Steph Yiu asked 21 people what they will remember most about the workshop.

1 “The seminars were full of information and the best ones were the ones with practical experience, talking about that they are doing or what they did.”

Emrah Ulker, Managing Editor, Today’s Zaman

2 “Joe Hutchinson constantly amazes me with his creativity, and that inspires me. These days more than ever, you really need that.”

Dennis Brack, Deputy AME/News Art, The Washington Post

3 “Andrew DeVigal and Jeff Veen - they are very sharp and great to hear from. It’s work that I am interested in and trying to do myself. It’s also pretty cool to come back two years later and see a lot of familiar faces and people that I’ve continued to keep in touch with.”

William Couch, Designer, USAToday

4 “I’ve enjoyed the variety of speakers and meeting all the different people that were here. I came here not knowing what to expect, so all of it was a little surprising. I enjoyed my experience and will perhaps go to future ones.”

Jody Sugrue, Motion Designer, MSNBC

5 “There’s such a good variety of workshops that there are often too many good ones. You have to choose the ones you want to attend, and unfortunately diss your friends by not going to theirs. I enjoyed Ze Frank”

Mike Barker, Freelance Designer, Toronto

6 “I like the fact that we’re all in the same boat. When you speak to a student, we’re all equal. Here it’s 100 percent design, so you can literally go up to anyone and we’re all on the same page.”

Michael Mitra, Student, University of Oklahoma

7 “My favorite part is catching up with people over the years. I’m not in the newspaper business anymore, but I wanted to remain a part of SND because a lot of what I learn transfers over to my new job.”

John Fleming, Senior Data Graphics Editor, The Heritage Foundation

8 “Dale Peskin’s speech about how we’re entering into the creationist age. He said that the dominance of the image is going to surpass the written word… that’s a very powerful saying.”

Pai, Graphics Director, San Jose Mercury News

9 “Getting to see all the work of other designers in the sessions. I came away with a lot of new ideas and am looking forward to playing around with them.”

Hillary Ruffe, Student, University of Michigan

10 “Bill Ostendorf’s session. He had really new ideas, ideas that I hadn’t heard of before.”

Ola Henriksson, Project Manager/Web Editor, Svenska Dagbladet

11 “Denise Reagan’s 30-year mash-up of SND, set to song and dance. It was a life-changing moment.”

Robert Davis, News Designer, The Boston Globe

12 “I liked Joe Hutchinson’s session. He’s just a bad-ass. Every publication he touches, he goes back to the very beginning, pulls those elements and maintains the DNA… but then keeps it fresh.”

Kim Vu, Designer, USA Today

13 “The session on alternative formats. At our paper, we started a football tab with an all alternative structure. The sessions showed me a way to present these concepts to my newsroom.”

Ali Newton, Student, Ball State University

14 “The program setup was really forward looking. It wasn’t teaching you how to do your current career, it was teaching you how to prepare yourself for the next year and 5 years down the road. Also, the internationalism really showed this year. SND worked really hard on it and we can see the results, not only in the speakers, but also in the attendees.”

Lily Ling-Li Lu, Feature and news designer, The Star Ledger, and Director, SND Chinese

15 “Stephanie Grace Lim’s presentation, not only was it informative, but it was entertaining as well. You could see how much hard work she put into it. It was incredible, and the element of surprise was woven throughout the entire presentation.”

Terence Oliver, Associate Professor, Ohio University

16 “When the Lifetime Achievement Awards were given out to Bill (Gaspard) and Phil (Ritzenberg). It was an extremely important time for Phil because he did and continues to do excellent work for SND. For Bill, it was really unique. It’s nice to know that you don’t have to be old to get a Lifetime Achievement Award, you just have to be dedicated to volunteering for the organization, just as Bill has done over the years.”

Susan Mango Curtis, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

17 “The view from my room.”

Cristobal Edwards, Professor of Visual Journalism, Pontificia, Universidad Catolica de Chile

18 “The huge beef.”

Gustavo Lo Valvo, Art Director, Clarín

19 “It’s split between the session with Ze Frank and the dinner gala… it was incredible, particularly with Bill (Gaspard) getting the Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Chris Courtney, Design Director, RedEye

20 “I really loved Stephanie Grace Lim - it was a really energetic lecture. And the social aspect, the bowling, was so much fun.”

Amanda Goehlert, Designer, The Indianapolis Star

21 “It was my very first SND and it was amazing. I wish it could happen every weekend. I want to go back and change the world because of it.”

Aaron Olson, Student, Michigan State University