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Stacey Edelstein

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Storytelling

IndustriesMarketing, Nonprofit

Stacey discovered her passion for storytelling and design while serving as the...

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Theresa Bassett

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy, Product Design, Sales

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

As CEO of The Diamond Group, I get to do what I love best: grow companies....

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Sucheta Rawal

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Storytelling

IndustryEducation

Sucheta Rawal is an award-winning food & travel writer, founder of Go Eat Give, and author...

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Karren Knowlton

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Ph.D. organizational psychologist with expertise in motivation, leadership, and DEI....

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Kritika Kushwaha

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Sustainability

IndustryTechnology

Kritika is an award winning Product Designer and Illustrator based in San Francisco...

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Laura Kalbag

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Design Strategy, Ethics, JavaScript, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Laura Kalbag is a British designer, developer, writer and speaker living in Ireland....

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Divya Chaurasia

DisciplineIndustrial Design

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Product Development, Storytelling, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

Divya Chaurasia is an award-winning industrial designer, with a background in...

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Erica Jorgensen

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Data, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Erica Jorgensen is the author of Strategic Content Design, published by Rosenfeld Media....

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Abbiola Ballah

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Privilege

IndustryEducation

Abbiola Ballah (she/her) is an Equity & Inclusion Consultant, Mentor &...

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Teresa Ferreira

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Storytelling, Sustainability

Brand consultant @TeresaFerreirastudio and Head of Design @Financial Times...

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Micha Goebig

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer

Confidence Expert, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Member of Forbes Coaches Council....

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Janna Fiester

DisciplinesBrand, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Healthcare, Marketing

A design-thinker, gifted leader, and passionate professional, Janna never stops...

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Silvia Sfligiotti

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Ethics, Methodology

Graphic designer, educator, writer, somatic activist....

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Tiange Wang

DisciplinesArchitecture, Front-end Engineering, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAR/VR, Career, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, JavaScript, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

Tiange Wang is a software designer at IDEO creating experiences across phygital mediums....

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Carolyn Ayers

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity

IndustryNonprofit

Carolyn Ayers is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, women and men change their lives....

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Schessa Garbutt

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Design, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Privilege, Typography

IndustryMarketing

Schessa is the founder and creative director at Firebrand. Design for an equitable future....

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Upasna Gautam

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsCareer, Communication, Leadership, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Upasna is the Product Manager on the Digital News Platforms team at CNN where she is...

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Nadia De Ala

DisciplinesBrand, Business

TopicsCareer, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork

realyouleadership.com | Leadership Coaching & Workshops for BIPOC Professionals...

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Alison Coward

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

LocationLondon, UK

Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket, a consulting agency that helps teams in the creative and digital industries to work better together. She is a strategist, workshop facilitator, coach, trainer, keynote speaker and author of “A Pocket Guide to Effective Workshops”. She works across corporates, start-ups, agencies and public institutions and her client list includes Google, D&AD, Barclaycard, Wellcome and Channel 4. With over 15 years’ experience of working in, leading and facilitating...

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Cassie Gunn

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Environment, Innovation, Leadership, Lean, Product Development, Sustainability

IndustryTechnology

Cassie Gunn is a young professional working for Pitney Bowes as a User Experience...

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Alexis Lucio

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Alexis (she/they) is a designer focused on accessibility (a11y), equity, and inclusion....

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Susan Rice

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Information Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Service Design

Susan Rice leads user experience strategy, research, and design at Toast Inc., where...

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Chay Land

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing, Technology

Hi, I’m Chay Land. A Los Angeles based designer. My work focuses around...

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Alice Merry

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation, Sustainability

IndustryFinance

Consultant in inclusive and sustainable finance. Host of the Feminist Finance podcast....

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