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  • Designing for Voice

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    RGD Accessibility in Design Webinar:
    Designing for Voice — Learning from the Disability Community
    Thanks to digital assistants like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple’s Siri, designing voice-based interactions has taken on new urgency. Upcoming AI techniques like ChatGPT will only increase the...

  • Freelance without the Free Fall: Proposals

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    Imagine you are in the middle of an introductory meeting with a potential client. The company is doing some great things and you keep thinking how this could really be a keystone project for your freelance business. It's exciting (and sometimes a little scary) to think that they are looking to yo...

  • How to Start, Run, Grow and Close an Agency

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    After spending a decade working in a wild mix of agencies, Stuart started Stack Creative in 2018. After 4 years of ups and downs (ranging from barely being able to pay himself to a 2-year hot streak during COVID) and a range of work rooted in the web but grew to include advertising creative and b...

  • Freelance without the Freefall — Money Management

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    Presented by Faron Dawe RGD

    Freelance Without The Free Fall: Money Management
    You've taken the leap to career freedom, to be your own boss, to pick your clients, set your own deadlines and make as much or as little money as you wish. You are a freelance designer! But now you're realizing it’s n...

  • Design Systems in Practice — A Step-by-Step Guide

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    Presented by Michael Carrick and Philippe Gommes. Moderated by Magued Hanna RGD.

    Design Systems in Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide using Figma
    This webinar focuses on demonstrating how to use design systems in practice, using Figma as an example. Listeners will learn how to create and customize d...

  • City Wayfinding in Toronto

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    Presented by Juan Rioseco RGD, Associate Director at Steer

    In 2011, the City of Toronto initiated the TO360 Wayfinding Strategy as part of the action plan for the implementation of the Toronto Walking Strategy. The project was inspired and modelled around other international 'legible city' init...

  • RGD In-House Perspectives – Branding

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    Presented by Lisa Parkyn RGD and Simon Clancy.
    This series is generously sponsored by Cella, Creative Niche and Domtar.

    Presentations:

    Encouraging excitement with in-house branding
    Presented by Lisa Parkyn RGD
    Creating excitement within an in-house brand requires a strategic approach that combi...

  • Strategic Typography for Branding

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    When most people think type and branding, they think logotype and a couple of corporate typefaces. But designers taking this simplistic approach are robbing themselves of an opportunity to be strategic from business, utilitarian, and design perspectives. It's crucial to understand type choice in ...

  • Dreaming of Better:

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    A product designer’s responsibility in accessibility
    Presented by Mohammad Owainati

    Product designers are positioned to play a vital role in pushing teams to think beyond compliance. Senior Product Designer Mohammad Owainati will touch on his growth as a designer in relation to making better acc...

  • Design and Accessibility — A Powerful Combination

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    Learn about designing with accessibility in mind and efficient tagging in InDesign vs PDF. Hear tips for exporting correctly to PDF. Emmanuelle and Wendy will share practical lessons from their experience and help answer a common question “I followed the training so why isn’t the PDF passing ac...

  • Accessibility in Signage & Wayfinding

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    Presented by Toban Allison and Aurelia Fleury. Moderated by Magued Hanna RGD.

    There are a number of different aids that can be used within signage and wayfinding systems to help those who have visual, hearing or mobility impairments. Through presentations from designers working in the signage f...

  • A Cautionary Tale of Hopes, Dreams and Rejection

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    In a series of poignant, revealing and sometimes hysterical anecdotes, Debbie shares her journey out of heartbreak and offers insight on how the worst moment in your life can actually become the most profound and life affirming.

  • In-House Perspectives: Rebranding Strategies

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    Presented by Paul Fast, Vincent Galante RGD and Tabatha Montagano and Kevin Moran RGD and Linh Trinh

    Working on a brand refresh or a complete rebrand for your company is an exciting opportunity, but there are many things to consider during the process. Have you done an audit of your curren...

  • Digital Asset Management (DAM)

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    Having quick, easy access to your digital assets can significantly improve your workflow. In this webinar, three in-house design professionals share their experience with DAM system implementation and use in their organizations.

    Topics covered include: implementing a DAM system, sharing assets ...

  • Getting the Right Information: Intake Forms/Briefs

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    Presented by Cris Jaw RGD, Vishu Mahajan and Amanda Parker. Moderated by Kathleen Scott RGD.

    Many problems both organizationally and creatively can be traced back to the start of the design process. Having a solid process at the beginning can change the outcome of a project. In this webinar, th...

