Helping you excel at conversational AI

Everything you need to create winning AI Assistants.

Valued clients

Brands like Nespresso, Lloyds, and Lidl have leveraged Conversation Design Institute to enhance their capabilities and improve business outcomes, demonstrating the power of effective conversation design.

Training and certification

Become an AI professional with Conversation Design Institute. Get certified in today's most in-demand skills with industry-recognized training in conversational and generative AI.

Browse CDI’s entire library of 500+ videos

AI Ethics

AI Ethics

Learn to integrate ethical principles and compliance into AI Assistants with our AI Ethics Course Online. Designed for conversation designers, AI trainers, and business stakeholders, it covers conversational AI social and ethical considerations, risk...

5 hours
1 modules
AI Trainer

AI Trainer

In this AI Trainer Course, learn to train AI Assistants to understand human language. Designed for those building human-centric, goal-oriented assistants, it covers conversational AI training, language model nuances, and dialogue implementation. Whet...

8 hours
3 modules
CDI Method Foundation

CDI Method Foundation

Learn CDI’s CAI Method—the test-and-tried Conversational AI workflow helping teams worldwide build human-centric, inclusive AI Assistants. This course is the starting point for managers and functional teams wanting to learn about creating great Conve...

9 hours
1 modules
Conversation Designer

Conversation Designer

This technology-agnostic course teaches you to design human-centric, inclusive, and goal-oriented AI Assistants. Learn strategies, methods, and design patterns for creating great conversational experiences—applicable to all Conversational AI use case...

10 hours
4 modules

Browse CDI’s entire library of 500+ videos

AI Ethics

AI Ethics

Learn to integrate ethical principles and compliance into AI Assistants with our AI Ethics Course Online. Designed for conversation designers, AI trainers, and business stakeholders, it covers conversational AI social and ethical considerations, risk...

5 hours
1 modules
AI Trainer

AI Trainer

In this AI Trainer Course, learn to train AI Assistants to understand human language. Designed for those building human-centric, goal-oriented assistants, it covers conversational AI training, language model nuances, and dialogue implementation. Whet...

8 hours
3 modules
CDI Method Foundation

CDI Method Foundation

Learn CDI’s CAI Method—the test-and-tried Conversational AI workflow helping teams worldwide build human-centric, inclusive AI Assistants. This course is the starting point for managers and functional teams wanting to learn about creating great Conve...

9 hours
1 modules
Conversation Designer

Conversation Designer

This technology-agnostic course teaches you to design human-centric, inclusive, and goal-oriented AI Assistants. Learn strategies, methods, and design patterns for creating great conversational experiences—applicable to all Conversational AI use case...

10 hours
4 modules

Browse CDI’s entire library of 500+ videos

AI Ethics

AI Ethics

Learn to integrate ethical principles and compliance into AI Assistants with our AI Ethics Course Online. Designed for conversation designers, AI trainers, and business stakeholders, it covers conversational AI social and ethical considerations, risk...

5 hours
1 modules
AI Trainer

AI Trainer

In this AI Trainer Course, learn to train AI Assistants to understand human language. Designed for those building human-centric, goal-oriented assistants, it covers conversational AI training, language model nuances, and dialogue implementation. Whet...

8 hours
3 modules
CDI Method Foundation

CDI Method Foundation

Learn CDI’s CAI Method—the test-and-tried Conversational AI workflow helping teams worldwide build human-centric, inclusive AI Assistants. This course is the starting point for managers and functional teams wanting to learn about creating great Conve...

9 hours
1 modules
Conversation Designer

Conversation Designer

This technology-agnostic course teaches you to design human-centric, inclusive, and goal-oriented AI Assistants. Learn strategies, methods, and design patterns for creating great conversational experiences—applicable to all Conversational AI use case...

10 hours
4 modules

What do our students say

Hear from our students about their experiences and the impact of our programs.

“It was a pleasure working with the CDI team. Each team member was extremely professional and brought deep expertise in their area of focus – AI training, copywriting, and conversation design.”

Anju Sharma

“It’s been great working with CDI. They helped us get started quickly with the setup of our first chatbot and the first results are promising. Their consultants are knowledgeable, creative, and think along in order to build and maintain a good performing chatbot.”

Bob Molenaar

“Having the expert advice from CDI has really helped us to create with confidence the first version of the global Experience Strategy Framework and distribute it to the design community across all Vodafone markets.”

Beatriz Lopez Mencia

For businesses

Our clients trust and come back to us, because they see tangible and lasting results. Here’s how we can help.

Auditing

Auditing

Hold yourself to a higher standard. Conversation Design Institute can assess your team, technology, and organization. We provide expert recommendations on how to improve.

Team training and certification

Team training and certification

Bridge the gap between theory and practice. Grow your team’s knowledge and confidence with our training and certification programs.

Consulting

Consulting

Work with our world-class team on a project or on-going basis. Get support on launching or scaling your conversational AI initiatives through our consulting services.

CDI Standards Framework

Unlocking value in Conversational AI

The CDI Standards Framework is a collection of proven strategies helping organizations deploy AI assistants at scale. Our knowledge is grounded in years of experience training successful conversational AI teams.

CDI certificates give you the skill set for each level so you make sure you are on track

CDI Standards Framework CDI Standards Framework CDI Standards Framework

CDI Standards Framework is a systematic approach to developing a conversational AI capability by ensuring Mindset, Skillset, Culture, and Systems are all developed in the right pace.

CDI Workflow

CDI Workflow is a systemized approach to creating human centered and goal oriented AI Assistants at scale.

The workflow works for all conversational channels, is technology agnostic, and works for both declarative and generative AI approaches.

Turn ambition into action

Level up your conversational AI practice to ensure your AI assistant reaches its full potential. Start today.

Resources

Explore insights and tools from Conversation Design Institute, empowering you to successfully implement conversational AI solutions.

“After working with more than 100 enterprises I started to see the patterns that I knew we could codify.
That system ultimately became the CDI Standards Framework.”

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May Webinar: Conversational AI Maturity

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New Course Release: Mastering Content Structure for LLMs

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This course deep dives into why structured content is essential for delivering effective, compliant,...

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April Business Solutions Webinar Series

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Join CDI’s April Business Solutions Webinar Series to explore our core Conversational AI services—Au...

Mar 21, 2025
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CDI Rebrand & Next-Gen Learning Platform

CDI Rebrand & Next-Gen Learning Platform

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Career paths in Conversational AI

Career paths in Conversational AI

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