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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022: Women who broke the bias

Intercom, Inc.

“Being a civil rights activist in the ’60s came with a lot of consequences in Mississippi. She was a voting and women’s activist and community activist in Mississippi in the ’60s. As you know, being a civil rights activist in the ’60s came with a lot of consequences in Mississippi.

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A Celebrity Did What to Comcast? The Power of Customer Feedback

PeopleMetrics

So in the end, Mike from Mississippi saves @comcast from a urine soaked modem. Helpful, knowledgeable, patient Mike stepped in to help, and in doing so turned Brown’s situation around. Mike was able to use his knowledge of Comcast’s systems to diagnose Brown’s issues and get him back up and running quickly. It only took 1.76

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5 To-Do’s for any 22 Year Old’s Career

Beyond Philosophy

Experts estimate that University of Mississippi Laremy Tunsil lost $10 Million in contracts (and countless endorsement opportunities) when a video appeared on his Twitter account of him smoking marijuana through a gas mask. Being likable requires authenticity and being comfortable with who you are. #5: 5: Clean up your Social Media feed.

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A River Runs Through Service

Chip Bell

Just, consider of all the stories told about the Mississippi river running over 2000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans. A mighty river can take you many miles, connecting you with countless ports and people along the way. Rivers are still an important source of commerce transportation.

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Delivering Unique, Attractive (Even Branded) Customer Experience Lagniappe: Any Company Can Do This

Beyond Philosophy

In the Merriam-Webster page defining lagniappe, here’s the description it received: “We picked up one excellent word, wrote Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi (1883), “a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word -‘lagniappe’…. It is Spanish, so they said.”

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The 20 Stakeholder Experience Emotions: Which Are Most Positive and Value-Enhancing, and Which Are Most Negative and Value-Destroying?

Beyond Philosophy

We picked up one excellent word”, wrote Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi (1883), “a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word -‘lagniappe’…. Here’s the reality about experience lagniappe: It isn’t new. The idea of providing customers with a little extra value has been known for over a century. “We

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Want to be a call center representative? Here’s what you need to know.

Zendesk

On the other end of the spectrum are Mississippi, Alabama, and West Virginia, with salaries around 20 percent lower than the national average of $29,251 per year. Places with high concentrations of tech companies, like California’s Bay Area, have average salaries of more than $48,000 per year. Some of the other places in the U.S.