JAN
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Feature: Managing Gen Y Employees | “What
to Do When…”: Survival Techniques for Contact Center Disasters
| Secrets to Success in Supporting Today’s Contact Center Technology
| Prehire Assessment |
The Workforce Manager’s Career
|
FEB
|
Feature: Home Agent Cost Comparison | Multichannel
Strategy: People and Process (strategic view) | Multichannel
Strategy: Tech Tools (technology view) | Recruiting
through Social Media | How to Forecast without History
|
MAR
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Feature: Dealing with FMLA Challenges | The
Escalation Desk | Social Media Solutions and Applications
| Customer Service Skills |
WFM Assessment: Do’s and Don’ts | Customer Experience
Management Strategies | WFM Best Practices
|
APR
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Feature: Rewards & Incentives for Agent Skills Development
| Transforming Agents into Knowledge Workers (strategic view)
| Technologies to Transform Agents into Knowledge Workers (technology
view) | Changing Agent Skill Sets
| How to Make Schedules Compliant | Workforce
Management Techniques
|
MAY
|
Feature: Strategies to Align the Contact Center with the Rest of the Organization| Agent Wisdom: What Agents Really Think about Your
Center | Fixed Mobile Convergence
| Coaching & Training Tips | A Review of
WFM Reports | Web Self-Service
|
JUN
|
Feature: Critical KPIs: Pros and Cons of Key Metrics
| Small-Medium Contact Center Management (strategic view)
| Small-Medium Contact Center Technology (technology view)
| Staffing in a Down Economy |
Scheduling Basics | WFM Strategies
|
JUL
|
Feature: Best Practices for Improving Attendance|
Large Contact Center Management | Outbound Contact
& Alerts | The Agent Development
| A Day in the Life of a WFM | Leadership
Skills
|
AUG
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Feature: Keeping a Handle on AHT: Strategies for Supporting Complex Products/Services | Coaching the Coach |
Optimizing Technology Selection | Dealing with Tech-Related
Stress on the Front Line | Cutting Costs with WFM
| Customer-Focused Strategies
|
SEP
|
Feature: Home Agent Best Practices: A Look at Successful Programs
| Self-Service: Creating Menus that Work for You and Your Customers | How to Write a Good Statement of Work when Purchasing
Technology | The Self-Service/Agentless Interaction
Frontier: The new role of the IVR as the intelligent front door
| Coaching Skills | Forecast Accuracy &
Danger | Customer Experience Management Strategies
|
OCT
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Feature: Contact Center Motivation: Building a Fun and Productive Work Environment | The New Business/IT Relationship (strategic view)
| The New Business/IT Relationship (technology view)
| Call Center Careers: A Look at Evolving Roles | How to Forecast for Everything That’s Not a Phone
Call | WFM Techniques |
Customer Service Skills
|
NOV
|
Feature: Best Practices for Maximizing Self-Service|
Reactive vs. Proactive: Integrating Proactive Contacts into an Inbound Center | What’s the Real Value in Cloud Computing?
| Improving Agent Performance | Forecasting:
Dealing with Data Anomalies and Holiday Factors
|
DEC
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Feature: Executive Buy-in: How to Get the Resources Your Center Needs| What’s On Your Business Radar for 2012? (strategic
view) | What’s On Your Technology Radar for 2012?
(technology view) | Home Agents: Training & Motivation
| WFM Best Practices |
Leadership Skills
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