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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Christian Lane Performs is up: the desktop concert from Leadership By Design 2026. Covers, originals, and stories from a career that runs from Loud Lucy on DGC and an Alanis Morissette tour to writing and producing in Chicago. Watch & Listen: chicagocamps.org/christian-la...

Chicago Camps promotional image for Leadership By Design 2026. Photo of Christian Lane, musician and music producer, with the session title "Christian Lane Performs," a desktop concert. September 17 and 18, 2026.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Somebody Meant This, the Leadership By Design 2026 conversation with Emily Haines Lloyd, is now up: twenty years of writing copy for brands, two tiny books, and the part she keeps for herself. Watch: chicagocamps.org/emily-haines...

Chicago Camps promotional image for Leadership By Design 2026. Photo of Emily Haines Lloyd, Writer and Pep Talker, with the session title "Somebody Meant This: A Conversation With Emily Haines Lloyd." September 17 and 18, 2026.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dan Saffer closed Leadership By Design 2026 with Six Futures, and the session is up. Apps don't have one future in an AI world, they have six, and a single product can occupy three or four at once. Watch: chicagocamps.org/dan-saffer-s...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Natalie M. Dunbar's Leadership By Design 2026 session is up: boundaries as architecture rather than barriers, and how to keep a UX practice healthy under constant demand. Watch: chicagocamps.org/natalie-m-du...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jessica DeMartini's Leadership By Design 2026 session is up: a practical framework for integrating AI across the end-to-end design process, drawn from ongoing interviews with designers and managers. Watch: chicagocamps.org/jessica-dema...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Adam Cutler opened day two of Leadership By Design 2026, and the keynote is available for replay: what AI can produce, what it can't, and the judgment that picks between them. Watch: chicagocamps.org/adam-cutler-...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anne Cantera's Leadership By Design 2026 keynote is up: the skills designers need when experiences move across chat, voice, screens, agents, and people. Watch: chicagocamps.org/anne-cantera...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Christian Crumlish's Leadership By Design 2026 session is up: a year of building an AI product-management assistant, the real failures, and why the human has to own the loop. Watch it: chicagocamps.org/christian-cr...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Guppy Ahluwalia's Leadership By Design 2026 session is up. Re-orgs, RIFs, and LLMs as tools in the operational toolkit, and a framework for scaling without headcount-heavy org charts. chicagocamps.org/guppy-ahluwa...

$A Chicago Camps speaker card for Leadership By Design 2026. On the left is a photograph of Guppy Ahluwalia. On the right, set on the event's dark background, is her name, her role as a fractional operations executive, and the title of her talk: "Token Times: Organizational Practices in a Resource-Constrained Environment." The Leadership By Design 2026 logo and the event dates, September 17 and 18, 2026, online, appear alongside.$

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Caitlin Steele's opening keynote from Leadership By Design 2026 is up: Defensible Space. Design has the lowest manager ratings in tech. Her argument is that the conditions changed, not the people. chicagocamps.org/caitlin-steele-defensible-space/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thursday: Caitlin Steele, Guppy Ahluwalia, Emily Haines Lloyd, Christian Crumlish, Anne Cantera. Friday: Adam Cutler, Jessica DeMartini, Christian Lane, Natalie M. Dunbar, Dan Saffer.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Leadership By Design 2026 starts tomorrow. Still room! Eight sessions across two days, plus a conversation with Emily Haines Lloyd and a concert from Christian Lane. Free, or $26 if you have budget. 10a–3:30p Central, online. chicagocamps.org/event/leader...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dan Saffer closes Leadership By Design 2026 with Six Futures. Remove all friction from an activity and you don't make it efficient, you hollow it out. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Natalie M. Dunbar at Leadership By Design 2026: The Business of Boundaries. A boundary isn't a barrier, it's a definition — this is the space where the work gets done well. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Adam Cutler at Leadership By Design 2026: What's Yours to Keep. An LLM is an intern with infinite confidence and stamina and no taste. Somebody still has to know good from almost good. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Anne Cantera closes day one of Leadership By Design 2026: The New Design Stack. Experiences move across chat, voice, screens, agents, people. Which modality and when, and that's the new skill. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hilarious Tales of Failure — Christian Crumlish at Leadership By Design 2026. A year of building with AI: agents that confidently lied, a job that died silently. Not the highlight reel. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Guppy Ahluwalia at Leadership By Design 2026: Token Times. Re-orgs, RIFs, and LLMs are all in the operational toolkit now. Building lightweight practice instead of headcount. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26 if you have budget. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Opening Leadership By Design 2026: Caitlin Steele on Defensible Space. Design has the lowest manager ratings in tech. Her argument: the conditions changed, not the people. Sept 17 & 18, online. Free, or $26 if you have budget. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thursday: Caitlin Steele, Guppy Ahluwalia, Christian Crumlish, Anne Cantera. Friday: Adam Cutler, Dan Saffer, Jessica DeMartini, Natalie M. Dunbar. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/ We'd love it if you'd share for reach; we want to pack the house and break the stream.

