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Call Scripts in 2022: What In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Agents Really Think

Balto

As contact centers incorporate new technology and practices to keep up with shifting industry trends and competitors, call scripts remain one of the most widely used tools in the industry. So how useful is the classic script for agents alongside a shift to a remote or hybrid work environment? and 3.51, respectively).

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The Case For the Anti-Script: A Multifactor Analysis of Script Adherence

Balto

“The anti-script doesn’t mean that you should wing it on every call… what anti-script means is, think about a physical paper script and an agent who is reading it off word for word… you’re taking the most powerful part of the human out of the human.” Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook.

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Guest Post: Agents Are the Answer: Empower Your Workforce to Improve Customer Experience and Reduce Attrition

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Cassidy McDonnell, Creative Solutions Manager at Balto Software , a company that helps agents live on the call to analyze what’s working and scale best practices in real-time. They have less modeling for improvisation and are less involved in the script-writing process.

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Why the Biggest Contact Centers Have the Least Effective Call Scripts

Balto

Call scripts are used in contact centers of all shapes and sizes — across the industry, they are considered an easy way to help ensure all of a contact center’s agents are driving calls to the same goals. But if you manage a center with hundreds or thousands of agents, then trying to keep everyone on the same script is challenging at best.

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The Conversational AI Journey: What to Expect from Start to Finish

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

Join us for this webinar as Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO, shares insights and best practices for implementing AI virtual agents in the contact center. How automating a customer service call isn’t as simple as using a script from a human interaction. April 20th, 2022 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT.

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Why Do Agents Go Off Script? Mistakes vs Improvisation

Balto

When agents intentionally go off script, it’s because they are improvising to get a better call outcome and should be encouraged. In 2022, we published our findings on why agents intentionally go off their scripts. In 2022, we published our findings on why agents intentionally go off their scripts.

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These IVR Best Practices Will Take Your Call Center to the Next Level 

Fonolo

Here we’ll get into the basics of call center IVR and why it’s important, as well as some call center IVR best practices that’ll improve your call center performance. Contact Center Trends: Predictions for 2022. Call Center IVR Best Practices. . How to Create a Strong Call Center IVR Script.