Design System Day 2022

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What

As part of our birthday celebration, the Design System is hosting a Design System Day

Why

• Collaborate and share knowledge about Design Systems with other like minded people
• Gain insight into what's top of mind from our users.
• Increase visibility of what the Design System team is doing
• Create interest in contribution and co-creation of components & patterns
• Increase diversity and inclusiveness of the people we tend to interact with
• Get people to sign up to our mailing list
• Celebrate the Design System team’s work - announced on our birthday
• Create a focal point in the year that re-energises people around design systems

trello board with decisions

Who needs to know about this

Community, Design System team

Done when

Planning the event

• [x] #2164
• [x] #2165
• [x] #2166
• [x] #2167
• [x] #2168
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2293
• [x] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2292
• [x] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2217
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2218
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2334
• [ ] #2169
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2215
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/issues/2216
• [x] #2170
• [ ] #2297
• [x] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/615
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/621
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/625
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/626

Hosting the event

• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/624
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/620
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/622
• [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/design-system-team-internal/issues/623

Post-event

• [ ] We have run a team retro
• [ ] We have blogged about the event
• [ ] Invoicing
• [ ] Prepare videos for upload to YouTube

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@ImranH-GDS I've copied over the epic from last year, you can edit as necessary.

[kellylee-gds]

Astrid had the idea that we could form micro teams around planning certain aspects of the event. Maybe the following areas:

• platform and hosting arrangements
• comms
• keynote address
• team led workshops
• community led workshops
• feedback and follow up

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This is done!