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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Identify digital assistant core concepts, benefits and challenges
• Highlight leading digital assistant case studies from multiple industries and professions
• Review how practitioners can succeed using digital assistants
• Discuss key digital assistant resources and communities online
• Prepare a basic digital assistant starter strategy for your operations and career

Description
This course provides a concise overview of the key ethical considerations and practical business opportunities for practitioners related to voice-enabled digital assistants. These technologies include Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Microsoft Cortana, Samsung, Bixby, and others. One in six North Americans now own a so-called smart speaker - up 128 percent since January 2017. The rapid rise of these electronic gadgets and services (and the products that can be used with them) is upending how people interact with computers and access artificial intelligence.

Who Should Attend
Those practitioners who want an introductory and non-technical understanding of digital assistants including:
Design Engineers • Facility Engineers • Engineering Consultants • Material Managers • Facility Operators • Project Managers

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern Time

Please note: You can check other time zones here.

Syllabus

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Industry Examples
• Capabilities
• Opportunities
• Challenges
• What’s Ahead

Instructor

Garrett has over two decades of Internet experience and is an award-winning Internet speaker, webcaster, professional development technologist and former management adviser for Price Waterhouse.

Since 1995, he's authored three books (World Business Resources.com, How to Conquer the World, Advanced Googling), published hundreds of articles and columns in leading business and lifestyle publications, and delivered more than 1,000 seminars and webinars on Internet strategy. His clients include Fortune 500 companies and leading accounting, engineering, medical, legal and professional sports organizations worldwide.

Full Disclosure: Garrett is an independent Certified Management Consultant (CMC) who provides objective information and is not affiliated with Google or any of the technologies discussed in the course.