Agenda At-a-Glance

Your Experience at a Glance

Sunday November 16th, 2008

200 - 530
B3: Workshop 1

THE POSITIVE LEADER
Joanna Brandi, CEO & Publisher, Customer Care Coach

200 - 530
B4: Workshop 2

HOW TO DELIVER EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO VETERANS, BABY BOOMERS, GENERATION X AND MILLENIALS
Chris Thrash, President & CEO, Chris Thrash & Associates

200 - 530
B5: Workshop 3

DISNEY’S SERVICE CHALLENGE
The Disney Institute

1100 - 500
G1: Golf Outing

BLACK GOLD GOLF CLUB

630
New Member Orientation

730
Organized Dinner Parties
(contact your event concierge in advance to
sign up)

 

Monday November 17th, 2008

 

8:00
Opening Remarks from the
Symposia Chairperson

Summit Keynote 1
8:15 Loyalty, Disney

Summits Begin
1015am - 330pm
B1

1015am - 400pm
B2

445
Summit Keynote 2
Bringing Humanity back to
air travel through servant
leadership & internal
championship

Rob Maruster, Jetblue

START OF MAIN
CONFERENCE

530
Have a drink on us in the
exhibit hall

600
Opening Keynote
Rediscovering Play: Bringing
fun and passion to your work...
and life

Kevin Carroll, Katalyst &
Author of “Rules of the Red
Rubber Ball”

700
International Service
Excellence Awards

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information.

 

Attend a Full Day Summit & Get Access to 2 Keynotes
SUMMIT 1:
LOYALTY FOR LIFE SUMMIT

SUMMIT 2:
CONTACT CENTER 360 SUMMIT

SUMMIT 3:
SWARMING THE MAGIC KINGDOM

1015
Opening remarks from the symposia chair
Rich Phillips, Maritz Loyalty Marketing
1015
Opening Remarks from the Symposium Chair
Soundbite Communications

1015am - 400pm

Prefer to get Your Hands Dirty?

1025
Delivering a customer-centric approach that leads to a loyalty generating customer experience
Joe Pinto, Cisco
1025
When the Best Service is No Service
Bill Price, formerly Global Vice President, Customer Service, Amazon.com, President, Driva Solutions, Author “The Best Service is No Service”
 

1115
Investing in community and NPS to drive customer loyalty
Kip Knight, Ebay

1115
Getting the Operations Part Right: From Service to Experience to Engagement
Angela Kirk, Vice President, Customer Engagement, The Church Pension Group
Linda Alexander, Vice President, Medicare Part D, UnitedHealth Group, Ovations
 
100
Engage customers to optimize customer lifetime value
Carlos Dunlap, Maritz Loyalty Marketing
100
Empowering Agents to Use Tacit Knowledge and Exceed Customer Expectations
Dr. Susan Reisinger, Operations, Global Distance Support, US Navy Center
Gregor McLeod, Program Manager, US Navy Global Distance Support Center
 
150
Engage so they act: Building customer advocacy networks in a large organization
George Taylor, Cardinal Health
150
Speech Analytics – Enhancing the Customer Experience and Overall Quality
Erika Van Noort, Director Contact Centre Best Practices and Consulting, Bell Canada
 
240
The convergance of CRM and loyalty marketing
Laura Flores, Allergen Marketing
240
How Bluefly Improved Service Performance by Going Virtual
Leslie Nelson, Director of Customer Service, Bluefly.com
 
330
Sustaining customer satisfaction & loyalty
Joy Whinham, Wachovia Corporation
330
Customize on the Spot! Customer Contact & Contact Center Think Tanks
Facilitated by William J. Greenwald, National Director, Business Advisory Group, Humana, Inc.
 
 

Tuesday November 18th, 2008

800 Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Conference Chairperson
JoAnna Brandi, Customer Care Coach
815 Keynote
Relationships for revenue growth
Keith Ferrazzi, Author, Never Eat Alone
945 Networking Break; book signing with Keith Ferrazzi & Meet & Greet with Joe Torre
1015 Keynote
Ground rules for winners: Effectively managing teams, setbacks and success both in business and in life
Joe Torre, LA Dodgers
1115 Keynote
A top-down approach to staying close to your customers
Scott Griffith, Zipcar.com
1200 Track Previews
1230 Networking Luncheon

Track 1:
People Equity
Track 2:
Customer Experience
Track 3:
Front Line Faces
Track 4:
Numbers Talk
Track 5:
Think Outside the Walls
145
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

