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The Grand Equation of Service
Thursday January 6th 2011 1pm
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As painful as it is for some of us to admit, math has its uses. When one has not only reached the age of majority, but has also the age of fifty, it is time to cast off the traumas of primary, secondary and undergraduate math classes and admit that math has its place in the world!
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Moving the Call Center from Good to World Class
Monday August 30th 2010 2pm
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Raising the service bar for your center starts with an enterprisewide transformation to a customer-focused culture.
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How to Be a Good Contact Center Supervisor, Part 1
Thursday December 23rd 2010 10am
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This is the first of several articles that will explore the challenges of supervision in today’s contact center. In almost every organization on the planet earth, a customer with a problem, a complaint or billing error that has not been solved by an agent asks to speak with a supervisor. More than most organizations, the role of the supervisor in a contact center is...
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Expanding the Contact Center’s Reach
Thursday August 26th 2010 2pm
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CBPA is a promising technology to increase efficiency, cut errors and boost customer loyalty. Selling it to senior execs may be the challenge.
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The Contact Center Development Model
Friday September 3rd 2010 2pm
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Is your center struggling to improve processes? The Contact Center Development Model offers a roadmap to optimizing performance.
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Tying Your Call Center Programs, Procedures and Processes Together to Drive Proficiency
Thursday September 22nd 2011 2pm
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How can you leverage your call center metrics to improve agent performance and your managers’ ability to motivate, coach and challenge their teams to achieve better results?
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Workforce Management for the Holidays
Tuesday December 14th 2010 10am
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The holiday season brings special seasonal patterns at the monthly and quarterly forecasting levels. Furthermore, if you drill down even further you will find that holidays also affect your normal day-of-week patterns. This means that you should replace the week before, during, and after the holiday occurrence with a special trend that most closely represents the holiday behavior of your customers.
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Wednesday November 24th 2010 9am
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The key to a quality customer experience: incorporating the voice of the customer into every product, process, policy and relationship.
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The Grand Equation of Service
Thursday November 11th 2010 10am
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People + Processes + Technology + Leadership = Good Service
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Essential Readings in Six Sigma
Sunday October 3rd 2010 10pm
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Six Sigma is a proven quality program that is increasingly being used in the service sector. This list of books on Six Sigma can be used as a starting point to understanding this exciting methodology.
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Process Optimization Comes to Fruition
Tuesday August 31st 2010 10am
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Today’s technology can enable value-driven change. To learn what’s possible, first take a hard look at the tools you have in place.
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Driving Process Excellence
Friday August 27th 2010 2pm
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Improving processes that impact the contact center and, ultimately, the customer experience requires an end-to-end approach.
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Customer Service in 2013 and Beyond
Wednesday August 25th 2010 1pm
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What customer service challenges will the next generation of digital consumers bring, and how will businesses need to adapt? A glimpse into the future of customer service.
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Make Customer Feedback Actionable
Tuesday August 24th 2010 3pm
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An effective feedback process can help you to spread the customer’s story across the organization. Getting there takes a little elbow grease.
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Virtual Reality: Seize the Opportunity
Tuesday August 24th 2010 11am
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Virtualization offers many benefits for contact centers. Getting there requires a multiphased planning and analysis approach.
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Whirlpool Corporation
Monday August 23rd 2010 1pm
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World-class operation boasts a century-long commitment to customer service excellence.
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Driving Performance in a Weak Economy
Monday August 23rd 2010 10am
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Strategies for maximizing your contact center’s value and generating long-term success.
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