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Leadership By Design 2026 – Chicago Camps

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The full Leadership By Design 2026 schedule is live — eight sessions across Sept 17 & 18, online, 10a–3:30p Central. Tickets are free. $26 if you've got budget, or Pay What You Can. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A lot of people feel the need to prove that they can be here/there - when the reality is we just need them to be there, and share. Humans, right? :-)

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Connie Chen 陳穎慈 @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Actively looking for full-time, remote Senior UX/Product Designer roles. Bonus points for healthcare, biotech, or ed-tech. Appreciate your support & connections. Thank you.💛 Portfolio: conniechen.design Support: • paypal.me/conniechiiiwa • venmo.com/u/conniechii... • buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa

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Connie Chen

Connie Chen | UX Designer + Mentor

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

No application, no scholarship form, no sponsor to go find, and nobody priced out by currency conversion. We want you to attend, so please do so. The lineup: Anne Cantera, Guppy Ahluwalia, Adam Cutler, Dan Saffer, Natalie M. Dunbar, Christian Crumlish, Jessica DeMartini, & Caitlin Steele.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Leadership By Design 2026 — online, Sept 17 & 18, 10a Central. Eight design leaders on holding a practice together through layoffs, reorgs, and AI mandates. Free with a Need 1, Take 1 pass. $26 if you can pay. chicagocamps.org/event/leadership-by-design-2026/

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nah, it doesn’t mine LinkedIn for thought leaders thinking thoughts.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So wait, we can’t call it the design “industry” any more? Some people really drink their own sauce and think it’s the fountain of… something. They’ll be back with a survey for you to fill out soon so they can report on it all.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Howdy - we sent a LI message; sure you get plenty and wanted to check.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It bothers me that I want to know if we find the same thoughtleaderbags insufferable.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Daily updates from the UX Industry & Community are cool, so we thought it’d be interesting to learn what the various patterns and signals are across UX in weeks, and in months. And then we did: patternsandsignals.com

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Weekly Signal — July 13 – July 19, 2026 — Patterns and Signals

Industry writers argue for human oversight in AI workflows while the community reports that generic outputs are creating design debt.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We have a daily dose of industry and community updates - and we’re surely missing some great article feeds. If you’re sharing content, share with us so we can share you! Feedandthread.com

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The Feed & The Thread

UX industry news and community discussions curated into a daily briefing with a podcast.

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm running a free online 1 hour accessibility webinar in September! Catching accessibility issues in mockups is cheaper than fixing them in code. I'll cover how to check your mockups, documentation examples and you will get plenty of resources to help. 📅 Tue, Sept 1, 2026 · 19:00 CEST

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Spotting Accessibility Issues Early — Online Workshops

Accessibility is not only a developer problem, it's team work! And many issues can already be spotted, prevented, and documented during the design phase. In this 1-hour webinar, Stephanie Walter will show designers and open-minded curious developers how to review mockups for common accessibility issues.

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Connie Chen 陳穎慈 @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Still unemployed & it’s been hard catching up with finances. In need of help with rent, bills, & medications. If you can help financially or share this post, I’d really appreciate it. Thank you.💛 - paypal.me/conniechiiiwa - venmo.com/u/conniechii... - buymeacoffee.com/conniechiiiwa

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We’re looking for talks about designing and shipping in real conditions, with AI, evolving tools, cross-functional teams, and product complexity in the mix. Submit your proposal: chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Speaker proposals are open for UX Camp Summer 2026. Theme: Rebuild: Shipping Real Products In A Constantly Changing Stack First-time & experienced speakers are welcome with new talks, and existing talks ready for a new audience. Submit your proposal: chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

Promotional image for UX Camp Summer 2026. A leafy tree in a sunny field is combined with colorful glitch bands across the right side of the image. Large text reads “UX Camp” and “Summer 2026.” Above the bottom section is the Chicago Camps name. A lime green bar reads “Saturday, May 30th,” and a purple footer says “Submit Your Talk” with the proposal web address.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Call for speakers: UX Camp Summer 2026 is now accepting proposals. We welcome first-time speakers, experienced presenters, new talks, and existing talks that deserve a new audience. Submit here: chicagocamps.org/events/submi...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Replay is up: Billie Mandel + Jessica DeMartini — The AI Reality Check: Hype, Harm, and How UX Leads. A candid discussion on what’s newly possible, what deserves real concern, and how UX can lead with clarity through the noise. chicagocamps.org/billie-mande...

