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A Closer Look at Customer Loyalty: Knowing What’s Best to Measure for Your Business

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Agenda at a Glance

Agenda at a Glance

KEYNOTES, EXECUTIVE BREAKOUTS, AND IN-DEPTH LEARNING SESSIONS

Monday, June 9th: Pre-Retreat Workshops

9:30-12:00Morning Workshop: Leadership Strategies: Things You Must Know to Survive

Ruby Newell-Legner, CSP, Customer Satisfaction Expert, President, RubySpeaks, Inc.

12:00-1:30Luncheon forWorkshop Attendees
1:30-4:30Afternoon Workshop: 5 Ways to Create a Culture Revolution in Your Center

Bob Furniss, President, Touchpoint Associates, Inc.


Tuesday, June 10th: Main Retreat Day One

8:00Morning Wake-Up: Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45

Day One Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Retreat Chairperson

Bob Furniss, President, Touchpoint Associates, Inc. & CCSF Retreat 2008 Chairperson

9:00

Customer Care Strategy – Fleshing Out the Roadmap

Andrea M Pair, Vice President, Customer Service & Support, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Services

9:45

How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits

Jim Parker, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines, Author, Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits (released date: March 2008)

10:45 Morning Networking & Refreshment Break

Executive Breakouts Begin…


Call/Contact Center Excellence
11:15 Retaining Customers – Call Centers Can make a HUGE Impact

Michael Adams, VP/Director – Customer Contact Center, AmTrust Bank

12:15 Networking Luncheon for Retreat Attendees
1:30Navigating Change - Using BPM technology to respond to industry changes, increase agent productivity and deliver World Class Customer Service. 
Zeb Miller, Assistant Vice President of Health Administration for American National Insurance

Neal Beliveau, Senior Product Manager, Pegasystems

2:30 Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break
3:00 Revolutionize your Company with Customer Feedback- NOW

John Cronce, Manager, Contact Centers, Jockey International, Inc.


Organizational Culture: Employee Training & Loyalty

11:15 Voice of the Employee: Employee Recognition, Engagement, and Communication

Marilyn Elledge, Senior Vice President, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital

12:15 Networking Luncheon for Retreat Attendees
1:30Training, Managing And Building A Culture Through Electronic Mediums

Faith Legendre, Vice President of Training, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

2:30 Afternoon Networking & Refreshment Break

FEATURED ACTIVITY: Speaker One-on-Ones

3:00

Open session- please attend a different track at this time


4:00YOU Talk: Sessions Created BY YOU, FOR YOU
4:45Solution Showcase Grand Opening & Opening Night Cocktail Reception
6:15Close of Main Retreat Day One. See You Tomorrow

Wednesday, June 11th: Main Retreat Day Two

8:30 Morning Wake-Up: Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00

Day Two Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair

Bob Furniss, President, Touchpoint Associates, Inc.

9:10

Managing Generation Y™: How to Bring Out the Best in Today's Young Talent

Bruce Tulgan, Founder and President, RainmakerThinking, Inc.

10:00

Leading Yourself Before You Can Lead Others: How your thinking and actions is Impacting your Employee’s Service Disposition

Shane Green, Vice President Operations Hotels & Club Residences, Cipriani

10:45

Morning Networking & Refreshment Break

FEATURED ACTIVITY: Speaker One-on-Ones

11:15

Guiding Metrics: What is Important to Measure Internally & Externally?

Moderator: Erika Van Noort, Director, Management Consulting Contact Centres and Best Practices Enterprise Design and Delivery Solutions, Bell Canada, Special Advisor to the CCSF, Jim Clark, Senior Vice President, Telephone Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Larry Eiser, Vice President, Call Center Operations, Duke Energy, Om Kundu, Vice President, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup

12:15 Networking Luncheon for Retreat Attendees

Executive Breakouts Begin…

Voice of the Customer: Marketing Intelligence, Customer Feedback, & Value

1:30 What Are Your Customers Telling You About Your Business Today, To Better Manage Tomorrow

Michael Colbourn, VP Marketing, Sales and Communications, Stowe Mountain Resort

2:15 Learning to See and Finding Our Voice

Heather Kluter, Consumer Insights & Product Strategy, Hyundai Motor America


Call/Contact Center Excellence

1:30 Optimize your Customer Contact Initiatives… NOW!

Steve Priest, Senior Vice President, Customer Contact & Distribution, Americas, British Airways

2:15 Maximizing Operational Efficiencies with Home Office Agents

Victoria Amaral, Vice President, Operations, HRG North America


3:00 Close of 2008 CCSF Retreat. See you next year!

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