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Kim West

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork, Visual Thinking

Kim West, Creative Dir. of ALTR Studio, an independent, women-run graphic design studio....

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Erin Casali

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Teamwork

Erin is a a Sr Design Director with a passion for scaling effective product organizations....

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Ashley Pinakiewicz

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Social Innovation, Teamwork

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit

Ashley Pinakiewicz is a facilitator, design thinker, and educator passionate about...

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Sheba Najmi

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Social Innovation

IndustriesGovernment, Nonprofit

UX Design & Civic Tech...

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Amy Vainieri

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Typography, Web & Mobile

A graphic design leader with expertise in Design Systems, DesignOps, and User Experience....

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Bekah Marcum

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Bekah Marcum is a Product Designer at Instagram and founder of Black Designers of Seattle...

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Aleenah Ansari

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Storytelling

Aleenah Ansari a writer at Microsoft, aspiring creative director, and journalist at heart....

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Janice Dru-Bennett

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, Sales

TopicsAR/VR, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Social Networks, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Janice Dru-Bennett leads as Senior Enterprise Experience Strategist at NexTech AR...

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Aoife O’Dwyer

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Design Operations, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Visual Thinking

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Marketing, Technology

Aoife is a designer, illustrator, artist and curator based in county Limerick,...

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Casandra Laskowski

DisciplinesData Science, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Data, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Cas Laskowski is the Technology & Empirical Services Librarian at the University...

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Victory Brown

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Community, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Open source contributor, interested in accessibility tools and D & I...

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Jully Kim

DisciplineEngineering

TopicsAgile, Career, Culture, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Jully Kim, Sr Director of Engineering Practices & Enablement and COS to EVP of Engineering...

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Martina Borkowsky

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Problem Solver, Design Thinker, Enterprise UXer (and loving it!), Woman in Tech...

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Michelle Parayil

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Methodology, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Michelle is a founding member of the Conversation Design team at Jio Haptik....

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Elina Lin

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Web & Mobile

IndustryHealthcare

Elina combines her passion for design, art, and research to create experiences that...

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Maggie Winters Gaudaen

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Creativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Visual Thinking

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

Maggie Winters-Gaudaen is a partner and creative director at DC agency January Third....

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Natalie Luneva

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, SEO, Teamwork

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Natalie Luneva is on a mission to help software companies grow, clarify marketing...

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Rosa Weinberg

DisciplinesArchitecture, Art, Engineering, Fashion, Industrial Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Thinking, Disability, Methodology, Product Development, Storytelling, Teamwork, Visual Thinking

IndustryEducation

Rosa Weinberg is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based design educator and artist trained...

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Vivian Acquah

DisciplinesArchitecture, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

LocationAmsterdam Centraal, Stationsplein, 1012 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands

As an inclusive Workplace Wellness Advocate, I advise managers on how to keep their team members engaged, energized, and safe in a sustainable, long-term way. A clear Workplace Wellness strategy & implementation will fix your hidden cost drains and missed opportunity cost because it will improve talent retention, engagement, employer branding, and connection with diverse talent. It will prevent your company from leaving money on the table. It will also make your organization a better place to work...

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De Nichols

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Installation & Curation, Social Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government

De Nichols is a social practice designer who address racial injustices...

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Structuring Content to Empower Users

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Design Systems, Ethics, Taxonomy, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Lisa Maria Martin

The way you organize your web content changes the way users can find it, understand...

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Rachel Anderson

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesFinance, Technology

Rachel Anderson is a UI/UX Designer creating beautiful solutions to real human problems....

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Humanity-centered design

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Ethics, Robotics & AI

Speaker Ruth Kikin-Gil

AI is coming to get us: How AI will collaborate with humans and disrupt the design process...

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Emma Tzeng

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Emma writes the user interface for Project Fi, Google’s mobile phone service. She...

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Mindful design: designing with presence for purpose and inclusion

DisciplineBrand

TopicsSustainability

Speaker Raffaella Isidori

How the principles of Mindfulness can be applied to all aspects of our work....

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Alana Washington

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Alana Washington is a design leader, strategist, and researcher. Currently, she’s a...

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How to Differentiate

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Design Operations, Graphic Design, Sales

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Communication, Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Speaker Rhonda Page

I don't have a video I've attached a Webinar that I did with the same content...

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The Art of Creating Life

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsStorytelling

Speaker Kara DeFrias

This video documents an evening of curiosities, with 3 talks by speakers working in...

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B. Pagels-Minor

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

B. is a native of Mississippi who relocated to the Silicon Valley in 2018 from...

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Content Strategy for Slow Experiences

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Storytelling

Speaker Margot Bloomstein

Online experiences can be fast, efficient, easy, orderly—and sometimes, that’s a recipe for disaster. Users click confirm too soon, confuse important details, or miss a key feature in a product description. Efficient isn’t always effective. Not all experiences need to be fast to be functional. In fact, some of the most memorable and profitable engagements are slow and messy… and that’s just right. By designing for pace, we can intentionally help users focus on details and gain confidence in ...

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