AVIxD Annual Meeting 2016

May 23, 2016

#SpeechTEK @avixd

Our Mission … Community

Discovering and defining together what it means to be voice interaction and experience designers.

Information Sharing information: career knowledge, news,

resources, and opportunities for professional growth. Awareness

Eliminating apathy and antipathy toward the need for good design of automated voice services.

About AVIxD

Our Mission … Advocacy

Advocating for the general public who use our applications and products and for good design in general.

Education Providing educational knowledge to companies and the public

about automated voice services. Research

Spurring and conducting valid and meaningful research into voice interaction and experience design techniques.

About AVIxD

AVIxD Committees / Working Groups You do not have to be a board member to lead and/or

join a committee or working group! Working groups are intended to address specific projects,

topics, and activities of interest, such as designing for multi-lingual use; multi-modal voice interactions; or fostering collaboration between the research community and industry.

New groups: discuss with the board It’s in the bylaws!

Get Involved!

AVIxD Committees / Working Groups Virtual Brown Bag Publications / Journal VUI Design Standards - Best Practices Wiki Annual Workshop and White Paper Digital Media (Web) Marketing and Outreach

About AVIxD

Committee Reports

Published first issue of “Voice Interaction Design” (April 2016)

Current editorial board M. Smolensky, B. Balentine, J. Lewis, S. Hura

Papers from first issue Standardized Questionnaires for Voice Interaction Design (J. Lewis) Using Total Effort to Optimize the Delivery of Customer Service (B. Suhm, L.

Moresco, & P. Peterson) Papers in press for next issue (October 2016) Check current issue for examples of what we’re looking for Keep the pipeline full – send in your articles! First year immediately available to the public – starting in

2017 members will have early access

Publications: Jim Lewis

2016 Workshop Topic: Ubiquitous Speech: Creating Guidelines for

Designing Conversational User Interfaces Goal: Establish content to add to the existing AVIxD

Design Guidelines wikispace

Workshop: Amy/Kristie/Shelley

Rebranded to match website Future plans Check us out at videsign.wikispaces.com

Wiki: Kristie Goss Flenord

One session so far in 2016 “Measuring Customer Effort” with Deborah Rapinski

All previously recorded sessions are now available on the website for members!

Want to speak? Know a good speaker? Let us know! Mark Smolensky, Amy Goodwin, Crispin Reedy

Brown Bag: Crispin Reedy

Our website is avixd.org Journal Wiki link Job postings News and Events Twitter, LinkedIn and Yahoo Groups links Brown Bag Presentations

Website: Amy Goodwin

Current Balance: $3338.16 Spending in 2016: $298.00 Current membership numbers

44 full members 328 members on LinkedIN

New membership group rates available, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

Treasurer’s Report: Amy Goodwin

Non-Profit Status Hired Harbor Compliance to help bring us back into

compliance Filed back taxes with Comptroller’s office of the

State of Texas

Treasurer’s Report: Amy Goodwin

Rebooting committee, could use volunteers!

Publicity: Carrie Claiborne

Finish compliance process and get 501(c)3 Grow content (Journal, Brown Bags) Additional publicity / outreach Grow membership Education committee?

What’s Next?

Get Involved!

Time To Join!Taking memberships today!

And get your printed copy of the Journal!