Top performing teams balance work with play. In this lightning talk, you'll get to know HipChat's most beloved bots, add-ons, and integrations. We'll show you how to command a gif from the internet, or build a meme yourself without leaving HipChat. You'll learn how the HipChat team uses bots to add simple functionality to chat that has also served to maintain a team culture in a period of 10X growth. Products covered: HipChat

1. ELENA GORMAN • PRODUCT MARKETER • ATLASSIAN • @ELENASLOGIC
Mechanisms of Delight
HipChat bots for the masses

2. Workplace
fun is
Easy to build
Not just for techies
Good for business
Happy teams are more productive
You can find, install and dominate
the humor in HipChat
Choose your own adventure

3. My TeamMy RoleMy mission
Transform how every
team works
Team lead,
coordinator of plans,
reporter of metrics,
We’re curious, not
technical
About me

5. Close work friendships result in
employee satisfaction rates
+50%

6. Happy employees are
more productive
+12%

7. Two major fun sources
Bots Games
botlab.hipch.at hipchat.com/integrations/fun

8. GIPHY
GoToMeeting
Alias
GIPHY
Alias
Standup
Admins End-Users

9. Game on?

11. SNAKE

13. What’s a bot?
A simple computer program used
to perform highly repetitive
operations

14. Pictures, GIFs,
weather reports,
restaurant menus
In-room polling,
group @mentions,
e-mail automation
Listen & Retrieve Add Functionality

16. Sassy Bot
The internet has never been more
random

17. All the things Sassy can do
/gif

18. All the things Sassy can do
/weather

19. All the things Sassy can do
/meme

20. The thing about Sassy….
Might be drunk
Doesn’t give AF
Instant comedy

21. Takeaways

22. Pro-tips
• Create a private room to
test the integration
• Add to public room after
you understand it
• Lead by example so your
team will embrace them
•Celebrate silliness &
encourage risk taking

23. Games
• Can be installed in any
room you own
• Find them all at
hipchat.com/integrations
• Our favorites: Snake &
Roshambo

24. Bots
• Some are global (in all
rooms), some are per-
room
• Find them at http://
botlab.hipch.at/
• Our favorites: Sassy,
Karma, Hearsay

25. Thank you!
ELENA GORMAN • PRODUCT MARKETER • ATLASSIAN • @ELENASLOGC