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Innovation by Design with Cristina Colosi
Learn how to adapt Service Design to drive innovation in non-profit organizations.
Balancing Freelance Life with Maya McBeath
Learn essential freelance strategies for success, resilience, and balance.
Empowering Design Teams
Join the conversation on how leaders empower their design teams
DesignOps vs. Design Management with Maria Karnaukhova
Learn about the overlaps and differences between DesignOps and Design Management.
Convincing Stakeholders to Ship Awesome UX with Kevin Hawkins
Learn how to manage stakeholders so you ship logical versions and iterations of your UX work.
Research Democratization Myth Busting with Kathleen Asjes
Learn the pros and cons of research democratization and how to use this tool as a benefit (rather than a burden).
Elevating Impact through Continuous Research with Eleanor Hicks
Learn how continuous discovery impacts work and organizational influence with a case study from Eleanor Hicks
AI Ethics for Designers with Pete Armitage
Learn about the risks of generative AI and how they can impact the future of UX.
Integrating Sustainability in Product Design with Catalina Mueller
Gain Insights and tips for integrating sustainability into your design work
Designing Joyful Brainstorming Experiences with Rachel Davis
Learn techniques to generate new ideas purposefully.
B2B Survival Guide for UX Designers with Aneta Kmiecik
Learn to improve the user experience when your customer is another business.
Dystopia in a Box with Andreas Wegner
How can consequence awareness improve product design, and how can you get your clients involved?
Finding Strength in Imposter Syndrome with Maureen Herben
A case study about senior-level confidence issues that almost kept this product designer from breaking into the strategic level.
Building Resilience in Your Design Career with Janko Jovanovic
A detailed tutorial on how to plan & navigate your career to prepare for all possible futures…especially the crises
How Miro’s Research Team Explored Hybrid Work with Eduardo Gomez
Learn how Miro’s Research team helped change the company strategy by exploring hybrid work
Mental Health in Design & Tech with Clive K. Lavery
A seasoned designer learns how to improve his mental health in this honest story about tech & mental breakdown.
Workshopping to Freelance Success with Géro Sauerwein
Learn how kickoff workshops can help improve communication in the early stages of client work
Taking the Wheel of Your Design Career with Damian Martone
Get a behind-the-scenes look at one designer’s path from designer to the founder of a conference.
Designing Websites for Sustainability with Lizzie Hamblin
Discover all the ways your website is destroying the planet with this insightful guide to sustainable web design.
Initiating Innovation Projects
Get all the tools, methods, and frameworks you need to get started in innovation work.
Talking Taboo: User Research in Sex Tech with Lex Gillon
User research is needed for sex tech products, but how do you research when there are so many taboos?
No Design Future Without Data with Maximilian Schmidt
Intimidated by data science? Relax…and learn what skills you will need for data’s looming future in design careers.
Collaborating in Product Discovery with Sophia Höfling
A beautiful overview of building effective, cross-functional product discovery practices.
From Questions to Strategy with Anna Stutter Garcia
A story of simple questions that can lead to company-wide change.
Designing in Ambiguity with Joshua Stehr
Working in the ambiguous spaces of product discovery doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
Choosing the Right UX Metrics with Maria Panagiotidi
What data points allow us to measure, compare, and track the user experience over time?
Building Research Rapport with Basim Al-Baker
Inspiration for presenting research findings…with the help of the Simpsons.
Charting Research & Design Paths with Andrea Ramirez Sabat
The 3 paths that every product designer should know in a presentation that is entirely hand-drawn
Lessons Learned: The First Year as a Designer with Randy Barias
What would a graduation speech look like for an online bootcamp grad? Maybe a bit like this…
Designing with Product Managers with Joy Mwihia & Mark Tan
Does that task fall under product or UX? With these two product managers answering, you can be doubly sure of the answer.
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Designing Career Growth with Dee Scarano
Do you ever feel you have little control over your work situation? Or wonder what factors are essential to position yourself and make career moves? Dee will share how she made career choices and tradeoffs, recovered after a career crisis, and shaped her career around personal values and character strengths.
Design Makes Futures with Adam Zeiner
What is the relationship between systems, futures, and design thinking? Adam Zeiner, senior strategic designer at the Design Institute for Health, will discuss applying a futures thinking mindset as a designer through utilizing futures methods + frameworks, largely from the fields of futures studies & strategic foresight.
Designing Kindness with Pietro Gregorini
How can we ensure that our design work has a positive impact on the world? In this talk, Pietro Gregorini will talk about his experience when designers collectively put their skills to good and how we can incorporate these practices into our daily design practice.