Agenda At-a-Glance

Your Experience at a Glance

Sunday November 16th, 2008

2:00 - 5:30
B3: Workshop 1

THE POSITIVE LEADER
Joanna Brandi, CEO & Publisher, Customer Care Coach

2:00 - 5:30
B4: Workshop 2

HOW TO DELIVER EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE TO VETERANS, BABY BOOMERS, GENERATION X AND MILLENIALS
Chris Thrash, President & CEO, Chris Thrash & Associates

2:00 - 5:30
B5: Workshop 3

DISNEY’S SERVICE CHALLENGE
The Disney Institute

6:30
New Member Orientation

7:30
Organized Dinner Parties
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Monday November 17th, 2008

 

8:00
Opening Remarks from the
Symposia Chairperson

Summit Keynote 1
8:15 Loyalty, Disney

Summits Begin
10:15am - 3:30pm
B1

10:15am - 4:00pm
B2

4:45
Summit Keynote 2
Bringing Humanity back to
air travel through servant
leadership & internal
championship

Rob Maruster, JetBlue

START OF MAIN
CONFERENCE

5:30
Have a drink on us in the
exhibit hall

6:00
Opening Keynote
Rediscovering Play: Bringing
fun and passion to your work...
and life

Kevin Carroll, Katalyst &
Author of “Rules of the Red
Rubber Ball”

7:00
International Service
Excellence Awards

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information.

 

Attend a Full Day Summit & Get Access to 2 Keynotes
SUMMIT 1:
LOYALTY FOR LIFE SUMMIT

SUMMIT 2:
CONTACT CENTER 360 SUMMIT

SUMMIT 3:
SWARMING THE MAGIC KINGDOM

10:15
Opening remarks from the Summit chair
Rich Phillips, Maritz Loyalty Marketing
10:15
Opening Remarks from the Summit Chair
Tim Houlnes, Working Soluions

10:15am - 4:00pm

Prefer to get Your Hands Dirty?

10:25
Delivering a customer-centric approach that leads to a loyalty generating customer experience
Joe Pinto, Cisco
10:25
When the Best Service is No Service
Bill Price, formerly Global Vice President, Customer Service, Amazon.com, President, Driva Solutions, Author “The Best Service is No Service”
 

11:15
Investing in community and NPS to drive customer loyalty
Kip Knight, formely of, Ebay

11:15
Retain Your Customers and Increase Your Profits by Leveraging Home-Based Agents for a Competitive Edge

Scott Herman, First Advantage

 
1:00
Engage customers to optimize customer lifetime value
Carlos Dunlap, Maritz Loyalty Marketing
1:00
Empowering Agents to Use Tacit Knowledge and Exceed Customer Expectations
Dr. Susan Reisinger, Operations, Global Distance Support, US Navy Center
Gregor McLeod, Program Manager, US Navy Global Distance Support Center
 
1:50
Engage so they act: Building customer advocacy networks in a large organization
George Taylor, Cardinal Health
1:50
Speech Analytics – Enhancing the Customer Experience and Overall Quality
Erika Van Noort, Director Contact Centre Best Practices and Consulting, Bell Canada
 
2:40
The convergence of CRM and loyalty marketing
Laura Flores, Allergen Marketing
2:40
How Bluefly Improved Service Performance by Going Virtual
Leslie Nelson, Director of Customer Service, Bluefly.com
 
3:30
Sustaining customer satisfaction & loyalty
Joy Whinham, Wachovia Corporation
3:30
Customize on the Spot! Customer Contact & Contact Center Think Tanks
Facilitated by William J. Greenwald, National Director, Business Advisory Group, Humana, Inc.
 

Tuesday November 18th, 2008

8:00Welcome & Opening Remarks from the Conference Chairperson
JoAnna Brandi, Customer Care Coach
8:15Keynote
Relationships for revenue growth
Keith Ferrazzi, Author, Never Eat Alone
9:45Networking Break; book signing with Keith Ferrazzi & Meet & Greet with Joe Torre
10:15Keynote
Ground rules for winners: Effectively managing teams, setbacks and success both in business and in life
Joe Torre, LA Dodgers
11:15

Keynote
Ah Ha! The Magic is Story

Peter Guber, CEO & Chairman, Mandalay Entertainment Group

12:00Track Previews
12:30Networking Luncheon

Track 1:
People Equity
Track 2:
Customer Experience
Track 3:
Front Line Faces
Track 4:
Numbers Talk
Track 5:
Think Outside the Walls
1:45
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

