Designing a Virtual Conference - Andy Budd (Founder @ SofaConf.com)

from Design MBA Hosted by Jayneil Dalal, Andy Budd

User Experience Designer and co-founder of Clearleft, Andy is a best selling tech author, curates the UX London and Leading Design conferences and helped set-up The Brighton Digital Festival. Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences like SXSW, Awwwards and The Next Web. He currently runs an online community of over 1,500 Heads, Directors and VPs of Design, and is a founding member of Adobe's Design Circle. Andy has appeared on both the Wired 100 and BIMA 100 lists, as well as winning agency of the year several times running. Never happier than when he's diving some remote tropical atoll, Andy is a qualified PADI dive instructor and retired shark wrangler. ATTEND EVENTS CURATED BY ANDY BUDD: UX London SofaConf Leading Design Conference CONNECT WITH ANDY BUDD: Follow Andy Budd on Twitter Connect with Andy Budd on LinkedIn LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMAIL COURSE): Learn 7 proven strategies in 7 days to grow in your design career - https://levelup.designmba.show/ 🫣 Sneak Peek into Figma Files of top designers for FREE: https://www.sneakpeek.design/

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My guest today is Andy Budd who is the founder of SofaConf, a premier stay at home design conference. In this episode, we discuss how Andy found his career calling by traveling the world, why most successful entrepreneurs come from privileged backgrounds, how to get noticed and invited to speak at conferences, applying concepts of service design to event management and how to launch a successful remote event. For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit: www.designmba.show Level Up Your Design Career (Free Email Course): https://levelup.designmba.show/

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