Dealing With Humans

AUGUST 18, 2021

You see, we have a gondola that takes you to the park from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, a place with varied weather conditions to say the least. I have made some interesting observations this summer at the theme park I am a manager at.

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Customer Think

AUGUST 9, 2024

I posted about this way back when it happened, but I’m enjoying working from the mountains these past couple weeks, so the experience is in mind, and I figure it’s worth drawing your attention to it in a more formal manner: Copper Mountain ski resort in Summit County, Colorado, is my mountain. I love it, […]

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Fonolo

MAY 12, 2020

We speak with Laura Reinhold, Member Services Manager at Credit Union of Colorado, about growing up with a ‘heart to help’, breaking down barriers for customers, and the importance of being visible to your team. What path led to where you are now at the Credit Union of Colorado? What’s your origin story?

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Bill Quiseng

MAY 8, 2017

John is an advocate for technology and education in Colorado and has been an active contributor to the Colorado Technology Association (CTA). John came to Swiftpage with a 30-year track record of building highly profitable and sustainable revenue growth for emerging companies and established global leaders.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 9, 2016

Researchers out of the University of Colorado Boulder found that participants that held a cup of hot coffee judged other people as having a warm personality. It’s never a bad idea to arrive with coffee or tea. Not only is it a safe bet, but it also has an added benefit: it will make you seem warmer to the customer.

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Fonolo

JULY 20, 2023

Real-Time Metrics and Strong Customer Support Matter The Credit Union of Colorado knows what happens when a call-back solution fails. The MSCC leadership and the members are happy that we once again have Fonolo as our call-back solution,” says Laura Reinhold, M SCC Manager, Credit Union of Colorado.

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Dealing With Humans

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But years back, as a manager at a Colorado cave and theme park, I dealt with a litany of both guest and employee issues over the course of the day. Over the years of my customer service journey, I always enjoyed being able to answer “Yes” to a guest question. First of all, no one likes being told “No”. We’ll get to that in a moment.

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TeamSupport

AUGUST 17, 2020

I migrated to Colorado in 1994 at the tip of the rise of the software and technology industries—and then I caught the start-up bug! I am married to my high school sweetheart, Lynne, and we live with our three boys in a town near Boulder, Colorado called Erie. We enjoy skiing and cheering for all of the Denver sports teams.

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CX Journey

AUGUST 29, 2014

What the mountain teaches Just minutes out of camp, Jaimee and I are huffing our way in the pitch blackness of early morning (or what non-climbers might refer to as “the middle of the night”) toward our goal: Capitol Peak (14,131 ft / 3,307 m).

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Customer Bliss

JULY 26, 2018

Today, we’ll hear from William Chumley , the Chief Customer Officer for the Governor’s Office of Information Technology for the state of Colorado. To provide some background context, William explains that he came into this role about 8 years ago, when IT was newly consolidated into the governor’s central office in Colorado.

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Service Quality Institute

MARCH 9, 2022

I have been skiing in Vail Colorado for about 45 years now. In 2006 Vail Resorts moved their headquarters for their flagship resort in Vail to Broomfield, Colorado in the Denver area. George Gillett Jr. bought Vail Resorts in 1985 and sold the resort in 1996. ” Later I found out he was the owner.

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Shep Hyken

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This week’s guests, Karin Hurt and David Dye started an extensive research study with the University of North Colorado Social Research Lab on why employees are holding back these ideas. Top Takeaways: Employees have great ideas on how to improve customer experience and leaders want them. So, why do employees hold back their ideas?

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Shep Hyken

DECEMBER 7, 2021

He is also a volunteer State-certified peace officer with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado. He has worked with brands like Coca-Cola, The Campbell Soup Company, and Nabisco. Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert,? New York Times ?bestselling This episode of?

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Service Quality Institute

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I started writing this newsletter from Fort Collins, Colorado where I had dinner with my son and a neighbor and both complained about how bad customer service in healthcare is. If I call my healthcare provider, Park Nicollet, I will be on hold about 20-25 minutes before a live person answers the phone.

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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Dr. Guerra, a dentist in the Colorado Springs area, has his experience so deliberately designed, that there are no magazines in the waiting room! It’s the tale of how one Dentist’s office got rid of the magazines, because they got rid of the wait! Dentist Dr. Guerra Got Rid of the “Wait” in Waiting Room.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

School Acceptance Rate American University 40.63% Amherst College 7.00% Babson College 22.00% Barnard College 9.00% Bates College 13.70% Boston College 16.66% Bowdoin College 9.13% Brown University 5.05% Bucknell University 32.56% Carleton College 16.63% Carnegie Mellon University 11.30% Colgate University 12.34% Colorado College 11.6%

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Kerry Bodine

JANUARY 13, 2016

Denver, Colorado. May 10 – 12, 2016. Orlando, Florida. Analyst Firms. Forrester’s CXNYC 2016. June 21 – 22, 2016. New York City. Tech Vendors. Walker B-to-B CX Summit. May 17 – 19, 2016. Lithium’s LiNC. June 8 – 10, 2016. San Francisco. The fine print: The date of this post reflects the most recent update.

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Lightico

MARCH 23, 2022

Check with your local state insurance department to find out which type of license is required to practice as an MGA.

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Dealing With Humans

JANUARY 30, 2020

I was part of so many events in Aspen, Colorado, I know there is a part of the population that wants to be treated exclusively. It was full of people that wanted to feel thy were part of something extraordinary and exclusive. Not everyone needs to feel elite. Some do, though. Trust me on this. They just need to feel a little special.

