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From Insight to Impact: Unlocking Value Force Multipliers in CX | Guest: Justin Robbins
CallTalk Radio Show, Call Center Training, Best Practices, Customer Experience, Customer Journey
Women in Contact Center Leadership – The Power of Community | Guest: Valerie McSorley
CallTalk Radio Show, Call Center Training, Best Practices, women in leadership
Practice on AI, not Humans: How AI-Powered Simulation Training Empowers Your Human Agents to Succeed | Guest: David Lawson
Agent Development, CallTalk Radio Show, Call Center Training, Best Practices, Agent Engagement, AI, A.I.
How to Turn Rookie Contact Center Hires into All-Stars | Guest: Adam Levin
Agent Development, CallTalk Radio Show, Best Practices, Agent Engagement, Remote Work
Getting Really Good at WFH and Hybrid Work | Guest: Michele Rowan
CallTalk Radio Show, Workforce Management, Best Practices, Customer Feedback, Work Environment, Remote Work
Replacing Surveys with the Sentiment Arc: What I learned from analyzing 29,000 calls! | Guest: Jeff Toister
CallTalk Radio Show, Best Practices, Customer Feedback, Surveys, QA, A.I.
Getting the Most out of AI and Automation for Quality Assurance in Contact Centers | Guest: Chad Tatton
CallTalk Radio Show, Quality Assurance, Best Practices, Delivering Quality, AI, QA, A.I.
Generative AI Best Practices for your Contact Center Transformation | Guest: Jimmy Padia
CallTalk Radio Show, Best Practices, AI, A.I., CallTalk Season 14
Everything You Wanted to Know About AI and Contact Centers, But Were Afraid to Ask | Guest: Mark Coudray
CallTalk Radio Show, Hiring, Marijuana in the Workplace, CallTalk Season 14
Hiring CSRs: Latest on Security Screening and Drug Testing | Guest: Christine Cunneen
CallTalk Radio Show, Hiring, Marijuana in the Workplace, CallTalk Season 14
Bringing Texting to Life in your Call Center | Guest Gary Pudles
Future of Hiring: Innovative Approaches for Recruiting & Retaining Top Agents | Guest: Ravin Shah
Maximizing the Human in the Call Center | Guest: Nicholas MacDonald
How Great Frontline Support Creates Great Agents - "How To" Tips | Guest: Mark Brody
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, CallTalk Season 13
Mindfulness Experience: Moving from Toxic to Terrific by Intentionally Helping Staff to Reboot, Reset and Reframe | Guest: Keith Fiveson
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, CallTalk Season 13
Managing Work-At-Home Agents | Guest: Marcia Presberry and Shannon Smith
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, CallTalk Season 13
When YOU Need the Coaching - Managers Need Coaches to Succeed too | Guest: Mitchell Levy
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, Customer Experience, Credibility, CallTalk Season 13
Managing Contact Centers Takes Credibility: Hear how to build it best | Guest: Mitchell Levy
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, Customer Experience, CallTalk Season12, Credibility
How to Guarantee an Amazing Customer Experience | Guest: Jeff Toister
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, Customer Experience, CallTalk Season12
Management Challenges in an At-Home Work Environment | Guest: Robert Kobek
At-Home Agents, CallTalk Radio Show, Remote Work, CallTalk Season12
How Text Messages Can Help Generate, Nurture and Convert Leads | Guest: Todd Fisher
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk Season12, text messages, leads
Service Level Solutions: Stories of Success with Targeted Process Improvement | Guest: Patrick Ebrahimian
CallTalk Radio Show, Service Level, Optimizing Call Center, CallTalk Season12, SLA
Key Takeaways on Hiring Insights in 2021 | Guest: Christine Cunneen
CallTalk Radio Show, Hiring, Marijuana in the Workplace, CallTalk Season12
Leveraging Workforce Management Best Practices to Optimize Your Contact Center | Guest: Matthew Duncan
CallTalk Radio Show, Workforce Management, WFM, CallTalk Season12
The Surprising Value of Accurate Language Screening in Contact Centers | Guest: Brigham Tomco
CallTalk Radio Show, Agent Turnover, Employee Training, agent training, CallTalk Season12
Silver Lining to the Covid-19 Cloud: Accommodations for Disabilities | Guest: Kate Brouse
Knowledge Management in the Contact Center | Guest: Burgoyne Hughes
CallTalk Radio Show, Knowledge Management, Metrics, CallTalk Season12
How 2021 Looks for Contact Centers? | Guest: Steve Bederman
