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How do customers really feel about conversational AI?

Automation got a bad reputation pretty quickly in the customer service world. Since the 1980s, customers calling support have had automated tellers putting them on hold and repeating the unconvincing assurance, “Your call is very important to us.” Automated tellers turned into chatbots. This technology could be just as frustrating with bots conducting clumsy conversations that fail to provide real help.

How Mattermost approaches accessibility for the visually impaired

Mattermost is dedicated to providing effective solutions that can be utilized by as many people as possible. Accessibility is central to our core belief that chat should be simple, intuitive, and functional. For users who are visually impaired, elements such as predictable navigation are not just nice to have, but altogether necessary.

Halp Conversational Ticketing for Slack

Workplace communication is shifting from email to messaging within communication platforms like Slack. With this shift, internal employees are becoming accustomed to requesting help or information using the platform where they’re already working. Adopting yet another tool causes overhead, increased context switching, and room for information loss. Halp offers employees a way to request service or ask for help directly from the tools they’re already using.

All the Ways M-Files Supports HR in the New Era of Working Remotely

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenge for us all — but few know this better than the dedicated HR employees who now have to figure out how to effectively do their jobs while working remotely. Thankfully, M-Files has proven itself to be more than invaluable to that end, offering a wide array of different benefits to human resources officials both during and after the pandemic has finally left us behind.

Welcome, Element Home!

We’ve launched a brand new version of Element, called Element Home! It’s the Element app, but faster, personalised and under your control - all packaged up so you don’t have to worry about how it works! You can just enjoy the fact you know you chose someone you trust (us!) with your data. So that you know, here’s what’s going on behind the scenes with Element Home; in practice you’re getting your own fully managed, dedicated server alongside your Element app.

How to Improve Customer Service: Top 10 Practical Tips

Like most business leaders, you want your company to provide a great customer service experience. You hope to respond quickly, have positive interactions with your customers, and give them the solutions they need. However, with customers being higher expectations than ever, and customer support teams being understaffed, this is easier said than done. If you’re wondering how to improve customer service in this salutation, then look no further.

5 Keys to Simple Project Management

Project Managers are presented with some challenging tasks which can hinder the success of the project. Some of the most prevalent challenges that keep project managers on the ball involve making sure the project is on track, within the assigned budget, keeping up with the project's pace, and managing resources.

6 Tech Tools to Streamline Your Remote Workflow

‍ Thrust into the unfamiliarity of remote work, a huge number of industries around the globe have had to adapt to life away from the office. COVID-19 has prompted a surge in remote work like we have never seen before, with much of the American workforce being left with no choice but to work from home. In fact, the pandemic has ensured that tech priorities shifted for 95% of companies.