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Billie Mandel smiling. Text reads “Billie Mandel, CEO, Chief Instigator, Mandel Creative” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Jessica DeMartini smiling outdoors. Text reads “Jessica DeMartini, Principal Product Designer, Kong, Inc” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Replay is up: Niketa Jhaveri — Design Leadership in the Age of AI: Leading with Clarity, Courage, and Chaos-Taming. A practical session on leading through ambiguity, creating room for innovation, and keeping teams focused as priorities shift. chicagocamps.org/niketa-jhave...

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Niketa Jhaveri. Text reads “Niketa Jhaveri, Senior Manager, UX, Amazon” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Replay is up: Bex Jeanson — You Can’t Wireframe Culture, But You Can Design It! A practical session on using UX methods to understand what’s really happening in a design org, then designing culture interventions you can iterate and scale. chicagocamps.org/bex-jeanson-...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Replay is up: Twisha Shah-Brandenburg — From Resistance to Reinvention: The Human Work of Design Maturity. A practical session on trust, alignment, and building momentum when design maturity work hits the messy middle. chicagocamps.org/twisha-shah-... Sign up to speak for UX Camp Summer in May!

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Twisha Shah Brandenburg smiling. Text reads “Twisha Shah Brandenburg, Service Design Leader, Target” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Replay is up: Tanya Snook — Are You Performing Workshop Theatre? (3 Red Flags). A practical diagnostic for facilitators and teams who want workshops that produce decisions, alignment, and outcomes. chicagocamps.org/tanya-snook-...

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Tanya Snook outdoors in a snowy setting. Text reads “Tanya Snook, User Experience Design Leader, Canada” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Replay is up: Natalie Kurz — Inclusivity by Design. A practical session on treating inclusive design as strategy, not a checkbox, and designing for real human complexity. chicagocamps.org/natalie-kurz...

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a close-up portrait of Natalie Kurz. Text reads “Natalie Kurz, Director of User Experience, NextGen Healthcare” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Replay is up: Elaine Matthias — AI-Accelerated Discovery: Delivering Faster Insights with Jobs to Be Done. A practical session on using AI to support JTBD analysis while keeping rigor and customer context intact. chicagocamps.org/elaine-matth...

Speaker promo image for UX Camp Winter 2026 featuring a portrait of Elaine Matthias. Text reads “Elaine Matthias, Co-Founder, JTBD Toolkit” with Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding along the bottom.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Replay is up: Veronica Naguib — Rigour and agility: Balancing both in UX Research. A practical session on moving fast without losing credibility, depth, or trust in your research. chicagocamps.org/veronica-nag...

Speaker tile for UX Camp Winter 2026 showing Veronica Naguib’s portrait with text “Veronica Naguib, Managing Director, ImpactSense,” plus Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Keynote replay is up: Tami Evnin — Beyond Templates: Using AI as a Thought Partner for Design Leadership. A practical talk on using AI to support people leadership work with clear guardrails so judgment stays human-led. chicagocamps.org/bvtf

Speaker tile for UX Camp Winter 2026 showing Tami Evnin’s portrait with text “Tami Evnin, Director of Platform Design, Diligent,” plus Chicago Camps and UX Camp Winter 2026 branding.

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

UX Camp Winter 2026 is tomorrow (online). Tickets are FREE. Optional support: $13.50 or Pay What You Can. Two tracks + full agenda: chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam... 10:00 AM–3:30 PM CT | Sat, Feb 21

Collage graphic for UX Camp Winter 2026 showing nine speaker tiles around a central event tile. Speakers shown include Natalie Kurz, Jessica DeMartini, Niketa Jhaveri, Twisha Shah Brandenburg, Tami Evnin, Bex Jeanson, Tanya Snook, Billie Mandel, Veronica Naguib, and Elaine Matthias. The center tile reads “UX Camp Winter 2026, Saturday February 21st, Chicago Camps.”

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Speaker spotlight: Niketa Jhaveri (Amazon) at UX Camp Winter 2026. Talk: Design Leadership in the Age of AI: Leading with Clarity, Courage, and Chaos-Taming Feb 21 (online) | Tickets are FREE (or $13.50 if you can) + Pay What You Can chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Speaker spotlight: Bex Jeanson (Paylocity) at UX Camp Winter 2026. Talk: You Can’t Wireframe Culture, But You Can Design It! Feb 21 (online) | Tickets are FREE (or $13.50 if you can) + Pay What You Can chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Speaker spotlight: Twisha Shah-Brandenburg (Target) at UX Camp Winter 2026. Talk: From Resistance to Reinvention: The Human Work of Design Maturity Feb 21 (online) | Tickets are FREE (or $13.50 if you’ve got budget) + Pay What You Can chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

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Chicago Camps @chicagocamps.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Speaker spotlight: Tanya Snook at UX Camp Winter 2026. Talk: Are You Performing Workshop Theatre? (3 Red Flags) Feb 21 (online) TICKETS ARE FREE, or $13.50 if you have budget + Pay What You Can chicagocamps.org/event/ux-cam...

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