A Dinner with Frankenstein AI - Conversational Design

Crossroads - the Columbia DSL @ the Film Society of Lincoln Center

We wanted to share a special talk on Conversational Design by Columbia DSL member Romy Nehme. Words are as much a design material as any other, but we don't typically think of designing conversations in that way. This talk will explore the shape of conversations and prompts as overtures to the profound experience of exploring each other -- both in the analog and digital worlds. Romy Nehme started out in the world of sports & entertainment, focusing on fan development before eventually becoming the Head of Insights & Strategy at VaynerMedia. There, she created a new discipline, and grew a team of 20 cultural researchers and strategists. She has since collaborated with Technology, Humans and Taste on their creative research methods, and taught the “Everything is Media” course for creatives at Miami Ad School. She is currently on a sabbatical, splitting her time between getting a civic engagement media startup off the ground, writing a book about imagination -- how we can use it as a tool to crack open new pathways for thinking critically and compassionately about important societal issues, and other fun adventures in learning and performance.