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In Times of Crisis, Contact Center Agents Must Practice Mindfulness

DMG Consulting

We’ve dealt with epidemics before—including the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, which gave us a scare—but never in any of our lifetimes have we confronted a pandemic of this magnitude, where the primary mechanisms for mitigating its consequences are social distancing and self-quarantine. COVID-19 is frightening for good reason.

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Seven CX Tips to Help Weather the 2021 Holiday Season ‘Everything Shortage’

CSM Magazine

In fact, 2021 is forecast to be one of the most treacherous holiday seasons since the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The recommended strategy adopted by leading e-Commerce brands is to be proactive and personal with your customer experience. The Great Resignation is also upon us. Tip #5: Take Advantage of Technology.

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The Avaya-Mitel Tie-up: Ghost of Nortel Comes Home

Fonolo

Avaya’s core call center business was the result of an acquisition of Nortel assets, following the latter’s bankruptcy in 2009. While the Canada angle is entertaining, the impact of a Mitel-Avaya merger would have very material affects on the contact center world. Tuning your Antenna for Personalization.

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How Vivino Set Up Their Contact Center in a Day: It was Simple

Talkdesk

Vivino has been at the center of the movement to digitalize the wine industry since it was founded in 2009, taking the wine-buying experience mobile with an app that allows for image recognition, community reviews and intelligent behavior monitoring. This personalized style worked brilliantly.

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Opentalk 2017: Five Trends That Will Make You Rethink the Contact Center Experience

Talkdesk

Five Trends That Will Make You Rethink the Contact Center Experience. In this session, Gadi and Todd cover five important contact center trends: 1. Likewise, despite the expectation that phone customer service would disappear, 68% of contact center communication continues to happen over the phone.

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How Vivino Set Up Their Contact Center in a Day: It was Simple

Talkdesk

Vivino has been at the center of the movement to digitalize the wine industry since it was founded in 2009, taking the wine-buying experience mobile with an app that allows for image recognition, community reviews and intelligent behavior monitoring. This personalized style worked brilliantly.

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A Spotlight on Woman-Owned Language Service Providers in the U.S. Today

Certified Languages International

Since Akorbi ’s founding in 2003, Mirza has expanded their service offerings to include interpreting and translation services, e-learning localization, staffing, and multilingual contact centers. After working in a variety of positions to get to know the business, she took over as CEO from Bill Graeper (CLI’s founder) in 2009.