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Community Events

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Upcoming events

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5 steps to provide email support - Step 1: Plan your setup

April 29 @ 11 AM CDT

Hosted by: Zendesk

Zendesk essentials: Live tutorials

Duration

60 Minutes

Available to:

All Customers & Prospects

Registration Link

Here

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5 steps to provide email support - Step 2: Organize your team

May 6 @ 11 AM CDT

Hosted by: Zendesk

Zendesk essentials: Live tutorials

Duration

60 Minutes

Available to:

All Customers & Prospects

Registration Link

Here

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Relate Deep Dive on Zendesk

Employee Service

May 14, 2025 11:00 AM CDT (75 Min)

Hosted by: The Zendesk Community & Product Marketing Teams��Open to all Prospects & Customers

Registration Page

Zendesk Community & PMM

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Community Events

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The Zendesk Resolution Platform

The #1 AI service solution

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Our speakers today

Product Marketing Manager AI agents

Aaron Wichman

Senior Product Manager AI agents

Daria Bogusz

Product Manager AI agents

Stuart Turner

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2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

80%

AI Agents will

handle 80%+ of

resolutions within

the next few years

OUR VISION

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Scaling AI Agents remains an enormous challenge

Difficult to build & maintain

Limited automation potential

Concerns over quality & control

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Next generation�of AI Agents

Our agentic AI Agents accelerate your path to 80% automation with minimal setup, full control, and built-in transparency.

Goal oriented and mission driven.

INTRODUCING

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AI Agents powered by agentic AI

The agency to plan and make decisions to solve user problems, interacting with any necessary tools and business systems.

Following business policies without deviating from them. You retain full control over the scope and limitations of automation.

No expertise required. Both admins and end-users can effortlessly solve problems with our intuitive AI—no training or experience needed.

A seamless, natural conversation that adapts to your style. Whether it's text or multimedia, your customers will feel like they’re talking to a real person, not a bot.

Control

Ease

Agency

Comfort

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

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HOW IT WORKS

Four concepts�to know

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Knowledge

The foundation for your AI Agent. �Connect Knowledge to instantly launch �an AI Agent that delivers accurate, helpful responses in any language and your brand’s unique tone of voice.������������The #1 way customers use us! Achieve 30% automation rates - with no setup - with our Essential plan.

KEY CONCEPTS

DOCUMENTS

KNOWLEDGE BASE

APIs

WEBSITE

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Use cases

Drive deeper automation by focusing on your most common use cases.

Define goal-oriented objectives that the AI agent autonomously plans and acts to resolve user issues, moving beyond static, predefined dialogues.

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KEY CONCEPTS

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Procedures

Coach your AI Agent to follow specific guidance, rules, and multi-step processes.

Visualize your procedures in real-time to understand the AI’s decisions and refine your guidance with confidence.

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KEY CONCEPTS

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Actions

If AI is what makes your agents talk, then connecting it to your systems is what makes �it act.

Actions enable your AI Agent to work across your tools and systems, to execute tasks to resolve customer issues end-to-end.

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KEY CONCEPTS

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Feature overview

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Upgraded �AI agent builder

Deploy and scale AI agents faster than ever using natural language, and without relying on complex flows.

Simply provide your business procedures (actions, integrations, session parameters) and let the AI agent map out the best path to resolution.

EAP

AI AGENTS ADVANCED

Upgraded AI agent builder

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Adaptive reasoning

AI agents can now analyze each request, determine the best actions, and adapt dynamically within the boundaries of your business procedures.

They evaluate context, pinpoint missing information, and ask follow up questions.

EAP

AI AGENTS ADVANCED

Adaptive reasoning

Customer conversation

Reasoning

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Reasoning controls

Stay in control with real-time visibility into your AI agent’s chain of thought.

Monitor how they solve problems and refine behaviors to ensure confidence in every resolution.

EAP

AI AGENTS ADVANCED

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Hybrid flows

AI agents can now analyze each request, determine the best actions, and adapt dynamically within the boundaries of your business procedures.

They evaluate context, pinpoint missing information, and ask follow up questions - delivering faster resolutions and better experiences every time.

Hybrid flows

Combine the adaptive power of generative �AI with the precision of conversation design and take full control over how AI drives your business objectives

Generate reply

Response generated

Escalation required

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AI AGENTS ADVANCED

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Personas and Tone-of-Voice

Elevate all CX conversations for your brand with custom personas and consistently tailored tone-of-voice.

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AI AGENTS ADVANCED

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Instructions

Provide tailored instructions to your AI agent, such as using on-brand terminology, formatting answers, and avoiding certain words or phrases.

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AI AGENTS ADVANCED

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Analytics and QA

Improve automation efficiency with a comprehensive overview of AI agent performance and success, aggregated across your organization.

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AI AGENTS ADVANCED

AI agents

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Demo

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Implementation and your ongoing path to success

VALUE

TIME

Drive immediate value

Onboard your team and deploy AI agents – resolve 30% of customer interactions instantly

Scale your approach

Review performance and add new �use cases, conversation flows & APIs - achieve 50% automation

Accelerate value

Define roadmap for continuous improvement and add new channels – reach 80% automation and beyond

PATH TO SUCCESS

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Phonero dials up greater efficiencies with AI agents

Phonero is a Norwegian mobile communication provider that makes mobile telephony simple and more affordable for businesses and residential customers.

With AI Agents, you just describe what the question is or what the customer needs help with, and it works right from the start.

Haris Segetalo,

Senior AI Trainer

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Live Q&A

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How do we ensure high quality responses from AI agents?

Stuart

Asked by Rachael N.

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Do you have any best practices for reporting and metrics around AI?

Stuart

Asked by Seth T.

Daria

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How can we drive better up front info gathering from contacts with AI?

Stuart

Asked by Shaun C.

Daria

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How can we use Zendesk Guide articles to supplement AI agents?

Stuart

Asked by Mary Lou B.

Daria

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Aaron

Asked by William S.

What options do we have for routing customers to support teams if the AI agent is unsuccessful?

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Aaron

Asked by Maruthi K.

Is there any ticket trend analysis option available in AI agents which can scan the tickets and make a recommendation based on this?

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Do you have a way to monitor/grade AI agent responses?

Stuart

Asked by Gina G.

Daria

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How can we implement translations in the web widget with an AI agent?

Stuart

Asked by Bianca C.

Daria

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Aaron

Asked by James A.

How does Copilot fit into AI agent features? Are they completely separate or connected?

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Stuart

Asked by Lisa W.

What are some tips and tricks when it comes to using instructions and custom tone of voice in AI agents advanced?

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Stuart

Asked by Lisa W.

  • Remember the purpose of instructions
  • Clarity and directness
  • Avoiding conflicts
  • Tone of voice tips

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Daria

Asked by Jeff H.

What should I include in the business profile section?

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Aaron

Asked by Laura W.

What would you recommend to get started with using AI agents if backend system integrations aren’t an option at this time?

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