The Big Winners from Atlassian Team ’23

It takes something special to stand out amongst the opulence of Las Vegas, but if there’s anything Team draw.io loves, it’s a challenge. We set out to make Atlassian Team ’23 our best event ever, and after a fun week of getting face to face with our customers, partners, and Atlassians, we’re feeling like we were the big winners in the Expo Hall.

Our newest feature: Smart Templates

We were really excited to show Team ’23 attendees a brand new feature, Smart Templates. We know that when it comes to building complex diagrams, our customers don’t want thousands of templates, they want the right template. The Smart Templates feature uses machine learning and AI to create editable diagrams in just seconds, all from a simple text prompt. Every user we showed this feature to was impressed, and many commented that it would save them a lot of time in their diagram creation.

Our Community Engagement Coordinator, Emily Fedor, recently produced a video demonstrating Smart Templates, check it out here:

From Smart Templates to Smart Partners

The first appearance of our new feature actually took place the day before Team kicked off, at Seibert Media’s Info Session. This event brings together Partners from across the ecosystem to learn the latest news, best practices, and tips/tricks to help their customers get the most from their Atlassian tools. At this year’s event we hosted two sessions. In the first, Mike Rink shared with Partners draw.io’s vision for building successful apps in the cloud. Then, Ashley Flanagan and Carlotta Kuhn showed Partners how to run better meetings with Confluence (and a little help from draw.io). These sessions will be posted on our YouTube channel soon!

What the F#ck is the Eierlegende Wollmilchsau?

That was the question we posted to everyone who visited our booth. And the answer is that the Eierlegende Wollmilchsau is draw.io’s mascot! This creature comes from a German phrase, which can be translated into something like “an egg laying, wool having, milk giving, bacon growing animal doesn’t really exist; you can’t get everything you want”.

We disagree! We think that our customers deserve to have it all, and that’s why we consider draw.io to be the one tool for every team. Our mascot was featured prominently in our booth artwork and our merch, and they definitely found a place in all of our hearts. We even used them as a supporting character in a Dungeon & Dragons adventure we played with attendees in our booth. 

We recognize that the word might not be familiar to English speakers, but the best way to learn is by trying! So, we challenged Team ’23 attendees to pronounce the animal’s name, and you can see the hilarious results for yourself on our YouTube channel:

What’s in Store for Team ’24?

Team ’23 was special, but the draw.io team isn’t one to take things easy for too long. We’ll pause to recover, but soon we’ll start planning for our big Vegas comeback show. We are looking with excitement toward Atlassian Team ’24, once again taking place in Las Vegas next May, and we hope to see you there!

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