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Progress Over Perfection: A Conversation With Sam's Club On The Tenets Of Their Inclusive Program

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FIND SUCCESS IN ONGOING INSIGHT, IMPROVEMENT AND ITERATION

The vision of a world-class inclusivity and accessibility program should be to design and create experiences that everyone can use. However many organizations struggle to implement this vision. In this webinar, the Sam’s Club team discusses how iterative changes helped provide the momentum, the evidence and the empathy to make broader changes across the organization.

Watch hosts Jason Munski, Associate Director, Delivery at Applause and Jamila Evilsizor, Senior Design Researcher at Sam’s Club as they outline the progress they’ve made along their inclusive journey. The discussion also spotlights April Karnes, Senior Director, Head of Research and Experience Strategy at Sam’s Club covering how she aligned with senior leadership on these efforts as well.

The conversation will also incorporate three special guests from Sam's Club: Sandra Tyan, Group Product Manager; Bridget Fagan Hart, Design Researcher; Jeffrey Lui, Director, User Experience who will speak to their own experiences along the inclusivity journey.


WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

  • How Sam’s Club reorganized to help their inclusive efforts and how it affected teams’ ability to adapt
  • Team members’ “aha moments”
  • How members with disabilities workshops impacted teams
  • Inclusive initiatives impact on customer experience teams’ work

Speakers

Jamila Evilsizor

Jamila Evilsizor

Senior Design Researcher • Sam's Club

Conducts foundational & evaluative research to inform designs in the digital and physical environment with a focus on inclusive and accessible experiences ensuring individuals from underrepresented communities can equitably benefit from the advances in the technological space.

April Karness

April Karnes

Senior Director, Head of Research and Experience Strategy  • Sam's Club

In her work, April uses research, creative intuition, and an arsenal of user-centered activities to uncover insights that define opportunities and support corporate objectives. She also strengthens relationships with internal and external partners through process and workflow development, project prioritization, planning and scoping efforts.

Jason Munski

Jason Munski

Associate Director Delivery • Applause

Jason finds purpose in helping brands define and achieve their inclusive business objectives. He's been known to deliver exceptional customer experiences along the way. Jason has over 20 years of experience delivering excellence to an ensemble of users and organizations alike. He's always humble, tells bad jokes, and loves his wife and twin daughters very much.


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