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Dealing With Humans

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I work at a Wild West themed Adventure Park in Colorado, helping to manage daily operations. I wanted to sleep so badly, so the morning would come sooner. The moment my eyes opened on that long anticipated morning, I said to myself, “Today is the day”. I think about that day every single day I am at work.

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CX Journey

APRIL 9, 2015

Colorado Rockies (#26) 27. San Francisco Giants (#5) 3. Los Angeles Dodgers (#6) 4. Detroit Tigers (#6) 5. Washington Nationals (#8) Bottom 5 Teams - 2015 Rankings 30. Houston Astros (#30) 29. Arizona Diamondbacks (#21) 28. New York Mets (#22) 26.

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Dealing With Humans

APRIL 21, 2020

He was at right off of the freeway in my lovely town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I had not intended to write any Covid-19 specific posts here, but an incident my teenage son had at a local convenience store changed my mind. My son went into pay at a chain gas station and convenience store and inadvertently left his face mask in his car.

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CX Journey

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Convinced no Scottish Highlands mist is a match for three hardened Colorado mountain women, we soldier upward. Two young Scottish men stop their descent to warn us: we turned around; it’s awful up there (pointing toward the mountain). We don our rain coats only, too lazy to trouble ourselves with our rain pants, too.

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Lightico

MAY 2, 2022

The real-time insurance product will now also be offered in Oregon, Colorado, and Virginia. According to the conference call, Tesla Insurance intends to be the largest insurer of Teslas in Texas by the end of 2022. Tesla wants to give 80% of its U.S. customers access to Tesla Insurance by the end of the year, too.

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 12, 2019

She has more than two decades of utility experience in customer service, marketing, communications and product development at utilities, including Colorado Springs Utilities and Anaheim Public Utilities. Whiting joined TECO in January 2017 after spending nearly four years as the chief customer officer for JEA.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 6, 2013

Two recent examples come to mind: Stanford Federal Credit Union and Credit Union of Colorado saw a 40% and a 50% decrease in abandonment rate, respectively. A study by Contact Babel showed that 32% of contact centers experienced fewer abandoned calls after call-backs were added. At Fonolo, we’ve witnessed this effect many times.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 10, 2018

13) From : Sheik Ayube , Director | Company : ESG (Customer Success as a Service) | Location : Denver, Colorado. You may share an idea/issue with a colleague and they totally get it, but when shared with an engineer (example, of course), it falls on deaf ears. Stay organized. And stay focused.

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Service Quality Institute

OCTOBER 11, 2023

He refused to let me buy the $247 headset so I went to Amazon, placed the order, and had it delivered to his home in Estes Park Colorado. The manager would not help me and insisted I apologize to the employee which I would not. I guess I was crazy to not just go to Amazon first.

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The Customer Service Blog

JULY 29, 2022

The article below was written by Nicholas Zeisler, a Customer Experience (CX) expert based in Colorado, USA. The customer is then less likely to be swayed by changes in price, or other external factors that you have no control over. You can find contact details for Nicholas and his company at the end of the article.

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Zendesk

APRIL 4, 2022

In 2021, Virginia and Colorado joined California with state laws, and even more are in the pipeline for 2022. Your to-do list was already too long, and now you’re spending more and more time managing user requests for data access and deletion. This is the reality for many customer experience (CX) teams.

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Zendesk

JANUARY 18, 2024

Colorado Privacy Act (CPA): The CPA protects the personal information of Colorado residents and gives consumers multiple privacy protections, including the right to know when their data is collected and the option to opt out of the sale of their personal information.

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Comm100

MARCH 27, 2023

Ocelot Headquartered: Boulder, Colorado Founded: 2003 Ocelot provides an AI communications and student engagement platform focused on enrollment and retention. LivePerson focuses on big data, providing student intent and engagement metrics through their chatbot platform.

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Comm100

JUNE 21, 2023

School Yield Rate Admit Rate American University 22.22% 40.63% Amherst College ~45.08% 7.00% Babson College 39.19% 22.00% Barnard College 66.02% 9.00% Bates College 46.10% 13.70% Boston College 34.60% 16.66% Bowdoin College 59.28% 9.13% Brown University 67.15% 5.05% (..)

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 29, 2018

Location : Denver, Colorado. The goal is that by sharing our experiences we’ll be able to learn and apply more practical advice / practices to our careers. Let’s get started with this week’s post! From : Sheik Ayube , Director. Company : ESG (Customer Success as a Service). Question 1. How has it helped you?

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Qualtrics

JUNE 10, 2019

I remember days in my youth where I’d wander around the mountains of Colorado looking at all the cool flora and fauna and trying to figure out just why things were the way they were. Growing up, my parents (who are academics) encouraged me to be curious and push the boundaries of my knowledge.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 26, 2018

The Six Sigma White Belt Training Workshop was the HIGHEST rated program of the 2013 & 2014 Annual Conferences held in Scottsdale, AZ and Colorado Springs, CO. SOCAP Wisconsin Chapter – Six Sigma White Belt Training Workshop April 12, Madison, WI. We are bringing it local and offering it to our Wisconsin Chapter members on April 12, 2018!

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ClientSuccess

JULY 29, 2019

We’re located in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Colorado, Texas and New Jersey so having open communication and a central “hub” for all our client data is extremely important to our culture. What are two or three ways you’ve established (or improved) “customer success as a culture” within your organization?

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