Quality Perks – Live Event – Call Center Coffee Chat
Episode 1: Quality Perks – Coffee & Call Center Quality Chat – February 23, 2022 THE PILOT Episode
Episode 13 – September 30, 2022
Quality Perks Live event where we chat about #Coffee and Call Centers. In episode 13, we’ll be chatting with Neal Topf the President of Callzilla about contact center Quality & Performance Excellence.
Callzilla President
Since 2005 Neal has led Callzilla, an outsourced contact center providing customer care and customer acquisition to top brands. Clients tap us to improve the customer experience, add channels such as live chat, gain market share among English and Spanish speakers, and more.
Quick links
#QA #Callzilla #contactcenter #CSAT #businessinsights #businesssolutions #qualityfirst #custserv #DallasCowboys #WashingtonCommanders #washingtoncommanders #NewYorkGiants #SOCAP #BPOWorld #confersationalAI #speechanalytics #BPAQuality #TedLasso #BeCurious #SevenWhys #LeanSigma #Lavazza #Mccafe #Islamoradacoffeecompany
#Islamoradacoffeecompany
“Be Curious” – Neal Topf & Ted Lasso
“And miles to go before I sleep” – Robert Frost
Episode 12 – August 31, 2022
Quality Perks Live event where we chat about #Coffee and Call Centers. In episode 12, we’ll be chatting with Lisa Diehl, SOCAP Director & Freshpet Director of Consumer Care about contact center networking and how it is important in adding the human element to vendor relationships.
*Lisa Diehl Bio*
Freshpet
Director, Consumer Care
Secaucus, NJ
Lisa defines strategies and solutions that improve the experience of Freshpet’s Pet Parents. She has a keen focus on the enhancement of operational effectiveness and is very committed to a high-octane, fun, and collaborative work environment that focuses on engaging and motivating her teams. Within Freshpet, Lisa is also a member of Freshpet’s Crises Management Team.
Lisa has over 35 years of experience in Consumer Affairs and has held a variety of managerial positions. Originally from Chicago, Lisa now resides in California but commutes regularly to Freshpet’s offices in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Lisa has been a member of SOCAP for 11 years. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for SOCAP, International, where she is now the Immediate Past Chair, after serving as the Chairman of the Board for 3 terms.
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisadiehl/
Twitter URL: https://twitter.com/LisaMarie11165
Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/Lisalis165
We are looking forward to your questions and insights!
Takeaways:
SOCAP in Indy September 11 – 14, 2022 A Learning Symposium for CX Professionals — Meet Lisa & Neal in Indianapolis
Lisa’s networking connections through SOCAP and her success at Orbitz, Blue Diamond Growers & Freshpet
What SOCAP means: Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals
Lisa explained how she is able to bring her relationships and professional links with vendors (trusted partners) wherever she has gone in her career. As a SOCAP member, she has access to leaders across the industry to benchmark and captures the best ways to elevate customer care.
Listen to find out what we are drinking, hear Lisa’s cheerleader, and gather insights on the Voice of the Consumer.
#QA #SOCAP #Freshpet #contactcenter #CSAT #businessinsights #businesssolutions
Episode 11 – August 25, 2022
Quality Perks Live event where we chat about #Coffee and Call Centers. In episode 11, we’ll be chatting with Vicki Herrell, #QATC‘s (Quality Assurance & Training Connection) Executive Director about contact center employee development.
We are looking forward to your questions and insights! #QA #QATC #employeedevelopment #contactcenter #CSAT #employeesatisfaction https://qatc.org/
Takeaways… Increase Company & Employee engagement by having multiple touch points each day, as often as possible. Working in a virtual environment, have your cameras on for more engagement. Rewards / Recognition on an individual basis is more important now. Find out what motivates the individual. #donuts #wine #coffee #callcenterlife #employeesatisfaction #recognition #corporateculture #quietquitting #boomerangemployees #virtualengagement #musclemilk #caffeinefree
Neal’s Coffee: https://www.midwaycafecoffeebar.com/
Karyn’s Coffee: https://www.youtube.com/c/SFBCoffee
Vicki’s Morning Drink: https://www.musclemilk.com/
RESCHEDULED from August 23, 2022
Episode 10 – June 10, 2022
Special Guest – Gregg Stone, Account Executive at Verint
Gregg Stone from Verint joins our coffee crew to discuss How brands can utilize every customer interaction as a competitive differentiator. He defines Engagement Capacity Gap that contact centers are experiencing now due to COVID and the changing dynamics of both customers and employees.
