Everyone has had someone sketch out a solution in an email or on a napkin and ask them to just make it look good. Maybe the draw-er doesn’t have time left, thinks it’s the best solution, or that you have little to offer besides “making it sparkle”. This talk is about how to recognize a napkin (and an anti-napkin), and some techniques for working productively with it and the person who drew it. Previewed at Manifesto, we’ll spend more time on more ideas for how to graciously receive napkins and effectively add value anyway.
More Talks by Audrey

VideoGallery
Moving from Feature Teams to Product Teams
TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Innovation, Management & Strategy
Many teams remain stuck in the "Feature Team" rut, struggling to elevate themselves...

Video
What Business Leaders Need to Know About Design
TopicsDesign Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy
Primer for business leaders on how to leverage design to increase business success....

VideoGeneral Info
Taking Non-Designers From Healthcare Challenge to Solution in Two Hours
TopicsAgile
Audrey Crane presenting the results of the Lightning Spring Design Challenge at the...

VideoGeneral Info
Thoughts on Vulnerability
TopicsCulture
Being a working mother has its challenges; doubly so when you're breastfeeding....

VideoGeneral Info
Just “Make it Pretty”
TopicsAgile, Teamwork, Visual Thinking
When someone asks you to just "make it pretty" -- recognizing and reacting gracefully!...

VideoGeneral Info
Speaking Design: Better requirements to get better design
TopicsCommunication, Teamwork
Learn to find the sweetspot between requirements that are too broad, or too specific. ...

VideoGeneral Info
Enterprise UX Storytelling Session
TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Storytelling, Teamwork
8 leading design experts trade stories of success, failure, and everyday frustrations....
Discover More Talks
More talks
VideoGeneral Info
Designing Your Way Through Failure
DisciplineUser Experience
TopicsCareer, Leadership
Speaker Sara Ortloff Khoury
How do you use design to not just benefit business but help you master your own...

Slides
UX research & ethnographic design for humanitarian technology.
DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research
TopicsCommunication, Community, Culture, Methodology, Product Development
IndustriesNonprofit, Technology
Speaker Eriol Fox
UX design and field research in humanitarian technology space....

VideoSlides
How do you solve a problem like front end developer
DisciplineFront-end Engineering
TopicsMethodology
Speaker Monika Piotrowicz
It's 2015 and as a discipline, front end development (FED) has recently seen enormous...
Speakers, Get Featured
Get connected with event organizers interested in engaging women and gender non-binary speakers in design and tech.
Sign UpAlready have an account?
Log inKnow a great speaker? Let us know so we can invite them to be part of our directory and amplify their voice.
Nominate them