@alec1a

Chatbot Communities

https://flic.kr/p/Wd54U

Just Programmers?

Consumer design like this...

Maybe this from

“Artistic” Programmers

https://www.messenger.com/t/obviouscharades/

What kind of chatbots?

Are these the only chatbots?

What about these?

This?

Pullstring co-founded by 20+ year Pixar veteran

Hello Barbie can talk for 30 hours without repeating.

She remembers. She’s a friend. She behaves like she’s listening. — Sarah Wulfeck and Lucas Ives

Where to find communities?

Who do they cater to?

ConferencesBotness - San Fran / NYC, USAO’Reilly Bot Day - San Fran, USAChatbot Summit - Tel Aviv, IsraelConvComp - Milan, ItalyChatbot Summit - Berlin, GermanyChatbot Conf - Vienna, Austriawww.botscamp.co - Switzerland OnlineDeep Learning Summit - London, UKTalkabot - Austin, USAMonage - Boston & San Jose, USA

Novel UsersFarmers in KenyaWFP in HaitiStreet carts in China

Meetup.com

In person and remote events

Building a chatbot business

AI and Machine Learning

Developer tools and platforms

Designing conversations

Bot demos / feedback

Promoting your bot

www.chatbotsmeetup.com - NYC & Online

Conversational UI

AI / Machine Learning

Alexa Skills

https://www.meetup.com/Bots-AI-and-Conversational-UI/ Philadelphia

Original Bots Group

● Still biggest despite controversy

● New members working to improve content

Bot Marketers & Growth Hackers

● Great article summaries

Facebook Groups

https://openchatbotbybcrm.typeform.com/to/t899Li

Business Leaders

Platforms

Analysts

Journalists

Developers

Open Chatbot

Bot Developers

● Programming Questions

● Questions for Slack

Bot Developer Hangout

http://dev4slack.xoxco.com/

Industry news

Lots of startup coverage

Mix of analysis and promotional

VentureBeat Bots Category

http://venturebeat.com/category/bots/

Industry news

Lots of startup coverage

Mix of analysis and promotional

TechCrunch Bots Category

https://techcrunch.com/tag/bots/

Hundreds of writers

First major hit publication

Lots of great content, but some a bit promotional

Chatbots Magazine

Great thought pieces

Less promotional

Chatbot’s Life

Curated chatbot directory

Chatbot jobs board

Botlist.co

http://www.monage.io/Messaging is the New Voice!

March 21-23 at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA

At Spring 2017 MoNage we will take a look at the issues of the day and look towards the future of

Internet Messaging. We will include topics related to Enterprise, Service Providers, Developers,

Industry Challenges, Public Policy, Consumers and more. We are curating what will be both a

meaningful and intimate experience.

March 21st – MoNage ChatBot Summit

March 22-23 – Spring 2017 MoNage Conference

The schedule for our conference is under development and will be posted soon.

@alec1a

Resources: https://bit.ly/bots2025