

The Contact Center Gurus
Jessica Voss
The Podcast for Contact Center and Customer Experience Leaders! Learn Best Practices, New Technology, Tips & Tricks, and more. Listen in!
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May 24, 2022 • 29min
Customer Success Myth Buster – Separating Fake News from Reality
While the book(s) on Customer Success were already written years ago, embracing Customer Success is still a challenge for many CEO’s and CSL’s. In a sea of opinions, it is easy to follow those who tell you what you like to hear and call uncomfortable messages Fake News. Follow the lead of the Usain Bolt’s and Tom Brady’s in Customer Success and learn a handful of strategies to achieve 28% higher Net Revenue retention. #Balto #SupportLogic #Ozonetel #CloudTechGurus
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May 24, 2022 • 52min
How Do You Fix a Fast Moving Train
About Vicki BrackettRecognized as a subject-matter operations expert on virtual/work-at-home environments and leadership development, Vicki Brackett has written for and been interviewed by Forbes, Fast Company, Fortune Magazine, CFO Magazine, CEOWorld, HR News, Woman Diversity, Training Magazine, ICMI, Contact Center Pipeline and a host of other publications, news outlets and podcasts on creative work-at-home, leadership and employee engagement strategies.Vicki is the author of ‘The Leadership Toolbox - Manage Less Achieve More,’ a book about her experience leading contact center organizations from 200 to 2000+ people across industries ranging from consumer technology, education, automotive, cosmetics, nutrition & other consumer products. Her book showcases a systematic approach to leadership that can transform organizations into top-performing status at an accelerated pace, where employees love coming to work, are engaged & help move the organization forward.Vicki Brackett is the architect of Virtual Live Labs™, a transformative methodology, that combines interactive consulting and leadership development, simultaneously, to drive operational excellence and increased leadership skills for all levels of leadership, including front-line supervisors. Results include:• Higher employee engagement and performance• Accelerated employee retention• Reductions in employee absenteeism• Increased employee productivity/utilization• Higher customer satisfaction• Increased sales revenue• More bottom-line contributionThis systematic approach accelerates improvement to KPIs in both work-at-home and hybrid environments by integrating Virtual First™ leadership tools. Organizations become more nimble, and able to maneuver through the current, ever-changing business climate. Leaders become active leaders and learn to break down challenges, coordinate viable solutions across teams, & execute - with results that can be measured. Episode Sponsors www.supportlogic.io www.balto.ai/guru www.ozonetel.com www.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Feb 15, 2022 • 43min
Innovations Driving The Contact Center
Things you will learn in this episode:Advantages of cloud contact centersHow to track agent productivity.New innovations in contact center space.How AI can be integrated into the contact center space.How contact centers are moving towards conversations.Episode Sponsors www.supportlogic.io www.balto.ai/guru www.ozonetel.com www.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Feb 15, 2022 • 28min
Cultural and Employee Engagement
Hear how a national non-profit organization nearly doubled their internal NPS employee satisfaction score by using proven tools and concepts to address and improve their agency's culture and by using technology to assist in employee engagement in a nearly 100% remote working environment.Short list of how we live our culture of KCAs (Key Cultural Attributes)President’s Council focus on Culture (detail below), which includes both front-line staff and leadersA Culture TurnedKCAsKCA focused company-wide eventsUpcoming in January: KCA training for leadersHurricane Ida $26k dollarsKaren Soileau Scholarship FundStrategic Goal is to invest in our employeesHiring of SVP of HR & DiversityRollout of leadership 360sCOA accreditation – anticipate passing with flying colors are every 4 year accreditation that looks at things such as training, quality client rights, financial governance, HR practices, etc.Yammerthe All Company Community which includes President’s message in which employees can directly engage with Presidentplus employee created communities such as pets, food, gaming, personal financeUsing technology to remove layers of bureaucracy and creating transparency Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Jan 14, 2022 • 40min
The Great Resignation: How we can leverage AI & Gig Workers
In This episode you will learn how the Great Resignation is effecting many companies around the world and what are some things we can do to ease the squeeze.Learn about new AI Technology TrendsLearn about the importance of Gig Workers.Learn about working with Alex and Aarde to Level Up Your Customer Experience Technology Stack.And More.Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Jan 14, 2022 • 53min
Ready or Not, Here Comes The Cloud
In this episode, you will learn how the Pandemic has significantly accelerated the movement from premises to cloud deployments for CX, as well as tactful strategies and approaches to migrating.* Enterprise Cloud Adoption* Embrace vs Stay the Path* Care is the New Sales* What the Cloud Delivers Today* And MoreYou can reach Lance at: Lance.Fried@Thrio.comThrio’s groundbreaking CCaaS platform features robotic process automation, inbound and outbound voice engines, a complete suite of digital channels (email, chat, SMS, social), and a range of built in AI tools. Thrio offers an API-first architecture and array of security certifications that make it a strong choice for complex and high-volume environments. Thrio’s team of contact center experts develop and market cutting-edge technology that sets a new standard for reliability in contact centers. To learn more, please visit Thrio.com. Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Jan 14, 2022 • 35min
Why You Should Stop Shopping for AI
In this episode you will learn how to explain AI in simple business terms to your leadership; why this category of technology is so exciting and deserves all the attention it is getting right now; and why you and your leadership should stop "shopping for AI" solutions or saying "we already have an AI solution". You will learn smart questions to ask AI solution vendors and how to define an initial use case that will produce business value. You will learn how to tell the difference between "real" AI technology that is relevant to you and marketed AI that is meaningless. Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Nov 19, 2021 • 24min
Mentorship: Understanding and developing the next generation of Customer Success Leaders
In this podcast you’ll hear about motivations for up and coming CS leaders, the support, structure and touchpoints needed to help them develop and some of the projects that they can look to co-own as part of their development.You can reach Eddie on Linkedin Here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-christian/ Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Nov 17, 2021 • 30min
Reducing Turnaround Time To Train Agents With MicroLearning
In this session you will learn ways to create micro learnings in order to train agents on a short program, new process, or a new line in a cost-effective manner and at the same time check for understanding.What is microlearning?How do you create microlearning courses?Is microlearning for everyone?You can reach Mark on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marknick/ Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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Nov 17, 2021 • 28min
Why Customer Support is No Longer the Red-Headed Stepchild
Summary of what you will learn:How to Transform your Support Team to becoming more Proactive and EngagedWhat are some tools being used to Elevate your Support Team to the Next LevelMoving from a Cost Center to a Revenue Generating Center You can reach Emre via Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emretekoglu/ Episode Sponsorswww.supportlogic.iowww.balto.ai/guruwww.ozonetel.comwww.cloudtechgurus.com #balto #supportlogic #ozonetel #cloudtechgurus #cx #customerexperience #contactcenter #AI #NLP #CCaaS #QA #QM
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