About Women Talk Design Speaker Stories

There isn’t one singular path to public speaking. Folks decide to speak for a variety of reasons, get started in different ways, and have their own techniques for preparing for talks and dealing with nerves.

Learn about the journeys and experiences of incredible women and nonbinary speakers with our new series: Women Talk Design Speaker Stories. Join us each week as we interview one of our speakers to learn the topics they are currently speaking about and why, how they find speaking opportunities, their advice for getting started with public speaking, and more.

You’ll have the opportunity to ask your own questions and connect with folks from the Women Talk Design community. We hope you’ll leave inspired to share your own ideas and experiences, and get out there and speak.

Stick around after the conversation for breakout discussions. During this time you can connect with other people in the Women Talk Design community and discuss what you learned.

Agenda

• 5 minutes | Welcome
• 20 minutes | Conversation with Kat Vellos
• 20 minutes | Audience Q&A
• 15 minutes | Breakout conversations

Come with your questions! We’ll see you soon.

About our Speaker

Kat Vellos is a user experience designer with a passion for helping people connect authentically.

As a user experience designer, she’s worked for Slack and Pandora, as well as with the creators of Siri designing the first iteration of Bixby. Kat has been profiled in Forbes and quoted in FastCompany for her work as the founder of Bay Area Black Designers which is a professional development community for Black designers and UX researchers. She’s researched, designed, and advised on the user experience of countless flows in digital products serving millions of people.

Lately, she’s turned her UX expertise towards combating the loneliness epidemic. Her debut book, We Should Get Together, is helping people around the world experience greater health and wellbeing through the cultivation of fulfilling friendships. Learn more at weshouldgettogether.com or katvellos.com

Kat has spoken at UX Week, AIGA San Francisco, Design for America, Lesbians Who Tech, SF Design Week, Bay Area Black Designers, and Social Good Tech Week.

Event Details:

The $5 ticket fee goes directly to our speakers. We don’t want anyone to be turned away due to lack of funds. If the ticket fee is a barrier, please use the code THANKSXD to register for a free ticket, thanks to AdobeXD.

You will receive a link to join the Zoom 24 hours prior to the event.

Automated captioning will be available.

The event is open to everyone. Please take a moment to read through Women Talk Design's Code of Conduct before RSVPing. You can see a complete list of Women Talk Design's upcoming events here.