  • Engaging in Disability as a Creative Practice

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    Designers are increasingly referring to disability in terms of accessibility. But accessibility is only one part of disability; it's the need. And it is being taught at the exclusion of disability history, disability culture and disability theory. Liz discusses the impact of engaging in disabilit...

  • Designing for Accessibility - Veda Rosier

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    Design systems have evolved into strategic tools that enable accessibility and inclusion at scale. Join Veda to explore the value a well-crafted design system can bring to your design methodology.

    Presented by Veda Rosier Principal Product Manager at Adobe

  • Accessibility Powers Creativity

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    We know accessibility is good for all but what happens when accessibility principles don’t work for all Indigenous communities? Meggan explores how cultural considerations and Indigenous perspectives encourage increased uptake of accessibility principles and how you can apply accessibility standa...

  • Accessibility in Design: Checking Colour Contrast

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    How can you know what colours and contrast are appropriate? How can you ensure that all people can read your documents?Barbara reviews and demonstrates the use of a variety of colour contrast checkers including those available online, as plugins or in mainstream applications like Microsoft, InDes...

  • Making the Shift to Accessible Design Practices

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    As legislation comes into effect and more companies are seeing the value of making their communications accessible to all, designers are having to navigate what that means for their in-house team and their processes.This webinar looks at how design teams are making the necessary changes for digit...

  • In-House Perspectives Webinar: Design Management

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    Whether you're an experienced manager or someone transitioning into a team lead role, managing a team can be both rewarding and challenging. This webinar offers advice, tips and best practices for design management and leading an in-house creative team.

  • Signage and Wayfinding Series: Placemaking

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    This webinar features case studies about creating a memorable signage and wayfinding experience integrates all channels and resonates with its diverse users.

  • Retrospectives — Sharing Design & Experience

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    Two seasoned in-house designers share their favourite projects, biggest lessons learned and how they have worked with the same brand over many years. Krys and Donna provide examples of great design work and the stories behind it.

  • How to Choreograph Better Design Presentations

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    Once a design is out in the world, it should be intuitive enough to speak for itself, but in the design process, somebody needs to be able to articulate the design decisions to get the project off the ground. How can we make our design conversations more inclusive, interesting and effective? From...

  • From “Social Good” to Design Justice

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    Shifting from thinking about “social good” as the intended outcome of a design process, this webinar digs into how to do better through the process itself, with an introduction to the concept of design justice. Victoria unpacks the 10 design justice principles and share examples of how you can pu...

  • Present the Concept and Pass the Potatoes

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    This is about techniques on presenting concepts to clients. I use the idea of a family dinner where everyone is looking for something different. It is the same meal but some want a bit of everything, some people are picky, others will complain etc...

    Many of us struggle when it comes to present...

  • Design as a System - Timothy Samara

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    Most designed works are systematic: they often consist of several parts, sometimes each with different content and functions that must recognizably interrelate. Whether serial or sequential; pages in a website or book, exhibit spaces or public signage systems; or full-on branding programs—designe...

  • Branding a Food-Hall - Matteo Bologna

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    A single font can have amazing brand-building potential, especially when pushed to its limits. There’s no more perfect example of this than within the Tin Building, Michelin-award-winning chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new marketplace at the former site of NYC’s historic Fulton Fish Market, fea...

  • Never Have I Ever Panel Discussion

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    Time to put away your notepad, kick back, and share a laugh with some of our most gracious DT speakers! Join Julian as he takes advantage of this happy hour time slot to lead these fabulous folks in a game of "Never Have I Ever" for Designers. Stories will be shared. Truths will be revealed. Care...

  • Designing for Health - Sara Wachter Boettcher

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    Workplace stress is at an all-time high. Depression and anxiety jumped by 25% globally during the pandemic. In every workplace Sara is engaged with, folks are struggling. But designers often sweep their issues under the rug. “Other people have it worse. I shouldn’t worry about myself right now,” ...

  • Ellen Lupton - Design for Sensory Experience

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    Design tells stories that touch people’s minds and bodies. Storytelling helps designers reach people in emotionally fulfilling ways. Designers in today's cross-disciplinary, multimedia world create objects, images and brands that activate all the senses. Designers can employ ideas about narrative...

  • Jessica Bellamy – Infographics for Social Change

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    Infographics for Social Change - Become a Graphic Ally! Learn how to tell visual data stories to inspire policy change and mobilize information at the grassroots level. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore and apply principles of conscious and responsible design to areal-world infographic p...

