoFounder of XR Women & Unlimited Awesome...

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Valeria Adani

DisciplinesBusiness, Data Science, Design Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Product Development

Valeria Adani is Partner and Interim CEO at IF, a design agency specialising in trust....

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Jamie Roberts

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryAdvertising

Jamie Roberts provides creative career support to design professionals across the globe....

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Soren Hamby

DisciplinesDesign Operations, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Culture, Design Systems, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Service Design

IndustryHealthcare

Soren Hamby is dedicated to fostering team diversity and inclusion while spearheading...

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Ashley Gross

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Ashley Gross is an accomplished AI leader, practitioner, and educator with over 5...

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Mae Reed

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture, Design Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Mae Reed is a master of transforming complex systems into intuitive, E2E experiences....

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Margot Bloomstein

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication, Design Thinking, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryMarketing

LocationBoston, MA, USA

Margot Bloomstein is one of the most prominent voices in the content strategy industry. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap and the industry mainstay Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project. She is also the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. For more than 20 years, Margot has taught workshops, keynoted conferences, and...

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Rachel Posman

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

I'm a Design Operations leader: a service and experience designer for Design teams....

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From Buildings to Software – Paving the way to construction

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsJavaScript, Web & Mobile

Speaker Katerina Skroumpelou

As an architectural engineer by training, and working as a web dev for the past...

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Rochelle King

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsData, Design Strategy, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Rochelle King is VP of Global Product Creative at Netflix. Her teams ensure the...

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Meeting at the Intersection of Content Strategy and UX Design

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Marli Mesibov

Let’s talk about content strategy. Let’s talk about UX design. Let’s talk about...

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Nikki Moeschinger

DisciplinesBrand, Design Operations, Graphic Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryMarketing

Nikki Moeschinger is Managing Director of the Australian operations of UK based...

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Designing Consent: Using UI to Mitigate Harassment in Social Networks

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface

TopicsSocial Networks

Speaker Caroline Sinders

“Designing Consent” is a talk about how design and UI can be used to stymy and...

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Soo Yun Kim

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Game Design, Graphic Design, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Soo Yun Kim is an Emmy Award-Winning designer in Mobile Product, Interaction and...

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The Intention of Profit

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations, Sales

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Speaker Sherra Bell

Inspiring creative entrepreneurs to start making profit a higher priority. ...

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Balancing Faith and Work Life

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture

Speaker Semira Yesufu

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Lorraine Lee

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Leadership, Social Networks, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Lorraine is the Editorial Director at Prezi and was formerly an editor at LinkedIn....

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How to navigate org changes—with Shopify’s Lynsey Thornton

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Lynsey Thornton

You’ve been promoted. Now what? According to Lynsey Thornton, Shopify’s VP of UX Core Product, the answer to that question is one of technology’s biggest crises. In this first episode of the DesignBetter.Co Podcast’s second season, we sat down with Lynsey to discuss everything from building a leadership pipeline to governance of the famed design system ...

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