Public Speaking
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CONFERENCES
Building Bridges, Creating Impact: Nurturing Stronger Partnerships in UX
UXDG Summit | September 2023 | Session
In this conference I delivered a talk about building stronger partnerships with UX stakeholders, honing on soft skills, leadership and influence best practices. I shared some templates to empower UX experts to take the lead on difficult conversations with their stakeholders.
Panel: How to navigate your career during volatility and layoffs
UXDG Summit | September 2023 | Panel Discussion
The last few months have been an excruciating experience for many in the field of UX. The string of layoffs attributed to many factors like bad strategy, over-hiring and hyper-growth mode during the pandemic, and recession, with companies constantly trying to find the perfect budgetary equilibrium. Through this discussion, we strive to answer the many unanswered questions and brainstorm on how the industry can overcome these volatile times and empower the design discipline.
GUEST SPEAKER & LECTURER
Metaverse: Grow Big in Big Tech, Episode #3
Metaverse Podcast | August 2023
In this podcast episode, I chat with the host, Ranjjini, About career growth strategies in corporate tech, and my own experience and best tactics to grow fast and maximize my impact.
UX Fundamentals
University of Washington Human Centered Design Program | November 2023
Christina Yang and I shared with students of UW's HCDE Master program technical and collaboration tricks and best practices to optimize the way they use Figma.
MICROSOFT INTERNAL TALKS
Saying NO! part II: The Workshop
Cloud Experiences Studio - Learning Series | Mar 2023
This workshop was led with three other peers and covered some tactics to pushback and influence stakeholders, with some hands-on exercises. My section was centered around refining design specifications, identifying scenarios and capabilities and using them to scope and commit work.
Tips on writing for impact
Cloud Experiences Studio - Learning Series | Nov 2022
On this informative talk, I shared best practices to write impactful performance reviews, track metrics and contributions more effectively and gather better feedback from stakeholders.
How to collaborate, influence and make multidisciplinary friends at Microsoft
Cloud Experiences Studio - Learning Series | June 2022
On this informative talk, I shared some tips to straighten soft skills for UX professionals and build stronger partnerships with stakeholders. This talk was asked to be repeated studio-wide, and to be converted into a video for Microsoft's UX Bootcamp, an onboarding course for UX new hires entering the Azure Cloud.