As part of #WTDSpeakerStories, Women Talk Design spoke with Kat Zhou about her journey as a public speaker and how her beginnings way back in middle school and high school prepared her for her career now. She highlighted her experiences speaking in and out of the public sphere, how she finds motivation in the change she wants to affect in her industry, and the importance of asking for what you deserve. In the Women Talk Design Speaker Stories series, WTD interviews Women Talk Design speakers about their journeys and experiences.
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Manipulative Design Practices Online: Policy Solutions for the EU and the US
TopicsEthics, Leadership, Policy
Panel on regulating deceptive design practices in the EU and US....

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From Business to Buttons 2022: Kat Zhou
TopicsEthics
Kat discusses how she created an ethical design framework for product teams....

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EU Parliament IMCO Hearing: Dark Patterns
TopicsEthics, Leadership, Policy
Speech for EU Parliament IMCO hearing on dark patterns....

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World Wide Web Foundation: “Working Towards a Web Built for Everyone, by Everyone”
TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership
An international panel will examine Dark Design Patterns....

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500 Global Fireside Chat with Kat Zhou on Anti-Patterns
TopicsBusiness Design, Product Development, Service Design
Kat covers the basics of anti-patterns in the tech industry....

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Federal Trade Commission Workshop on Anti-Patterns in Design
TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Ethics, Leadership, Policy
Kat Zhou discussed the tech industry perspective on anti-patterns....

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Bytes of Good Live
TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics
Kat Zhou hosts a workshop with the Bytes of Good Live community....

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Design for Social Innovation Guest Lecture
TopicsDesign Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics
Kat Zhou's lecture at the School for Visual Art's Design for Social Innovation...

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Ethical Tech
TopicsCommunity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Policy
In this guest lecture, Kat Zhou, product designer at IBM and the creator of the...

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Design Ethically: From Imperative to Action
TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics
Kat Zhou discusses ethics in tech and how to scale the design ethics movement....
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Design is Capitalism
DisciplineGraphic Design
TopicsCareer, Community, Culture, Social Innovation
Speaker Jennifer Daniel
Jennifer Daniel asks designers to consider the role they play within the industry and...

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The potential ick factor: Ethical considerations for designing in healthcare
DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience, User Research
TopicsDesign Thinking, Ethics, Robotics & AI
IndustryHealthcare
Speaker Amy Chenault
What do we designers, strategists, and thinkers think about putting some of the most...

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Two Sides of the Design Ops Coin
DisciplineDesign Operations
TopicsCulture, Management & Strategy, Teamwork
IndustryTechnology
Speaker Rachel Posman
How we re-designed our Salesforce UXOps team to adapt organizational scale....
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