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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? Figure 1: Script Usage By Work Environment.

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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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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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Mardi Gras 2022: Getting Your Business Ready

VirtualPBX

.” That’s right, let the good times roll this Mardi Gras 2022. Set the tone for your company and personalize your Mardi Gras 2022 messaging by customizing your company’s greetings. These messages can be created and uploaded to push those Mardi Gras 2022 promotions or deliver any other info that you like.

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Top Industry Secrets for Successful Contact Center Scripting

Speaker: Colin Taylor, CEO & Chief Chaos Officer at The Taylor Reach Group, Inc

Scripts have been around as long as contact centers. But scripts have had a variety of issues. In some cases, legal requirements mandated that scripts be read verbatim, word for word. At the end of the day, perhaps the most important reason that scripts didn’t work was that the other party didn’t have a copy!

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

ShepHyken

In 2022, the Conversation Excellence Lab at Balto had the same question and discovered what makes contact center employees feel fulfilled, successful, and effective in their roles. . In their recent survey of over 560 agents, they found that agents who stray from their prescribed call scripts are happier in their jobs overall.

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

Speaker: Gary Davis, SmartAction CEO

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. You’ll learn: The internal stakeholders you need to involve and engage to make your conversational AI project a successful one.