Annual Lightening Talks

Lightning Talks are back! ⚡

Our annual Lightning Talks event returns
Thursday, July 16th at 6:30 PM ET

5 unique perspectives, 10 minutes each
Here's a peek on what to expect this year:

Aly Agda — Experience Principles as Product Strategy
Aly is a Sr. Staff Product Designer with a decade of enterprise UX experience. She breaks down how to build experience principles that earn design a permanent seat at the strategy table.

Jayne Liu — Designing for Joy
A Learning Experience Designer most recently at Cisco, Jayne makes the case that curiosity — not anxiety — is what actually drives growth, even (especially) in the age of AI.

Ayushi Varma — AI Won't Replace Teams - Silos Will
Lead Product Designer, Ayushi unpacks why the real threat to teams isn't AI itself, but the silos that keep Product, Design, and Engineering from working together.

Tianna Watts — The Poise Principle: Breaking Into UX Design & Writing
Founder of Fad Monet and a UX Designer/Journalist, Tianna unpacks how the discipline of journalism can make you a sharper, more well-rounded designer.

Kelley Mitchell Price — Design is not Decoration
VP of Product Design, Kelley tackles the all-too-familiar moment when stakeholders skip past the research and rationale and ask you to just "make it look better," and discusses how to turn that gap into an opportunity for deeper stakeholder trust.