“The Great Resignation” was a term coined during the pandemic, and it extended through the beginning of 2022. Since then, a new term called “quiet quitting” has hit the streets. The Harvard Business Review defines quiet quitting as, “opting out of tasks beyond one’s assigned duties and/or becoming less psychologically invested in work.” Maybe you’re thinking, “OK, I can name some people that have quietly quit.” But what about those you can’t name? They’re showing up every day and performing at a job, but not optimally.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience, Healthcare
Is Calling Your Business Painful for Your Customers?
Posted on September 20, 2022 by Dan Burgin: C1Conversations AI Omni-Experience Design Team
Topics: Contact Center, Customer Experience, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, C1Conversations
6 Steps to Empowering Agents with Workforce Engagement Management [Part 3]
Posted on September 6, 2022 by Kathy Sobus + Chuck Branum
Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series detail the first three steps to effective Workforce Engagement Management.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience
6 Steps to Empowering Agents with Workforce Engagement Management [Part 2]
Posted on August 9, 2022 by Kathy Sobus + Chuck Branum
The first entry in this blog series, which details the first two steps to effective Workforce Engagement Management, can be read here.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience
“Why should I replace my IVR with an IVA?” I’m starting to hear that question a lot from companies that I work with on a regular basis, so I’d like to address the question more broadly.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Modernization
6 Steps to Empowering Agents with Workforce Engagement Management [Part 1]
Posted on June 21, 2022 by Kathy Sobus + Chuck Branum
What factors determine whether a contact center interaction produces a positive outcome? Often, it’s the agent that makes the difference, but this doesn’t tell the whole story. How was the “right agent” trained? Why was the call routed to that employee? What business systems supported the interaction? To ensure the quality of every customer interaction, contact center managers need a business system – a repeatable approach.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience
2022-23 Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) Planning and Strategy Guidance
Posted on June 7, 2022 by David Lover
I find that there are a lot of misconceptions about what CPaaS actually is. The term “Communication Platform as a Service” can mislead you into thinking it is a very broad and inclusive term.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Cloud, Customer Experience, Unified Communications, Collaboration
Preparing and creating as much data as you can will help you build for the future and support more self-service efforts.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Modernization
Don’t be Afraid of Intelligent Virtual Assistants and the Help They Bring
Posted on March 22, 2022 by Kathy Sobus
Virtual assistants can offer an incredible amount of help to your customer care organization. Before we jump into that, let’s start by focusing on what a Virtual Assistant is—or better yet, an Intelligent Virtual Assistant.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Customer Experience, Artificial Intelligence, Modernization
WATCH NOW: Salelytics Builds a Cloud Contact Center with C1CX
Posted on March 3, 2022 by ConvergeOne
Salelytics is a leading provider of inside sales and multichannel communication, with 30+ years of experience, 1,500 employees across 5 offices, and 70 Fortune 100 clients. Salelytics turned to ConvergeOne for support when it was first spun off from its parent company and had to completely start over in terms of its infrastructure, support, and expertise.
Read MoreTopics: Contact Center, Cloud, Customer Experience, Remote Working