CustomerSat
1:45
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

Brian Carlin, Maritz

1:45
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

David Holmes,
Jacada

1:45
Opening Remarks from
the Track Chair

SPSS
1:45
Organized Meeting Locations to be Announced
2:00
Delivering the ultimate experience: The power of connecting with customers through your front line employees
Kathy Oughton, Maritz & Disney Institute
2:00
How to create service overachievers
Sheila Harrell, FedEx
2:00
From cost center to competitive asset
Beth Thomas-Kim, Nestle USA
2:00
The three stages of grumbling: How to anticipate and manage
internal resistance to VOC programs

Peter Gurney, formerly of WAMU (Washington Mutual)
2:00
Meet Others In Your Industry
2:50
Climb that sandwich: effective leadership roles in today’s corporate culture
Trace G.Belcher, Jewelry Television
2:50
Best practices in putting the voice of the customer to work
D. Randall Brandt, PhD, Maritz
2:50
Consolidating multiple contact centers: How a unified customer service desktop hit the jackpot
Robin Noma’aea, Station Casinos
2:50
Linking people equity & customer service measures to drive business outcomes in a
changing organization

Robert Davis, Jack in the Box Restaurants
2:50
Connect with Peers from
Your Focus Area

3:45
Rewarding the customer,
employee and organization through skill based pay

Lori Sokol & John Romano, Hyatt
3;45
From concept to reality: developing a world-class customer experience
Jason Grier, McAfee, Inc.
3:45
Using six sigma to harness
the potential of your
management team

Bob Weis, Samsung Electronics

3:45

Collecting & managing feedback in a 2.0 world
Jane Hendricks, SPSS Inc.

3:45
Join other Teams or those Flying Solo

4:40
What Makes People Feel Good at Work: An Interactive Opportunity to Weigh in on One of the Most Intriguing Issues Facing Leaders Today

JoAnna Brandi, President, JoAnna Brandi & Co. (NACCM Customers 1st Chairwoman)

4:40
Enterprise Feedback and Complaints - Managing to Profitability in a Down Economy

Rich Morrison, SVP & General Manager, CDC Respond North America

4:40
IT Service catalog: Opening new customer channels while driving service improvements
Fred Broce, GlaxoSmithKline
4:40
What To Say When the C-Suite Calls: The ROI on Customer Loyalty
Howard Lax, Harris Interactive Loyalty

4:40

Slackers Happy Hour

5:25 End of Educational Session
5:30 Connections Block Party

 

Wednesday November 19th, 2008

7:30Morning coffee & continental breakfast
8:00Keynote
Marketing is a tax you pay for being unremarkable
Stephen Roberts, Geek Squad
8:45Keynote
The customer connection: creating a customer focused organization
Michael Zimmer, Xerox
9:30Morning Break

Track 1:
People Equity
Track 2:
Customer Experience
Track 3:
Front Line Faces
Track 4:
Numbers Talk
Track 5:
Think Outside the Walls
10:00
Getting your team to care: mobilizing your internal workforce
Claire Howells, Zions Bancorporation
10:00
The power of positive
word of mouth

Pati Crowley, Bath & Body Works
10:00
Improving response time as a key driver to increasing customer satisfaction
Daiquiri Gleaves, Delta Airlines, Inc.

10:00
Best Practices in Harnessing the Power of Your Advocates

CustomerSat

10:00
Meet First Timers or
Fellow Alumni

10:50
Connecting with Customers: Building Relationships with Front Line Employees

Diane Yarosis, Quest Diagnostics

10:50
How increasing customer
engagement pays big!

Kevin Mellander, Allegiance
10:50
Being customer-centric is not cheap; are you ready to put your money where
your mouth is?

Michel Cubric, Firstline Mortgages, a division of CIBC
10:50
Can Technology really revolutionize the customer experience?
Jessica Kim, Southern California Edison
10:50
Meet Locals from your neighborhood - by Geography
11:40
Perfecting the art of
communication to build
a total customer enterprise

Donna P. Reed, American National Insurance Company
11:40
Maximize your relationship with your customers. Customization for different generations.
Kim Noltemy, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops and Tanglewood
11:40
Plan A - Improving member inquiry accuracy
Patty Dillane & Shannon O’Toole,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
11:50
Using the International Service Excellence Awards™ for Recognition and to Benchmark your organization against the world’s best
Christine Churchill, The Customer Service Institute of America & Brett Whitford (Australian), International Council of Customer Service Organizations
11:40
Share YOUR Notes
12:25 Luncheon

1:50Keynote
The science of service: the proof is in the numbers
Stephen Brown, Arizona State University
2:35Keynote
Turning great ideas into great results: Cracking the code on getting stuff done
Mark Morgan, Chief Executive Advisor, StratEx Advisors & Lead Author, “Executing Your Strategy” 2008
3:30End of Customers 1st Conference. Mark your calendar for next year!
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