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Celebrating Customer Service Excellence Celebrating Customer Service Excellence

Agenda at a Glance

Agenda at a Glance

Pre-Conference Seminars

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

8:00AM

Registration and Coffee

morning workshop

9:00AM-12:30PM

Seven Star Service! Jumeriah Brand Burj al Arab 

Ruby Newell-Legner, Customer Service Specialist RUBYSPEAKS,INC!

12:30PM - 1:30PM Networking Luncheon

afternoon workshop

1:30PM-5:00PM

HumanSigma: Driving Business Success through Customer Engagement and Emotional Attachment

 Dr. John Fleming, Principal and Chief Specialist, Customer Engagement and HumanSigma, Gallup


Conference Day One

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

7:30AMRegistration and Coffee
8:00AMChairperson's Welcome Opening Remarks
8:15AM

Customer Listening, Making it Work

Dan Smoot, Vice President, Worldwide Customer Service, CISCO SYSTEMS

9:15AMNetworking Break
9:45AM

Radar On -Antenna Up! Fulfilling Customers' Unexpressed Wishes

Jeff Hargett, Corporate Director of The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center, THE RITZ CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, LLC

10:45AM

Linking the Back End Customer Experience with the Original Value Proposition

Paul Lundy, Managing Principal, XEROX GLOBAL SERVICES

11:45AM

Mining Structured and Unstructured Customer Feedback for Critical Business Insight

Don Hill, Director of Customer Advocacy, TRAVELOCITY

12:45PMNetworking Luncheon
 

THE BACK LINE: YOUR TEAM OPERATIONS

THE FRONT LINE: YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

2:00PMWould You Want to Talk to You? Driving Front Line Teams to Deliver an Exceptional Experience

Kathleen Federico, SVP Sales & HR and Pat Krippendorf, SVP Service & Operations, WORLD TRAVEL HOLDINGS

Proactive Customer Service: Recognizing the Return of Not Reacting

Scott Swift, Director, Consumer Information & Affairs, HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.

2:45PMNetworking Break
3:15PM

Creating Internal and External Customer Loyalty: An Inside-out Approach

Sandra Foster, Director, Learning & Development & Christina Kampf, Senior Training Specialist, Learning & Development, JEWELRY TELEVISION

The On Your Side® Experience Reason Codes Revision - A Case Study

Bindu Rammohan, Sr. Consultant, Business Program Management

Gayle Lester, Manager, Performance Improvement & Training

Suzana Killilea, Manager, Contact Center Office of Customer Relations, NATIONWIDE INSURANCE

4:05PM

Living the WaMu Brand

Christine Frishholz, VP, Service Strategy & Alignment, WASHINGTON MUTUAL

Personalizing and Customizing the Member Experience

Scott Carbonara, Director & Linda Amburn, Vice President Subscriber Services Division, Health Care Service Corporation, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD

4:55PM

OPEN SESSION

If you would like to present during this session please contact Jonathan Saxe at jsaxe@iirusa.com or 212-661-3500 x 3194

Redefining Philips Medical Systems' Services Business Based on Customer Insight

Richard Nelson, Senior Director of Marketing, Global Customer Services, PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS


Conference Day Two

Friday, March 28th, 2008
7:30AMMorning Coffee

8:00AM
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9:30AM

People Management

Presented by THE DISNEY INSTITUTE

10:00AM

Moments Matter: Building a Culture that Empowers Employees, Benefits Customers and Creates Loyalty Inside and Out

Pete Winemiller, Vice President, Guest Relations, NBA'S SEATTLE SUPERSONICS & WNBA'S SEATTLE STORM

11:00AM

Survey Says! Using Front End Feedback to Strengthen Your Back End

Annie Blouin, Head, Corporate and Institutional Services, NORTH AMERICA, RBC DEXIA

12:00PMNetworking Luncheon
12:45PMDessert & Coffee
 

THE BACK LINE: YOUR TEAM OPERATIONS

THE FRONT LINE: YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

1:15PMHow to Measure and Manage Real Customer Loyalty

Christopher G. Lis, Vice President, Research & Development, CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA

Executing a Customer Experience-Beyond the Philosophy

Suzanne Frissora, VP, Customer Experience, M/I HOMES

2:05PMAct Like You Own the Company

Deborah Rasmussen, Manager, Quality Assurance, LIFEPLANS, INC.

The Road to Remarkable...A "TripTik"® for your Company

Bob Shaff, President, Customers for Life

3:00PMCorporate Fusion - Sales, Marketing, Operations and Customer Service - How to Make it Happen

Angela McGuire, V.P. Customer Service, North America, FORMICA CORPORATION

4:00PMConference Adjourns

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