CustomerSat
145
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

Brian Carlin, Maritz
145
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

Jacada
145
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

SPSS
145
Organized Meeting Locations to be Announced
200
Delivering the ultimate experience: The power of connecting with customers through your front line employees
Kathy Oughton, Maritz & Disney Institute
200
How to create service overachievers
Sheila Harrell, FedEx
200
From cost center to competitive asset
Beth Thomas-Kim, Nestle USA
200
The three stages of grumbling: How to anticipate and manage
internal resistance to VOC programs

Peter Gurney, WAMU (Washington Mutual)
200
Meet Others In Your Industry
255
Climb that sandwich: effective leadership roles in today’s corporate culture
Trace G.Belcher, Jewelry Television
255
Best practices in putting the voice of the customer to work
Randy Brandt, PhD, Maritz
255
Consolidating multiple contact centers: How a unified customer service desktop hit the jackpot
Robin Noma’aea, Station Casinos
255
Linking people equity & customer service measures to drive business outcomes in a
changing organization

Robert Davis, Jack in the Box Restaurants
255
Connect with Peers from
Your Focus Area

410
Rewarding the customer,
employee and organization through skill based pay

Lori Sokol & John Romano, Hyatt
410
From concept to reality: developing a world-class customer experience
Jason Grier, McAfee, Inc.
410
Using six sigma to harness
the potential of your
management team

Bob Weis, Samsung Electronics
410
Collecting & managing feedback in a 2.0 world
Jane Hendricks, SPSS Inc.
410
Join other Teams or those Flying Solo
505
Training your team to
anticipate needs & deliver
personalized service

Lillian Johson, NBA
505
Open session
If you are interested in speaking in this session, please contact Jon Saxe at jsaxe@iirusa.com
505
IT Service catalog: Opening new customer channels while driving service improvements
Fred Broce, GlaxoSmithKline
505
Open session
If you are interested in speaking in this session, please contact Jon Saxe at jsaxe@iirusa.com
505
Slackers Happy Hour
555 End of Educational Session
600 Connections Block Party

 

 

Wednesday November 19th, 2008

730 Morning coffee & continental breakfast
800 Keynote
Marketing is a tax you pay for being unremarkable
Stephen Roberts, Geek Squad
845 Keynote
The customer connection: creating a customer focused organization
Michael Zimmer, Xerox
930 Morning Break

Track 1:
People Equity
Track 2:
Customer Experience
Track 3:
Front Line Faces
Track 4:
Numbers Talk
Track 5:
Think Outside the Walls
1000
Getting your team to care: mobilizing your internal workforce
Claire Howells, Zions Bancorporation
1000
The power of postive
word of mouth

Pati Crowley, Bath & Body Works
1000
Improving response time as a key driver to increasing customer satisfaction
Daiquiri Gleaves, Delta Airlines, Inc.
1000
Customer advocacy at AIG American General - Real time customer feedback in action
Simon Leech, AIG American General
1000
Meet First Timers or
Fellow Alumni
1055
Open session
If you are interested in speaking in this session, please contact Jon Saxe at jsaxe@iirusa.com
1055
How increasing customer
engagement pays big!

Dr. Gary Rhoads, Allegiance
1055
Being customer-centric is not cheap; are you ready to put your money where
your mouth is?

Michel Cubric, Firstline Mortages, a division of CIBC
1055
Can Technology really revolutionize the customer experience?
Seth Kiner, Southern California Edison
1055
Meet YOUR Locals from your neighborhood - by Geography
1150
Perfecting the art of
communication to build
a total customer enterprise

Donna P. Reed, American National Insurance Company
1150
Maximize your relationship with your customers. Customizing for different generations.
Kim Noltemy, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops and Tanglewood
1150
Plan A - Improving member inquiry accuracy
Patty Dillane & Shannon O’Toole,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
1150
Using the International Service Excellence Awards™ for Recognition and to Benchmark your organization against the world’s best
Christine Churchill, The Customer Service Institute of America & Brett Whitford (Australian), International Council of Customer Service Organizations
1150
Share YOUR Notes
1235 Luncheon

150 Keynote
The science of service: the proof is in the numbers
Stephen Brown, Arizona State University
235 Keynote
Turning great ideas into great results: Cracking the code on getting stuff done
Mark Morgan, Chief Executive Advisor, StratEx Advisors & Lead Author, “Executing Your Strategy” 2008
330 End of Customers 1st Conference. Mark your calendar for next year!
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