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Essential Skills and Knowledge for Effective Call Center Management

Unlock the secrets of the best call centers—and find out how to apply them in your organization!

The industry’s highest-rated seminar—attended by more managers than any other call center seminar.

Attend ICMI’s flagship seminar and build a solid foundation for successful call center management. You’ll learn breakthrough strategies and techniques you can apply for years to come to ensure extraordinary customer service and achieve your personal career goals.

You’ll discover powerful ways to:

  • Create a planning culture
  • Meet service levels consistently
  • Forecast the workload with accuracy
  • Develop accurate schedules
  • Manage the queue in real-time
  • Communicate unique call center dynamics
  • Set the right performance objectives
  • Improve quality and efficiency
  • Win the support and recognition of top management

And you’ll gain a wealth of benefits including strategies to:

  • Reduce abandonment rates and recover lost customers
  • Manage a wide range of contact channels
  • Exceed customer expectations
  • Raise performance standards
  • Reduce call center costs and improve your bottom line

View the complete Program Outline and the Sample Seminar Trip Report for details on what you’ll learn.

Seminar Materials

A comprehensive course manual
Glossary of call center terms
Article reprints and studies
FREE software including a suite of useful tools
A certificate of completion

Demonstrate the knowledge you’ve gained with an ICMI Knowledge Certificate! After the seminar, you may choose to take an online quiz to demonstrate the knowledge you’ve gained. When you pass the quiz, we’ll send you an ICMI Knowledge Certificate. There is no additional charge for the ICMI Knowledge Certificate Program.

Who should attend?

This exceptional seminar delivers plans, strategies and success secrets guaranteed to improve your operations and boost the value of your call center. ICMI’s program repeatedly garners high praise from directors, managers, analysts and supervisors in a wide range of commercial and government sectors including those involved in: customer service, sales, help desks, claims, reservations, information centers, hotlines, emergency services and consumer affairs.

Perfect for your entire management staff, this seminar will build a solid foundation for call center excellence in your organization and your career. In fact, you can bring this seminar on-site and experience even more benefits from this powerful training.

Recommended Readings

If you are interested in this seminar, you might also enjoy:
ICMI's Call Center Management Dictionary
Call Center Management on Fast Forward
How Incoming Call Centers Behave: Back to the Basics

For training outside of North America, contact ICMI's Global Partners or see the International Dates and Locations below.

Join us for the Seminar Symposium, August 19-21 in Washington DC!

Same great Essential Skills and Knowledge seminar, but take advantage of more networking opportunities. See www.icmi.com/symposium for more details or register below.

View the Program Outline.

US/Canada Price:   $1,695.00  
Member Price:   $1,395.00    
US and Canada Dates and Locations
September 9-10, 2008 Toronto, ON, Canada  
September 9-10, 2008 Philadelphia, PA  
September 23-24, 2008 Dallas, TX  
October 14-15, 2008 Chicago, IL  
October 14-15, 2008 Phoenix, AZ  
October 28-29, 2008 Seattle, WA  
November 11-12, 2008 Ponte Vedra, FL - Seminar Symposium  
November 18-19, 2008 Los Angeles, CA  
December 9-10, 2008 Las Vegas, NV  
December 16-17, 2008 Washington, DC  
International Dates and Locations
September 24-25, 2008 Rome, Italy  
October 13-14, 2008 Melbourne, Australia  
October 16-17, 2008 Sydney, Australia  
October 23-24, 2008 Brisbane, Australia  
October 27-28, 2008 Christchurch, Australia  
November 26-27, 2008 Milan, Italy  
testimonials
"I want to thank you for a wonderful training course. I learned so much about effective call center management. I will DEFINITELY be using this knowledge in the future."
Sue Tzong, Operations Analyst, Sprint
"Excellent information that can be implemented in our center immediately. I cannot wait to get back to work to begin working with all the metrics we have learned today."
Rob Jacobson, VP Personal Lines, Liberty Mutual
"This course is a 'must' for anyone who cares about their customers, staff and the quality of their call centers."
Jacqueline Davis, Customer Service Manager, Essex Dental Benefits

100% Money Back Guarantee

All of ICMI's products and services are covered by an unconditional 100% money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, just let us know and we will immediately refund your money. The number one goal at ICMI is to provide you a rewarding and effective learning experience and we welcome your feedback.