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Join Sarah Sladek and a special guest on the last Tuesday of each month for an engaging series of virtual events exploring NextGen trends. From emerging technologies to evolving societal values, these events promise to offer a deep dive into the forces driving change in the next generation.
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Sarah Sladek
Founder and CEO, XYZ University
Sarah is passionate about helping organizations and leaders understand NextGen trends and shifts in engagement.

For more than 20 years, she has fervently delved into the dynamics of membership and engagement. Leveraging her insights, she assists association professionals, leaders, and corporate leaders navigate and overcome challenges with employee and membership engagement. Her contemporary approach and innovative strategies have become a beacon, helping organizations worldwide, transcending the realm of memberships to address broader corporate landscapes.
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Pamela Pavliscak
Tech Emotionographer, Pratt Institute
Technology is developing more IQ, but it lacks EQ. Our smartphones don’t know if we are having a good day or a bad day. Our cars couldn't care less about compassion. Our home assistants are barely aware if we are shouting in frustration or just joking around. A *future with feeling* is as vital to our well-being as it is to business success.

My emotion-centered design studio helps organizations bring deep humanity to products and services. We work with Fortune 500s and startups to craft experiences that evoke powerful emotion, build intimacy, and grow in meaning over time.

Artificial emotional intelligence or #emotionalAI will transform our world. My book, Emotionally Intelligent Design (O'Reilly, 2018), considers how that will change design. Machines are developing a rudimentary understanding of unconscious micro-expressions, the social performance of emotion, and societal patterns. This means designers need to become more emotionally intelligent, becoming more attuned to the emotional impact of their work.

Recent talks (at TNW, Web Summit, TEDx, and SXSW) include: Designing a Future with Feelings, The Emotional Life of Your Autonomous Car (or Connected Home or Internet Things), and The Internet of You. I speak about everything emotion—from weird internet feels to mental health chatbots to kids' tech use. Just ask and we can get the right fit for your event.

My work has been featured in the New York Times, Slate, Quartz, NPR, LA Times, and the CBC. I currently teach at Pratt Institute in NYC and I’ve been a guest lecturer at Stanford d.school, Parsons, and ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination. And I’ve worked with IKEA, Virgin, Google, Accenture, Capital One, Prudential, GE, NBC Universal, and many others.
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