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From Trends to Transformation: The AI-First Contact Center

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This marked a shift away from on-premises software that required employees to be physically present at the contact center. Cloud-based software solutions, like Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS), followed suit, promising flexibility and scalability. What truly began to shift the paradigm was the rise of AI.

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7 Tips for Creating A Contact Center that Fuels Transformation

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7 Tips for Creating A Contact Center that Fuels Transformation. Being a contact center leader has become more important in business transformation than being a CEO. From this perspective, the contact center has the ability to pinpoint the needs of your customer better than any other part of your organization.

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25 tips for optimizing your contact center's QA practices

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Quality assurance does more than ensure regulatory compliance, it helps contact centers deliver the best outcomes for customers. Read our blog for tips on optimizing QA practices.

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Declaring Victory in the War on Contact Center Agent Performance

CX Global Media

Whether you’re fighting the battle to stop eating that dessert you love that’s bad for you, or you continuously battle a war with contact center agent performance, it’s time for you to enjoy the sweet taste of victory. In more than twenty years in the contact center industry, improving agent performance has always been a major focus.

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The Innovator’s Guide to the Digital-first Contact Center

In the contact center industry, first-generation digital channels like email and web chat have seen significant adoption, along with video chat and co-browsing capabilities. Social platforms are now becoming mainstream contact center channels.

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24 Experts Reveal the Single Worst Thing a Contact Center Agent Can Do During a Call

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Talking to customers on the phone all day isn’t an easy job; that’s why it takes a special set of skills and characteristics to be a successful contact center agent. If you’re looking for ways to boost your agents’ performance, check out our white paper, Using Gamification to Improve Contact Center Performance.

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Remote Call Centers: Tools, Tips & Best Practices for Remote Contact Center Managers & Agents

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Managing a call center caught up in the uncertainty of a worldwide pandemic is no small feat. However, there are a number of important guidelines and tips you can keep in mind to help ease your center’s workforce into remote working and mitigate contagion risks. Tips to Leverage a Remote Workforce.

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center -- a Webinar Replay

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

As a result of COVID-19, contact centers are grappling with new challenges related to a remote agent workforce: agent absenteeism, long hold times, poor home internet and audio quality, less oversight and new security and privacy risks -- all on top of unique customer demands. Streamlining agent evaluations with real-time dashboards.

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The Contact Center Manager’s Guide to AI

Step-by-step instructions on how to use AI for growth in your contact center Learn how AI can transform your contact center operations. In this ebook, dig into the different AI technologies, then see how each can help automate tasks, streamline service, and turn your contact center from a cost center to a profit house.

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Contact Center Cloud Migration Done Right

Speaker: Sheila McGee-Smith, Founder and Principal Analyst, McGee-Smith Analytics

Is your head in the clouds when it comes to your contact center's future? If so, you're not alone; over the past three years, thousands of companies have begun the process of leaving premise-based contact center headaches behind and moving to the cloud. The top 5 tips for successful contact center cloud migrations.

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How to Fearlessly Empower Your Contact Center Agents

Speaker: Jeff Toister, Employee Training Expert, Bestselling Author, Speaker

An ICMI study revealed that 86 percent of contact centers don't fully empower their agents to deliver an outstanding customer experience. Contact center leaders worry about agents giving away too much or serving customers inconsistently. Gain practical tips from case studies featuring leading companies.

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8 Contact Center Trends to Watch in 2020

Over the last decade, many of the trend predictions for contact centers have revolved around AI, omnichannel technology, digital transformation, a growing focus on employee experience, and the evolution of analytics. What does 2020 look like for this industry?

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60-Day Plan: Practical Upgrades for Your Remote Contact Center

Speaker: Roger Lee, VP Customer Success, Gridspace

As a result of COVID-19, contact centers are grappling with new challenges related to a remote agent workforce: agent absenteeism, long hold times, poor home internet and audio quality, less oversight and new security and privacy risks -- all on top of unique customer demands. Streamlining agent evaluations with real-time dashboards.

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Virtual + Engaging: How to Bring Classroom Training Online (with Infographic)

10 tips for virtual contact center training that makes at-home workers feel part of the crew while they learn. Download the article to get your virtual training best practices!

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Linking & Networking for a Better Agent Experience

Speaker: Jeremy Watkin, Director of Customer Experience at FCR

If you're a contact center leader you've undoubtedly been inundated with sales people trying to get you to hop on the chatbot bandwagon. Tune in for some practical tips for improving agent engagement, reducing attrition, and improving your overall customer experience. But is this the best place to burn our operational calories?