Podcasts by Conversations with Hans van Dam

Helping brands create their own voice assistants from 2021-11-23T22:40:10

Join host Hans van Dam for his conversation with Matt Buck, the banjo strummin’, guitar pickin’ CTO of Voxable, a company he founded with his wife, Lauren, in order to seize upon a market opport...

Bringing Voice To The Masses from 2021-11-10T15:57:33

Perhaps you remember that moment in the 1990s when the internet and email transitioned from things only computer science majors talked about, to things everyone knew and used? It just sort of… h...

AI: Make It Easier But Don’t Dumb It Down from 2021-10-28T15:01:07

Per Ottosson is a man on a mission. As CEO of Stockholm-based Artificial Solutions, Per wants his clients to be as productive as possible in their AI journeys.

How?

Join host Hans ...

AI: Listening And Understanding Are Key from 2021-10-13T20:23:30

Empathy is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but what do people mean when they say something like “you need to be more empathetic”?

In this episode, host Hans van Dam gets philosophic...

When It Comes To AI, Personality Is Everything from 2021-09-29T14:40:41

We’ve all engaged with a virtual assistant or chatbot that isn’t very helpful, or is even downright annoying. So how do we improve this technology? What goes into making AI more intuitive, more ...

Inbenta Uses AI To Create Meaningful Chatbot Conversations from 2021-09-15T18:47:19

Online marketing, eCommerce, and call centre managers face some pretty tough challenges these days.

Tasked with transforming emails and calls into web traffic, this task can take a long t...

Former Google Conversation Designer Explores Persona, Personality in Chatbot Writing from 2021-09-01T00:28:52

Conversation designer Jasper Klimbie focuses a spotlight on the incredibly wide range of backgrounds writers can bring to conversation design!

Jasper trained as a lawyer, studied journali...

Converting Information Into Conversations Is The Mission At Kare from 2021-08-17T17:47:15

In the pre- and early Google Docs age, tech companies were focused on building platforms and developing AI. Within organizations, companies were building their own internal systems.

Today...

Translation, Localization, And Conversational Design In a Multilingual World from 2021-08-04T14:41:25

Many forward-looking companies are embracing chatbots and working with skilled conversational designers to engage new markets.

But global enterprises—even smaller businesses—risk damaging...

#003: Obaid Ahmed - The hurdles that conversation designers and developers face: client team alignment & how a conversational bot can fulfil their needs from 2021-01-06T10:46:59

The two main challenges facing conversation designers are client team alignment and ensuring that clients have a good understanding of how a conversational bot will fulfil their needs.

The hurdles that conversation designers and developers face: client team alignment & how a conversational bot can fulfil their needs from 2021-01-06T10:46:59

The two main challenges facing conversation designers are client team alignment and ensuring that clients have a good understanding of how a conversational bot will fulfil their needs.

To...

#002: Sina Kahen - Exploring the societal and philosophical implications of AI in the modern world from 2020-11-12T13:00

Sina Kahen is a voice strategist based in London and Co-Founder of TheVoiceCourse.co and Vaice. He has spent the last three years merging psychology and biomimicry with voice technology, present...

Exploring the societal and philosophical implications of AI in the modern world from 2020-11-12T13:00

Sina Kahen is a voice strategist based in London and Co-Founder of TheVoiceCourse.co and Vaice. He has spent the last three years merging psychology and biomimicry with voice technology, present...

#001: Diederik van Middelkoop - sonic branding for voice assistants from 2020-05-13T09:20:53

Diederik van Middelkoop is Executive Creative Director at Amp.Amsterdam (Amsterdam, New York and Mumbai), a music agency specializing in sonic branding, music production and music supervision with ...

Sonic branding for voice assistants, with Diederik van Middelkoop from 2020-05-13T09:20:53

Diederik van Middelkoop is Executive Creative Director at Amp.Amsterdam (Amsterdam, New York and Mumbai), a music agency specializing in sonic branding, music production and music supervision wi...