Speaking
For an introvert, I sure talk a lot!
2024
Back to School
Zeroheight have only let Amy Hupe and I host a podcast! We're going back to design systems school to put aside our preconceived ideas and opinionated assumptions.
Listen to Back to School on Spotify![Back to School, a new podcast by Amy Hupe and Geri Reid](img/back-to-school.png)
WebExpo
I spoke about my accessibility journey through design systems at WebExpo in Prague at the historic Lucerna Great Hall.
WebExpo video and slides![View from the back of the stage at WebExpo Prague with Geri speaking to the audience in the Lucerna Great Hall](img/web-expo.jpg)
Patterns Day
I was honoured to speak at Clearleft's Patterns Day in Brighton, a one-day event for designers and developers focused on design systems.
I spoke about my journey in design systems teams, trying (and sometimes failing!) to support on web accessibility.
Patterns Day![Geri Reid speaking on stage at Patterns Day with a British Sign Language interpreter signing at the front of the stage](img/patterns-day.jpg)
How We Document 2024
I joined PJ Onori, Michelle Chin and PJ's dog Willow to discuss this year's How We Document report on trends in design system documentation. Despite a fire alarm and an internet outage we somehow managed to pull it together!
Watch How we Document on YouTube![A screenshot of the webinar showing PJ Onori, Michelle Chin and Geri Reid speaking about the How we Document Report](img/how-we-document.jpg)
Design Systems Guide
I was interviewed for Design System Masters and spoke about future trends, measuring success and the creative importance of not starting with a system.
Design Systems Guide interview![The Design System Guide, interview with Geri Reid](img/ds-guide.png)
Previously
Converge US
I spoke about the evolution of design systems at Converge, zeroheight's design systems conference in San Francisco. Met loads of fun people, this conf was a blast.
Converge slides and summary![Geri Reid on stage at Converge design systems conference in front of a slide showing a design tokens pipeline](img/converge.jpg)
Design System Fails
Josh Harwood took one for the design systems team, getting up at 4am New Zealand time to host a session about our design system failures and lessons learned.
Watch Design System Fails on YouTube![A promo graphic for he Design System Fails call on 1 December showing a dumpster file illustration and the speakers photos](img/design-system-fails.png)
Designing an accessible future
Watch my talk from WDC conference, applying the principles of WCAG 3 to some of the current visions of the future like Web3 and Humanity Centred Design.
WDC talk and slides![Geri on stage at WDC, speaking in front of a screen with a meme about WCAG guidelines](img/case-studies/wcag-guidelines.jpg)
Design Ops Island Discs
I joined Luke Murphy live on the Design Ops Island Discs, to talk about my role as lead designer on design systems.
Listen on SpotifySupernova accessibility panel
Fireside chat on using design systems to scale accessibility – with Lauren Beatty, Stéphanie Walter and Aprile Elcich from Supernova.
Watch the Supernova chatFollow-up Q&A
![Scaling accessibility through design systems promo](img/scaling-a11y-through-design-systems.png)
Design Systems Awards 2023
I was honoured to join the panel of experts judging zeroheight's 2023 Design Systems Awards. The competition recognises exceptional design systems and the teams behind them.
Design Systems Awards![Promo for the Design Systems Awards 2023 brought to you by zeroheight](img/design-system-awards.png)
Looking for a speaker?
I talk about my experience building, scaling and documenting design systems.
I also speak about accessibility and inclusion, through a design lens. I like to talk about accessibility at design and tech events where it is not always on the agenda.
![Geri Reid on stage in front of a silly venn diagram that overlaps design systems and accessibility with nerds in the centre](img/speaker.jpg)