  • Sarah Hyndman - Tasting Type

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    Sarah delivers talks with originality, humour, a dash of theatre and lashings of audience participation. She makes topics fun, engaging and enlightening for both mainstream and design audiences.

    Her first talk was for TEDx almost a decade ago. Since then Sarah’s spoken at Adobe MAX, Clerkenwell...

  • Tina Roth Eisenberg – Side Projects

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    If you’ve ever wondered whether keeping up with a hobby or passion project pays off in the end, Tina Roth Eisenberg’s experience is proof that it can. Tina shares an inspiring look at her creative journey, from turning her personal visual archive into the popular design journal swissmiss to found...

  • Grace Hwang – Creating Connection

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    In the era of COVID-19 and at a time when isolation and loneliness are two of the biggest contributors to declining health, what can design do to upend this trend? In this talk, Grace brings her experience and insight from designing for health and well-being and her journey into mixed reality to ...

  • Tina Smith – Type Driven

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    Tina Smith often describes her work as type-driven: work that uses type as hero, clearly communicating the essence of a brand or story. But she's also driven to do typographic work on her own. What does it mean to be type driven, both professionally and personally? Reviewing a range of type-focus...

  • Lisa Congdon – Engaging With the Personal

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    2022 RGD So(Good) Awards Branding by Rally Rally. Interview with Jay Wall RGD.
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    Lisa Congdon – How Engaging With the Personal Can Lead to More Aligned Client Work
    Lisa Congdon is an Internationally-known Fine Artist, Illustrator & Writer. Lisa's career has been built on making and sharing work a...

  • Jennifer Taback RGD: Designers for Reconciliation

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    As an Indigenous designer and strategist, Jennifer discusses the role designers can play a role in reconciliation by examining the information they gather, how it is presented and the importance of creating authentic, informed visuals. Join her as she explains how to create the bridges required t...

  • Jolene Delisle — Side Business to Full Practice

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    Jolene worked full-time while beginning to build her creative agency, The Working Assembly, and even grossed over 1M in revenue while still operating it as a side hustle. Join Jolene as she shares the highs and lows of taking a fun freelance practice and scaling it to a full-time funded business....

  • Elana Rudick RGD – Defying Self Perceptions

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    You're here at Design Thinkers (maybe even in person). Woah! Feelings of excitement and nervous energy swirl. You’re inspired and trying to soak it all in. Now what? Where do you go from here? How do you break down self-imposed roadblocks to find your path, make your mark and enjoy a sustainable ...

  • Accessibility/Usability: 2 Sides of the Same Coin

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    Presented by Samuel Proulx. Moderated by Magued Hanna RGD.

    With both traditional and digital content, accessibility needs to be a major consideration in the design process. But a truly accessible product is a usable one as well. Through real-world examples and highlighting common missteps, this ...

  • Creating Accessible Online Documents - Part II

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    Presented by Denis Leclerc RGD. Moderated by Magued Hanna RGD
    Talk: Ten steps to creating accessible PDFs with InDesign
    The process of creating an accessible PDF file may seem intimidating at the beginning. What needs to be done to create an accessible PDF file come down to creating clean files i...

  • Pointing to the Moon

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    How Symbols and Stereotypes Mislead Us - By Matt May, Adobe

    As more people are responding to the need for more inclusive design, we need to make sure we understand the symbols we are given, and what they mean. When we talk about gender, race or disability, for example, are we thinking about the ...

  • Accessible design is good for all

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    Presented by Sabrina Hall, Interactive Art Director at Scholastic

    This webinar will showcase how to make your designs and process more inclusive, how to advocate for this as an individual contributor or as a part of a large team. We will discuss the language and terms to understand when creating...

  • Creating Accessible Mobile Apps

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    Accessibility on the web tends to get prime-time attention, while accessibility for mobile apps is not yet clearly defined. As designers, it is our responsibility now to do what we can to create easily accessible mobile apps. In this webinar, presenters will discuss challenges with accessibility ...

  • Accessibility for the Web

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    Accessibility for the web is not a passing fad. With AA standards compliance now a requirement, the need for accessibility on the web is here to stay. In this webinar our presenters will look at the benefits of building an accessible and usable site that goes beyond just passing the standards.

  • RGD Accessibility Masterclass

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    A comprehensive series covering many topics in accessibility.

  • Accessibility in UX

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    Wendy’s presentation answers questions about the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing world, and offers insight into what accessibility means for this community. Also her presentation discusses exactly what accessible design entails for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and shares useful resources to increase the...