Digital CX in the Utilities Sector | Guest: Cary Cusumano and Sarah Simon
CallTalk Radio Show, Recruiting, Hiring, Work Environment, training, CallTalk Season 11, Remote Work
CX + EX = Success | Guest: Robert Kobek
CallTalk Radio Show, Recruiting, Hiring, Work Environment, training, CallTalk Season 11, Remote Work
Emerging Best Practices for Recruiting and Training in the "New Normal" | Guest: Pam Roddy
CallTalk Radio Show, Recruiting, Hiring, Work Environment, training, CallTalk Season 11, Remote Work
Pivoting from Office to Remote – Making it Work | Guest: Fabrice Martin
CallTalk Radio Show, Work Environment, CallTalk Season 11, Remote Work
Customer Experience & Your Company’s Human Brand in 2020 | Guest: Craig Binkley
CallTalk Radio Show, Technology, CallTalk Season 11, Human Brand
Contact Center Technology: Embrace It – Leverage It – Promote It! | Guest: Angie Luckey-Succes
CallTalk Radio Show, Technology, Impact of Technology Contact Center Performance, CallTalk Season 11
How A.I. is Transforming Contact Centers & Saving You Money | Guest: Tim McLain
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk Season 11, A.I., Artificial Intelligence
Busting the Barriers to Success: Your Center and Back Office Functions | Guest: Nancy Munro
CallTalk Radio Show, agent training, CallTalk Season 11, Back Office
MANAGING WITH COVID-19 | BenchmarkPortal's Virtual Town Hall
Let’s Clear the Smoke: Drug Testing and Background Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Guest: Christine Cunneen
CallTalk Radio Show, Marijuana in the Workplace, CallTalk Season 11, Background Test, Drug Testing
SPECIAL CALLTALK: Coronavirus & Contact Center Management | Guest: Dr. Charles Fenzi
Living Wage vs. Market Wage: Pros, Cons, Whys and Hows for Contact Center Managers | Guest: Mike Dershowitz
CallTalk Radio Show, Compensation Strategies, Agent Turnover, Employee Morale, Market Wage, CallTalk Season 11, Living Wage
Hidden Obstacles to Outstanding Contact Center Service | Guest: Jeff Toister
CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Service, CallTalk Season 10, Agent Performance
Agent Performance and Quality Training | Guest: Nancy Munro
CallTalk Radio Show, Agent Engagement, agent training, CallTalk Season 10, Agent Performance
Incentives, Gamification and Engagement | Guest: Elijah Cox
CallTalk Radio Show, Incentive Plans, Employee Incentives, Employee Engagement, Gamification, Agent Engagement, CallTalk Season 10
Contact Center Associations: Leveraging Information and Networking | Guest: Stuart Discount
Conversational Virtual Agents: Advantages and Caveats | Guest: Livio Pugliese
Customer Care in a “Transhuman Era” | Guest: Garrison Macri
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk Season 10, Transhuman Era, Customer Care
Drama, The Poison of Customer Service | Guest: Eric Berg
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk Season 10, employee satisfaction, agent retention, Drama
Changing the Way Collection Agencies are Viewed by being Ridiculously Nice! | Guest: Kenlyn T. Gretz
Turning Your Contact Center into a Profit Center by Leveraging Chat | Guest: Tony Medrano
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk, Millenials, CallTalk Season 9, Chat, Profit Center
Workforce Management: New Insights From a Seasoned Veteran | Guest: Rick Seeley
CallTalk Radio Show, Workforce Management, Work Environment, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, WFM
Highlights from Call Center Campus
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, AI, Bots, RPA
Digital Workforce, Keeping Automation Real | Guest: Martijn Zuiderbaan
CallTalk Radio Show, Workforce Management, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, AI, Bots, RPA, WFM
The Power of an Effective Feedback Loop | Guest: Dan Handy
CallTalk Radio Show, Customer Feedback, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, Feedback Loop
Fair Trade Outsourcing: Sustainable, Ethical and Profitable | Guest: Mike Dershowitz
CallTalk Radio Show, Outsourcing, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9
Marijuana in the Workplace | Guest: Christine Cunneen
The Knowledge Loop: Improve Your Products and Customer Experience by Leveraging Front Line Agents | Guest: Dr. Fred Van Bennekom
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, Knowledge Loop
Thought Leadership in the Contact Center: You Can Do It! | Guest: Mitchell Levy
CallTalk Radio Show, CallTalk, CallTalk Season 9, Thought Leadership