Summary: How brands can utilize every customer interaction as a competitive differentiator. Differentiators like enhanced Brand Loyalty & LOWER COST of Support
#BrandLoyalty #CSAT #NPS #CustomerEngagement #SpeechAnalytics #CenterofExcellence #
Episode 9 – May 6, 2022
Special Guests:
Christine Clarson, VP Global Strategic Partnerships at BPA Quality
Steve Hide, Director of Healthcare Client Services at BPA Quality
Coffee & Call Center Quality Chat with BPA Quality & Guests. In episode 9, please join Neal Eggers, Karyn Dupree, Christine Clarson & Steve Hide as we discuss coffee, Healthcare Customer Experience via the call center.
Christine Clarson is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at BPA Quality. She has been working in the Healthcare and Call Center/Customer Service Industries for over 20 years. In her current role, she assists BPA’s Healthcare client to improve their business, advisor representatives’ performance and ultimately their customer experience levels.
Christine is recognized as an Expert in the Healthcare Patient Assistance arena and has presented at many healthcare conferences on the benefits of Patient Assistance Programs for the Patient, the Physician and the Hospital. Her experience drove her to found a Patient Assistance Service program that works with large healthcare facilities nationwide to coordinate free pharmaceuticals for their indigent, uninsured and underinsured patient population. When she isn’t working she enjoys classic cars and driving her own classic car on the weekends.
Steve Hide is the Director of Healthcare Client Service at BPA Quality. With over 20 years in both the healthcare and call center/customer service industries, he obtained both Lean Sigma Green & Black Belts and is a Certified Change Practitioner.
As a Director of Healthcare Client Services, he focuses on finding gaps in processes (and usage), highlighting success rates when using system tools (vs. not using), and helping to maintain/meet government requirements.
Due to his passion for improvement initiatives, he was instrumental in leading process improvement initiatives at a transplant institute to help minimize errors in billing potential donors.
On a personal note, Steve enjoys writing and using Bitmoji!
Get ready for a great #Coffee chat on Friday, May 6th!
Episode 8 – April 22, 2022
Special Guest:
Yvette Renda, Director of People Development & Training at BPA Quality
Coffee & Call Center Quality Chat with BPA Quality & Guests. In episode 7, please join Neal Eggers, Karyn Dupree, & Yvette Renda as we discuss coffee, agent/manager training role in call center quality.
Exciting news … Yvette is a #COFFEE CONNOISSEUR! This is going to be a Quality Coffee Chat by all definitions!
#CX #VOC #QA #callcentertraining #callcentercalibration #businessintelligence
Episode 6 – April 5, 2022
Special Guests:
Matt Gryntysz, Director of Analytics at BPA Quality
Dane Newman, Insight Product Manager at BPA Quality UK
Discussing Coffee & Business Intel with Call Center Analytics and adding the Human Element to uncover opportunities to provide better customer experiences.
Dan describes how he and Matt have become Data Storytellers by using Root Cause Analysis to convey the story and understand how to manage it. They look for problems to solve and use the data to uncover the best solutions. Take a listen!
“Data without Insights is Meaningless.”
Episode 5 – March 29, 2022
Special Guest: Stephanie Taylor, Vice President of Client Services North America
Discussing Coffee & #PumpkinSpice Creamer Commitment PLUS Call Center Quality Key Drivers on Budgets – not only on costs but what it saves.
Start with the Voice of the Customer to improve #CX.
“Data without Insights is Meaningless.”
Episode 4 – March 22, 2022
Special Guest: Martin Teasdale, Senior Director of Quality Experience UK
Discussing Coffee & Celebrating 100 Successful Episodes of ‘Get Out Of Wrap’ Podcast hosted by Martin
Martin shares what he has learned over the 100 episodes about the call centre industry.
Episode 3 – March 8, 2022 – Quality Perks with BPA Quality
Your hosts: Neal Eggers, Vice President of Managed QA Services North America & Karyn Dupree, Senior Director of Quality Solutions
A Call Center Coffee Chat
Episode 2 – March 1, 2022
Your hosts: Neal Eggers, Vice President of Managed QA Services North America & Karyn Dupree, Senior Director of Quality Solutions
Special Guest: David Blackwell, President of BPA Quality
Discussing Coffee & the Motivation Behind BPA Quality Inception 30+ Years Ago – From Training to Data Analytics & Business Intelligence from the Contact Center
Big Question: Would you employ this agent?